Nonprofits and NGOs

RA Sushi's Foodies Show Heart Charity Event: Vote for Short Order

About a week ago RA Sushi extended a challenge to me and other food writers in Miami -- create a sushi roll for an event at the popular restaurant. If it gets the most votes -- both online and in person -- it will be featured on the menu for 30 days -- with a portion of proceeds donated to your favo ... More >>

Design Place Addresses Some Complaints Raised in Discrimination Lawsuit

A nonprofit organization that fights housing discrimination recently scored a partial court victory against SPV Realty, the New York-based company that owns Little Haiti apartment complex Design Place. HOPE Fair Housing Center is suing SPV in Miami federal court, alleging the rental real estate firm ... More >>

Luke Bryan, as Part of the Bud Light Championship Game Day Fan Zone, at Sun Life Stadium January 7

Bruno Barreiro Wants To Use $110 Million In Bonds To Help Felonious Ex-School Board Member

Back in 2002, Demetrio Perez Jr. had an epic fall from prominence. The then-Miami-Dade Public Schools Board Member was removed from public office following his 21-count federal indictment that he had been overcharging elderly tenants at his federally subsidized low income apartments in Little Havana ... More >>

Vote No on All 12 Constitutional Amendments, the Crandon Park Tennis Center renovation, and These Guys

Blind Tasting

Miami Mashup

SoBAP's Charles Martin Faces Sexual Harassment Claims

South Beach AIDS Project Dogged By Sexual Harassment Claims, Financial Mismanagement

When Charles Martin took over the South Beach AIDS Project (SoBAP) in 2005, he revamped the nonprofit's outdated image by reaching out to young, gay blacks and Hispanics. He traveled to conferences around the world and pulled in state and federal grants to combat HIV.But in the past year, Martin and ... More >>

Brad Herron, Todd Erickson, Timon Balloo in the Ultimate Locavore Battle: Python Anyone?

Chefs Brad Herron (chef de cuisine at Michael's Genuine), Timon Balloo (executive chef at Sugarcane Raw Bar & Grill), and Todd Erickson (executive chef at Haven) are competing to win the strangest award ever seen in a press release, the title of "Best Invasivore Chef." Local non-profit organi ... More >>

David Raymond, Homeless Trust Director, Retires Amidst Bid-Rigging Lawsuit

The longtime executive director of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust is set to retire, ending his term atop the agency amidst an ongoing lawsuit accusing him of bid-rigging.David Raymond, who has led the homeless group for a decade, improperly helped steer a $15 million contract to build a 300-bed homel ... More >>

Rubber tires from artificial reef become art in Wynwood

Artificial Reef Catastrophe to Become Art Exhibit: Four Tons of Ocean Tires Headed to Wynwood

​In 1972, a nonprofit group came up with a brilliant idea: Create a three-mile-long artificial reef off the South Florida coast using 2 million old tires. Goodyear donated the rubber, Broward County forked over the funds, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off. The plan quickly went to he ... More >>

Opa-locka Mayor's Husband, Son and Sister Arrested for Campaign Fund Fraud

Family drama and political corruption have collided in Opa-locka this afternoon as three immediate family members of the town's Mayor Myra Taylor were rounded up and arrested for campaign fund fraud.John Taylor, the mayor's husband, Demetrius Taylor, her son, and Elvira Smith, her sister, all now fa ... More >>

Miami's First Rum Distillery Release Party February 9 at Cardozo Hotel

​Miami's first rum distillery recently opened in Wynwood, but the name of the rum hasn't been released yet.Considering the proximity of the Caribbean culture and its influence on South Florida, it's about time the Magic City got a distillery. The place is aptly named Destilería Canéca.Matt Malon ... More >>

Vanessa Brito Sued For Defamation By Seijas Supporter Who Took 'Miami Voice' Name

Vanessa Brito says she has the right to protect her committee's name.Anyone who followed the recall movement versus former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas knows the group that sought her ouster calls itself Miami Voice and is chaired by activist Vanessa Brito. Miami Lakes dentist David ... More >>

Udonis Haslem: Standing Tall for the Kids

Shall We Earthdance?

Lights Out Miami at City Hall on August 24

Photo by Laine Doss​Miamians are no strangers to dining in the dark. Massive hurricanes and thunderstorms leave us living like cavemen for days on end.With Lights Out Miami, you can experience dining in the dark the right way. The sense-ational meal puts diners in the hot seat, taking away their e ... More >>

Miami porn companies create charities for children

Vote Yes On Question #56 And Fight Public Corruption

Norman Braman's advice to voters notwithstanding, there is a measure on the ballot that deserves a resoundingly emphatic YES! And that is the question asking voters to make the Miami-Dade Inspector General's office a permenant part of the county's home rule charter -- in effect our local constitutio ... More >>

Miami City Food Tours Aim To Help Art Deco District

via Miami Beach Preservation League Historic buildings in the Art Deco District of South Beach​The Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL), a non-profit organization that preserves and promotes the Miami Beach Art Deco District, will soon offer the Miami City Food Tour. It's organized by Mi ... More >>

Love and Other Drugs

Miami Seaquarium Food Truck Rally Serves Fish Tacos

Lolita The Killer Whale​Flipper is dead. Actually, the six dolphins who played him are. But that hasn't stopped Miami Seaquarium from planning the Flipper's Truck Stop food truck rally for this Sunday, March 27. A dozen trucks are scheduled to be there, including seafood-centric Fish Box and ... More >>

A Natacha Seijas Supporter Snatches Name of Recall Committee

Courtesy Eye on MiamiDavid Bennett and Stephen Cody shortly after a court hearing on Natacha Seijas' recall.​A Miami Lakes resident who supports Natacha Seijas has hijacked Miami Voice's identity. On February 18, Dr. David Bennett, along with another Miami Lakes resident, incorporated a non-profit ... More >>

County Officials Crack Down On A Mom-And-Pop Landmark

​David Anderson and his family have been serving breakfast and lunch to migrant workers and farmers from a tin-roof shack for more than half a century. But Miami-Dade County's bureaucratic environmental red tape is threatening to shut down his Redland Grocery at 26400 SW 187th Ave., Anderson says. ... More >>

Happy Recycle Day 2010

US Army ​We bet a five-cent aluminum can refund that you didn't know it was national Recycling Day. Sure, this green-friendly holiday isn't as popular as other made-up ones like Valentine's Day or Halloween, and Google isn't commemorating the day with a doodle, but "recycles" is trending on Twitte ... More >>

Expanding Mex: Salsa Fiesta Plans #2, Lime Fresh Grill Celebrates #7

Salsa Fiesta's salsa sampler​It's been just one year since Salsa Fiesta, opened its doors, but Cesar Olivo, CEO, chef, and founder, is ready for store number two in Pembroke Pines. The new 80-seat space will be located in Cobblestone Plaza (itself new) at 14914 Pines Blvd. Opening is set for aroun ... More >>

World Festival Miami at The Palms: Tickets Now on Sale

Courtesy of thepalmshotel.comExecutive Chef Frank Jeannetti​On November 1 at 7:30 p.m., The Palms Hotel & Spa and executive chef Frank Jeannetti will host the 1st Annual World Festival Miami. Thirteen local and celebrity chefs, including Michelle Bernstein, John Critchley, Samuel Gorenstein, D ... More >>

Slow Food Miami Presents Ingredients

​Slow Food Miami is hosting a screening of the award-winning documentary Ingredients this Thursday at Coral Gables Museum. This is the first screening on the East Coast. The film describes the farmers, chefs and the other dynamic people who are behind the movement to bring back sustainable food. D ... More >>

Paul Farmer at Barry: NGOs Aren't Doing Enough to Help Haitian People

Dr. Paul Farmer, the Nobel-nominated founder of Partners in Health and a world expert on making international aid work, had harsh words yesterday for the hundreds of charities trying to help Haiti recover from January's earthquake.via Wikimedia Commons​"There's graffiti all over the walls in Port ... More >>

Snap Under Pressure

Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile plays Culture Room and Cayamo Cruise

Silicon Beach: Porn and Fuzzy Stats on Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Website

Screen shot from GMCVB community forum.This picture is tame. There were way more tits, ass, vajayjay, and blowjobs on the GMCVB forum than you'd ever find on Collins Avenue.​Gus Moore, founder and owner of Miami Beach 411, a decade-old website with one of the city's oldest and most active online c ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Crisis Camp Miami Geeks Brainstorm for Haiti Earthquake Relief

Photo by Alex de CarvalhoGreat turnout at Crisis Camp Miami.​Crisis Camp Miami for Haiti, which Silicon Beach previewed in a post here, took place last Saturday at The Miami Herald building. Nearly 100 techies, journalists and other volunteers showed up, split up into groups and brainstormed ways ... More >>

Donations to Haiti Aid Top $150 Million, Exceeding Katrina Figures

Talia Frenkel​Including an unprecedented surge of text message donations, people have now contributed more than $150 million to earthquake relief in Haiti, according to figures released yesterday by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. That's five times the amount donated in the days immediately after t ... More >>

Ex-Judge Points a Finger at the State Attorney's Office in His Corruption Trial

If ever the Miami State Attorney's Office has prosecuted a lose-lose case, the ongoing trial of former judge Phil Davis is it. Getting a conviction might just make the prosecutor's office look negligent in its past dealings with the alleged fraud organizer.​If Davis' sname sounds familiar, it's be ... More >>

Bad Homework

Would you tell your grandson to lie about an essay for a few lousy bucks?

Get on the Good Foot

Bad Homework at the Miami Beach PAL: Would You Tell Your Grandson to Lie For a Few Lousy Bucks?

Lumilon.com via Flickr CC​Just a few weeks ago, at a county school board meeting, Bernie Winer -- a consultant for the Miami Beach Police Athletic League -- received a standing ovation. A month before that, Miami Beach city commissioners handed him an award. But Riptide has uncovered a PAL e ... More >>

SoBe Institute Offers an Actual Job in the Arts

WikicommonsAnd God said, "Let there be light in Dade County for at least one struggling young intellectual!"​No, this is not a joke, and you're not reading The Onion. There is actually a cultural non-profit in Miami who is looking for applicants for a full-time position. If I had professional-grad ... More >>

Bruno the Delicious

In Miami Beach, a gay porn star mans the desk at the Police Athletic League gym.

Go Get Wet, Girl

Best Buddies Like Change Too

And they’re serving it up as a Movable Feast

Reach Out and Touch

Put your Hands On Miami and give back to the community.

We Got Your Local Talent Right Here

Eye-Opening Flicks

It’s a Wonderful Dog’s Life

Easygoing Riders

These bikers are just keeping it real

The Continuing Adventures of Martin Siskind

In which the clever con artist nearly reels in a million-dollar bonanza