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Tom Finkel

Tom Finkel is editor-in-chief of Miami New Times, where he guides the coverage of the print publication and online website. Tom worked at New Times from 1989-1997, then rejoined the paper in 2019. In between, he served as editor-in-chief of City Pages (Minneapolis), Riverfront Times (St. Louis), and the Village Voice in New York. His own writing has earned accolades including an NABJ Award of Excellence for Investigative Reporting and the Transatlantic Review Henfield Foundation Fiction Award. Tom holds a BA in philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis and an MA in creative writing from Brown University.

tom.finkel@miaminewtimes.com

Calendar for the week

By Georgina Cardenas and OthersApril 3, 1997

thursday april 3 Madcap Martini Party: Join the heppest cats in town for the grooviest martini party since Sammy, Dino, and Frank ruled the roost. Tara “Queen of the Night” Solomon and Micky Wolfson host this fundraiser for the exhibitions fund of the Wolfsonian (1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach), complete…

Calendar for the week

By Georgina Cardenas and OthersMarch 27, 1997

thursday march 27 Carmen: Miami City Ballet celebrates the premiere of resident choreographer Jimmy Gamonet De Los Heros’s lavish ballet version of Georges Bizet’s Carmen with a gala evening, also featuring a concert by Cuban diva Albita, tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Jackie Gleason Theater of the Performing Arts…

Calendar for the week

By Judy Cantor-Navas and OthersMarch 13, 1997

thursday march 13 Dade County Fair and Exposition: They’ve got daredevils who’ll take your breath away. They’ve got plants and animals from forests and farms. They’ve got food, games, magic shows, art exhibitions, vendors, and loads of live music. But let’s face it: Those super-loud, ultra-illuminated, fabulous puke-inducing rides are…

Voices of the Islands

By Tom FinkelNovember 21, 1996

This is a historic moment for Miami.” Bob Antoni is not a demonstrative individual, at least not in the physical sense. The earnest but soft-spoken 38-year-old Miami writer, whose dense, intense Divina Trace won the 1992 Commonwealth Award for best first novel, seems more comfortable letting his written words do…

Rotations

By Roni Sarig and OthersAugust 8, 1996

Various Artists America Is Dying Slowly (Red Hot/Eastwest) After releasing seven successful AIDS benefit compilations that focus on genres ranging from dance and jazz to indie rock and country, the Red Hot Organization has put out its first hip-hop record: America Is Dying Slowly (note the acronym). But with African…

Rotations

By Roni Sarig and OthersAugust 1, 1996

R.L. Burnside A Ass Pocket of Whiskey (Matador) Recorded in one afternoon in the Holly Springs, Mississippi, hometown of 69-year-old blues great R.L. Burnside, A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey documents a noisy, spirited session between Burnside, his sideman Kenny Brown, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, a New York City-based…

Rotations

By Tom Finkel and OthersJuly 11, 1996

Los Lobos Colossal Head (Warner Bros.) All artists show their influences in their work. What separates the sublime from the hapless in this regard is the ability to do it without being crass. And there’s certainly nothing crass about Colossal Head, the seventh long player from Los Lobos. Genius is…