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Wynwood Second Saturday Art Walk sizzles with Mikhail Baryshnikov's photos

Miami's Arab Spring: Anti-Assad, Pro-Syrian Freedom Rally Downtown

Jacob katelRising to the occasion​Tyrannical Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad's goons would likely shoot, beat, or torture his countrymen for a similar action, but Miami's pro-freedom Syrian-Americans are proud to flex their democratic right to assemble and protest.Sunday afternoon saw a pan-Arabia ... More >>

Rusko Announces Show at the Fillmore Miami Beach on May 19

​Odd Future? Snow Patrol? Now Rusko? Holy shit, the Fillmore's like Miami's United Nations of live music. Moments ago, Crossfade's inbox was slapped with a show announcement: Dubstep disc jockey and record producer Rusko is headed to South Beach in May! Following the commercial and critical su ... More >>

Seven Billion and Counting: Dade's Farms Disappear, Hunger Grows

via .:[ Melissa ]:.'s Flickr (CC)​The world's population reaches seven billion today, according to the United Nations. That has led to a lot of hand wringing about how we feed future populations around the world.But what we really need to worry about is right here.In both Miami-Dade and the rest o ... More >>

Reader mail: "Global warming no longer exists!"

via .:[ Melissa ]:.'s Flickr (CC)​The world's population reaches seven billion today, according to the United Nations. That has led to a lot of hand wringing about how we feed future populations around the world.But what we really need to worry about is right here.In both Miami-Dade and the rest o ... More >>

Bill Richardson Visits Havana, Possibly to Push for Release of Jailed American

Roger Goun via Wikimedia CommonsFormer New Mexico Gov. and UN ambassador Bill Richardson is in Havana on secret biz.​Well, it took 13 months, but we were right: a top-level US diplomat is visiting Cuba.And although former New Mexico governor and UN Ambassador Bill Richardson is no Hillary Clinton, ... More >>

Eligio Cedeño: A banker battles Hugo Chavez

Roger Goun via Wikimedia CommonsFormer New Mexico Gov. and UN ambassador Bill Richardson is in Havana on secret biz.​Well, it took 13 months, but we were right: a top-level US diplomat is visiting Cuba.And although former New Mexico governor and UN Ambassador Bill Richardson is no Hillary Clinton, ... More >>

Bob Marley Song Re-Released to Help Fight East African Famine

Photo by Laine DossMaasai Boy, taken in Amboselli, Kenya​We interrupt our coverage of $100 dinners, fancy wine tastings and being generally blessed to remind you (and ourselves) of just how lucky we are to live in Miami (and the United States). While we're living the "good life" (and pretty much ... More >>

Dear America: Stop Criticizing Miami Heat Fans

​Dear America,We address you as ambassadors of sorts from the culturally sovereign nation of Miami-Dade. It's recently come to our attention that the "Miami Heat," a professional sporting concern that represents our city in your National Basketball Association, has advanced to a series which will ... More >>

Letters from the issue of May 19, 2011

​Dear America,We address you as ambassadors of sorts from the culturally sovereign nation of Miami-Dade. It's recently come to our attention that the "Miami Heat," a professional sporting concern that represents our city in your National Basketball Association, has advanced to a series which will ... More >>

Editor Chuck Strouse Wins Sigma Delta Chi, Top Columns in Nation

Miami New Times editor Chuck Strouse has won the Sigma Delta Chi award for the nation's best columns in a nondaily publication.Strouse, a codger who writes so seldom that many people don't even know he can hold a pen, topped all entries for five of his columns, including three about Louis Maxwell, a ... More >>

WikiLeak founder's accuser probably did not work for the CIA

Miami New Times editor Chuck Strouse has won the Sigma Delta Chi award for the nation's best columns in a nondaily publication.Strouse, a codger who writes so seldom that many people don't even know he can hold a pen, topped all entries for five of his columns, including three about Louis Maxwell, a ... More >>

When Cultures Converge

Miami New Times editor Chuck Strouse has won the Sigma Delta Chi award for the nation's best columns in a nondaily publication.Strouse, a codger who writes so seldom that many people don't even know he can hold a pen, topped all entries for five of his columns, including three about Louis Maxwell, a ... More >>

Duh: Miami Leads Nation in Number of Immigrants

​We are still in the news-hole hell of July, which means it's cucumber season. Which means the Daily Beast keeps pumping out city ranking lists and we keep covering them. This latest lineup by listmeister Richard Florida isn't surprisingl: Miami/Fort Lauderdale has more immigrants than any other m ... More >>

Photo Preview of Area 31 SBWFF Wine Dinner

Photo by Lee KleinSeared Yellowtail with salsa verde and caramelized chestnuts​Area 31, which has quickly established itself as one of Miami's best seafood restaurants, will be hosting a Fish Wine dinner on Thursday, February 25 during the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Execu ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Symphonies" by Dan Black, Playing LIV January 20

In the early- to mid-aughts there was a huge deluge of post-Strokes revivalists that flooded and clogged the scene. Sometime around 2006, it all hit critical mass, Casablancas and Co. went on indefinite hiatus, and the thing began to die. Meanwhile, a new trend -- electro-tinged, indie pop mash-ups ... More >>

Shows at the Freedom Tower and the Moore Space explore strife and displacement

In the early- to mid-aughts there was a huge deluge of post-Strokes revivalists that flooded and clogged the scene. Sometime around 2006, it all hit critical mass, Casablancas and Co. went on indefinite hiatus, and the thing began to die. Meanwhile, a new trend -- electro-tinged, indie pop mash-ups ... More >>

Area 31 Chef John Critchley Gives Dolphins Money To Live, In Pictures

Yes, this post is full of Dolphin pictures, but first:Chef John Critchley has made a strong impact on the local dining scene since joining up with Kimpton Hotel Group to head up all food operations at The Epic Hotel in downtown Miami. Area 31 was recently named an Esquire Magazine Best New Restaura ... More >>

Brunch Bonanza

Compare these two top Sunday-morning miracle makers.

Friday Night: Aterciopelados and Curumin at North Beach Bandshell

Ben ThackerAterciopelados performing at the North Beach Bandshell as part of the TransAtlantic Festival. Click here to view the full slide show.Heineken TransAtlantic Festival with Aterciopelados and CuruminFriday, April 16, 2009North Beach Bandshell, Miami BeachBetter than: Cafeteria breakfast.The ... More >>

Q&A with CuCu Diamantes

CuCu Diamantes' solo debut CUCULAND is at once a breath of fresh air and a nostalgic whiff of a more glamorous time.  It shimmers with the glitz and glamour of an era when catching a show meant dinner jackets and hair tonic, evening gowns and diamonds.  But it also bares its teeth and bite ... More >>

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Gay Marriage Amendment Debate Gets Noisy

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Pearl of the Antilles

The elephant in Guantanamo's living room gets 4200 calories a day and a Koran

Free This Priest

Father Gerard Jean-Juste is no outlaw. He's a Magic City hero.

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Behind Bush

Presidential advisor Karen Hughes draws a crowd at Books & Books, a very, very divided crowd

Sonic Support

Council of the Sun plays on to support Colombia's victims

Funny on a Daily Basis

The Daily Show's Lewis Black grabs our mike

Manic Mondays

It's not the work week; it's the party week

Letters from the Issue of December 26, 2002

The antiwar battle continues

Righteous Bombers?

Miami's non-Muslim mullahs are ready to forgive Castro's accused 2000 assassins

Spies in Miami, Commandos in Cuba

If you disagree with what they do, why defend their right to do it?

To Hatch a Thief

Venezuela's financial crisis as seen through the eyes of a motley robbing crew

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The Rise and Fall of Miamiland

Way back in 1998 the citizens of Dade County rose up and declared themselves an independent republic. Then the hangover hit.

Images of Exile

No money. No filmmaking experience. No hope for commercial success. Minor details didn't stop Joe Cardona and Alex Anton from exploring their Cuban heritage.

Straight Outta Oz

No money. No filmmaking experience. No hope for commercial success. Minor details didn't stop Joe Cardona and Alex Anton from exploring their Cuban heritage.

Swelter 46

No money. No filmmaking experience. No hope for commercial success. Minor details didn't stop Joe Cardona and Alex Anton from exploring their Cuban heritage.

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To Air is Human

No money. No filmmaking experience. No hope for commercial success. Minor details didn't stop Joe Cardona and Alex Anton from exploring their Cuban heritage.