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Ten Gay Rappers Breaking Down Barriers and Bringing Dat Heat

Hip-hop has rarely been heralded for its acceptance of the gay community, but all things must change with time. Lots of rappers and hip-hoppers are speculated to be gay. Lil B seemed like he was coming out when he dropped a mixtape entitled I'm Gay (I'm Happy), but denied it. Meanwhile, Frank Ocean ... More >>

Toadies and Helmet at Revolution Live July 25

Matthew Oetting of BLT Steak: From NYC to MIA

See also Julie Frans's San Diego roots.Given our recent strides as a culinary destination, scores of outsider talent has been making its way to our burgeoning backyard. Transplanted from the kitchens of New York City, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Paris and elsewhere, talented folk are creating a host o ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith's Cookbook Available For Presale: We Have a Preview

2012 is turning out to be a good year, indeed, for Michael's Genuine Food & Drink pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith. The modest and talented chef is on her way this weekend to New York City for the annual James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall on Monday, May 7, whe ... More >>

2 Chainz at Cameo Miami March 7

New Hammacher Schlemmer Gizmo Lets You Cook Omelet and a Waffle Simultaneously

​Two possible breakfast scenarios emerge. 1) No time or space to oook high end breakfast options. 2) You can't decide what to eat. The raging debate is finally over with the Only Omelet and Waffle Maker."One of the biggest things is that the device recognizes a common problem in the kitchen," says ... More >>

Abe & Arthur's Coming To New James Royal Palm Hotel

Plates at Abe & Arthur's in New York.​Folks on South Beach will remember the James Royal Palm Hotel as the Royal Palm Hotel, which is what it was known as when it opened on Collins Avenue in 1939 and for decades after that. KSL Capital Partners purchased the property and are remodeling it into ... More >>

Ex Norwegian's Roger Houdaille Talks Deposing Obama and Tomorrow's Homecoming Show

Ex Norwegian's Roger Houdaille.​​Not too long ago, Ex Norwegian was one of those Miami bands that everyone had to see play. The group's debut album, Standby, was amazingly well received. Reviewers would offer glowing praises like explodingsound.com's "Standby is a stellar pop album that should ... More >>

The Rapture's U.S. Tour Stops at Grand Central October 17

​When we last saw the Rapture, it was at Nocturnal, of all places, alongside the Miami Heat's DJ Irie and electro icon Felix Da Housecat. Odd lineup? Definitely. It was one of those liquor-sponsored events that took over the 11th Street nightclub on a weekday for the sole purpose of creating "br ... More >>

New York City Cop Shot On South Beach, Police Still Looking For Suspects

photo by chensiyuan via Wikimedia Commons​An off-duty New York City police officer was shot on South Beach outside a ritzy beach resort early this morning, police say. Miami Beach detectives have shut down Collins Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets today while they search for whomever shot the o ... More >>

Saveur's Newest Cookbook: Worldwide Recipe Espionage

The New Comfort Food/Chronicle Books​James Beard award-winning magazine, 'Saveur', has released a cookbook that does more than simply regurgitate a back-log of published recipes. For The New Comfort Food, editor-in-chief and Top Chef judge, James Oseland, sought secrets from chefs aroun ... More >>

Website Will Make Nightclubs Bid for Your Business

​The number of deal-of-the-day websites continues to expand in South Florida at an annoying rate, and it was only a matter of time until someone tried to tailor the deal-site trend to the nightclub world. Recently, Venugo -- more akin to hotel sites such as Expedia than Groupon -- launched in New ... More >>

Miami Hurricanes Want to Play Game in New York Every Four Years

​Before this year's inaugural Pinstripe Bowl, the Miami Hurricanes played in the last college football bowl game held within New York City way back in the 1962 Gotham Bowl. Now with the new Yankees Stadium interested in hosting football games, it seems that the Hurricanes want to become something ... More >>

Vice Magazine Unleashes Full Bleed Skate Book With Lil Daggers and Feathers This Saturday

Ivory SerraScott Schwartz, Upper Westside, 1998, from Full Bleed.​Spilling blood in the streets is a common theme of both skating hard and rocking the fuck out. And often, these two extreme activities get tangled up and mashed together, breeding dangerous fun. Example: This Saturday's Vice Magazin ... More >>

Oscar G at Mansion September 25

Oscar G Drops His Double-Disc Live From NYC at Mansion This Saturday

​We here in Miami treat our homegrown party boys like kings of the club. And local house head Oscar G wears one of Miami's biggest, shiniest crowns. He's led a thousand wild warehouse orgies at Space, launched Billboard destroyers ("Fired Up" with Ralph Falcon) and underground booty bombs, and rep ... More >>

Ghosts of NYC

Comeback with Rent

Kourtney and Khloé Will No Longer Take Miami, Heading to NYC for Third Season

​We hate to be the bearer of bad news, and we know you all will be absolutely devastated by this somber development, but it appears that Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian are done taking our fair city of Miami. Apparently, they consider it conquered, and for the third season of the show, th ... More >>

Made You Look

Roger Sanchez

Pop Goes the Easel

Pop Ready

Countdown to Shake Shack on South Beach

In New York City, Short Order visited Shake Shack on the Upper West Side to sample some of the burger joint's famous food before it opens here this summer.Photos by Jacquelynn D. PowersBurgers and fries at Shake Shack in NYC. ​We've been to Shake Shack many times; it's our guilty pleasure in New Y ... More >>

Team Rojas Brings Two Cities Closer Together

​Dividing time between the Big Apple and the Magic City, Team Rojas have a knack for taking each city's nightlife characteristics and meshing them into dancefloor gold -- New York's foward-thinking mentality with Miami's raw grittiness. Compromised by EDG4R (Edgar Rojas) and Stravinsky (Erick Roja ... More >>

Menya

Hialeah Actress Catherine Keener Returns to Miami for Tonight's Festival Premiere

Catherine Keener has played the smart, neurotic gal in so many indie flicks, we assumed she was born in the land of Woody Allen -- New York City. But the actress was actually born and raised right here in Miami. She's a graduate of Hialeah's Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School.  (We voted ... More >>

Better Halves: Interview with Ottavia Busia Bourdain

Ottavia BourdainOttavia and her husband, Anthony Bourdain, relax with some banana daquiris at the Raleigh Hotel pool on South Beach.​If you're familiar with food porn, Ottavia's last name should ring a bell. Her husband is print, television, and most recently Martha Stewart Living radio food porno ... More >>

Naughty By Nature Show Postponed, Not Canceled

​Naughty By Nature, scheduled to perform at Revolution this past Saturday, had to postpone their show due to weather conditions in New York City. Reportedly the group's flight out of La Guardia airport was among the thousands canceled due to the intense snow storm that blew across Washington D.C. ... More >>

Sweat Goes Noir

Time to Say Goodbye

organicArma and Awesome New Republic CMJ Showcases Start Tonight in NYC

Dharma and Phaxas of OrganicArma​Band-breaking showcases don't get any bigger than College Media Journal's Music Marathon (aka CMJ). Sure, the Austin-based South by Southwest has more than a few moments to its credit. And yes, Miami's own Winter Music Conference can sometimes even be counted on as ... More >>

A New Chocolate Drink Hits the Zodiac

​When the largest candy in the store in the world -- NYC sweeterie Dylan's Candy Bar -- does confections, you better believe it's gonna be good. So the next time you're at Neiman Marcus Bal Harbour's Zodiac Cafe and your server asks if you'd like dessert after you've scarfed down their legendary d ... More >>

Escape from Porncatraz

New York Steals Miami's "Angriest Drivers" Crown

via Tony the Misfit's flickrFor the past four years, Miami has reigned supreme as the U.S. city with the angriest and most aggressive drivers, but not anymore. According to Reuters, New York City has stolen our crown. This year, we didn't even make the top five; we placed seventh. Which is still to ... More >>

Zach Brooks, Miami Native Turned NYC Food Blogger in New York Times

image via www.myspace.com/ztbrooks The MidTown Blogger strikes New Orleans Zach Brooks, NYC's famous MidtownLunch blogger, is a Miami native. Before he headed off to the Big Apple and got featured in the New York Times he grew up in the 305 eating what he described to the paper as "incredibly borin ... More >>

Go Get Wet, Girl

We Play Loud, Fast, Hard

Microwbrew Tasting Tonight at Angelo & Maxie's

Dogfish, Shipward, Lefthand, Terrapin, and Stone are five of the seven microbrews being poured tonight at Angelo & Maxie's Steakhouse. It's the latest in this restaurant's series of Thursday night beer tastings, which run from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. For twenty dollars, patrons can quaff the aforement ... More >>

Escape Reality for Film

Be grateful your life is too bland for a biography.

News Roundup

There was this horrible, senseless shooting in Liberty City. Sigh. Authorities want information on a masked gunmen. [CNN]The Speaker of the Florida House continues to lawyer up and refuses to resign as of yet. [Herald]Carl Hiaasen: "Republican lawmakers would rather invest in new asphalt than in you ... More >>

Fear and Loathing in Miami

Horror is like the new crack in Wynwood.

WTF Is It?!? Round 4

Ultrafine at Circa 28

On The List - Baile Funk, Boris, and Bamby

Our Own Off-Broadway

An edgy new theater company hits Miami Shores.

Sushi Advisory

Sushi Advisory

Honor the Hands of Fire

Celebrate 60 years of Candido Camero