They’re the doormats of moviedom. Throwaway characters created for the primary purpose of eliciting our scorn or pity. Kids who are the targets of bullying frequently fade into the background, all too often limited to playing second fiddle in their better adjusted peers’ narratives. Who would pay to see an entire movie made up of [...]
By Annie Hollingsworth, artburstmiami.com Paris-based choreographer and performer Radhouane el Meddeb, born and raised in Tunisia, is on the way to Miami. This weekend, on April 13 and 14, Miami Light Project will present his multi-sensory work I Dance and I Feed You. Firmly rooted in the cultural traditions of his country, el Meddeb was [...]
April 12 Art Great Apes The Garden Gallery at Pinecrest Gardens will have a reception to celebrate the opening of an art exhibition to support the Center for Great Apes, a sanctuary for chimpanzees and orangutans. The non-profit was established by Patti Ragan in 1993 after fostering a baby orangutan and chimp in this exact [...]
Hope Renews in Stopping Sell-Out Politics By Linda Mooney You know your city has turned a bad corner when longtime residents over age 50 get angry enough to form an organization that vows to “take back our city,” a first-ever for Miami Beach. The group, called Miami Beach United (MBU), Inc., has gained the support [...]
The Miami Beach Convention Center Advisory Board unanimously voted Tuesday night, April 3, to recommend that City Hall withdraw its RFQ for potential developers for the city’s convention center and put the brakes on its estimated $1 billion redevelopment plan. The board, also unanimously, recommended the city issue a request for proposals for the improvement [...]
A memorandum from Miami Beach City Manager Jorge Gonzalez proposes the city head off a repeat of last year’s Memorial Day weekend chaos with a host of solutions including safety and DUI checkpoints on the MacArthur Causeway and implementing a “cruising” loop to divert heavy traffic from residential side streets. In addition, police presence would [...]
SunPost Helps to Expose Management Trouble at the Setai Hotel Last summer, the SunPost ran a story detailing the poor treatment of employees by the management company, General Hotel Management Ltd. (GHM) of the Setai Hotel on South Beach. The article (Setai Hotel Exposed! While Models and Celebs Luxuriate, Foreign Workers Suffer By John Zur) [...]
The Bay Harbor Islands Town Council will have two new faces on the dais. Voters elected first-time politicians Solange Rousselot and Franciso J. Temprano to two seats left open by retiring incumbents Mayor Ileene Wallace and Councilman Kenneth Weinstein. Out of a field of three, the top two won the seats. From 2,831 registered voters, [...]
