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MasterMind 2014 Honorable Mention: Alma Leiva

Miami New Times' Mastermind Awards honors the city's most inspiring creatives. This year, we received more than 100 submissions, which our staff narrowed to an elite group of 30. We'll be profiling those honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year's three Mastermind Award winners...
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Luke’s Best Columns of 2013

A lot of folks get upset over the things I write, but I call 'em like I see 'em based on facts. The Florida Press Club has cited the stuff I've come up with, so I know I'm pushing the right buttons sometimes. And judging by the ten most popular...
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Del Toro Pop-up Shop Opens in Miami Beach During Art Basel

Sure, there's a fair amount of Art Basel events this week that seem better suited for New York Fashion Week. But while some argue that these grandiose fashion parties are not exactly art-related (cough, cough New York Times), even the most artistically astute know that fashion is, in fact, art...
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Miracle Fruit Plants Available at Home Depot: LSD for Your Mouth

Have you tried miracle fruit? The small red berry, native to West Africa, contains a protein called miraculin, which binds with our taste buds and, when introduced to acids, makes sour taste sweet. Called "LSD for your mouth," the fruit creates a result that's supposed to be strange. There's a...
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Heat Wins. LeBron’s Ankle Loses. Pacers Tomorrow.

It was the game before the game last night. It was sandwiched between LeBron's old team and the Heat's biggest threat in the East. It was the 117-94 Heat win Monday night game against the Jazz, because people had already bought tickets, and it was mandatory...
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Miami Beach Cop Blames “Sexual Aid Cream” for Firing

Miami Beach cop Reinaldo Casas really wants his job back. He wants it back so badly he's willing to admit he was once an aficionado of the most embarrassing product ever. Sexual aid cream. On February 27, the Miami Beach Police Department fired Casas -- who's been reprimanded for making...
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Sokurov’s Faust Is a Dark Deal Worth Taking

A lurching crawl through the moldering, candlelit passages of a pre-hygiene medieval meta-Europe, this new version of the Germanic legend from Russian cine-volcano Alexander Sokurov may be the freakiest gloss this deal-with-the-devil story's ever gotten, down to the ghost-zombies and Icelandic geysers. Mostly shot in the oldest, filthiest castle alleys...
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Video Shows City Workers Harassing Miami’s Homeless

Yesterday, New Times broke the story about allegations from homeless individuals throughout downtown Miami who say city workers have harassed them andd stolen their property. Over the course of several months, people have claimed workers from the Miami Homeless Assistance Program (MHAP) -- often called "green shirts" because of their...
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Miami Residents Sue Anheuser-Busch Claiming Deceptive Advertisement

Two Miami residents have filed a lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch claiming false advertisement. Lady J. Suarez and Gustavo E. Oliva say that the mega-brewery has violated the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. The lawsuit, filed last month, claims A-B's Kirin beer is deceptively advertised as being imported from Japan...
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Second Saturday Art Walk Guide: January’s Best Gallery Shows

Beatriz Monteavaro's enigmatic work is not exactly primitive stuff. These aren't works you'd expect to find on a caveman's wall. Instead, the Miami artist's early inspirations stemmed from sources as disparate as horror movies, 1980s British subcultures, and America's fading theme parks. Her haunting creations are on view in Monteavaro's...
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India + Amsterdam = Seduction

The red-light district of Amsterdam has always been known for its “women of the night” who are lit up in windows, showing their wares silhouetted under the glow of a red light. The Manganiyars, on the other hand, are a tribe of people from northern India known for their nomadic,...
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They Might Be Giants

While on a plane bound to Mexico City from Miami in 2008, local artist Alejandro Mendoza had one of those rare “aha” moments. His vision: giant sculptures you could pack in a flight bag. His flash of inspiration resulted in the project “Giants in the City,” in which Mendoza and...
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What to Do With an Emu Egg

There they were at the Grove Green Market. Even on a table filled with hot-pink dragon fruit and spotted beans, they catch the eye of everyone who passes by. Maybe it's because they look so surreal. Green from a distance, the objects are speckled with blue hues upon closer inspection...
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Billy Corben, Sandwich Man

Billy Corben is disappointed he has been selected for the New Times People issue instead of the food issue. Fortunately, aside from being a person, Corben is also a sandwich. Whereas Corben the person is Miami's leading documentary filmmaker, Corben the sandwich is twin slabs of brisket on Portuguese muffins...