In 2002, Ice Cube rocked a Heat jersey through most of his starring role in the film All About the Benjamins. The motion picture featured a Slip-N-Slide-era Rick Ross on the soundtrack, and the plot dealt with diamonds, shootouts, and a fish named Zo. Scour the Internet and you’ll find…

Sunday morning. The room is charged with positive energy. Sunlight fills the space. Hips rock, feet stomp, arms swing. A playlist specifically designed by the DJ advances through a varied range of genres, and participants are encouraged to get in tune with their bodies by freeing them. The dancers’ energies…

The political process in Florida is screwed up. Miami-Dade votes don’t count. Democrats and Republicans alike use the media to manipulate reality in their favor. Well, Miamians, now is your chance to be heard. Get up, stand up for the popular vote and cast a ballot, even if you’re falling-down…

Thursday night’s dinner and drinks set off Friday night’s drunken debauchery. The weekend flitted by with four hours’ sleep, a vodka breakfast, a MySpace update, and a Saturday/Sunday combo involving a sea of writhing, sweaty bodies tangled in a mass of hot-blooded flesh. And that was after you left the…

What’s the difference between a hippie and a politician? A politician lies and steals to get to high places, and a hippie lies and steals to get high. Don’t trust either group? Then this week, rise up when the 76th United States Conference of Mayors comes to downtown Miami. The…

Biscayne Bay, according to Capt. Dave Sutton, is “one of the most pristine pieces of water that happens to be alongside three and a half million people.” And it’s home to the elusive bonefish, which Sutton describes as “a supreme challenge to a real fisherman — they erupt and go…

Gaggles of beautiful girls press their high heels against the cracked rocks; the night air is heavy, hot, and wet; the clubs are stumbling distance to each other; and the parties are famous. It’s a veritable downtown Miami Babylon. The developing walkability of the neighborhood means you can drink and…

If it don’t come in a tall can wrapped in a brown bag, you ain’t drinkin’ it — unless it’s free or costs a dollar. In that case, get to PS14. Between 9 and 11 p.m., you’re in gratis, drinking one-buck Miller Light and Peroni (a.k.a. Italian Budweiser) bottles, downing…