Opening Night for the Florida Marlins is tonight and we’d like to say that we are excited about the team’s prospects. But we can’t. Not really. The Fish have been about average the past several seasons, and we expect them to hover at about that this year. It’ll be their…
As kids, we dreamed about swinging on a trapeze and twirling through the air from the minute we showed up at the circus until leaving the big top. As adults, we’ve accepted that we have to forget about such silly pursuits. But as it turns out, we still have a…
Every sport has a team that provides a welcome respite for opponents. A team historically so bad that it represents an almost sure victory for the rival. In Major League Baseball’s National League East, that team is the Washington Nationals. The Florida Marlins in particular have gotten fat at the…
Overtown was once the hottest black community anywhere in the South, including Atlanta. The neighborhood had a Cotton Club, the Rockland Palace, the Harlem Square Club, and, of course, the Lyric Theater. Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Cab Calloway, and Billie Holiday all played gigs in Overtown in what…
Our options for affordable books are disappearing faster than publishers’ willingness to print them. It’s hard enough to find bookstore in some parts of the county, but now Borders is bankrupt and who knows how much longer Barnes and Noble can stay out of the red? The options for cheap…
Don’t look a gift-Frost in the mouth. We understand. Still, news of Phillip and Patricia Frost’s latest multi-million donation –$35 million to the future Miami Science Museum at Bicentennial Park — got us thinking. Where else could Miami’s most giving couple drop some of their endless ducats? We don’t presume…
The Miami chapter of Greenpeace is organizing a candlelight vigil to show support for Japan and victims of nuclear power across the world at 7 p.m. Monday at the Zen Village in Coconut Grove. The event takes place simultaneously with other Greenpeace events across the country as part of a…
No wonder they nixed the “youth” from the title of the Miami-Dade County Fair. That puppy turns 60 years old this year. It’s too bad really. Much of what we remember about the fair and its good old-fashioned family fun is gone forever. Okay, so it wasn’t all family fun…
In polite society, love and economics make uneasy bedfellows. Talk of transactions, efficiency, and resources doesn’t usually accompany the whispering of sweet-nothings in your mate’s ears. But maybe it should. After all, supply and demand always plays a role in any initial merger or coupling. Doesn’t it stand to reason…
Along the Miami River in the ’80s, it wasn’t uncommon to see bloated human bodies, Santería offerings, and criminal activity. It was one giant toxic dump, and back then the idea of hosting a festival on the river would have been sacrilege. But coming up on its 15th year, Saturday’s…
What’s that? You say Miami has no history? Prepare to be educated, whippersnapper. Did you know, for example, that an assassin’s bullet missed FDR in 1933 but wound up killing the mayor of Chicago at Bayfront Park? Remember Watergate? Never would’ve happened if we didn’t export the inept Cuban burglars…
Elizabeth Taylor passed away this morning. We lost another Hollywood icon who might have touched our grandparent’s and parent’s lives more than she did ours, but we still knew her well. It’s a testament to her star power that she continued to make news even well into her 70s. Taylor…
Bringing some much needed culture to basically the worst place on earth – Miami International Airport – is among the reasons why Random Acts of Culture sponsored by the Knight Art Foundation continues to be one of our favorite movements of the past few years. The latest drive by enculturation…
Creeping around cemeteries isn’t for everyone. But those of you who don’t mind treading lightly among those taking eternal dirt naps might fancy a visit to Miami’s oldest burial ground for Pioneer Day at Pinewood Cemetery in Coral Gables this Saturday.It’s easy enough to miss Pinewood Cemetery (also known by…
One of the best things about Miami’s Borscht Film Festival is that so many of the people involved in it are committed to working in South Florida. And it looks like that loyalty is infectious and spreading even to those who left the city for bigger opportunities. Take Josie Loren,…
Tennis fans are snobs. They’re well-behaved, cheer only between points, and hold sportsmanship in high regard. It’s Miami’s job to bring them down a notch when they make their way to Crandon Park Tennis Center for the Sony Ericsson Open. Feel free to jeer the umpire, trash-talk players, and keep…
Need an accountant? Go to Brickell. Need a lawyer, banker, or international trade expert? Brickell, Brickell, and more Brickell. But looking for a place to enjoy a wine and food festival with live entertainment? Brickell. Yeah, that’s right. Unless you’ve been trapped in an office building with no windows for…
While foodies masturbate (or masticate, take your pick) over the prospect of rubbing aprons with Giada De Laurentiis or Rachael Ray at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, people who actually like to eat probably prefer the Deering Seafood Festival. Held in the “back yard” of one of the…
Before getting your GTL on in anticipation of her arrival or jumping off the MacArthur Causeway – depending upon where you stand on the whole Jersey Shore phenomena –know that Jenni Farley, aka JWOWW, is only confirmed to be back in South Beach for a day – that we know…
Anything we post this week that doesn’t deal with the disaster in Japan makes us look like insensitive pricks. Let’s face it — we are. Talking about pop culture seems a tad trivial when there’s a country on the verge of being radiated by what looks to be the biggest…
Keep the small wave jokes to yourself. Miami has some serious history when it comes to surfing. And if you don’t believe it, ride on over to the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens on March 24 and check it out for yourself. The Miami Surf Archive Project is holding its launch…
What is it about orchids that engender so much devotion and wonder? Sure, they’re nice to look at, but they grow just about everywhere on planet and there are over 26,000 different species. You could say they’re the tuna of horticulture world. Hmm? Maybe that’s it. We love us some…
