Miami New Times | Janine Zeitlin

While You're at Work, Miami's Exotic Dancers Put on a Naked Lunchnew

While some poor chumps swing by the Wendy's drive-through, their friskier frugal counterparts are wise to the cheap eats and eyefuls offered at the bevy of Miami strip clubs open at noon. Where there's hunger, someone is bound to feed it.

Miami New Times | Janine Zeitlin | 07-28-2008 | Culture

Tags: Miami, exotic dancers, strippers, strip clubs, lunch

Pollsters, Schmolsters: South Florida's Psychics Choose Obamanew

Who's to say South Florida's psychics and astrologers can't choose 'em? We sought presidential picks from intuits ranging from Richardson, a former psychic friend of Dionne Warwick's, to Fran Baskerville, whose predictions flow forth in song.

Miami New Times | Janine Zeitlin | 07-07-2008 | Politics

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, psychics, astrologers, tarot cards

Spanish-Language TV: Perverse and Profoundnew

La Cosa Nostra claims a half-million mostly young and middle-age viewers. It can be incomprehensible, reprehensible, raunchy, wacky, and, at times, insightful. There are sketches about old folks having sex, racial jokes, glimpses of bestiality, digs at religion, and -- let's not forget -- a stripper and a pole.

Miami New Times | Janine Zeitlin | 06-02-2008 | TV

Tags: TV, La Cosa Nostra, America TeVe, Spanish-Language TV

On the Foreclosure Tour Bus, the Mortgage Crisis is Just Another Money Makernew

The Miami Homes Tour is a new tactic for hawking foreclosed property. Its organizers are part of a burgeoning brood of businesspeople cleaning up after Miami's burst real estate bubble.

Miami New Times | Janine Zeitlin | 05-05-2008 | Economy

Tags: Florida, housing market, mortgage crisis, foreclosure tour, Economic Issues

A Decade After Newsweek Named Him Tops, Bill Teck is Backnew

Welcome to ñ redux. Teck's back, a graying beard contrasting the youthful glint in his eyes, and he hopes to capitalize on the term he coined to describe millions of young, bilingual Americans influenced by their heritage.

Miami New Times | Janine Zeitlin | 04-21-2008 | Culture

Tags: Cuba, Miami, Bill Teck, Cuban-Americans, generation ñ, Spanglish, lifestyles

Cuban Ballet in Exilenew

Some of the world's best dancers hang out at Costco, then perform Swan Lake.

Miami New Times | Janine Zeitlin | 04-14-2008 | Performance

Tags: Cuba, dance, ballet, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, National Ballet of Cuba, Swan Lake

Farm Workers Earn Nada in America's Green Bean Capitalnew

Miami-Dade County is the snap bean capital of America, harvesting 18,000 of the state's 33,000 acres of the long, stringy legume. In recent months, the broken, lawless state of bean picking has spawned federal investigations into unfair labor practices and extortion.

Miami New Times | Janine Zeitlin | 03-18-2008 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor