During a visit to Easter Island a few years ago Daniel Arsham came upon a group of archeologists studying the colossal monolithic human figures called, Moai, that were carved from rock nearly 1,000 years ago by the Rapa Nui people. "While researching the effect of acid rain on the statues,...
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President Obama's announcement that he would seek to normalize relations with Cuba landed like a thud among many of Miami's Cuban-American Republican politicians today. Though almost all applauded the fact that former prisoner Alan Gross was freed, most blasted Obama over the wider implications. Sen. Marco Rubio led the charge...
Miami Art Week is here, and outside the gallery walls, graffiti artists are busy at work painting the streets of Wynwood, Midtown, and the Design District. The biggest mural project of the season, however, is going down at Jose de Diego Middle School, a formerly stark white space craving color...
This year, Sundance started a week late to bypass Martin Luther King Day. Perhaps that's why buyers bid on films like sprinters racing after lost time. Thanks to their spending spree, every movie on this list should eventually make it to a theater near you — or at least to...
The chapulines are boiled, sun-dried, and roasted in garlic and chilies before they're vacuum-packed and sent north from Oaxaca. Then these grasshopper slivers are tossed in a pan with citrusy Sichuan peppercorns and topped with cilantro and lime. Broken into pieces and served with peanuts and almonds, the bug bits...
Actors want to be musicians and musicians want to be actors. Often, the results are cringe-worthy. But the average crossover bomb is what makes it so special when the line between acting and music is breached successfully. Just take MKTO, the dynamic duo that's turning heads with hit single "Classic."...
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Traditionally the November Wynwood Art Walk means all the local galleries are cracking out with their big guns in anticipation of Art Basel, but that's not the case this year. Although some spaces are holding to form, most local dealers are holding back their biggest shows of the year until...
Happy 2015. If you're reading this, you've survived another year and another New Year's Eve. This is usually the time to make resolutions. The most popular are to eat better, drink less alcohol and more water, and exercise. On the other hand, there's a case for leaving your life the...
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Anthony Alfieri: Clean-Up Man
As Joe Garcia desperately fought to hang onto his Congressional office this fall, we described it as the battle for "Florida's dirtiest district." After all, Garcia's predecessor, David Rivera, has faced down repeated investigations from the feds and watched former colleague Ana Alliegro head to prison over an election scheme...
"The city of Miami is only 200 miles or so from Havana. Countless thousands of Cubans have come to Miami -- on planes and makeshift rafts, some with little but the shirt on their back and hope in their hearts. Today, Miami is often referred to as the capital of...
Walmart's plans to build a mega shopping center in the heart of Miami's burgeoning Midtown neighborhood hit a speed bump last month when a panel of judges handed a partial victory to a vociferous group of neighborhood activists. The judges ordered the city to reconsider Walmart's application, ruling that it...
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The taco-making begins with a whir and a screech. Late one weekday morning, Steve Santana, the bespectacled chef of Miami Beach's Taquiza, uses a power tool to deepen the narrow channels in two thick rock discs, which wear down every week while crushing corn into masa, the dough that becomes...
Freddo, the Argentinean helado company that's been churning out crafted frozen delights since 1969 has finally arrived in Miami. The South American ice cream company, with locations in six South American countries and the United Kingdom, has opened its second location in the United States today -- right on Lincoln...
Ahol sued American Eagle Outfitters for copyright infringement after it used the artist's trademark sleepy-eyeball motif for a worldwide marketing blitz without compensating.
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A Solitary Eye
Ask AholSniffsGlue what he has planned for this year's Art Basel, and Miami's favorite gold-grilled, eyeball-painting street-art genius admits the truth: He can't fully wrap his head around all the murals, gallery and museum shows, parties, and film projects he has lined up. "I don't even know where to start,"...
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We're here every Friday morning to give you the week's weirdest. This week, that includes 300 votes for Mickey Mouse, an ill-advised Facebook friendship, and the week's saddest mug shot after a Taco Bell drive-thru scuffle...
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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...
There's been some low-key agonizing in Democratic circles over whether a visit from President Barack Obama to campaign for Charlie Crist would be a help or a hindrance. On one hand, Crist's Democrat bonafides are still questioned by some tried-and-true Democratic voters who still remain loyal to Obama. On the...
Painting. Painting. Painting. 2015's opening edition of the Wynwood Art Walk doles out an irresistible excuse for lovers of the medium to explore plenty of shows devoted to painting in all its forms. Beginning at 5 p.m. you can catch the works of two young Cuban painters visiting from the...
Lumped together in a cluttered corner of what used to be the spare bedroom of an apartment rests a stack of papers decorated with graphics. "There are just orders we're completing - everything is made to order," says Amor Galeano, shuffling the designs with one hand like a black jack...