If you think Florida is a crappy place to live now, well, bad news, it's not going to get any better any time soon. Gallup recently culled together data across 13 metrics to decide which U.S. state will be the best to live in the future. Florida came in 45th...
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Rhythm Foundation's 25th Season Celebration Featuring Gilberto Gil New World Center, Miami Beach Sunday, October 21, 2012 Better Than: Tim Robbins's CD collection in High Fidelity. Last night, the Rhythm Foundation kicked off its 25th season of international music by hosting an intimate evening with world-renowned Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil...
The random beatdown is a staple of prison life, right up there with the occasional cafeteria riot and your first bad batch of wine made in a toilet. So the fact that Calvin Kingcade got stomped by a group of fellow inmates shouldn't surprise anyone. Kingcade's problem, however, was that...
"Fucking badass!" That's how Cubed, the bass player and so-called "15th Level Wizard of Sound Manipulation" for local groove crew Space Between Words, describes his band's latest project: Magnetron Studios. "It's in the heart of the South Miami art district," SBW singer and guitar guy Steven Weingarth adds. "We partnered...
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The Death of Cinema
Millions of dollars in bribes, hired goons, torture, and secret pacts made in Miami: it sounds like the hacky elements of an spy paperback sold in airports. But according to a whistle-blower, it was all part of a very real plot involving Siemens AG and the Argentinean government. In a...
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Few photographers captured the toil and turmoil of everyday survival that Parisians faced in the aftermath of World War II like Willy Ronis. The French lensman's work, on display in a retrospective at the Dina Mitrani Gallery, is one of a number of shows worth catching at this weekend's Second...
Has President Barack Obama caught the absentee ballot fever that has corrupted Florida's electoral system? Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Tribune reported Barry's reelection campaign is launching an "unprecedented program to encourage supporters to vote by absentee ballot right away." Elections offices across the state mailed out absentee ballot request forms...
Charlie Crist's latest flirtation with the Democratic party may not please all Democratic officials in the state, but Florida's Democratic voters overwhelmingly want him to officially register as a Democrat. And although some theorize Crist may run against Rick Scott for governor in 2014, the Dems don't necessarily need Crist...
Verde Gardens employees were invited to a dinner at Tuyo earlier this month.When the Homeless Trust was given $50 million from Miami-Dade county to build affordable housing, the 27-member board scoured the nation to find the best ways similar organizations had spent their money. They had been effective over a...
Big things are happening at Schnebly Miami Brewing Company. First the beer appeared at LoKal Burgers and Beer, then a short time later at World of Beer-Dadeland. Now: across Florida. Late last month, Miami-Dade's first craft brewery signed a distribution contract with Doral-based Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Inc.Gold Coast is...
The Hectic Lives of Antonio and Katie Amadeo
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This morning, Art Basel Miami Beach announced its gallery selections for the fair coming up this December. Amid scores of art spaces from New York, London, Paris, and beyond, just one Miami gallery made the most exclusive cut.Of the 201 exhibitors selected to show at Art Basel's main gallery sector...
Just as the preparation cart for my liquid nitrogen caipirinha pulled up to the table at the 3-month-old Bazaar by José Andrés on Collins Avenue, I spotted three tacos nestled in compartments of a chrome serving platter. They were folded in what seemed like some sort of rice paper. A...
Obama has opened up leads outside the margin of error in Florida and two other swing states, Ohio and Virginia, at least according to a new poll from NBC News, the Wall Street Journal and Marist College. The survey of registered voters in the Sunshine State found Obama with 49...
We've seen a lot of misty-eyed homages to British history since the London Olympics kicked off on Friday: at the opening ceremonies, or in montages about the 1948 London Olympics. But the execs at NBC are probably feeling most nostalgic for more recent history -- specifically, the days before the...
Shokudo Miami Review: A World Resource in Buena Vista
See also: Slide show: "Closer Look: Shokudo."
As South Florida's film industry continues to develop, locals have more and more chances to see a slice of Miami on their tv screens each night. Two made-in-Miami projects debut tonight, in fact: Rakontur's 30 for 30 documentary Broke, and Travel Channel's reality series Airport 24/7: Miami.See also:- Billy Corben...
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The Island President at Miami Beach Cinematheque
Hours after four American diplomats died in an attack sparked by an anti-Islamic video he has promoted, Florida pastor Terry Jones was in no mood to apologize. In an interview with New Times inside his Gainesville-area church this morning, Jones railed against Obama and Islam, even calling Muhummad "mentally ill."...
There was a time when kicker Dan Carpenter was responsible for the majority of the points the Dolphins scores, and could be relied upon to line up and bang out a field goal -- from seemingly any distance -- with a twirl of his flowing locks. That time is gone...
About a month ago, New York City's W.i.P. Lounge at Greenhouse nighclub was one of SoHo's hottest spots. But then Drake and Chris Brown allegedly fought at the afterhours joint on June 14, prompting an unwanted police investigation by the State Liquor Authority that resulted in 14 code violations and...