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1. Feature

   Day Strippers

   While you're at work, Miami's exotic dancers put on a naked lunch.

   By Janine Zeitlin

   Published: July 24, 2008

   The silver pole squeaks between her pale, toned thighs as she lifts her 110-pound frame high into the club's rafters. Her strawberry blond hair tumbles loosely over her blue...

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   Shake It Like Your Favorite Condiment

   By PRISCILLA GOMEZ

   Published: July 24, 2008

   It’s Tio Pepe’s birthday party and you spot a cute girl to talk to. Suddenly Celia Cruz’s voice bellows “Azúcar!” Toes start tapping and some...

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   Crazy Fingers Forever

   Chick Corea and Return to Forever bring jazz to The Fillmore.

   By P. Scott Cunningham

   Published: July 24, 2008

   Jazz fusion began with Miles Davis's heroin addiction in the Sixties and exploded into a full-fledged movement in the Seventies through disciples John McLaughlin, Carlos...

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   Of Dreams and Dresses

   The costumes of Calderón take center stage.

   By MARIA DE LOS ANGELES LEMUS

   Published: July 24, 2008

   The playwright who scribed “For all of life is a dream/And dreams are nothing but dreams” could never have imagined just how much that simple verse would inspire...

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   We’re Dreaming of a White Summer

   But like one you’ve never known.

   By Raina McLeod

   Published: July 24, 2008

   The wind whistles and howls to announce the entrance of buckets upon buckets of faux snow, forcing you to realize you’re not in Kansas anymore, sweetie. An orchestra...

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   Chow Down for Charity

   The finest foods are at Taste of the Nation.

   By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

   Published: July 24, 2008

   This city is chock full of restaurants where you go to be seen by the scenesters, and you can’t swing a Serrano ham on South Beach without hitting a celebrity chef....

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   The Best Defense Is a Good Offense, or Not

   By Chris Joseph

   Published: July 24, 2008

   The Miami FC Blues continue to claw their way up the United Soccer League standings like an army of determined spider monkeys. Spider monkeys that play smothering defense but...

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   Yee-haw!

   Lobster Rodeo is now in session.

   By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

   Published: July 24, 2008

   Mini lobster season in the Florida Keys begins Wednesday, and there you go, slipping on your flippers and searching for your snorkel like you know what the hell you’re...

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   Aqua Boogie

   Aquapalooza reminds you that boats are for happy times.

   By KYLE MUNZENRIEDER

   Published: July 24, 2008

   Sometimes boating can be so lonely. You're on a tiny white speck of fiberglass surrounded by the ocean's blue waters, which drop off at the edge of infinity. The farther you...

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    Homestead Crank That

    By JACOB KATEL

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Ever seen somebody push a 1098cc Ducati to the 190-mph mark? Barrett Long can do it. The Miami motorcycle racer, competing in the unlimited division of the Championship Cup...

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    Hot as Hellbound City

    The tunes are sizzling and the meat is succulent.

    By JACOB KATEL

    Published: July 24, 2008

    You’re naked in your living room, each foot in a bucket of ice water, head wrapped in a wet towel, sitting in front of your air conditioner and watching television reruns...

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    Forget the PS Triple

    It’s all about the 360, baby.

    By John Linn

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Gaming systems are sort of like sports teams: Each has a dedicated fan base that shamelessly exalts its system of choice at every opportunity while simultaneously bashing the...

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    What Is the Deal?

    Jerry Seinfeld steps out of your TV set and onto the stage at The Fillmore.

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Even though every episode of his self-titled TV sitcom began and ended with Jerry Seinfeld doing what he’s always loved best, it’s still a little disconcerting to see...

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    Explore Your World

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: July 24, 2008

    When you visit any other city, you’re totally game to stroll around the main thoroughfares and take photos of the architecture. But when you’re at home, you’re...

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    Midlife, Made Funny

    Laughing and singing in the face of decrepitude and certain doom.

    By PENN BULLOCK

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Menopause, balding, memory loss, wrinkling, sagging, increased susceptibility to disease, weight gain, prostate enlargement, erectile dysfunction, incontinence, and, finally,...

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    This Isn’t Haiku

    Slam poets drop some WMDs at the Wallflower.

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: July 24, 2008

    It’s not easy to convert the innards of your soul into scrawled words on paper and then wax rhapsodic into a microphone as hundreds of judging eyes stare at you. Not easy,...

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    Bright-Light Balsero

    Freedom cabaret shines at the Arsht.

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: July 24, 2008

    For homegrown telenovela star Jencarlos Canela, playing Pepito, a balsero who writes his name in neon across the Magic City, was a natural. “I feel very identified with...

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    For the Love of the Stage

    A celebration of urban theater brings stars to Miami.

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: July 24, 2008

    When primordial urban theater emerged from the theatric ooze, critics and Broadway snobs were quick to downplay its importance and label it the “chitlin circuit.” But...

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    Sweat to the Rescue

    Music Movie Mondays are exactly what you need.

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Let’s look back to a magical year called 1984. Vanessa Williams had to leave the Miss USA title behind in the wake of her Penthouse scandal. The first Mac computer went on...

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    RX Bandits

    By Jason Handelsman

    Published: July 24, 2008

    This 5-piece band from California plays Dick Dale style surf-punk, but then they get all crazy and experimental. Having been together for over ten years, the music just flows...