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Best Actor

Gregg WeinerGregg Weiner is the only South Florida-based actor who has the stage presence and physical instincts to sink himself into the skin of such a force of nature as Mark Rothko, the brilliant Russian-born American expressionist who’s the subject of John Logan’s one-act, semibiographical play Red. With a shaved head and middle-aged paunch, Weiner was […]
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Salsa Fiesta Slings a So-So Mexican Brunch

Salsa Fiesta started in Venezuela, where it has flourished as a food court staple. The Biscayne Boulevard branch has also fared well; it's Mexican fast food, but of a higher quality than the Taco Bell-level chains. Actually, the folks at Salsa Fiesta prefer having their food referred to as "casual"...
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Best TV Host

Roxanne VargasAs host of NBC 6’s 6 in the Mix, Roxanne Vargas doesn’t get to cover the same breaking news stories she reports for the station’s morning show. But she goes into each cooking segment and “Melt-Proof Make-Up” item with unflagging enthusiasm and genuine interest. As a result, she elicits unexpected responses and humanity from guests […]
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Best Museum Exhibit

"A Day Like Any Other"From evoking the slow-drip symphony of a summer shower with an array of suspended buckets to creating paintings using a torrential downpour in her native Brazil, Rivane Neuenschwander’s first museum survey enchanted Miami Art Museum visitors through its beguiling and interactive nature. “A Day Like Any Other” featured 11 major works created over the past […]
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Best Miami Herald Reporters

Michael Sallah and Carol Marbin MillerThis year, the Miami Herald was a Pulitzer finalist for its series “Neglected to Death,” about horrifying abuse and deadly neglect in Florida’s assisted living facilities. The series was reported by Michael Sallah and Carol Marbin Miller — along with Rob Barry, who has since left the paper — and as a result of their […]
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Best Recording Studio

Critical Recording StudiosPunk rock veteran Chris Critic started Critical Recording Studios five years ago to promote affordable recording for Miami bands. His motto has always been “By musicians, for musicians.” The live drum tracking booth and microphone placement prove he knows what a drummer is looking for in a recording environment. The studio has recently expanded with […]
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Best Supporting Actress

Clara LyzniakMain Street Players president Clara Lyzniak has been involved with the small troupe since 1998 and has served in almost every capacity there is at a theater company. But it was her uproarious scene-stealing turn as Zoila in the group’s production of Living Out that proves she needs to be on stage more often. Lyzniak’s […]
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Ten Films That Prove Animation’s Not Just for Kids

Summertime is arguably one of the best times for film lovers. All the biggest films get released in what is an endless slew of must-see movie watching. It's also a great time to be a kid, as all the big animated flicks are rolled out to keep kids entertained (and...
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Michael Jackson Lands Posthumous Deal With Pepsi

Time flies. It's been nearly three years since Michael Jackson died at the hands of Conrad Murray, the result of too much propofol and respiratory arrest. From concerts to network specials, Jackson's death triggered a seemingly endless stream of posthumous tributes. None, however, came in carbonated beverage form ... Until...
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Latino Republicans More Approving of Gay Marriage Than Rest of GOP

This past March, a secret memo from the anti-gay marriage group the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) leaked. It underlined plans to make "support for [traditional] marriage [editor: in their language, that means opposition to gay marriage] a key badge of Latino identity." Of course, it's odd that a group...
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Best Bartender

Gabriel OrtaLike a cocktail, there’s a recipe for making the perfect bartender: Mix one part mad scientist, one part psychiatrist, and one part artist and serve with a side of humor. Gabriel Orta fits the recipe exactly. One-half of the team that started the recently closed pop-up, Broken Shaker (the other half is Elad Zvi), Orta […]
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Best Director

Lowell WilliamsDjanet Sears’s meticulously complex Harlem Duet is a provocative play that deals with race, sex, and mental illness in the black community. When the M Ensemble performed the play in March, the troupe turned to University of Miami drama professor Lowell Williams to take on the challenge of bringing out all of the show’s multifaceted […]
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50 Best Miami Bands of All Time: From 35 to 31

Just like Afrobeta's Cuci Amador and Tony Smurphio, we here at Crossfade wanna know ... Do you party? For the last 72 hours, we've been shakin' ass (and sometimes Scraping Teeth) while snorting skinny lines of pure white SoBe sand off scratched-up slabs by some of our favorite local music...
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Elton John Slams Rick Scott and His Surgeon General in New Memoir

It's not Saturday night, but apparently the time is right for fighting between Elton John and Gov. Rick Scott. In his upcoming memoir, Sir Elton criticizes the unpopular pol for attempting to cut funds to Florida's AIDS Drug Assistance Program. Elton even wrote a letter to the governor, and the response...