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Feature
Shark Huggers
Tourists can't wait to get next to them — even if they are eating machines.
By Amy Guthrie
Published: June 12, 2008
Markus Groh felt uneasy aboard the M/V Shear Water. A buddy had talked him into booking a six-night trip on the charter boat with nine other Austrians to scuba-dive with sharks...
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Night&Day
The No-Offense Blues
Miami FC needs to start scoring some goals to stay in the race.
By Chris Joseph
Published: June 12, 2008
Miami FC Blues sit in eighth place in the United Soccer League standings. They’re 10 points behind first-place Vancouver, but only four points behind sixth-place Carolina....
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Night&Day
We Don’t Need Mr. Clean
Our citizens can scrub just as nice.
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 12, 2008
The sight of an empty Big Mac box here and a condom wrapper there might be acceptable in your bedroom after a night on the town, but multiply those two by a few hundred and you...
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Night&Day
Automotive Expat
And MINI more.
Published: June 12, 2008
Some people would have you believe the Brits are all bad teeth, rainy days, and drugged-out rockers à la Winehouse and Doherty. But we can be honest: A cold, frothy...
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Night&Day
Schoolhouse Rock!
The School of Rock kids aren’t just another brick in the wall.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: June 12, 2008
You grew up on the Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and The Dead. Your kids are growing up on Fall Out Boy, Slipknot, Linkin Park, and Seether. And in the back of your mind,...
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Night&Day
Color Him Pissed
Purvis Young’s paintings brush off scheming politicians.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: June 12, 2008
“I can’t solve the world’s problems. I paint the world’s problems,” Purvis Young has observed in the past. His work brims with stark symbols conveying...
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Night&Day
“Above the Fruited Plain” Indeed
The members of the Miami Gay Men’s Chorus don’t ask, they tell.
By Dan Renzi
Published: June 12, 2008
If you thought the Saturday-afternoon drag show at The Palace was gay, you ain't seen nothing yet. The Miami Gay Men's Chorus takes to the stage with its latest production, By...
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Night&Day
Ay, Papi
Wondering what to do for Dad’s special day? We got you.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: June 12, 2008
It doesn’t take much to make your pops happy. All the poor guy wants is to kick back on the couch with a cold brewski and a hot sports event on the tube — or for you...
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Night&Day
Let This Moon Hit Your Eye
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 12, 2008
If you’re riding/walking/biking along Biscayne Boulevard any given Wednesday night, your Spidey sense might detect the faint cries of a mangled cat. Hold up now, superhero...
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Night&Day
Often Imitated, Never Duplicated
A tribute to the undisputed queen of salsa comes to the Arsht Center.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: June 12, 2008
When you remember Celia Cruz — La Guarachera de Cuba, arguably the most influential woman in Latin music history — you can almost immediately picture her. The bright...
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Night&Day
Cure for the Common Man Purse
Tomas Diaz brings the Latin beat to Guayabera Nights at Jazid.
By KYLE MUNZENREIDER
Published: June 12, 2008
Heading out at night requires too much stuff, even for guys. You need the clunky smart phone to pretend to text someone when you're bored, the digital camera to capture the...
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Night&Day
Euros Gone Wild
Just kick it at Segafredo Brickell for your Eurocup fix.
By TOM MCFADDEN
Published: June 12, 2008
Segafredo Café serves up a heaping espresso spoonful of European culture in the midst of the Magic City. On a sunny afternoon, you can sip a macchiato surrounded by...
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Night&Day
Bad to the Bonefish
By JACOB KATEL
Published: June 12, 2008
Biscayne Bay, according to Capt. Dave Sutton, is “one of the most pristine pieces of water that happens to be alongside three and a half million people.” And...
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Night&Day
Pride on Steroids
Stumble along and check out the studs at SoBeFest.
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 12, 2008
The energy of Miami Beach’s nightlife, exotic culture, and abundance of adult playgrounds (ahem, the sand) has led some people to dub our little island the gay Riviera....
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Riptide
Yellow Alert
The cost of a cab might go up with the gas.
By Alexander Zaitchik
Published: June 12, 2008
News Yellow Alert The cost of a cab might go up with the gas. By Alexander Zaitchik If you think rising gas prices have hit you hard in the wallet, imagine if your job was...
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Letters
Letters from the Issue of June 12, 2008
"I am one of the grateful grubs who know from personal experience that your review is uncharacteristically cruel. Where is your sparkle?"
Published: June 12, 2008
All Food, All the Time Let them eat pancake!: Great writing from Lee Klein in "Flapjack Flip-Off VIII" (June 5). I'm not much of a pancake fan, but I feel drawn to both the...
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Metro
Church Fires Pederast Priest's Secretary
When Rev. Neil Doherty misbehaved, the archdiocese punished Theresa Gerstner.
By Thomas Francis
Published: June 12, 2008
Theresa Gerstner can recall how suspicion crept slowly into her mind. It was peculiar to see boys climbing into Rev. Neil Doherty's car for a trip to the movies. Then she...
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Metro
Boom & Bust, Part 3
In Liberty City, renters suffer more than perhaps anyone else from the foreclosure crisis.
By Janine Zeitlin
Published: June 12, 2008
It's raining inside Apartment 9. Celeste Brown grabs a newspaper from a stack in her tiny one-bedroom place. She clutches it over the shamrock-green bandanna that covers her...
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Music
Rachel Goodrich, Your New Favorite Singer
She shakes, rattles, and rolls on down her own road.
By Deirdra Funcheon
Published: June 12, 2008
It's difficult to say which is more awesome: Rachel Goodrich's catchy song "The Black Hole" or its low-fi video. In it, she sings while kneeling on her friend's unmade bed;...
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Music
Cents and Sensibility
For Florida ska-punk survivor Less than Jake, self-sufficiency and longevity go hand in hand.
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Published: June 12, 2008
"The music industry," declares Less than Jake drummer and lyricist Vinnie Fiorello, "is pointing towards bands becoming their own cottage industry. Which means bands being in...
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