Florida KidCare provides health insurance to children, but if you ask Charlie Crist for the phone number, he might send you to a sex line.The Palm Beach Post called the Gov and got a pre-recorded message in which Crist rattles off a bunch of numbers for state services. But the…
Michelle Spence-Jones pleaded not guilty to theft charges and, of course, plans to run for her city commission seat again. [CBS4]Police are on the hunt for someone who released thousands of ladybugs in the VIP room at Art Basel. [NBCMiami]A man stole a $1 million painting. Police caught the suspect…
We were all sweet on Bobby Bowden and his retirement on Tuesday, but it appears FSU’s long time coach could screw the Miami Hurricanes one final time.As most sentient beings are painfully aware, the current college football post-season system makes no fucking sense what so ever. As of right now,…
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There’s a large envoy of exquisitely dressed French nationals in town this week, so perhaps it would be best if brothers Leon and Simon Falic lie low. The brothers will retain control of French couturier Christian Lacroix, but the business will live on in name only.Gone are the lavish couture…
Art Basel Miami Beach is perhaps one of the most overwhelming events modern culture has to offer, and the rearranged layout sure doesn’t help make it feel like any less of a bizarre labyrinth through multimillion dollars’ worth of contemporary art.It would be futile to pick some sort of narrative…
A truck driver got trapped between his rig and a forklift while unloading caskets. He was hurt, but luckily he probably won’t be needing one of those caskets. He’s in stable condition at a hospital. [CBS4]Headline presented with out commentary: “Michelle Spence-Jones pleads not guilty; loses Facebook friend” [Herald]Two homestead…
Consider this the video counterpart to yesterday’s review of Design Miami/ 2009. We still recommend you head out for yourself, but in the meantime enjoy OK Go’s laser guitar performance, designer Maarten Baas’s human-powered clockwork (that’s the man himself opening the cabinet), and other assorted bits of fancy from the…
Last year it was a portrait of then President-elect Obama that was the main focus of Dietch’s project Art Basel booth. This year it’s the King of Pop Michael Jackson. Painted by Kehinde Wiley, who’s work usually puts hip-hop youth in the context of classical Royal portraiture, the piece was…
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The Florida Supreme Court today approved Gov. Charlie Crist’s request for a grand jury to investigate and deal with corruption in local politics, two days after his initial request was rejected.”The Statewide Grand Jury will add to the great work already being done by Florida’s 20 State Attorneys to target…
Out of all the senators who served in Congress this year, our Bill Nelson was the second most Googled senator, according to the New York Times. He came in, understandably, just after the late Ted Kennedy. This means Nelson is America’s most Googled serving senator. No one is really sure why. He’s pretty…
It seems any news coming out about 1 Herald Plaza is uniformly depressing, and today is no different. According to our colleagues at the Juice, publisher David Landsberg sent an email this morning informing the Miami Herald staff that 24 more jobs have been cut — seven of which came…
During a week when unchecked imagination runs wild and art comes close to scrambling your brain, Design Miami/ always refreshingly mixes things up by showcasing work with at least somewhat of a foundation based in function. Though the fair’s ArandaLasch-designed tent seemed a but smaller than years past, the fair…
Miami hotels are seeing an increase in booking this winter, but discounted rates might not help them turn a profit. [Herald]Lincoln Diaz-Balart received an award from the Ukraine. [Herald]Here’s an explanation for why all of those fancy designer stores (Gucci, Louboutin, etc.) have popped up in the Design District. [Herald]There’s…
Scott Rothstein, Ft. Lauderdale lawyer and a horrible, tacky, ridiculous shell of a man who’s accused of running a ponnzi scheme that cost victims upwards of $1 billion was finally arrested today. He’ll sit in jail until his trial, where he’ll face charges of federal racketeering, money-laundering conspiracy, mail fraud and…
After a weekend full of rumors, Bobby Bowden has officially announced that he’s retiring as the head coach of Florida State University’s football team after 34 years. Thirty-Four Years. In that same time Miami had 8 coaches, and Florida had 5. He’ll coach the Seminoles for the final time in their…
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Comically tacky, evil lawyer-clown Scott Rothstein turned himself into the FBI today (if you’re not up to date on it, our Broward New Times brother Bob Norman is writing the equivalent of a book about it on his blog), but he’s also found himself in the middle of a lot…
More than 90,000 Floridians are living with HIV/AIDS, especially here in Miami-Dade, where one in every 98 Hispanic men, one in every 60 non-Hispanic white men, and one in every 29 African-American men are living with the disease. Luckily, HIV isn’t necessarily an automatic death sentence anymore for those living in America, but early…
Art Basel has a funny way of making us feel like we’re outsiders in our own town. Traffic is horrible. Parking even moreso. The line at your favorite Cuban restaurant (even if that happens to be Pollo Tropical) gets filled with hoity-toity Europeans trying to work in a little “authentic…
West Miami Mayor Ceasar Carasa has been suspended for racking up a $70,000 cell phone bill on the City’s dime. Carasa is not believed to be an actual teenage girl. [NBCMiami]The Miami Art Museum has named John Wetenhall as its interim director. Previously he’s worked in museums in such cultural…
