Providence (Rhode Island)

Rotisserie Chic

Bake the Grade

Head Spins: DJ Midas

This DJ's got that golden touch.

John McCain: Vets Worst Enemy

His fame is based on his POW status, but the senator has made a point of voting against fellow veterans.

John McCain: Vets' Worst Enemy

His fame is based on his POW status, but the senator has made a point of voting against fellow veterans.

Tin Chefs

The disconnect between a culinary student's white-collar dreams and the restaurant world's blue-collar reality

International Noise Conference

The disconnect between a culinary student's white-collar dreams and the restaurant world's blue-collar reality

Critics Pick

The disconnect between a culinary student's white-collar dreams and the restaurant world's blue-collar reality

Devil or Angel

True or False:

David Collins is Miami's leading bail bondsman.

David Collins has lots of friends in law enforcement.

David Collins says he's put his criminal past behind him.

Letters from the Issue of March 7, 2002

More debate about "Strings Attached"

"I Rode for Lansky"

Miami Beach's premier crooked jockey reminisces

A Sweet Deal in a Stuffy Place

Corporate cooking culture

The Last Iconoclast

Edward Wasserman, departing editor in chief of the Daily Business Review, ruminates on public corruption, ethnic politics, and the Miami Herald

Have Horn, Will Travel

Hold on, Roomful of Blues is comin'

Blues Power

Hold on, Roomful of Blues is comin'

Southern Gothic

For Miami filmmaker Tag Purvis, completing his first full-length movie wasn't just a matter of going home. He also had to stay alive.

News of the Weird

For Miami filmmaker Tag Purvis, completing his first full-length movie wasn't just a matter of going home. He also had to stay alive.

Night & Day

May 21 - 27, 1998

News of the Weird

May 21 - 27, 1998

News of the Weird

May 21 - 27, 1998

Putting the Sir in Sirloin

May 21 - 27, 1998

News of the Weird

May 21 - 27, 1998

News of the Weird

May 21 - 27, 1998

News of the Weird

May 21 - 27, 1998

News of the Weird

May 21 - 27, 1998

Heroin Be the Death of Me

South Beach nightlife sophisticates know they can handle it. A little puff now and then won't kill you. No big deal.

Learning Curve

South Beach nightlife sophisticates know they can handle it. A little puff now and then won't kill you. No big deal.

Obama, Biden Snub Manny Diaz's U.S. Conference of Mayors Going-Away Party

Miami Mayor Manny Diaz's time as head of the U.S. Conference of Mayors has come to an end, and usually the sitting American president sends administration officials to the conference -- this year held in Providence, Rhode Island -- but the Obama administration pulled out. The reason: Providence May ... More >>

Playground Theatre's Inanna and the Huluppu Tree resurrects ancient myths

Miami Mayor Manny Diaz's time as head of the U.S. Conference of Mayors has come to an end, and usually the sitting American president sends administration officials to the conference -- this year held in Providence, Rhode Island -- but the Obama administration pulled out. The reason: Providence May ... More >>

Lithium from Bolivia could reshape Miami and the world

Miami Mayor Manny Diaz's time as head of the U.S. Conference of Mayors has come to an end, and usually the sitting American president sends administration officials to the conference -- this year held in Providence, Rhode Island -- but the Obama administration pulled out. The reason: Providence May ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Sun Street" by Deer Tick, Playing White Room July 28

​Any attempt at actually narrowing down the sound of the Providence, Rhode Island-based quartet Deer Tick ultimately comes up short. To the band's credit, that's because it actually defies definition. The fact the foursome often falls back on an alt-country approach may enter the equation, but equ ... More >>

Lightning Bolt

​Any attempt at actually narrowing down the sound of the Providence, Rhode Island-based quartet Deer Tick ultimately comes up short. To the band's credit, that's because it actually defies definition. The fact the foursome often falls back on an alt-country approach may enter the equation, but equ ... More >>

Deer Tick

​Any attempt at actually narrowing down the sound of the Providence, Rhode Island-based quartet Deer Tick ultimately comes up short. To the band's credit, that's because it actually defies definition. The fact the foursome often falls back on an alt-country approach may enter the equation, but equ ... More >>

The W South Beach's Thomas Merolla Talks Cocktails

Paula Niño​Thomas Merolla moved to Miami from Providence, Rhode Island sixteen years ago looking for something new and different. He was only 18 but his first job, bartending at the then newly opened Delano Hotel, marked the beginning of a career creating cocktails for some of the hottest spots i ... More >>

International Noise Conference Announces Another Bout of Chaos February 10

Photo by Mike NunnGet yr noise with Clang Quartet.​Hey noiseniks, it's almost time again to put your auditory system through those 72 hours of awesome sonic abuse commonly known as the International Noise Conference. As always, Rat Bastard and Laundry Room Squelchers will be helming the whole th ... More >>

Girl Talk Extends North American Tour and Announces Miami Gig May 19

Photo by Paul SobotaGirl Talk worms out from the underground.​A night out with sample-happy psycho Girl Talk (AKA Gregg Gillis) is never gentle. Imagine your brain being force-fed 36 hours of music in 36 minutes, pushed to the brink of seizure, and then fucked by a superpowered laptop that's been ... More >>

Hall Pass: Owen Wilson and Christina Applegate get raunchy

Photo by Paul SobotaGirl Talk worms out from the underground.​A night out with sample-happy psycho Girl Talk (AKA Gregg Gillis) is never gentle. Imagine your brain being force-fed 36 hours of music in 36 minutes, pushed to the brink of seizure, and then fucked by a superpowered laptop that's been ... More >>

SBWFF 2011: More and More at Best of the Best

Chocolates from Andrew Shotts of Garrison Confections in Providence, Rhode Island​What's your idea of the good life? Is it a sprawling private event held in something called "the Sparkle Ballroom" in a glamorous over-the-top Miami Beach resort? Is it top-rated bottles of rare, aged grapes all sile ... More >>

Trip Out With Jim Drain and Forcefield's "Warmup" in Total Darkness Tonight

​In the mid '90s, noise band and performance art collective Forcefield were spawned from the damaged sounds of a Providence, Rhode Island scene revolving around Load Records and the collective's base of operations, the prolific Fort Thunder. The group donned psychedelically fetishistic full-body ... More >>

Meet Araabmuzik, the MVP of the MPC, at Eve Miami on December 14

​Invented in the late '80s by electronics wizard Roger Linn, the Music Production Center is a pimped-out drum machine on steroids, usually equipped with eight to 16 pressure- and velocity-sensitive pads, multiple MIDI inputs and outputs, a superpowered sequencer, advanced sampling systems, and an ... More >>

Nine Noisiest Acts at International Noise Conference 2012

Photo by Bleeding PalmJust wait till you hear the racket Rat Bastard has planned for this year's I.N.C. ​Some people really get their panties in a twist over noise music. Every year, producer-musician Rat Bastard throws his globally acclaimed International Noise Conference at Churchill's Pub. And ... More >>

Miami Among America's "Most Overpriced Cities"

​In news that will shock no one who eats out on South Beach, parks in Brickell or tries to buy some influence with the Miami-Dade County Commission (those lobbying fees ain't cheap!), Miami has been honored this morning as one of the most overpriced towns in the nation.High unemployment, skyrocket ... More >>