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Every Night Is Eighties Night at South Florida Skating Rinks
Remember couples skate? Suede rentals? Cheap pizza? They all live on at the roller rink.
By Amy Guthrie
Published: October 9, 2008
Miguel Carver looks devilishly happy as he rounds a corner of the roller rink. Bent slightly forward, lost in his own world, he skates close to the inside of the oval. The DJ...
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Nobody Beats the Wiz
By Raina McLeod
Published: October 9, 2008
Back in 1900, when L. Frank Baum concocted a story about a girl named Dorothy, her little dog Toto, and a tornado, he probably didn’t imagine his story would live to see...
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Cheers to You, Wino
There’s an art to drinking, don’tcha know.
By Raina McLeod
Published: October 9, 2008
Taking a shot of tequila can give you the type of heady inebriation that one-night stands are made of, and chugging beer from a frosty mug can bring you to your knees —...
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In Case You Didn’t Know
David Sedaris is coming to town!
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: October 9, 2008
The point of this calendar section is to promote and sell local cultural events, with the underlying idea that if it weren’t for New Times, no one in Miami would know what...
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Celebrations in Symphony
Festival Miami brings sophisticated sounds to the city.
By Julienne Gage
Published: October 9, 2008
In an effort to keep minds from slipping into recession — and worse yet, depression — the University of Miami’s monthlong 23-concert Festival Miami music series...
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La Dolce Vita
Cineastes live the good life with a bonanza of Italian films.
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: October 9, 2008
Italians make everything better. In their hands, scooters become Vespas, coffee becomes espresso, and murder becomes “a favor.” A film such as Voyage to Italy (1953)...
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Crack Open a Claw, and Your Wallet
By Raina McLeod
Published: October 9, 2008
Legendary South Beach restaurant Joe’s Stone Crab’s season began two days ago, and we’re sure the local institution has already served hundreds of decadent,...
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Regatta on the Creek
The annual Head of the Indian Creek cruises the scenic waterway.
By Chris Joseph
Published: October 9, 2008
Rowing along the picture-perfect, sun-dappled waters of the Indian Creek waterway with the Miami Beach skyline as the backdrop — is there really any other way for a race...
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It’s Carnival!
The local version of a Caribbean celebration is taking ovah!
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: October 9, 2008
In Brazil, New Orleans, and Trinidad and Tobago — the best-known meccas for Carnival celebrations — it’s a two-day fiesta meant to exorcise the demons of...
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Corking, Cyclones, and Bike-Lifting
By JACOB KATEL
Published: October 9, 2008
A renegade freelancer at New Times recently conducted a random telephone survey of used car dealers and private sellers regarding their thoughts about alternative...
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They’ll Make Great Pets
Doggies take to the District rather than SoBe.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: October 9, 2008
You usually see them on Lincoln Road, poking their adorable heads out of Louis Vuitton handbags, or sitting at sidewalk tables, lapping water from Scotch glasses while their...
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Kickin’ It
Kickboxing and mixed martial arts hit Miami.
By Chris Joseph
Published: October 9, 2008
Up-and-coming fighters who can kill ordinary men with their feet are the featured attraction at the IFC Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts bout, taking place this Saturday night...
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You Gotta Regatta
Set sail on the ocean blue for a Columbus Day tradition.
By PRISCILLA GOMEZ
Published: October 9, 2008
It’s the little rhyme every American child learns when October rolls around: In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Okay, so maybe he wasn’t trying to discover a...
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The Legendary Laughlin
An American master gets a long-overdue exhibit.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: October 9, 2008
Capturing the hidden in plain sight was among photographer Clarence John Laughlin’s most consistent themes. “He was one of the most awesome artists of the 20th...
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Mystery Meat
Edna Buchanan and North One 10 present a fiendish feast.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: October 9, 2008
She is called “the queen of crime” and known internationally for her brilliant journalistic skills and fearless reporting (you don’t win a Pulitzer for crime...
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Bail Out Your Aching Back
Beauty on the cheap for Spa Week!
By Raina McLeod
Published: October 9, 2008
It’s absolutely fine to admit that a layer of crust is coating your feet like a pair of thick socks. We won’t judge you if you say the knots in your back haven’t...
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Not What It’s Stacked Up to Be
By Jason Handelsman
Published: October 9, 2008
Entering the World Class Boxing gallery, you notice a waist-high stack of Styrofoam cups. What is this crap? you think to yourself, but you are transfixed. Magic seems to...
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Damn The Man
Aren’t you sick of complaining about the “liberal media”?
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: October 9, 2008
Some people like their news “fair and balanced.” Others prefer to watch broadcasts on “the place for politics.” But between cable news channels such as Fox,...
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Style Under the Sandy Moon
Nikki Beach gets even more fashionable.
By Raina McLeod
Published: October 9, 2008
We might not be able to see Russia from our homes, but we nonetheless live in a pretty cool place. Sure the summers leave us sunburned and heat-exhausted, but October’s...
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The Next Best Thing
Have no fear — Socavivor is here!
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: October 9, 2008
Trinidad and Tobago, the southernmost isle in the Caribbean, is known as the home of calypso music. But once the pre-Lenten ritual known as Carnival has ended, the...
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