It’s a busy week in Miami. Art Basel is upon us, of course. Design Miami as well. Then there are all the satellite fairs and the associated parties, concerts, and openings. Right now, Miami looks and feels like one giant, frantic party. Amid the frivolity, however, at least 700 people…
More than 35 years after Anita Bryant’s crusade to have gays and lesbians denied basic rights in Miami-Dade and following a more recent political battle that saw a once powerful county commissioner defeated earlier this year, the county’s Human Rights Ordinance now finally protects citizens on the basis of gender…
Popular late-night South Beach spot Purdy Lounge has a new interior design — one that not even the bar’s owner knew was coming. Last night a troublemaking artist hid in a bathroom until the lounge closed at 5 a.m. and then spent several hours painting enormous murals that now cover…
After a disappointing 6-6 season, Miami Hurricanes coach Al Golden definitely seems like he might be in the hot seat. Upset fans are already calling for his ouster, and today a WQAM host stoked the rumors by reporting that Golden could be gone as soon as tonight. However, school officials…
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Keep your amateur stand-up routine for open mic night. You might bomb, but at least it’s free. Dr. Manuel Alvarado, a 60-year-old Venezuelan, decided to try his best comedy routine at Miami International Airport and now has to pay $89,000…
A gay couple who married out of state and had their names changed accordingly are suing after the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles revoked their driver’s licenses that included the new last name. Daniel DeSousa and Scott Wall traveled to New York last year to tie the…
In May 2012, the nation first caught wind of “bath salts” thanks to the “Miami Cannibal” attack. In the hours after Rudy Eugene chewed the face off homeless man Ronald Poppo near the MacArthur Causeway and was fatally shot by cops, a Miami Police spokesman speculated that the synthetic drug…
As Art Basel Miami Beach descends upon our city, Miamians will be forced to make small talk about art while waiting in line for free booze. For many, even those who are casual fans of art, talking about art can seem intimidating with all of these incredibly well-dressed out-of-towners throwing…
It may not have been the prettiest win Miami Dolphins fans have ever witnessed, but it came against the Jets, so we’ll take it! J-E-T-S SUCK! SUCK! SUCK! The Dolphins beat the Jets 16-13 Monday night and would find themselves in the not-so-familiar position of being in the playoffs if…
The Miami Marlins are continuing the spending spree and locking up their young guns. After offering a Giancarlo Stanton a 13-year, $325 million contract, the team has reportedly offered star pitcher Jose Hernandez a six-year, $40 million deal…
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Back in 1963, Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety Bull Connor turned firehoses on African-Americans who were protesting his virulent segregationist policies. Those tactics, along with the use of attack dogs on protestors, were considered so violent that they actually helped turn public opinion against segregation and lesser civil rights for…
It’s a bad time to be skirting the rules about harvesting endangered coral and live rock in the Keys. A multi-year investigation called “Operation Rock Bottom” has already netted more than half a dozen indictments of businessmen accused of illegally selling the protected marine life. Two Miami men are the…
Charlie Crist won the Cuban vote by four points, according to the day-of Edison Research exit polls used by most of the media. Those polls also showed Crist winning the overall Hispanic vote by 20 points. Rick Scott’s own internal polls, however, claim that he won the Cuban vote by…
On Black Friday, 18-year-old Pedro Uriarte snagged a new pair of Beats headphones. On Sunday afternoon, he tried out the new headphones while walking near Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary School on NW 20th Street. That’s when someone shot the Jackson Senior High student, leaving him dead on the side of…
Daniel Dowd has lived with HIV for fifteen years. He has overcome the shock of diagnosis, the fear of death, and the mountains of pills. But it wasn’t until he applied for a job with a Miami-based cruise ship contractor that Dowd says he faced open discrimination. Dowd was poised…
Episcopalian Bishop Leopold Frade had some strong words for President Obama last week: “I am asking President Obama to stop being a sodomite!” Now, before jumping to conclusions, know that Episcopalians are totally down with the gays, and in 2012 Frade personally authorized the church’s first recognition of gay marriage…
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A lot of addicts say they needed to hit rock bottom before being ready to accept recovery. This apparently has not yet happened for Miami lawyer Kenneth Kukec. He was arrested in July after he was allegedly caught snorting lines of cocaine off the back of a toilet in a…
Critical Mass, the monthly bike ride that takes over entire roads, happens to occur on Black Friday this month. At least fewer people are working today. Which is a good thing, unless, of course, you’re coming home with a car loaded with shopping bags sometime after 7:15 tonight. Tonight’s ride,…
Another Major League Soccer season edges toward a close this weekend as four teams fight for a spot in the final. Tomorrow could be Thierry Henry’s last game. Sunday could be the same for U.S. legend Landon Donovan. No matter which teams make the final, however, the biggest loser could…
