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Madonna Announces 2012 World Tour With Miami Concert

​For every fat, drunk American football fan who couldn't even sit (or, uh, dance) through Madonna's 12-minute Super Bowl XLVI halftime bonanza, there are millions of giddy pop music fans in party towns like Istanbul, Zagreb, Warsaw, Kansas City, and St. Paul who'd be totally willing to blow their ... More >>

Shake Shack to Open Second Miami Location in Coral Gables

​Danny Meyer, master restaurateur of both haute (Eleven Madison Park and Gramercy Tavern n NYC) and not (Shake Shack) continues his burgerfication of the entire globe with his second location in Miami planned for Coral Gables.Already taking over the Middle East with locations opening in Dubai, the ... More >>

Stop, You're Surrounded

​Danny Meyer, master restaurateur of both haute (Eleven Madison Park and Gramercy Tavern n NYC) and not (Shake Shack) continues his burgerfication of the entire globe with his second location in Miami planned for Coral Gables.Already taking over the Middle East with locations opening in Dubai, the ... More >>

Coming to Florida: ATM That Dispenses Only Gold

​We can not tell you how many times we've been in those sticky situations where we need some extra gold bars, but unfortunately wherever it is you go to get gold bars (the gold bar store?) is closed. We're sure, like most regular citizens, you have the same exact problem. Luckily, for the busy per ... More >>

Robert Plant and Band of Joy play Bayfront Park Amphitheater Saturday

​We can not tell you how many times we've been in those sticky situations where we need some extra gold bars, but unfortunately wherever it is you go to get gold bars (the gold bar store?) is closed. We're sure, like most regular citizens, you have the same exact problem. Luckily, for the busy per ... More >>

Full Q&A With Robert Plant, Playing at Bayfront Amphitheater This Friday

photo by Gregg Delman​In this week's print edition of the Miami New Times, we featured a Q&A with the legendary Robert Plant, who performs with his Band of Joy this Friday, July 30 at Bayfront Park Amphitheater. Still, as print is stuck being print, there was more Q&A that didn't fit. Here ... More >>

Solar Mountain Partner Uses Copyrighted Footage Without Permission

​This past June 16, during a workshop where he pitched the Biscayne Landings site, lawyer Marc Douthit showed North Miami city council members and residents a 14-minute Discovery Channel film about Ski Dubai, an indoor snow resort in the United Arab Emirates. When a resident asked Douthit if he ha ... More >>

Kiss My Cocktail: The Bombshell for Sex and the City 2 Gals

​Not one of those die-hards who stood outside in four-inch heels waiting to see the girls of Sex and the City get all U.A.E. up in there? Congrats--you've earned our respect. We toast your restraint with... The Bombshell.The Bombshell½ oz Tangerine juice¼ oz Maraschino liqueur3 oz Champagne (Moà ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Movies

​Not one of those die-hards who stood outside in four-inch heels waiting to see the girls of Sex and the City get all U.A.E. up in there? Congrats--you've earned our respect. We toast your restraint with... The Bombshell.The Bombshell½ oz Tangerine juice¼ oz Maraschino liqueur3 oz Champagne (Moà ... More >>

Local Motion: Miss FD's Monsters in the Industry

​Miss FD Monsters in the Industry (Quantum Release) It's been a long time coming for the Fort Lauderdale goth-pop artist now known as Miss FD. This fiery-haired, gloomy gal endured a three-year battle with her former management label based in the United Arab Emirates which prohibited her from rele ... More >>

Partner of Plantation Arms Smuggler Pleads Guilty

Back in July, the Feds indicted Hassan Saied Keshari and Traian Bujduveanu with charges that the two were illegally exporting military aircraft to Iran. The pair were involved in a scheme that bought American made planes and parts for fighter jets, and then sold them for profit in Iran, funneling th ... More >>

The Agent from Iran

How a mother of two ended up in a plot to smuggle high-tech gear to the enemy.

More Bad News for Chief Timoney

Miami's head cop gets sued over FTAA. Plus: The Bicycle Avenger wins the day.

The World is Yours

Miami's head cop gets sued over FTAA. Plus: The Bicycle Avenger wins the day.

Wait a Minute

Take time for this Factory Model exhibit

Letters from the Issue of April 25, 2002

The Everglades, dead fish, and dictators

Everything Irie

Watcha gonna do, Inner Circle, make one of the hottest recording studios in the nation?

Closing in on Baba

Watcha gonna do, Inner Circle, make one of the hottest recording studios in the nation?

Letters

Watcha gonna do, Inner Circle, make one of the hottest recording studios in the nation?

Baba's Big Bucks

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

News of the Weird

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

The Baba Chronicles

For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

Back from Baghdad

For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.