Inside a small guest cabin on the Carnival Victory, 6-year-old Qwentyn Hunter and his 10-year-old brother, Jermaine, begged their parents to order peanut butter and jelly sandwiches from room service. It was the last day of the family's four-day trip from Miami to Mexico in October 2013, and the ship...
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A laugh comes at last just before the end credits of Robert Eggers' lit-class horror-bummer The Witch: a boastful note attesting to the documentary truthfulness of the dialogue in the movie we've just seen. Over 90 minutes that prove shriekiness is no impediment to ponderousness, we've beheld the harrowing of...
Miami brewer Jonathan Wakefield was in Santa Rosa, California, this past weekend swigging some Pliney the Elders at Russian River Brewing Company at the RateBeer Best Awards and Festival January 30. Thousands of beer fans from as far away as China and Poland converged on the Northern California city to taste the world's...
Just when you think the Miami Heat are dead-and-buried, they come out of the All Star break looking like they spent the time off filming an NBA-themed edition of Extreme Makeover. This pleasant rejuvenation has coincided with the complete absence of both Chris Bosh and the Dwyane Wade, proving sports continues...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, so we asked the group, which is led by legendary executive director Howard Simon, to name its top 12 cases. Here are the results. 12. Free Speech on Gun Safety for DoctorsThe Florida Legislature enacted the...
Zak Stern thinks Ptcha is sexy. The Ashkenazi dish is made by boiling cow's feet or knees into oblivion with little more than onion, garlic, and salt. Once rendered out, the whole meat-studded brew is poured into serving trays and cooled. After it's chilled, the fat is skimmed off and...
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To quote our favorite Christmas movie Batman Returns, mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it, but a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it. Especially if that kiss is from an invasive insect known as the Kissing Bug. The Center For Disease Control reports that the insect,...
A new lawsuit has been filed against the iconic Calle Ocho restaurant, Versailles by a former assistant manager who claims the restaurant and its senior management created a hostile work environment after he reported unsafe and unsanitary working conditions including broken glass in the croquetas and roaches in the desserts...
Miami-based DJ and producer Michael Brun has become an international presence over the past five years via progressive house hits such as "See You Soon" and "Tongue Tied July." But one particular spot on the globe still holds sway over his heart — his native Haiti. Though he's long incorporated...
Beaker & Gray soft opened early December, just before Art Basel. The restaurant and bar by chef Brian Nasajon and bartender Ben Potts took advantage of the hungry hoards of Baselers by presenting a limited food and drink menu. Now, the restaurant is in full swing, offering dinner and a...
Were you hoping to get to work this morning? Or perhaps you had a busy day at school ahead of you that you planned to attend? Maybe a flight to catch at MIA? Sorry, folks. It's probably not going to happen today. Details are still scarce, but an early-morning shooting...
Vera Arias glides north along Federal Highway during morning rush hour, her black Republic road bike fast and light beneath her. All her senses are heightened at this intersection near the Miami-Dade/Broward County line, the worst part of her daily ride to work. Cars zoom past and honk aggressively. To...
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A half-mile off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, 35 feet below the ocean's surface, two battery-powered golden-yellow submarines the size of Volkswagen Beetles puttered around Barracuda Reef. In one submarine's cabin — a transparent sphere that looks like a giant fishbowl — sat Rachel Silverstein, a dark-haired PhD who holds...
"Got 'em on!" Mark "the Shark" Quartiano roars while his first mate stabs a shark with a gaff and hauls it out of the placid Atlantic Ocean. "In the boat, get him in the boat! Yeah, got 'em on!" Thwacking its tail and flipping over so the white of its...
Gabri Christa is back. This is the third year Tigertail has invited the dancer/choreographer/filmmaker/Guggenheim Fellow to its annual ScreenDance Miami Festival. Her films opened the 2015 festival, and this year Christa will offer a hands-on workshop. The dancer intends to focus her workshop on ways to direct dance for the...
You know how the old saying goes; If you can't beat em', have lots of sex with strangers to numb the pain. Well, that's not actually how the saying goes, but according to a study done by the dating site OkCupid, Miami Dolphins fans may be under the impression that this...
I grew up going to art walk in the mid 2000s when Gallery Diet and David Castillo Gallery had just opened in Wynwood. Elite art aficionados and kids looking for free wine lurked inside while the local community remained outside. It was a quiet gentrification at first. Since then, neither the...
A description of Wynwood's 2-month-old Beaker & Gray reads like a hipster checklist. There's pork belly, sous vide cooking, and exposed brick walls. The soundtrack bounces from '80s hits to the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Gimme the Loot." When the 120-seater's owners, Brian Nasajon and Ben Potts, who respectively oversee the kitchen...
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As New Times reported last week, Carlos Gutierrez – the only candidate who has filed to run for sheriff in Collier County in the upcoming November election – was fired from Key Biscayne's police force for repeatedly falling asleep in his cruiser in 2007. But it turns out that's not...
With the coming of the new year, you might have made a resolution to eat healthier or even to go vegan. According to the National Institutes of Health, adults who eat a more plant-based diet can increase their odds of living longer. Most people are aware of the various benefits...
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Thursday, April 21 Last week, I celebrated my friend's birthday at a gorgeous South Beach hotel pool. We sipped cocktails while wading in the warm water, and everything was perfect — until a pack of wild children seemed to follow us as they played Marco Polo and splashed one another...