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Otis Pitts Owes Miami-Dade $10 Million in Failed Liberty City Plan

Otis Pitts Jr. Owes Miami-Dade County $10 Million On Failed Project

​A prominent African-American builder just got a sweet bailout from Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and the county commission. On March 20, commissioners quietly approved Gimenez's request to pay off $400,000 that Otis Pitts Jr. owes in property taxes on a complex he owns on NW 62nd Street at Seve ... More >>

Festival Miami Kicks Off With Pulitzer-Winning Composer Gunther Schuller Today

​Gunther Schuller's name may not be as well known as say, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman or Ludwig Von Beethoven. And yet, in his own way, he brought their musical mores together by creating a unique synthesis of jazz and classical music that not only helped to redefine modern music, but also proved ... More >>

Island Strife

​Gunther Schuller's name may not be as well known as say, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman or Ludwig Von Beethoven. And yet, in his own way, he brought their musical mores together by creating a unique synthesis of jazz and classical music that not only helped to redefine modern music, but also proved ... More >>

Edwidge Danticat: Genius of Haiti

​Gunther Schuller's name may not be as well known as say, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman or Ludwig Von Beethoven. And yet, in his own way, he brought their musical mores together by creating a unique synthesis of jazz and classical music that not only helped to redefine modern music, but also proved ... More >>

The God of Skeptics

Heretics, nonbelievers, and doubters worship the Amazing Randi. So what will free thinkers do when he's gone?

Bill Perry III at the Center of Questionable Deals

A battle among gentry means somebody got screwed.

Blue Skies Ahead

Susan Marshall’s Cloudless drifts across our horizon.

Face Time

A plethora of portraits gets the spotlight at Steinbaum

Room to Show

Four Cuban-American women get their due at the Frost

Caribbean Homesick Blues

An author from a colorful local family leaves academics behind for a more passionate tale

Hit Picks of Miami Lit

In which local authors and aficionados list their favorites

Fear and Loathing in la Escuela

President Eduardo Padron has instituted an impressive program of intimidation at Miami-Dade Community College

Best Book By A Local Author

Fathers Aren't Supposed to Die: Five Brothers Reunite to Say Goodbye

Bikes That Go Boom

Fathers Aren't Supposed to Die: Five Brothers Reunite to Say Goodbye

Myths Over Miami

Captured on South Beach, Satan later escaped. His demons and the horrible Bloody Mary are now killing people. God has fled. Avenging angels hide out in the Everglades. And other tales from children in Dade's homeless shelters.

From Knight Manor to Nightmare

Just when a forlorn section of Liberty City is about to get the help it so desperately needs, along comes Miller Dawkins on his political bulldozer

Morris Major

Just when a forlorn section of Liberty City is about to get the help it so desperately needs, along comes Miller Dawkins on his political bulldozer

Waste Erased

Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

Program Notes

Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

Stall in the Family

Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

Unhappy Landings

Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys