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New Times Managing Editor Tim Elfrink to Consult on Showtime Drama Dope

Friday, Deadline reported that Showtime is developing an hourlong drama about athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs and a South Florida doctor who provides them. The site also reported that New Times managing editor Tim Elfrink will consult on the series, along with former New Times reporter Gus Garcia-Roberts, who now...
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Teo Castellanos’ Life Is in His Plays

On the second day of eighth grade in 1975, Teo Castellanos, a runty Puerto Rican kid in shiny new Pro-Keds, nervously scanned the hallways of Carol City Junior High between classes, on the lookout for his nemesis. The year before, a much bigger kid had approached from behind in drama...
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Obvious Child and Five More Summer Movies Made by Women

In a movie industry shamefully dominated by men, it's tough to find films made by women, primarily for women. Sure, some men make films for women, but it's tiresome to never see female directors or screenwriters working on cool, well-advertised projects - especially projects outside the genres of romance and...
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Deafheaven – Churchill’s Pub, Miami

Deafheaven Churchill's Pub, Miami Sunday, June 15, 2014 By this point, we've heard the lamentations, death knells, and obituaries for ye olde Churchill's Pub, the alternative hub in the heart of Little Haiti, where a punk and experimental scene has flourished for decades on end. The club was recently sold...
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DJ Laz Being Sued by Mother of Boat Accident Victim

The mother of the victim of a fatal accident involving a boat being driven by DJ Laz has filed suit against the popular radio personality. Maricel Valdez is seeking damages following the death of her 23-year-old son Ernesto Hernandez that names Laz (real named Lazaro Mendez), Voli Spirits, Park Street...
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E.T. Update Earth to Echo Makes Everything a Device

Earth to Echo is a slender kiddie flick about a quartet of preteens and their palm-sized alien pal that's at once bland, well-intentioned, and utterly terrifying about the mental development of modern children. As in the most honest kids films, our 5-foot heroes admit to being isolated, unhappy, and cowed...
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Florida’s 12th-Graders Are Really, Really Bad at Math

Only 20 percent of Florida's 12th-graders in public schools are considered proficient at math. For those of you bad at math, that means only one out of five. For those of you really, really bad at math, pick your favorite member of One Direction and pretend he's the only one...
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Gustavo Oviedo, Accidental Environmentalist, Makes New Art From Old Trash

If recycling is the mantra for environmental awareness, then Gustavo Oviedo may be its best messenger. The Miami-based artist has made it his mission to repurpose found objects for the purpose of creating original works of art, breathing new life into disposable materials that otherwise outlived their purpose. Describing himself...
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Pit Bull Ban Won’t Be Put To Popular Vote Any Time Soon

The current countywide ban on pit bulls seems safe from renewed scrutiny from Miami-Dade voters in the coming years. After an attempt to repeal the ban failed by a 63 percent to 37 percent margin in 2012, keeping the decades-old ban in place, activists say they've all but given up...
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Borgman Invades a Home — and Maybe Your Dreams

"Destroy your safe and happy lives before it is too late," the Mekons once sang. The smug suburban Dutch family in writer-director Alex van Warmerdam's bleakly comic allegory ­Borgman never got the memo, which leaves them open to a peculiar and languorously sinister home invasion. Not even the backyard is...
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Ten Best Restaurants to Open in 2014 (So Far)

Welcome to another Miami July. Local weather forecasters are chatting about some tropical activity brewing in the Caribbean, electronics stores are touting their layaway specials for Christmas, and we're just trying to take a walk without getting eaten alive by mosquitoes. What to do? We suggest catching up on all...
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MGLFF’s 65 Films Offer Something for Everyone

The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival marks its 16th anniversary with ten days of great works, both silly and groundbreaking, offering more than 60 films representative of 20 countries. The festival has come a long way from its humble beginning as a three-day weekend affair. It has compiled a...
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Locust Arts Builders: Fostering Miami’s Next Art Stars

High school artists will show the Miami art crowd what they're made of when Locust Projects unveils this year's Locust Arts Builders (LAB) collaborative exhibition. This is LAB's fifth year giving young artists the chance to learn more about the professional art world. The program grew out of a want...
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Ten Rums We Loved at Rum Renaissance Festival 2014

The afternoon I visited the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, the atmosphere was electric, and the air was perfumed with the sweet aroma of the spirit that thousands of people flocked to celebrate -- rum. Pirates, tiki enthusiasts, and plain old rum lovers filled the main hall of the Miami Airport...
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Martyn Talks New Album on Ninja Tune: “Definite Leap Forward For Me”

Dutch producer Martyn Deykers already boasts releases on groundbreaking electronic music labels like Brainfeeder, Otsgut Ton, and his own 3024. But signing to the legendary Ninja Tune label puts him in the company of some truly seminal acts, especially of the boundary-pushing and genre-defying variety -- think Coldcut, Amon Tobin,...