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The Talent Trapnew

How a tiny Miami high school netted a team of international ballers.
Miami New Times  |  Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  03-31-2011  |  Sports

Super Bowl Guide to Sex, Drugs, Gambling, and Living Large in South Floridanew

Nothing ruins the perfect party week like someone dying or going to jail. So we've done the arduous research, taken the dangerous journeys, and interviewed dozens of local experts to bring you the definitive guide to depravity in the Sunshine State.
Miami New Times  |  Michael J. Mooney and Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  02-05-2010  |  Culture

The Florida Marlins Manatees Shake Two Tons of Bootynew

They are a motley crew in terms of race and height -- the shortest among them stands five feet eight inches, the tallest six-foot-eight -- and their body types range from big-boned to Marlon Brando's Last Years. They are the Manatees, Major League Baseball's only plus-size male dance team
Miami New Times  |  Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  09-28-2009  |  Sports

After Losing His Penis in a Botched Penile Implant Operation, a Florida Man Fights Back in Courtnew

All 62-year-old Enrique Millas ever wanted to do was have sex with his wife of 25 years, Gloria. But he couldn't. So he went to local penis guru Paul E. Perito, a urologist who touts himself as a national leader in penile implant surgery. And here our story swerves into Saw-caliber horror territory.
Miami New Times  |  Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  09-21-2009  |  Sex

They'll Slaughter Your Dinner As You Watch -- But Don't Tell the Copsnew

At the tiny, often filthy farms of rural Northwest Dade County, Cubans and other immigrants keep alive a cottage industry of unlicensed slaughter.
Miami New Times  |  Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  04-06-2009  |  Food+Drink

Stay Alive with Miami-Based Bulletproof Clothingnew

Finally! A clothing line for the high-fashion assassin.
Miami New Times  |  Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  03-16-2009  |  Fashion

Canseco Creams A-Rodnew

Does Alex Rodriguez's latest admission vindicate a Miami trainer?
Miami New Times  |  Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  03-02-2009  |  Sports

The Mural King: Ex-Graffiti Bomber Serge Touissant Has Miami Coverednew

If you've been to Little Haiti, chances are you've seen his work: fat, glistening, cartoonish acrylic depictions of everything from hair grease tins to roast chickens to his trademark soda cans, which sport the brand "Serge" in place of Pepsi.
Miami New Times  |  Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  02-23-2009  |  Art

Celebrity Fragrances: Fumes of Greatnessnew

Miami might be ground zero for the celebrity fragrance industry. After all, nothing says image-conscious excess — our national specialty — like paying $49 for a sleek three-ounce bottle of star-blessed ferret piss.
Miami New Times  |  Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  02-17-2009  |  Culture

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