On the job for less than a year, Miami beach Police Chief Dan Oates continues his very public cleaning up of the Miami Beach Police Department. Oates was joined by City Manager Jimmy Morales and State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle to announce an investigation into officers sending thousands and racist, sexist, homophobic...
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Hidden behind highways and railways, Opa-locka is rarely considered part of Miami's burgeoning art scene. In 1987, the city was in crisis, plagued by an epidemic of drug violence. City planners took it upon themselves to act decisively. With the help of county officials, the city placed eight metal barriers...
"It's Michael Jackson through a different perspective, from someone who grew up in a totally different background and culture."
Painters and writers have a lot in common. Writers often sketch out a scene, articulating the fine details of a tableau of their readers. Painters frequently employ elements of storytelling, weaving narratives between brushstrokes. Vanessa Garcia is a local painter and writer whose debut novel, White Light, incorporates elements of...
"Miami Is Highly Unequal — But Is That Bad?" reads the headline of an article on Forbes.com today by Scott Beyer. Unsurprisingly for a piece in a publication named after and edited by arch free market conservative Steve Forbes, the answer Beyer comes to is, "No, not really." So you...
Today is Earth Day, a holiday that should resonate in a city that takes such pride in its local environmental beauty. Miami is the only metro area in America sandwiched between two National Parks, and in many ways Miami has done a decent job in the green department. Our air...
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Lulu's Nitrogen Ice Cream is having its grand opening this Sunday May 31, and the Edgewater spot is going all out to fete the occasion. Between 12 and 4 p.m., customers will receive two free scoops (no toppings or waffle cone/bowl) when they purchase an ice cream ($5 for two...
Wanna be the world’s next top EDM superstar? Just let Tiësto and Your Shot show the way. They are launching a new DJ talent show, streaming on Vevo and sponsored by 7UP, open to any aspiring jock over the age of 18 who resides in the United States. And apparently, "you...
Niko Javan’s recent pornographic vegetable EP? There’s an app for that. The fearless “multimedia warrior” has his hands in music production, visual arts, music videos, and t-shirt design, but he’s still got an uncontrollable urge to push himself to new creative frontiers. He was looking for a new project, a...
It's almost noon when Christian Valdes blinks open his eyes. The muscular 32-year-old with short black hair and a goatee quickly realizes he's hung over. His head is pounding, and his mouth is parched. If he doesn't get water soon, he may puke. The last thing he recalls is stumbling...
Burnie, the Miami Heat's anthropomorphic flame mascot, may be one of the most enduringly popular parts of the franchise, but one local elementary school teacher is taking the team to court after claiming that Burnie injured her during an event. That teacher, Susan Sanchez, claims she volunteered to participate in...
With the weekend not far away, chances are you're figuring out where to go for a good-tasting brunch that a) doesn't break the bank b) isn't the typical hotel affair c) has pancake tacos and d) is serving up gratis mimosas. For all of the above, head to Station 5...
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A post-Wikipedia biographical documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck finds Brett Morgen constructing a feature-length collage of notebook entries, demo tapes, rehearsal footage, home movies, archival photos, and drawings and artwork by the late Nirvana frontman. It's an impressive, comprehensive assemblage, designed to impart not a point-by-point historical account but,...
In early 2013, Mimi Gross told her husband she wanted Cuban food. That man was Hans Seitz, owner of the downtown barbecue spot Sparky's along with Kevin Kehoe, who was testing ham recipes and fortuitously had Dijon mustard, pickles, Swiss cheese, and some bread on hand. Thus Sparky's Cuban Ex-Patriot...
A boat sailing to Salamanca, Spain, in 1549 met an unfavorable fate somewhere in the Florida Keys. On the wrecked vessel was thirteen year old Hernando De Escalante Fontaneda who was saved and then enslaved by the indigenous Calusa Indians. He spent 17 years traveling extensively around the state and observing...
No one in Miami who watched LeBron James' buzzer-beating three last night to beat the Chicago Bulls realized at the time that his most imposing obstacle was a person you would have least expected — his own head coach, David Blatt. After the Bulls tied the score at 84 with...
One sunny afternoon in June, Denise Weinstein was walking Josie, her shaggy, white, Maltese shih tzu mix, outside Century Village, the 55-and-older South Florida retirement complex where she lives. That's when the birds attacked. "Two birds were swanning down on me like dive-bombers!" she recalls. "They looked like helicopters." The...
Art spaces are popping up everywhere these days — downtown, the Upper Eastside, MiMo and, of course, Wynwood. But Lemon City's Flowerbox Projects has a unique vision that sets it apart from the crowd. The brainchild of artists David Marsh and Kristen Soller, the space supports emerging artists who have a...
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We'll just cut to the chase. We know local fans are "go big or go home" types. The Miami Hurricanes Men's Basketball teams trip to the National Invitational Tournament (the Independent Spirit Awards to the NCAA Tourney's Oscars; the middle school spring luau to the NCAA's Senior Prom) hasn't exactly...
Legendary Florida environmentalist Nathaniel Reed has added his voice to the chorus of disapproval for Florida's legislature, saying their failure to enact key legislation — as the House quit early over a Medicaid funding fight — has made the state “the laughing stock of the country.” Among the many bills...
When the longing for fragrant blends of coriander, cumin, and cardamom woven into rich gravies strikes, Miami's choices are few and far-flung. You could head toward Coconut Grove and grab a table at the now-larger Bombay Darbar. Or you can make the trek to Imlee Indian Bistro in Pinecrest to...
One of the Museum of Contemporary Art's first exhibitions since the very public dispute between the City of North Miami and MOCA's former board, "Alternative Contemporaneity: Temporary Autonomous Zones" presents works by more than 50 of Miami's established and emerging artists. The show seeks to create a temporary autonomous zone...