South Pacific

Miami Company eLandia Accused of Stranding Couple in American Samoa

Reader Mail: Metta World Peace Is a Scumbag

American Samoa Nightmare: Couple Says Miami Company Stranded Them On Tiny Island

When Alan Lara touched down in American Samoa, he was looking for a fresh start. Bluesky Communications, a subsidiary of Miami-based eLandia, had agreed to pay the Mexican engineer and his fiancée to move to the tiny U.S. territory from their home in Guatemala. But months later Lara was abruptly fi ... More >>

Coral Reefs Are Being Decimated, All for a Few Gaudy Trinkets

When Alan Lara touched down in American Samoa, he was looking for a fresh start. Bluesky Communications, a subsidiary of Miami-based eLandia, had agreed to pay the Mexican engineer and his fiancée to move to the tiny U.S. territory from their home in Guatemala. But months later Lara was abruptly fi ... More >>

Feds Investigate Coral Shipments to South Florida Over Ties to Reef-Killing Poaching

Coral reefs, it's often said, are the rain forests of the ocean. But in reality, reefs around the world are disappearing even faster than the rain forests -- four times faster, in fact. The reasons are many, but not the least of which is stripping by poachers who then ship the coral to the U.S. to f ... More >>

Coconut Grove Arts Festival: Food as Art

​The 49th annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival has taken over the streets of the grove, turning Bayshore Drive and Peacock Park into one of the country's largest juried art festivals in the country.Art in all forms is displayed at the festival. From giant outdoor sculptures made from horseshoes to w ... More >>

Chris Kilham, GNC Chocolate: Snake Oil or Miracle Supplement?

via CocoaWell​This Sunday in Miami, "Medicine Hunter" Chris Kilham kicks off his 10-day, nine-city tour of GNC markets to discuss the benefits of cocoa and to foster a broader understanding of the "exceptional super fruit." Says Kilham, "This is the best way to set the groundwork for broad educati ... More >>

This year's Oscar-nominated short films

via CocoaWell​This Sunday in Miami, "Medicine Hunter" Chris Kilham kicks off his 10-day, nine-city tour of GNC markets to discuss the benefits of cocoa and to foster a broader understanding of the "exceptional super fruit." Says Kilham, "This is the best way to set the groundwork for broad educati ... More >>

Shakespeare 2.0

via CocoaWell​This Sunday in Miami, "Medicine Hunter" Chris Kilham kicks off his 10-day, nine-city tour of GNC markets to discuss the benefits of cocoa and to foster a broader understanding of the "exceptional super fruit." Says Kilham, "This is the best way to set the groundwork for broad educati ... More >>

Coral Morphologic Sees Miami as One Big Reef Above the Surface

This is the fifth in a series of articles profiling the seven finalists for the New Times' Mastermind Awards, which will be presented to four local artists during Artopia at the Freedom Tower February 11.​It all started with a fish tank. Like many boys, Colin Foord had an aquarium his "whole life. ... More >>

Andes Wagyu from Chile is Coming Soon to America through Miami

Fernando Hartwig South Pacific Specialties partners Francisco Pinto (left) and Damien Claire (right,) and their new friend, the docile Chilean Wagyu bull out to pasture at Andes Wagyu in Santiago. ​It was the end of June in New York City.  The gourmet industry gathering that was the 20 ... More >>

Notes From the Soundboard: A Broadway Bias

Notes from the Soundboard is a new column appearing weekly on Crossfade,  focused on pop music's history and ongoing evolution. Lee Zimmerman shares insights and observations on how music continues to connect with the weirdness of the world. Click here to read past installments.Okay, let me sta ... More >>

South Florida, South Pacific: The Kampong's Bali Ha'i Production

Image via Bali Ha'iLeave it to The Kampong, local botanical treasure and historic home of the late David Fairchild, to throw one of Miami's most anticipated events of the season this weekend. This Sunday, April 5,  will mark the 15th annual Bali Ha'i event, an outdoor soiree of culinary delight ... More >>

Musical Geography

Get your toe-tapping traveling done post haste

Letters from the Issue of March 1, 2007

"Leave bees to the experts."

Glug, Glug, Click

Tim Calver shoots in mermaid territory

Renegade Radio

A Miami radio station makes waves — short waves, that is

Holy Tabloids!

A Miami radio station makes waves — short waves, that is

The Bitch

Tiffany > Timoney

Screwed If By Sea

Cruise lines throw workers overboard when it comes to providing urgent medical care.

None Like It Lame

Connie and Carla models a classic, but ends up being a drag

Bat Boy: The Fizzle

A new production of a Broadway musical sparks and sputters but fails to take flight

It Began in Africa

Three decades after its conception, David Fanshawe still finds African Sanctus very much in demand

BEST PIANO MAN

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Haitian Cosmo

This sophisticated Haitian joint does South Beach one better

My Favorite Sings

The Gusman is alive with *that* sound

Dust to Dust

Once more, a man calls upon the troops to save The Alamo, before it's gone forever

SoSe in SoBe

Suva

Forms Follow Functions

The second Design + Architecture Day includes a month filled with festivities

Crazy Nutty Asian Place

Beatlenut

The Waiting Was the Hardest Part

Beatlenut

Cool Jerk

Beatlenut

Captain Courageous

Miami's notoriously dirty, crime-ridden river is flowing a little cleaner these days thanks to Coast Guard Capt. Dave Miller

News of the Weird

Miami's notoriously dirty, crime-ridden river is flowing a little cleaner these days thanks to Coast Guard Capt. Dave Miller

A Plague on the Playhouse

Miami's notoriously dirty, crime-ridden river is flowing a little cleaner these days thanks to Coast Guard Capt. Dave Miller

In the Swim

Miami's notoriously dirty, crime-ridden river is flowing a little cleaner these days thanks to Coast Guard Capt. Dave Miller

No Plan Is an Island

Metro-Dade does a little remodeling on a Biscayne Bay island and wakes up the neighborhood

The Old School of Power

He has been enormously influential for 34 years, yet Pat Tornillo -- politically astute leader of Dade's teachers' union -- remains a mystery to most

Special Defects

He has been enormously influential for 34 years, yet Pat Tornillo -- politically astute leader of Dade's teachers' union -- remains a mystery to most

Not So Very Merry-Go-Round

He has been enormously influential for 34 years, yet Pat Tornillo -- politically astute leader of Dade's teachers' union -- remains a mystery to most

Rotations

He has been enormously influential for 34 years, yet Pat Tornillo -- politically astute leader of Dade's teachers' union -- remains a mystery to most

Moments in Time

Cops, firemen, dogs, the circus: Photographer Jill Freedman deftly documents life's little happenings

Catch a Wave...If You Can

South Beach surfing has its ups and downs -- mostly downs -- but for a dedicated posse of locals it still can be swell

Going for Broke

On South Beach it's easy. Just buy yourself a cute little building and dump a pile of money into it. The rest will take care of itself.

Abominable Showman

On South Beach it's easy. Just buy yourself a cute little building and dump a pile of money into it. The rest will take care of itself.

Peeking Ducks

On South Beach it's easy. Just buy yourself a cute little building and dump a pile of money into it. The rest will take care of itself.

China Beach

On South Beach it's easy. Just buy yourself a cute little building and dump a pile of money into it. The rest will take care of itself.

Thrash Cannes

Where the elite meet to beat and receive their infernal rewards

Break a Leg, Sweetheart!

Two local producers say former theater king Zev Bufman also broke the law. Now all they've got to do is prove it.

The Main Drag

Two local producers say former theater king Zev Bufman also broke the law. Now all they've got to do is prove it.