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Magrudergrind at Churchill's Pub April 28

Bands for Dance III Benefit at Churchill's Pub March 2

Askultura, Michele Vargas Fund, and Bands For Dance Benefit at Churchill's Pub on March 2

​Art and politics can make strange, confusing bedfellows. German playwright (and all around Commie) Bertolt Brecht would tell you that unless your work directly protests the global capitalist hegemony by alienating the buorgeois theatre-going audience, it amounts to little but titillation for the ... More >>

Ten Straight-Edge Bands With Hilarious And/Or Terrible Names

​Last night, Washington D.C. straight-edge stompers Coke Bust ripped open Churchill's Pub like a moody Norse God leveling some mountains out of ennui. And really, would you have expected any less with a band name like Coke Bust? Straight edge is usually pretty serious business. So while not entir ... More >>

Village Voice Media asks for your support of Senate Bill 596

​Last night, Washington D.C. straight-edge stompers Coke Bust ripped open Churchill's Pub like a moody Norse God leveling some mountains out of ennui. And really, would you have expected any less with a band name like Coke Bust? Straight edge is usually pretty serious business. So while not entir ... More >>

Stella Artois Crowns Local Draught Master

Laine DossRyan Fyffe wins the regional Stella Artois Draught Master title in Miami.​Stella Artois makes pouring beer into a high-drama spectacle, consisting of nine steps (ten if you include drinking it). While not quite the Superbowl, the Stella Artois Local Draught Master competition did bring o ... More >>

Organic Water? We're Not Buyin' It

Whatever happened to just drinking tap water? Courtesy Wikimedia Commons​We are skeptical of health food companies touting organic food. Too much if it is aimed at neurotic health nuts and righteous pseudo-hippies. One company has particularly made us rethink that organic purple carrot juic ... More >>

Florida Children: Kind of Dumb According to Statistics

​The good news: Florida's children aren't the dumbest. The bad news: they're no where near the smartest, either. According to a new statistical analysis by the listacle-happy Daily Beast, Florida's children are only the 30th smartest kids in America. Our children are painfully average. Like, they' ... More >>

International Noise Conference Announces Another Bout of Chaos February 10

Photo by Mike NunnGet yr noise with Clang Quartet.​Hey noiseniks, it's almost time again to put your auditory system through those 72 hours of awesome sonic abuse commonly known as the International Noise Conference. As always, Rat Bastard and Laundry Room Squelchers will be helming the whole th ... More >>

Top Chef All-Stars Premieres Tonight

Matthias Clamer/Bravo ​Top Chef Season Eight premieres tonight with a cast of all-stars (contestants from previous seasons who didn't take the title) and it sounds like we may be in for a treat. It really won't take much for this season to outshine Top Chef: Washington, D.C. -- likely the worst s ... More >>

Mercadito's Tacos for Strength Campaign Gets Local Chefs Involved

​If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here's a taste of what you're missing. Click here to subscribe."Tacos for Strength" might sound like Miami's own version of Popeye and his can of super spinach, but it's actually Mercadito Midtown's bid to help put a dent in ... More >>

Battle Heats Up Over Factory-Farmed Food

​This week's feature story, "Down on the Farm," chronicles an increasingly heated national battle over "factory-farmed" food. On one side: a phalanx of corporation- and family-owned farms across the country. On the other: the Washington, D.C.-based Humane Society of the United States.Caught in the ... More >>

Yelp Lawsuit Widens: From Washington to Chicago to L.A., Plaintiffs Charge Extortion

​Nine companies have joined the proposed class action lawsuit against Yelp, the San Francisco-based Internet giant, attorneys in Miami and California announced this morning. The new plaintiffs are located everywhere from Tujunga, California to Washington, D.C. They include businesses ranging from ... More >>

News Roundup: Father of Slain 10-Year-Old Commits Suicide

A 10-year-old boy was found murdered in his Aventura Lakes home. Hours later, his 72-year-old father was found dead, most likely from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in his Jeep Cherokee. [NBCMiami] A South Florida man traveled to Washington, D.C., to speak out about Florida's gay adoption ban. ... More >>

Miami Still Part of USA's World Cup Bid

Dolphins Stadium might not be good enough for the Super Bowl anymore according the NFL, but the U.S. World Cup bid commission just put it on the shortlist to host games for their bid for either 2018 or 2022. Previously the committee had its eyes on 29 cities, and narrowed it down to 18 today.&n ... More >>

Naughty By Nature Show Postponed, Not Canceled

​Naughty By Nature, scheduled to perform at Revolution this past Saturday, had to postpone their show due to weather conditions in New York City. Reportedly the group's flight out of La Guardia airport was among the thousands canceled due to the intense snow storm that blew across Washington D.C. ... More >>

President Obama fails to go after those responsible for the financial meltdown

​Naughty By Nature, scheduled to perform at Revolution this past Saturday, had to postpone their show due to weather conditions in New York City. Reportedly the group's flight out of La Guardia airport was among the thousands canceled due to the intense snow storm that blew across Washington D.C. ... More >>

Huggy It Out, Bro

​Naughty By Nature, scheduled to perform at Revolution this past Saturday, had to postpone their show due to weather conditions in New York City. Reportedly the group's flight out of La Guardia airport was among the thousands canceled due to the intense snow storm that blew across Washington D.C. ... More >>

Get into the Groove

And show ’em what you can do at Jazid.

Republican Officer Might Get the Boot for Racist Joke Email (Update)

Every time you think that as a nation we've made huge strides past racism, some bullshit like this brings you back to the realization that too many people are bigoted pricks. Carol Carter, a Republican state committeewoman from Hillsborough County, recently sent out this email to a group of eight or ... More >>

Watch the Inauguration Live Thanks to Hulu

We know today isn't a national holiday, but it sure feels like one. So just in case you are stuck at work, rather than freezing your ass off in Washington D.C., Hulu is streaming the presidential inauguration live. So sit back, relax and press play. Just make sure to turn around every now and then ... More >>

Fortune Predicts Miami Will Have the Fourth Worst Real-Estate Market in 2009

Here's another tidbit courtesy of financial magazine's OCD need for lists: Fortune predicts that the Miami-Miami Beach are will be the fourth worst real-estate market for 2009. No real analysis attached to the list-icle, but they predict that the median house price in the area will fall 22.8% ... More >>

Ros-Lehtinen Swears She Won't Hang Up On You

Congratulations to Ileana Ros-Lehtinen who moved her Washington, D.C. offices this weekend, and as is her custom, she sent out a release about it, with lots and lots of exclamation marks!Starting today Monday, December 15, 2008, this will be our new home away from home. If you have recently sent a p ... More >>

Meet Purvis Young

Congratulations to Ileana Ros-Lehtinen who moved her Washington, D.C. offices this weekend, and as is her custom, she sent out a release about it, with lots and lots of exclamation marks!Starting today Monday, December 15, 2008, this will be our new home away from home. If you have recently sent a p ... More >>

What Would a Jew Do?

The Miami Jewish Film Festival grapples with eternal questions.

Generation Engage Presents The Kite Runner

The Miami Jewish Film Festival grapples with eternal questions.

They’re Hashers – Not Terrorists!

The Miami Jewish Film Festival grapples with eternal questions.

Panacea

The Scenic Route (Rawkus/Glow-in-the-Dark)

Undercover Boy Wonder

International turntablist DJ I-Dee's life on South Beach is low-key. No surprise: He's too young to buy a drink.

Mr. Sick Goes to Washington

John Strand's political fantasy straddles the line between madness and political folly

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Lindsay Czarniak

Big Brooklyn Red

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Freedom or Death

Q and Not U headlines a night of angularity

Incessant Static

Every year millions of your dollars are pumped into Radio and TV Martí. What do you get in return?

Waiting for Otto

Why would a man sullied by Iran-contra and illegal propaganda campaigns be a Bush nominee? Good question.

Shake

America unplugged

Voice of a Nation

Radio and TV Martí are supposed to remain above politics and provide Cubans with unbiased news. This is not a joke; it only seems like one.

The Assassin Next Door

Chile's infamous undercover operative Armando Fernandez Larios has lived a quiet life in Miami. But his past is about to catch up with him.

The Catalyst

Marleine Bastien -- activist, social worker, songwriter, mother -- is helping to lead the resurgence of South Florida's Haitian political agenda

He Made Dade

Battling cancer, veteran pol Dante Fascell talks of war, Cuba, and a lifetime of putting Miami on the map

Radio Free Miami

Welcome to the new Radio Marti, dragged into the swirl of local exile politics, more quarrelsome than ever, and growing increasingly irrelevant

Uncertain Justice

Was Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega really a drug trafficker? Or is it possible he was set up by the U.S. government? Try asking a few dozen people who should know.

Welcome to America. Now Go Home.

Granted sweeping new powers by Congress, the INS is quickly earning a global reputation for cruel and capricious conduct at Miami International Airport

"It'll Never Get Off the Ground"

With nothing to show after four years but bitterness and bickering, the plan to turn Homestead Air Force Base into a commercial airport has gone from national model to national embarrassment

When Vicki Met Syl

Fate introduced Miami lobbyist Sylvester Lukis to a rising political star named Vicki Lopez-Wolfe. Twenty-two felony charges later, South Florida is still reeling.

Putting the Sir in Sirloin

Fate introduced Miami lobbyist Sylvester Lukis to a rising political star named Vicki Lopez-Wolfe. Twenty-two felony charges later, South Florida is still reeling.

There Oughta Be a Law!

Micky Arison and other cruise industry bigwigs are pushing Congress to ship potential lawsuits overseas

Inside the American Police

Hall of Fame and Museum: Morbid kitsch and money. Lots of money.

Meditations on the L-Word

Janet, Donna, Hillary, and Me