AltWeeklies Wire
Renegade Radionew
CIA moles, Holocaust deniers, survivalists, white supremacists, fringe Christian sects and an exiled president have all beamed their messages from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego on Radio Miami International's transmitter.
Miami New Times |
Mariah Blake |
12-28-2005 |
Music
A Haitian-American Candidate Runs for Congressnew
Dufirstson Neree, a 31-year-old Haitian immigrant, wants to represent a part of Miami that has the largest concentration of Haitian-born voters of any congressional district in the nation.
Miami New Times |
Josh Schonwald |
12-20-2005 |
Politics
Uncertain Smilenew
Ray Raposa is Castanets' sole permanent member and its primary driving force; the music is entirely his vision -- loose, nois and potently evocative.
Miami New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
12-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: California, San Diego, Album, bass, Castanets, Cathedral, drums, First Light's Freeze, guitars
The Fat of the Lensnew
Tired of his man-breasts, 250-pound Miles Forman set out to lose weight, and he made an hour-long documentary about his effort.
Miami New Times |
Jessica Sick |
12-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Other Xiu Dropsnew
Jamie Stewart says Xiu Xiu's music is "provocative," which may be a mild term considering one of their songs is about anally raping to death and then eating George W. Bush.
Miami New Times |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
12-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Widow of Miami Politician Seeks to Overturn His Convictionnew
To gain the right to her husband Arthur Teele's city pension, Stephanie Teele wants the court to overturn his felony conviction for threatening an undercover detective who had been following her.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
12-08-2005 |
Politics
Dead Againnew
In April, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the original four members of Bauhaus found themselves back in black for the first time since 1998.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
11-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Donna Shalala vs. Donna Shalalanew
University of Miami president and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala won't comment on an attempt to unionize the university's contract custodial workers.
Miami New Times |
Forrest Norman |
11-29-2005 |
Education
Follicular Humanismnew
An aesthetician discusses variations on waxing, including heart shapes for Valentine's Day.
Miami New Times |
The Bitch |
11-14-2005 |
Fashion
Video Games: Just Say Nonew
Alex Diaz de la Portilla has submitted a bill to the Florida Senate that would prohibit minors from buying or renting video games with violence and sexually explicit content.
Miami New Times |
Trevor Aaronson |
11-14-2005 |
Politics
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
More Than Meets the Eyenew
Like many a musical epiphany, the Benevento-Russo Duo came together through a fortunate convergence of raw talent and abject poverty.
Miami New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hurricane Losses Trigger Massive Layoffs at Goodwillnew
South Florida's number one provider of jobs to the disabled has had to lay off about 800 people in Miami-Dade County.
Miami New Times |
Forrest Norman |
11-07-2005 |
Disasters
Homeless Complain of Poor Treatment at Shelternew
Present and past employees of Miami's Camillus House have been accused of cursing at clients, misusing their labor, and violating political campaign contribution rules.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
11-07-2005 |
Economy
Cuban Exile Takes Top Billing in Intelligent Design Debatenew
Guillermo Gonzalez, who teaches astronomy at the University of Iowa, argues that a supreme being designed our planet to support both human life and scientific inquiry.
Miami New Times |
Mariah Blake |
11-07-2005 |
Science
