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  Recapture Miami's Indie '90s With Machete Reunion Shows at Las Rosas and Churchill's

  October 19 at 10 a.m.

  It was the early '90s, and a couple of effortlessly cool juniors at Sunset Senior High decided they wanted to start a band. Confident, brash Luis Garcia and stylish, shy Ben Carillo ran through a couple of failed cohorts before Carillo suggested his friend, musician Justin Gracer. The group later added...

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  From Singing "MMMBop" to Recording With a Symphony Orchestra, Hanson Is All Grown Up

  October 19 at 8 a.m.

  For a band that began in 1992 with members aged 6, 8, and 11, Hanson has always been wise beyond its years. As an 8-year-old fan at the time — and, admittedly, until this interview — I had never really stopped to analyze their music lyrically. But Hanson has an old soul, one that has always manifested in the group's music.

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  Get Spooked With Yelle on Halloween Night

  October 18 at 9 a.m.

  Juliet Budet is enjoying the warm weather in her hometown in Brittany, located on the northwest coast of France, which is usually cool even throughout the summer thanks to its maritime climate. "We are having an Indian summer. It's really nice," Budet says over the phone. But soon she'll leave...

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  Michael Franti on Chasing Light Through the Darkness

  October 18 at 8 a.m.

  Despite seemingly unbridgeable gaps between races and genders and political parties, Franti says the real battle is the personal tug-of-war between cynicism and optimism.

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  For Rudy Pérez, Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame Is All About "the Unsung Heroes"

  October 17 at 9 a.m.

  Songwriters are the hidden masters who far too often go unrecognized for the magic they perform – especially in the world of Latin music, a world that serves as the score for so many lives here in Miami. Which is why the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame was formed: to immortalize the accomplishments of songwriters across the Latin world. And this Thursday night, artists will come together for the sixth annual La Musa Gala at the James L. Knight Center.

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  Guitar God Yngwie Malmsteen Is a Miamian Just Like You, Except He Owns Five Ferraris

  October 17 at 8:05 a.m.

  If you see a guy with flowing brown hair cruising Ocean Drive in a red Ferrari convertible with a tan interior, it just might be guitar god Yngwie Malmsteen. If you see a guy in one of four similar Ferraris, that might also be him. “I love to drive them, and I love to work on them,” Malmsteen says of the luxury Italian sports cars. “It’s like a good, therapeutic thing for me.” And, yes, all five of them are red.