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DJ Khaled’s Journey of Success Began Long Before Snapchat

"He was quiet." Imagine that. Of all the words in all the land one could use to describe DJ Khaled, Gary Holzenthal chose "quiet." It would have been less jarring to learn that his best friend was a llama. "We have had our fair share of characters, but as far...
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Tantalize Miami: Steak With a Side of Naughtiness

Tantalize Miami, the new supper club that opened on South Beach about two weeks ago is a billed as "South Florida's most unique and sensual dining destination" , but what, exactly does that mean? We were invited to experience the new place and, frankly, weren't sure what to expect. The...
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New Tropic Workshop Gathers Public Opinions on Ride-Sharing

It's no secret that ride-sharing is a touchy subject in Miami. From taxi drivers to passengers to part-time chauffeurs, everybody has a [strong] opinion. What's to be done about the issue is, of course, debatable.  Currently, a resolution has been brought before the County Commissioners that would regulate the industry. To...
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Teen Prostitution and Drugs Are Rampant at South Florida Group Homes

There were raised voices and broken glass and the high-voltage emotions that pinball between a wild teen and her worried mom. In their Davie home, Bonnie had installed new locks on the windows to keep her 16-year-old daughter, Cathy, from sneaking out again. The fight ended with Cathy waving around...
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Miami Artist Nicolas Lobo Explores Miami’s Ruined Landscape

Growing up in South Florida’s harsh suburban landscape can be suffocating. The tract homes, insular ethnic communities, and lack of a distinct regional art scene can crush a young creative teen. Nicolas Lobo is a an artist born and raised in West Kendall, looking to point out Miami’s decayed core...
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Cena Marks Michelle Bernstein’s Return to Greatness

Michelle Bernstein knows she let her eponymous MiMo District restaurant get stale. "I got comfortable," she says. "I outdated myself." It's a jarring confession from one of Miami's most celebrated culinary figures. Bernstein, who's 45, catapulted to greatness in 2000 when she took the reins at Azul inside Brickell Key's...
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Jeb Bush Thinks Stand Your Ground Law Has Been Fantastic for Florida

George Zimmerman. Michael Dunn. Marissa Alexander. Curtis Reeves. To most Floridians, those names bring one thing to mind: our state's troubled "Stand Your Ground" law, which has brought more legal headaches, bad press and miscarriages of justice to the Sunshine State than even Gov. Rick Scott could dream up. To...
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The 11 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday, September 17 Romance, sadly, is a dying concept. With modern advances in dating that don't require people to have in-person interactions until much later in the relationship, it's no wonder women often mutter, "Chivalry is dead." But it doesn't have to be! There are options, ladies and (those few)...
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Miami Beach Police Caught Sending Hundreds of Racist and Sexist E-Mails

On the job for less than a year, Miami beach Police Chief Dan Oates continues his very public cleaning up of the Miami Beach Police Department. Oates was joined by City Manager Jimmy Morales and State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle to announce an investigation into officers sending thousands and racist, sexist, homophobic...
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Public Art Paints a New Face on Opa-locka’s Buildings

Hidden behind highways and railways, Opa-locka is rarely considered part of Miami's burgeoning art scene. In 1987, the city was in crisis, plagued by an epidemic of drug violence. City planners took it upon themselves to act decisively. With the help of county officials, the city placed eight metal barriers...
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Vanessa Garcia Weaves Painting and Storytelling in Her First Novel

Painters and writers have a lot in common. Writers often sketch out a scene, articulating the fine details of a tableau of their readers. Painters frequently employ elements of storytelling, weaving narratives between brushstrokes. Vanessa Garcia is a local painter and writer whose debut novel, White Light, incorporates elements of...
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Forbes Thinks It’s Great That Miami’s Poor Are So Poor

"Miami Is Highly Unequal — But Is That Bad?" reads the headline of an article on Forbes.com today by Scott Beyer. Unsurprisingly for a piece in a publication named after and edited by arch free market conservative Steve Forbes, the answer Beyer comes to is, "No, not really." So you...