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U.S. History

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2004

    Fete for Liberty

    Celebrating the revolution prematurely

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2005

    Big Deco Deal

    Celebrating the revolution prematurely

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008
  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    The New Deal Is Old -- And Kosher

    There's all sorts of talk about New Deal this and New Deal that these days, which is fine by Heshy Wilensky, proprietor of the New Deal Kosher Market. Located at 1362 NE 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, it is the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and sam ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 23, 1992

    8 Million Ways To Fry

    There's all sorts of talk about New Deal this and New Deal that these days, which is fine by Heshy Wilensky, proprietor of the New Deal Kosher Market. Located at 1362 NE 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, it is the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and sam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Corrections Chief Tim Ryan Can't Seem To Stop Offending Black Guards

    Note to Tim Ryan: Maybe just stay home next February. Ryan, Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation chief since 2006, hasn't exactly built a mountain of goodwill with his majority black workforce during his three years in charge of one of the nation's largest prison systems, with a $315 million b ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    Black History No-Show

    Corrections chief Tim Ryan can't seem to stop offending black guards.

  • Culture

    October 9, 2008

    Actors' Playhouse Does 1776

    Coral Gables' Miracle Theatre dusts off a myth.

  • Calendar

    January 31, 2008

    Lift Every Ear and Listen

    Coral Gables' Miracle Theatre dusts off a myth.

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2006

    Historian, Test Thyself

    Coral Gables' Miracle Theatre dusts off a myth.

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2006

    Sing the Body Electric

    Coral Gables' Miracle Theatre dusts off a myth.

  • Calendar

    August 10, 2006

    A Bit Sketchy

    Casa Bacardi presents illustrations of history

  • Calendar

    November 16, 2006

    Harvesting History

    Casa Bacardi presents illustrations of history

  • Diversions

    May 12, 2005

    BEST NEW DRAMA

    Does Jesus Drum?

  • Diversions

    May 12, 2005
  • Calendar

    January 20, 2005

    Through Their Eyes

    Twelfth Annual Miami International Map Fair

  • Music

    October 7, 2004

    Hope of the States

    The Lost Riots Epic Records

  • Music

    September 30, 2004

    Brian Wilson

    Smile Nonesuch

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2004

    South Florida History Challenge

    Paul George as Alex Trebek for the South Florida History Challenge!

  • Culture

    December 4, 2003

    Tomorrow Never Dies

    Sugar leavened with enough spice makes tasty holiday fare

  • Best of Music

    May 15, 2003

    BEST ACOUSTIC PERFORMER

    Grant Livingston

  • Culture

    January 30, 2003

    A Female Perspective

    Two women were behind Miami's most exciting recent shows

  • Recreation

    May 17, 2001
  • Culture

    May 3, 2001

    Rebel with a One-World Cause

    Or, The Life of the Underappreciated Man Who Brought Us Life and Liberty

  • Calendar

    November 23, 2000

    Bikes in the 'Hood

    Little Havana Bike Tour

  • Film

    January 6, 2000

    Praise Famous Men, Again

    The City (La Ciudad)

  • Culture

    July 22, 1999

    Jefferson in Virginia

    Twilight at Monticello: An Evening with Thomas Jefferson

  • Culture

    November 12, 1998

    Shtick Shift

    Twilight at Monticello: An Evening with Thomas Jefferson

  • Film

    November 12, 1998

    Don't Know Much About History

    Twilight at Monticello: An Evening with Thomas Jefferson

  • Calendar

    September 24, 1998

    Night & Day

    September 24 - 30, 1998

  • Calendar

    March 26, 1998

    What a Deal

    September 24 - 30, 1998

  • Culture

    November 6, 1997

    Unforgiven

    September 24 - 30, 1998

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2009

    MP3 of the Day: "The Vacant Chair," Performed By Matthew Sabatella

    via matthewsabatella.comMatthew SabatellaToday's MP3 of the day relates to the serious meaning behind Memorial Day, and comes courtesy of local troubadour Matthew Sabatella. He's one of the most unique solo performers in town, as he's dedicated his work lately to preserving American folk traditions. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    305 Photo of the Day: Depression Employment

    The Acme Employment Office on Miami Beach. Today's photo comes to us via the Library of Congress and the year 1939, two years before the Great Depression ended. If you thought getting a job now was tough...

  • Calendar

    June 11, 2009

    Shut Your Mouth, Sojourner

    The Acme Employment Office on Miami Beach. Today's photo comes to us via the Library of Congress and the year 1939, two years before the Great Depression ended. If you thought getting a job now was tough...

  • News

    July 2, 2009

    Patriotic Pop Quiz

    The only one who knows anything about America is from... Argentina.

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    John Brown's Body Washing Up at Culture Room

    The only one who knows anything about America is from... Argentina.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Michelle Obama's Comin'. Will She Join the Top 5 Craziest First Ladies?

    Joyce N. Boghosian Go ahead, make my day Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso ​Michelle Obama has a ridiculously difficult job.  She has to raise a family and schmooze with googly-eyed dignitaries, all the while still having to share her shortbread cookie recipes with Good Housek ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009

    There’s a Time Machine in the Gables

    Joyce N. Boghosian Go ahead, make my day Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso ​Michelle Obama has a ridiculously difficult job.  She has to raise a family and schmooze with googly-eyed dignitaries, all the while still having to share her shortbread cookie recipes with Good Housek ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Video: South Beach Was Racist Once

    It's not that long ago that Miami Beach was proud to be a racist entity. Segregation meant that by law the beach was only for whites. This week, South Beach will go insane with Super Bowl parties for everybody to enjoy, but don't forget what a fucked up place it used to be, and give thanks tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Top 5 George Washington Carver Peanut Recipes

    public domain image by Frances Benjamin JohnstonGeorge Washington Carver (front and center) with fellow staff members at the Tuskeegee Institute in Alabama in 1902. (Click image for full size.)​Black History Month is here, so let's talk about one of the greatest agricultural minds of the 19th and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2010

    Party Like the Founding Fathers

    public domain image by Frances Benjamin JohnstonGeorge Washington Carver (front and center) with fellow staff members at the Tuskeegee Institute in Alabama in 1902. (Click image for full size.)​Black History Month is here, so let's talk about one of the greatest agricultural minds of the 19th and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Jesse Jackson Says LeBron James Was Treated Like "A Runaway Slave"

    ​Cleveland Caveliers owner Dan Gilbert came across as a whiny, sore loser when he posted his now infamous pissed-off, Comic Sans screed when LeBron James dared join the Miami Heat. He called James' actions "heartless and callous" and promised that the Cavs would win a championship before the Heat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    WikiLeaks Just a Drop in the Bucket: Top 5 Best Leaks in Recent History

    SilliCilli's on FlikrHistoric leaking.​There's been a lot of leaking lately. First, it was Mel Gibson's heavy-breathing tirade, and now something that is just a tad more relevant -- WikiLeaks' releasing thousands of pages of allegedly classified documents pertaining to the War in Af ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Emeril's Cherry Cobbler Recipe: In Honor of President's Day

    George Washington - former vandal​Legend has it that long before George Washington became the first President of The United States, he chopped down a cherry tree. When his father saw the ruined tree he asked George if he did it and George said "yes father, I cannot tell a lie". George's fath ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Rebel Yell

    George Washington - former vandal​Legend has it that long before George Washington became the first President of The United States, he chopped down a cherry tree. When his father saw the ruined tree he asked George if he did it and George said "yes father, I cannot tell a lie". George's fath ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Miami Back In Time

    George Washington - former vandal​Legend has it that long before George Washington became the first President of The United States, he chopped down a cherry tree. When his father saw the ruined tree he asked George if he did it and George said "yes father, I cannot tell a lie". George's fath ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Lady Gaga and Obama! Five Presidential Meetings With Musicians

    ​Lady Gaga wants to meet with President Obama. Following the news that 14-year old Jamey Rodemeyer committed suicide after years of bullying, Gaga tweeted, "The past days I've spent reflecting, crying, and yelling. I have so much anger. It is hard to feel love when cruelty takes someones [sic] l ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2012

    Mitt Romney is racist

    ​Lady Gaga wants to meet with President Obama. Following the news that 14-year old Jamey Rodemeyer committed suicide after years of bullying, Gaga tweeted, "The past days I've spent reflecting, crying, and yelling. I have so much anger. It is hard to feel love when cruelty takes someones [sic] l ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Reader mail: It's time America takes care of its own people

    ​Lady Gaga wants to meet with President Obama. Following the news that 14-year old Jamey Rodemeyer committed suicide after years of bullying, Gaga tweeted, "The past days I've spent reflecting, crying, and yelling. I have so much anger. It is hard to feel love when cruelty takes someones [sic] l ... More >>

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