Over the weekend, local art blog Swampstyle — an always-interesting read, by the way — posted a somewhat shocking rumor: two paintings by graffiti bomber turned art world hotshot KAWS had been stolen from his exhibition at the Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery. KAWS — real name Brian Donnelly — is that…

This man broke our heart. Perhaps you heard: on Sunday, Jay-Z will perform a free show at the Bayfront Park Ampitheater in an effort to drum up voter registration. Tickets started getting handed out at Obama campaign centers throughout the city this morning. Well, if you haven’t heard, and already…

Michael the Black Man, as he calls himself, steps from a brand-new pearl-white Mercedes, ponytail neatly crimped and big black pupils lazily regarding the world after a Sunday spent yachting. Maybe money does buy respectability. Because he now appears far saner than he did two days ago, spewing Old Testament…

Ah, Kimbo Slice. Besides having one of the most unique hairstyles in all of the land- it’s something like a penitentary version of Larry’s from the Three Stooges, with an Amish beard thrown in- Slice’s story is as Miami as it gets: full of depravity, weirdness, and endless controversy. And…

As reported in our live blog of today’s Obama rally in Coral Gables there was a bewildering invasion about five minutes into Barry’s speech. About twenty black men suddenly stood up and started chanting “Barack go home,” unveiling signs with such slogans as “Blacks Against Obama”, “Jessie [sic] Jackson hates…

Two weeks ago, New Times brought you the tale of Steven Robbins versus the Maldonados, Cutler Bay neighbors locked in a bitter battle. The Hatfields and McCoys-style feud included cocked shotguns, alleged racism, and ponytails on big guys. Well, this story isn’t going to do much to resurrect Cutler Bay’s…

Interama’s centerpiece was to be this ultra-fab thousand-foot tower, accessible only by a movable-walkway through an underwater tunnel. It was one of the most ambitious undertakings in the history of Florida government, and it ended up as a few dozen weathered blueprints hanging on a museum wall. Initially aimed for…

Floridians should learn how to turn pee into drinking water NOW. Floridians that scare easily should be careful not to leaf through this week’s Time Magazine while waiting at the Publix check-out counter. Because apparently- and I think we all knew this, but it’s just not nice to talk about…

It might be wishful thinking, but vociferous Miami Police union boss Armando Aguilar is still cheered by the rumors. “I’ve heard he’s supposed to be leaving soon,” he says. “Maybe by next week.” He speaks of the resignation of Chief John Timoney, nemesis of the officers’ union. Timoney has been…

We’re treading on new turf here. As my esteemed colleague points out the McCain campaign announced Bristol Palin’s pregnancy in response to dirt-digging bloggers, certainly the first time the blogosphere has caused a ripple in a presidential campaign. So why are bloggers acting like such effete pussies about it?…

In a bleak meeting room inside a dull government building, the safety of your drinking water is being debated in a scientific language you likely don’t understand. And one of the people with the deepest knowledge about the issue isn’t allowed to attend. As New Times reported in March (“Poisoned…

Fidel Castro’s 82-year old body may be failing him. But, dios mio, his famed obstinance has never been healthier. You’d think it might be hard to defend a taekwondo athlete who used his potentially lethal skills to attack a sporting judge. But, oh my Capitalist swine, you know little about…

Travel buddies. Last September, we detailed the travels of Police Chief John Timoney, who seemed to spend more time on the road schmoozing than in Miami, you know, being chief. Alas, Timoney’s rambling ways have not been cured. This week, we find the chief — who, as an aside, bears…

It’s Miami’s aquatic equivalent of “Free Mumia.” Activists hold protests and send urgent e-manifestos. But they succeed in swaying all but the two guys who could do anything about it. And Lolita, Miami Seaquarium’s long-captive orca, goes on munching chum and belly-flopping in her bathtublike tank. The 38-year-old killer whale…

Apparently, this guy survived. The guy setting up his generator did not. Go figure. Before Fay hit South Florida, residents were bombarded with warnings from bordering-on-frantic reporters. Get ready, you were told. Do not underestimate the storm. The cone of concern is coming. Even this blog got into the act,…

Jamie Adams via Wikimedia Commons Fay, lame lassy that she was, didn’t stop South Florida’s gamblers from seizing on the excuse to hunker down at a felt table. As the squall squealed Monday evening, the Miccosukee casino swelled as if it was Stimulus Check Season all over again. Besides the…

The New York Times says you’re pretty much cool with this happening to you. ‘Canes a-comin’. But you wouldn’t know it from the unconcerned attitude of South Floridians. So sayeth the New York Times, who filed this report on our collective hurricane apathy, which has us getting our hair did…

“I’m gonna need how many transfers?!” In May, the Miami-Dade Commission proposed a plan to cut 16 little-used bus lines. You know, a bus- those long, smoke-belching cars that you see in the slow lane every once in a while. While its tough to applaud the county for basically conceding…

Ricky Rivera tells the story like a fisherman recalling the time he battled the big catch and lost, chuckling without shame at the doomed mismatch. His is the tale of the bionic 12-year-old baseball players. Last month, local Little League All-Star teams began competing in the worldwide, two-month tournament that…

Former Miami stickup kid Tamien Bain served more than a decade in prison for attempting to rob a local McDonald’s. Once he got out, he did the only logical thing: created a jingle that nearly won a marketing contest for that same fast-food chain. It doesn’t get much more American…