South Florida

17. Margie Pikarsky of Bee Heaven Farm

Margie Pikarsky coordinates Redland Organics, a local organization of South Florida growers, It supplies sustainable vegetables, herbs, honey, and eggs to Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Broward counties, and is among the best communiity supported agriculture programs around. Few farmers in South Florida h ... More >>

Other Electricities Talks Eternal Peasant, Moombah-to-Rap Remix Comp by South African and South Florida Artists

What do you get when you cross South African sonics with South Florida sound waves? The question is not a joke, riddle, Zen koan, or pick-up line. It's the inquiry at the heart of Eternal Peasant, a new compilation from Miami's only global indie record label, Other Electricities. It all started wh ... More >>

South Florida Web Awards: Meet Your Food Blogging Nominees

To say the web ties worlds together seamlessly with invisible streams of data would be a gross understatement. So New Times is celebrating Miami's greatest with our first annual South Florida Web Awards. We've scoured online media from news, to arts and culture, to food and music, and Twitter and ... More >>

Farm Tropical Offers South Florida Fruits Nationwide

Expect an Even Rainier Than Normal Summer in Miami

We're just weeks away from the start of South Florida's wet season. Which, not to bum everyone out, means it's almost time for our daily mid-afternoon rain showers. Meteorologists predict that this summer could see even more rainfall than average this year. In terms of water levels and such, that's ... More >>

You’re My Boy, Blue

South Florida Ranks Sixth in the Nation for "Artsy" Jobs

​A lot of kids grow up thinking they're going to land work in something cool like the arts, entertainment, or sports, but most of end up working at, like, insurance agencies, retail management, or the news aggregation departments of the alternative press. Though, if you live in South Florida there ... More >>

What's Michelle Obama Really Doing in South Florida?

Maybe it's that whole exiled-from-the-Motherland, terrorized-by-a-ruthless-dictator thing, but Cubans tend to be a little paranoid. Of course, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not watching you. And the fact that Michelle Obama, First Lady, Democrat, former WNBA power forward, close ... More >>

Candyland 2011 at Revolution Live December 23

Two Plead Guilty To Selling Jaguar Skins in South Florida

​Elias Garcia Garcia and Maria Angela Plancarte, both 53-year-old residents of La Feria, Texas, have plead guilty to selling jaguar skins throughout South Florida. Jaguars are of course protected by the Endangered Species Act, and the sale of their pelts is explicitly outlawed.

Robert's Drug Store busted for illegal oxycodone at Government Center

Eight Reasons Why Florida is a Real-Life Horror Movie

photo by Logan FazioLincoln Road zombie walks got nothin' on real life in Florida.Time for a little Halloween honesty: Florida is terrifying. Serial killers Ted Bundy and Gary Ray Bowles have stalked our towns. Prehistoric, sharp-fanged creatures circle our swamps and oceans, hungry for blood. Real- ... More >>

South Florida Grindcore Supergroup 440 Debuts at Fox's Sherron Inn October 15

440's Angelo Santa Lucia is part of a vast legacy of brutality.​Someone needs to sit down and finally sketch out the ultimate South Florida punk rock family tree. Because, we're willing to say at any given moment in the past, say, 10 years of Miami punk and hardcore, each sub-scene (Friday night m ... More >>

Your Nirvana Nostalgia Fix: Beached Miami's Complete Nevermind Miami Covers Compilation

​Crossfade is sick and fucking tired of Nirvana. If we never have to read about Nevermind, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," smutty pixxx of Francis Bean Cobain, or anything else pertaining to the 20th anniversary of punk's third (or fourth) death, it couldn't be too goddamn soon. But as the the anniver ... More >>

Shall We Earthdance?

The Singing Dead

South Florida Food Swap: Trade Your Homemade Foods

​Do you have jars and jars of your delicious homemade pesto or your famous mango salsa? On June 1 you can trade your homemade edible goods for those of other talented home cooks at the first South Florida Food Swap. Bookkeeper and mother-of-two Marie Castro is organizing the swap. She became inter ... More >>

Appliance Superstore hhgregg is Hiring 600 People in South Florida

​One morning the executives at rapidly growing appliance superstore chain hhgregg woke up and realized that their name was really stupid they didn't have any stores in South Florida. Rather than quietly work their way into the market the company has decided to simultaneously open ten new stores in ... More >>

South Florida DJs Love Japan at North Hollywood Beach Park This Sunday

​We don't need to remind you of the terrible ordeals currently facing the nation of Japan. The March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami destroyed large sections of the island's northeastern coast, leaving tens of thousands dead or missing. And as if that wasn't catastrophic enough, workers are s ... More >>

Letters from the issue of March 10, 2011

The Chant's Two Car Mirage is Rock and Roll Goodness

​The Chant Two Car Mirage (Safety Net Records) The Chant's Facebook page It is no secret that I usually do these things backwards, starting with third and second releases before tackling debuts. But there's a reason for that approach: I usually do it by matter of personal acquisition. Hence why I ... More >>

Serum's "Afro Pick" Is a Thick, Deep, and Angular Appetizer Off New Album P.C.P.

​Here's a track from our very own MC Serum off his upcoming sophomore release, P. C. P. (Pre-Campaign Propaganda), which is slated to drop this month. That's good news for fans of his 2008 compilation mixtape Calm B4 the Brainstorm and 2009's full-length debut Brainstorm Troopah. While I ha ... More >>

Local Motion: Smoke and Miras' The Line in the Sand Mixtape

​Smoke and Miras The Line in the Sand Mixtape (Self-released)smokeandmiras.com The Smoke and Miras collective has been busy this year bringing some good, conscious South Florida hip-hop to the foreground. Comprised of Orion, Brown-I, Thousand, Sweet Jesus, Name Brand, Draz, John Wilson, Sci-22, I ... More >>

Those Macaroons Could Poison You

wikimedia commonsNo whey, baby!​Publix has recalled scores of macaroons.Milk chocolate-covered macaroons, plain ones, and those covered in sprinkles are being removed from bakeries in stores across the South today. Not just Florida, but Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia. The voluntary recall was issued ... More >>

Haunted Opulence

Convicted NBA Fraudster Rumeal Robinson Joins South Florida's Blown Fortune Hall of Fame

That blindfolded chick holding the scales just made it rain justice on Rumeal Robinson. The former University of Michigan basketball hero and NBA journeyman-- whose addiction to strip clubs was first exposed by this blog-- has been convicted in Iowa federal court of fraud. The Aventura resident was ... More >>

Stuck in the Mud

South Florida chefs share their tattoos

Former 103.5 The Beat Director, DJ Launches Vanessa James Media

​When the hip-hop and R&B station 103.5 The Beat flipped to 103.5 Super X this past May, many fans were left bewildered and utterly confused. Clear Channel claimed the switch was based on Miami's growing Hispanic market, but few bought the "cultural emergence" argument. Before the flip, South ... More >>

Blast From the Past: Futurisk - The Sound of Futurism

​ Blast From the Past is an occasional Crossfade column re-examining classic South Florida releases of yesteryear. Click here for past editions. FUTURISK - The Sound of Futurism (Clark Humphrey Records) For all the cool synth acts the hipsters drool their PBR's for nowadays, I'm glad and q ... More >>

Two Men Arrested in Large Shoplifting Scheme (Yes, Panties Were Involved)

​Two men have been arrested in connection with a large South Florida shoplifting scheme, possibly putting an end to a streak that spanned three counties. Hector Collazo and Carlos Ramirez Martinez were caught after allegedly putting their sticky fingers to action in multiple stores at Av ... More >>

Sequined Vests and Missing Teeth

Lying 30-year-old grandmother was a stripper

Primary Flight showcases top street art in murals around Wynwood

Food News Roundup: Hungry People, Cuba, Hugo Chavez, Lee Schrager, and Miami Subs

An estimated 800,000 people in South Florida are going hungry, and food pantries are struggling to meet the demand. [SunSentinel]Upcoming Miami Conference on the Caribbean features Crowley Maritime Corp, a company that ships food from Ft. Lauderdale to Cuba. [SunSentinel]Venezuelan billionaire who p ... More >>

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores.Top Five Albums for the Week of November 8 - 15This ain't your kid sister: Kid Sister climbed Radio-Active Records charts with her new hip hop/electro debut, Ultraviolet.​Uncle ... More >>

Moron of the Week: Self-Destructive Ponzi Baller Sean Healy

Photo via MySpace.com Never mind the fact hat he dresses like a club promoter. If your investment manager has a MySpace page, get a new investment manager.​Forget Flagler, Tuttle, and Brickell. We need to start naming streets and bridges after a historical figure whose legacy is honored eve ... More >>

Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From FIU Radio

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks. The Texans and New Yorkers from electro-pop group Neon Indian topped Radiate's chart this week. ​Florida International University- ... More >>

Cat Shell: One Cool Cat

Fresh-faced Boca chanteuse expands her reach.

Catch a Fish Thiiiiis Big

Electric Youth

Riffing Off the Great White Way

Forbidden Broadway puts a fresh spin on your faves.

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Before it gets too hot outside!

Here We Go Again

Ramble On

Fairchild is full of music and delight

Catch Cats Fever

Everything’s Better on Ice

Nature's Sharp-Shooter

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