Miami is the city of the selfie. Our art-flushed eyes are used to a certain amount of visual stimulation -- at least that's what we'd like people to believe. Truthfully, we must just really like looking at and talking about ourselves. Self-obsessed as this city may be, everybody gets bored...
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On a Sunday evening in November 2012, three teenagers crept up to the sliding glass door at the back of the Palm Beach home belonging to Robert Boody, a Florida highway patrolman they knew was out on the job. On the other side of the glass, a vicious, cantankerous German...
H. Gary Morse, Florida's most powerful developer, died Wednesday night at the age of 77. Morse didn't upend existing cities and build shiny new luxury towers along their coasts. Instead he created and kept careful control over his own make-shift city, populated mostly by people over the age of 55...
In this week's Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. When Sofy Encanto was a child in Tegucigalpa, her babysitter forbade her to go out. Trapped inside...
If you see someone holding a handmade sign at a political rally you usually assume that person took the time to actually make that sign themselves and brought it along. But it seems that either Scott's biggest fans all either had the same exact strike of sign-making genius, or someone...
Patricia Yeo has quite an extensive resume and career trajectory. Originally the Oregon native was on a science path, studying biochemistry at Princeton University when she enrolled in a cooking class in New York. She met celebrity chef Bobby Flay while attending New York Restaurant School, and he took the...
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The Through My Lens: Art is Life photography workshop, which took place November 8 and was sponsored by the Play to Win Foundation, Nike, and Microsoft, gave several of Miami's teenagers the chance to express themselves and their life experiences through art. The opportunities and validation the workshop provides is...
The experience of being eluded by Jean-Luc Godard has its consolations, foremost among them the 83-year-old director's prerogative to elude. If a Godard film appears held together by random imagery, whispered non sequiturs, and a roll of duct tape, that's exactly the point. To muddle through confusion, boredom, vaguely formed...
When was the last time you checked your local Craigslist personals? The slightly sad messages often written in broken English are somewhat artistic in themselves, but what happens when an artist sets out to turn the bottom-feeding outlet into meaningful exposition? The result is gross and hysterical. Duh. What started...
Another holiday weekend. Another boating death on Biscayne Bay. In what is becoming a sick refrain in this city, a young woman was killed on Saturday when one boat struck another in Biscayne Bay. The Columbus Day weekend collision follows several other similar accidents, including a brutal July 4 crash...
If Bay Harbor Islands, the two-island, 5,000-person town on Biscayne Bay between North Miami and Bal Harbour, is known for anything, it's MiMo architecture. But at a commission meeting earlier this week, the town moved closer to breaking away from the county's historic building preservation rules, and some town residents...
If you thought the Biogenesis scandal couldn't get any more seedy or bizarre, you haven't been paying enough attention to the case that brought down A-Rod and resulted in seven indictments last week, including one against clinic founder Tony Bosch. Feds have now arrested three other men tied to the...
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Pause for a moment to inhale the aroma of fresh Burgundy truffles that fleck the frothy soup's surface. Swirls of brown butter diffuse the mushrooms' fragrance, infusing the appetizer with the rich scent and taste of toasted hazelnuts. Both raw and golden tips of cauliflower float atop the dish that...
Miami's been a leader in the electronic dance music industry for decades. So it's only natural for a local to have a hand in the beatification of the online streaming world. Erik Velez is a Miami guy, entirely dedicated to spreading the joy of dance throughout his city and the...
As part of a ramp up to Grovetoberfest, the beer-centric festival to be held at Coconut Grove's Peacock Park this Saturday, October 18, held its third annual Miami's Best Homebrew competition. After a panel of judges that included local Miami brewers, restaurateurs, and journalists (myself included), Barley Works, a team...
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SoHo Beach House: $460,000. Prime Italian restaurant: $280,000. Blockbuster video: $25,000. It reads like a bill for a raging Art Basel party. In fact, it's just a few of the fees that local businesses owe the City of Miami Beach. Because of billing mistakes and lax enforcement, however, officials now...
A transformer has apparently exploded in the heart of South Beach, rattlings windows, shutting off power for blocks and partially closing nearby Española Way. Details are still sparse but the explosion happened around 6:30 p.m. and police have since surrounded the scene and shut down pedestrian access to the area...
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After weeks of wrangling, a park protest, and the recent involvement of an attorney, the infamous Merrie Christmas Park toxic soil pile is finally on its way out thanks to funding promised by an anonymous donor. "I'm pretty sure it'll happen in the next day or two," Commissioner Marc Sarnoff...
At Cleo, the Redbury Hotel's new eatery, Danny Elmaleh proffers a dip called lebaneh. To make it, the soft-spoken chef-partner lets kefir cheese drain for 48 hours and then adds olive oil, lemon juice, and za'atar (his version is a blend of thyme, sesame seeds, and sumac). Finally, he tosses...
Art Basel Miami Beach is around the corner, the satellite art fair tents are going up in Midtown, and the III Points Festival, celebrating music, art and technology, is set to rock Wynwood this weekend. That means many of the local spaces are trotting out some of their best shows...
"I always had a passion to make music," says Duke Dumont. "I knew if it was a hobby, I'd do it. And if it was a full-time job, I would always be doing it." Now 32 years old, this British DJ-producer (born Adam George Dyment) has achieved so much more...