Committee rejects plan for billboard window advertising Up and down Washington Avenue and other Miami Beach streets, empty commercial storefronts sit vacant, silent reminders of a still-aching economy that shows few signs of significant turnaround. This week the Miami Beach Land Use Committee recommended against a plan to permit property owners to use storefront windows [...]
Gather together with me now at my Thanksgiving table to share our blessings from 2010. (But this ain’t gonna be like your Grandma’s.) Despite our trials and tribulations, our economic hard times and anxieties over our futures, let’s give thanks – – That we aren’t going to be treated to the ass-kicking that Carlos the [...]
People in the Community You Should Know – Manny Roman Who are you? I am a fun loving artist =) What do you do in real life? I am a Miami Beach – NYC based photographer. What do you like most about what you do? Being able to bring out the essence in my subjects [...]
Bal Harbour Village held a special master meeting at village hall on November 18 to hear citizens’ complaints about tickets issued by red light cameras.
Citizens appeared before a panel of officers, government officials and the special master herself, to watch their infractions appear on video, replaying their sometimes-embarrassing actions on screen.
When the infraction seemed like a close call, or the error an honest mistake, ticket holders were found not guilty. Others weren’t so lucky.
The last thing I expected to find at The Village at Gulfstream Park was a whole holiday light display, musicians and street entertainers. The place was hopping! and the restaurants were packed! It was definitely nice to feel the holiday spirit. Kudos to the promoters for creating a feel good atmosphere that people will keep [...]
Chilean-born painter, Carla Fache describes herself as a “Missionary of Color” as well as someone who still respects the traditions of past artistic endeavors by great masters. Her works are a contemporary mélange of vibrant hues, interwoven into linear abstract images that resonate in her young soul. “My imagination travels to non-existing dimensions that I [...]
Dancing, leaping and backflips, all for a cause. The cause performance, “Miami’s Finest Against Cancer,” (MFAC) has thus far raised approximately $8000 dollars. MFAC performed to a full house, which included doctors, employees, and their families from Miami Children’s Hospital, who were treated to an evening of various forms of dance such as tap, hip [...]
We were in close, tight quarters. I remember the smell of chorizo and garlic, and the sweet, sticky taste of sangria. Sweat added to the acoustic and visual charm of the encounter. We are in Casa Panza in Little Havana, circa the mid 1990s, and Celia and Paco Fonta dominate the small stage with their intense and emotional flamenco. This was a weekly staple for Miami culturistas, live flamenco and tapas — the real thing. I remember going with a group of belly dancers. We were connecting to our Moorish origins, experimenting with cajon, guitar, and other rhythmic cousins. Celia brings me onstage and I dabble in my first fusion experience; embracing the guitar and her consonant-making footwork to travel deep in my belly and spine. It was a celebration of ancestors and fluidity.
Thanksgiving weekend is upon us, and while temperatures continue to drop outside, in the crowded confines of your local multiplex it’s going to feel like summer never ended. The difference – and it’s a crucial one – is that the studios have gotten their act together after coming up short several months ago. Judging from [...]
Who uses condoms in Miami? I’m asking because HIV/AIDS rates in this town are among the highest in the Nation, and no one knows exactly why. Are tourists liberating from latex in South Beach? Are undocumented immigrants baring it all for an American wedding? Are locals just loose? As an HIV/AIDS researcher with a doctorate [...]
Saxophonist Dave Koz has been doing his Smooth Jazz Christmas tour for 13 years. But this year’s outing offers something fans have never experienced on one of the previous tours. “It’s the first time that I’ve ever had another saxophone on the road with us, so that in and of itself is kind of a [...]
Saturday, November 28 Optical illusion, slight of hand, now you see it, now you don’t. The Abracadabra! Everyday Magic exhibit explains the mystical through everday principles of math and science. The exhibit also features The Shape of Things and Illusions, a special show of optical illusion artwork by Stanford Slutsky. Don a cape, create amazing [...]
