The Knights Arts Challenge 2009 grant winners were announced this morning. The winners represent a large swath of Miami’s cultural landscape. Winners include everything from Sweat Records, the den mother of Miami’s indie-oriented youth crew to the Florida Grand Opera took home money.A full list of winners can be seen…
The premium valet spots at the Village of Merrick Park in Coral Gables seem to be reserved for late-model luxury cars, but a sweet vintage ride still gets prime parking once in a while. Today’s photo comes form DKeros’ Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here, join our Flickr…
For a sold-out 65,000-plus seat complex during a supposed rivalry game, Raymond James Stadium was eerily quiet throughout much of Saturday’s game between the Miami Hurricanes and the South Florida Bulls.Your intrepid blogger braved sitting in the USF student section and was warned by a Bulls fan to keep his…
Fashion lore says the waiting list for a Hermès Birkin bag is two years. The exclusive purse takes weeks to make. Prices start at $5,000, but special editions can cost six figures.That’s nice and all, but the glamour factor falls a bit when you realize that the alligator skin iterations…
Residents in South Miami say they saw a “giant red-like, a huge intense red ball which flew,” but police haven’t found anything that fits the description. [CBS4]Here’s an article that says Art Basel is a “boon” for the local art scene. [Herald]And here’s an article that says Basel’s effect on the…
On this Thanksgiving weekend USF fans better be thankful for all the opportunities Miami, inadvertently or not, have given the insurgent Bulls in their short history. Our exit from the Big East gave them a chance to escape the college football ghetto known as C-USA, and now we’ve allowed them…
Ladies, if you’re looking to add a few years to your life than get right with God. As for the Gentleman, when it comes to life expectancy it doesn’t seem to matter if you’re an atheist or a priest.A new study lead by University of Miami psychologist Michael McCullough finds…
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Sad clown-like, professional radio shouter Rush Limbaugh is ready to declare “I like Rubio,” but hasn’t made a formal endorsement of everyone’s favorite Floridian right winger.”I’ve never met him, nor have I met Crist, but I know that there’s a sea change brewing and effervescing in this country,” Limbaugh told a…
Florida Gators dominance is getting pretty boring for college football fans (apparently even for Gators fans), but UF athletic director Jeremy Foley is still set on making sure UF’s non-conference schedule remains a cake walk for years to come, even if it means never playing one of the team’s oldest rivals…
The SEC is auditing the City of MIami and may be questioning some of its budget practices. [Herald]Here’s another reason to avoid Hialeah: they’re installing their first red light cameras starting by December 1st. [CBS4]Police in Miami Gardens, which still has one of the highest crime rates n the country,…
“The Black Factory,” an art instillation of wheels, will be rolling into town next week. The brainchild of William L. Pope, the Factory invited people to bring objects that represent “blackness” to the truck. Many of the projects are then broken down and resold in the truck’s gift shop. The Black…
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Stephen Gamson’s work is “art” like the Herald’s puff piece on him yesterday is “journalism.” Technically it meets the basic requirements, but we should expect more.It’s not often that our daily does an 850-word feature on a local artist, and in a sense it was helpful, since it introduced us…
The FSU Women’s Basketball Team’s website looks more like a prom scrapbook than a site for a high-ranked athletic program. Unsurprisingly, it’s raising some eyebrows.The new campaign, put together by Ron Sachs Communications (which does a lot of business in Tallahassee), features the team posing around a limo in different…
Shocking news from Politico: Sarah Palin was apparently uninformed and failed to come to a simple understanding on issues while running for vice president! In this case it was issues relating to Latin America policy and Hispanics.A top adviser on Hispanic issues to John McCain’s presidential campaign said Sunday that…
Police Chief Miguel Exposito will be sworn in today. [Herald]One of his first orders of business may be making sure the Coconut Grove rapist is found. Police believe one man is responsible for both rapes and other assaults in the area. [CBS4]A Miami-Dade assistant Public Defender was charged with dealing…
Miami-Dade is the fourth most dangerous metro-area in the country, according to CQ Press’s annual crime rankings. The rating takes reported incidents of murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft into account. Last year, Miami-Dade was ranked seventh and 11th the year before.Though, we’re not entirely sure how…
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Defending the pride of the Miami Dolphins to the death is something the current roster hardly seems interested in, but one fan is accused of killing a Dolphins detractor. Though, both the assailant and the victim were already behind bars at the time.The incident took place at South Bay Correctional…
The ringleader of the Liberty City Seven gets 13 years in jail. [Reuters]A 2-month-old baby received a liver transplant at Holtz Children’s Hospital. [CBS4]A student at Miami Norland Senior High has been hospitalized after an attack with a hair pick. [Herald]SportsThe Heat beat the Hornets last night thanks to a…
Duke Blue Devils @ Miami Hurricanes, Saturday at Noon, on ESPNU and WVUM 90.5Let’s get real fucking excited about the Meineke Car Care Bowl! Because that’s where the season might be headed …against West Virginia or something! This is exactly where a team that starts it season with beating 3…
