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San Juan

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Survey Says Miamians Are Dumb, Rude, Bad at Driving

    ​Every year, Travel and Leisure magazine comes out with its "America's Favorite Cities" survey, and every year Miami ends up being ranked as one of the rudest in nation. We ranked fourth-rudest last year; you will be proud to hear, however, that the Magic City has since surged triumphantly into se ... More >>

  • Film

    October 27, 2011

    The Rum Diary: Johnny Depp stars in this oddly tame adaptation

    ​Every year, Travel and Leisure magazine comes out with its "America's Favorite Cities" survey, and every year Miami ends up being ranked as one of the rudest in nation. We ranked fourth-rudest last year; you will be proud to hear, however, that the Magic City has since surged triumphantly into se ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2011

    Calle 13 at the American Airlines Arena October 15

    ​Every year, Travel and Leisure magazine comes out with its "America's Favorite Cities" survey, and every year Miami ends up being ranked as one of the rudest in nation. We ranked fourth-rudest last year; you will be proud to hear, however, that the Magic City has since surged triumphantly into se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Brothers Arrested For Beating Up Pilot On MIA Flight

    Jonathan and Luis Baez​Brothers Jonathan and Luis Baez have been arrested after seriously beating up a pilot on a plane at Miami International Airport last night. The skirmish started after the flight crew ordered one brother off the flight because he appeared to be drunk or on drugs and ended in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Miami Drug Smuggler Pleads Guilty, Has His Plane Taken Away

    Will somebody wake him up for his mugshot please?​A 50-year-old Colombian drug kingpin was fined $1 million and sentenced to 22 years in prison Wednesday by a federal judge in Miami. And that was the plea deal.Edgar Vellejo-Guarin was indicted in 2001 after Coast Guard officers discovered 4,000 ki ... More >>

  • Music

    January 27, 2011

    Don Omar at 90 Degree January 28

    Will somebody wake him up for his mugshot please?​A 50-year-old Colombian drug kingpin was fined $1 million and sentenced to 22 years in prison Wednesday by a federal judge in Miami. And that was the plea deal.Edgar Vellejo-Guarin was indicted in 2001 after Coast Guard officers discovered 4,000 ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Don Omar Beats Down Britney Spears and Invades Latin Hangout 90 Degree

    ​Don Omar is a platinum-selling reggaeton artist based out of San Juan, New York City, and Miami. He's also the guy who trumped Britney Spears for most albums sold during an in-store appearance at Disney World's Virgin Megastore. And now the Puerto Rican playa and owner of Orfanato Music Group ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Old San Juan Restaurant is a Disservice to Puerto Rican Food

    Photo by Ily GoyanesNo self-respecting Puerto Rican would serve this pastel and pastelon. ​​Japanese and Chinese food buffets are ubiquitous. Latin ones, though are practically nonexistent in Miami. Really. So when I heard that Old San Juan Restaurant had a lunch spread, of course I wanted to tr ... More >>

  • Music

    September 2, 2010

    Robbie Rivera rocks the Gansevoort

    Catch him poolside Sunday, September 5.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    'Pablo Escobar' of the Caribbean Arrested in Puerto Rico After Tony Montana-Worthy Career

    via U.S. Marshals ServiceJose Figueroa Agosto was arrested this weekend after a decade-long run from the law. ​He moved boatloads of Colombian cocaine through the Caribbean to U.S. shores, bought dozens of luxury homes and built a house in the Dominican Republican with his own personal zoo, police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    305 Live: Local Hip-Hop News from Adela, Pitbull, DJ Khaled and more

    Photo by David "Dro" Rosario​-- DJ Khaled continues to ride the wave of success that his song "All I Do Is Win" has garnered. Since releasing the song, he's received tons of iTunes downloads for it. So I guess as a thank you of sorts, Khaled recruits pretty much all of the most relevant rappers of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Marlins to Play Mets Series in Puerto Rico

    ​Puerto Rico absolutely loves baseball. Too bad they don't have their own MLB team yet, but hey, apparently we're willing to lend them ours for a weekend. The AP reports that the Marlins June 28-30th series against the New York Mets will be played in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It'll go down at th ... More >>

  • Music

    February 25, 2010

    Robbie Rivera

    ​Puerto Rico absolutely loves baseball. Too bad they don't have their own MLB team yet, but hey, apparently we're willing to lend them ours for a weekend. The AP reports that the Marlins June 28-30th series against the New York Mets will be played in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It'll go down at th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Legendary Cuban Band Septeto Nacional Back After 76 Years

    It's a measure of the new exile tolerance that a heralded band from Cuba is headed for Miami, and -- at least so far -- no one is talking about protests, pain or politics. ​The Septeto Nacional made its last U.S. appearance at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, where it won a Gold Medal by spreadin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Miami-Set Life During Wartime Takes Venice Film Festival by Storm

     On paper, unsettling auteur Todd Solondz's latest flick, Life During Wartime, is a bizarre proposition. It's a sequel, of sorts, to his 1999 calling card, Happiness, with characters from his breakout film, Welcome to the Dollhouse, thrown in. Except every role is recast or, in s ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 4, 2009

    BLT Steak Bewitches

    SoBe's Betsy Hotel houses a winner.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Franco De Vita comes to Miami

    Franco De Vita is the Latin Billy Joel.  That's not an exaggeration.  Anyone who knows Latin music can back it up.  And unfortunately I can't take credit for the comparison, I'm actually quoting, unofficially and without her knowledge or consent, an old boss and mentor from my very fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Gilberto Santa Rosa and Victor Manuelle At James L. Knight Center This Saturday

    Two of the biggest names in the genre are sharing the stage at the James L. Knight Center this Saturday, when Gilberto Santa Rosa and Victor Manuelle make a stop in Miami on their La Historia Continua tour. The two first made history when they united for the Dos Soneros, Una Historia tour back in 20 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    David Squillace to Play the S.A.F.E. Party at Circa 28 on Saturday

    Two of the biggest names in the genre are sharing the stage at the James L. Knight Center this Saturday, when Gilberto Santa Rosa and Victor Manuelle make a stop in Miami on their La Historia Continua tour. The two first made history when they united for the Dos Soneros, Una Historia tour back in 20 ... More >>

  • Music

    October 23, 2008

    Head Spins: Deejay Smeejay

    A lounge-loving throwback.

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Booze Hound - San Juan and Halo

    A lounge-loving throwback.

  • Culture

    August 28, 2008
  • Music

    June 26, 2008

    Shooting Stars

    Wisin & Yandel aim for crossover staying power.

  • Calendar

    June 19, 2008

    Rock the Bay, Not the Boat

    A new concert series hits Bayside.

  • Music

    April 10, 2008

    El Show Secreto

    A new concert series hits Bayside.

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2008
  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Comfortably Numb

    A UM professor gathers an ugly hidden history of rape and forgetting

  • Music

    January 18, 2007

    David Sanchez

    A UM professor gathers an ugly hidden history of rape and forgetting

  • Calendar

    August 10, 2006

    A Bit Sketchy

    Casa Bacardi presents illustrations of history

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2006

    Taking It to the Streets

    MoCA gives you Moore

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2005

    Primpin' Pups

    MoCA gives you Moore

  • Restaurants

    May 12, 2005

    BEST PUERTO RICAN RESTAURANT

    Carmen the Restaurant

  • Music

    March 4, 2004

    Turn for the Verse

    Veteran Miami DJ Robbie Rivera scratches out a living as dance track innovator

  • Music

    November 6, 2003

    Papo Vazquez and Pirates Troubadours

    Carnival in San Juan (Cubop)

  • Dining

    October 16, 2003

    Side Dish

    Carmen the dynamo and the Eager Latina

  • Music

    November 7, 2002

    Cheat Sheet

    Don't know the bands? Don't worry -- here are some highlights

  • Music

    October 17, 2002

    Traffic Jam

    What is the Urban Latin sound?

  • Music

    October 18, 2001

    Shake

    We are the United States

  • Music

    August 9, 2001

    Shake

    This land is pa'ti, pa'mi

  • Music

    May 24, 2001

    Cabaret Science

    A dark look at the dues and don'ts of the piano bar

  • Music

    March 8, 2001

    Shake

    From Calle 54 to Calle Ocho

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    Ring Cycle

    Miami boasts a boxing legend who has kept on swinging through good times and bad. He's the king of the clubs. He's Tuto Zabala.

  • Restaurants

    May 13, 1999
  • Dining

    February 25, 1999
  • News

    January 8, 1998

    Letters

    Casa Salsa

  • News

    February 27, 1997

    Maybe Next Time in Miami

    Los Van Van's first-ever U.S. tour took them everywhere but here

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    The Bureaucracy to End All Bureaucracies

    The county's AIDS umbrella group draws fire from a Metro official -- and loses its executive director

  • Culture

    July 1, 1992

    Mixed Mensajes

    The county's AIDS umbrella group draws fire from a Metro official -- and loses its executive director

  • News

    August 7, 1991

    Blackboard Jungle

    The county's AIDS umbrella group draws fire from a Metro official -- and loses its executive director

  • News

    January 23, 1991

    Alberto Gonzalez -- Wild Man at the Plate

    The county's AIDS umbrella group draws fire from a Metro official -- and loses its executive director

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