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Karen Peterson and Dancers Get Political With Scrutiny

If one word could describe the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency, it would be "scrutiny." That concept is incorporated into the title of Karen Peterson and Dancers' latest international collaboration. Scrutiny: The World Gone Astray — which explores the emotional, social, and political turbulence of our times through mixed-ability dance — will make its U.S. premiere May 11 and 12 at Miami-Dade County Auditorium.
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Vigilantes Mount a Controversial Effort to Take Back South Beach

Michael DeFilippi peers down a dingy Miami Beach alley a few blocks from Ocean Drive, watching intently as two men in red T-shirts and baseball caps disappear into the early-evening darkness. He's absolutely, positively convinced they're drug dealers — has been since hours earlier that November day, when, he says,...
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Concert of the Week: Thelma and the Sleaze at Churchill’s Pub

This coming weekend, the center of Florida's entertainment universe will be at the Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival far from the city. The four-day event brings together some bright young things and a slew of classic acts. However, for those poor souls left behind during this musical rapture, we have...
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Florida Believes in Global Warming, but Only Miami Thinks It Will Be Harmful

Because good climate-change news is about as common in Florida as a calm and pleasant rush-hour drive on I-95, let's start there first: The vast majority of the Sunshine State now believes global warming is a real phenomenon supported by scientific evidence. That's great! But this is Florida, so you know there's a Lake Okeechobee-size "but" hanging at the end of that first sentence.
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Club Space Highlights the Martinez Brothers for Miami Music Week

David Sinopoli is an exciting character. As musical director of the famed bar Bardot, cofounder of the III Points music fest, and one-third of the triad now trying to right the foundering ship Club Space, he knows a thing or two about Miami music. The shows Sinopoli and crew have assembled for Miami Music Week – both at Bardot and Space – prove as much.
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Donald Trump Will Gut Obama’s Climate-Change Rules This Week

Climate change is already making life more difficult in South Florida, and the signs remain ever more ominous that it will get worse. Just this week, scientists found that the Gulf of Mexico is freakishly hot for the tail end of winter — which could fuel monster hurricanes...
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Huge Brawl at Calle Ocho Street Festival Caught on Video

There's no good reason to get into a fight at Miami's annual Calle Ocho Festival. Everyone's happy, the food is delicious, and you could even watch a dude wolf down 158 croquetas at this year's "El Croquetazo" eating contest. So huge congrats to these morons, who took a good thing...
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As Trump’s Inauguration Nears, Miami Artists Plan Their Next Steps

A few weeks before the most surprising election in recent U.S. history, Miami-based artists Rei Ramirez and Ivan Roque came together to create. They worked in the sun, perfecting their masterpiece along Biscayne Boulevard. The result: a grotesque yet beautifully rendered mural of Donald Trump's visage painted on the body...
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The Brick in Downtown Dadeland Brings Relief to Kendall

For decades, Kendall has been filled with mostly humble mom-and-pop spots wedged into an ever-expanding sprawl of chain restaurants. Gated communities and strip malls orbit around Dadeland Mall. But relief is here, and it's a porchetta sandwich. The hub is a glossy spear of roast pork belly wrapped around a...
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The 12 Best Movies From the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

The 2017 Cannes Film Festival wrapped up last Sunday with a slate of generally predictable (and perfectly worthwhile) awards. And while it may have been a somewhat lackluster year for the festival’s main competition, there were plenty of cinematic treasures to be found on the Croisette – even a couple...
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Donald Trump Says Cuban Voters Love Him, but He’s Wrong

One of Donald Trump's most enduring, unchallenged fictions is the idea that Cuban-American people adore him. He repeats the lie all the time. During the election season, Trump flew into Miami, made a pit stop at Versailles, and earned some cheers after promising Cuban immigrants he would crack down on the Castro regime. Ever since that visit, he has claimed he's beloved in Miami's Cuban community.