AltWeeklies Wire
Cuban Writer M.M. Pascal-Paul: Not for the Feeble-Mindednew
The rising literary star says the blurring of reality and fiction, actually, the elimination of fact, is the fundamental issue of our day. Or did she even say that?
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
11-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Hurricane Voyeurismnew
Wilma brought frustration, accidents, romance, anger, substance abuse and reflection.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado, Mariah Blake, Jean Carey, Rob Jordan, Diana Kachalova, Kirk Nielsen, Forrest Norman and Emily Witt |
11-01-2005 |
Disasters
American Crocodiles Subject to Repatriationnew
A male American crocodile continues to recover in a South Dade swamp, two weeks after he was lassoed, bound, blindfolded, examined and dropped into the brackish water by those who would protect him.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
10-24-2005 |
Comedy
Living and Dying by the Windnew
Kiteboarding is a wet, hot extreme sport that combines the thrill of flying with the threat of grievous bodily harm.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
09-05-2005 |
Sports
Fake Art, Real Moneynew
A scandal developed at Art Miami this year when a collector claimed that several Cuban paintings displayed by art dealer Ramon Cernuda are forgeries.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
05-03-2005 |
Art
Inventor Claims to Make Water Out of Thin Airnew
In January, Air Water Corporation CEO Michael Zwebner announced the company would ship twenty Air Water machines to Sri Lanka for deployment in areas stricken by the recent tsunami. Critics say the machines require too much energy.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
02-15-2005 |
Science
Suspended Miami Commissioner Charged With Briberynew
Arthur Teele, who was arrested on charges of taking bribes from contractors doing business with the City of Miami, says investigators have been spreading salacious rumors about him.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
12-28-2004 |
Politics
SPIRIT Database in Dade County Is Open for Hackingnew
The county’s court system has spent $36 million on a revolutionary new database, but when programmers warned it was vulnerable, they’re the ones who got deleted.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
11-08-2004 |
Science
Absentee Ballots Get the Absent-Minded Approachnew
A reporter who lives in a city where the practice of absentee voting is so deeply entrenched that even dead people do it decides to see what happens when he applies for an absentee ballot.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
10-29-2004 |
Politics
The Teele Conspiracy: Commissioner Claims He's a Victimnew
The arrest last week of Miami Commissioner Art Teele on assault charges following a wild car chase brought to a climactic close one more scene in the drama that has become his life.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado, Kirk Nielsen and Rebecca Wakefield |
09-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
