Dry Tortugas Dispatch: Beckoning Birds, a Lighthouse, and No Ghost
In two nights sleeping under the arches at Fort Jefferson, I never saw the ghost. It is legend, or hearsay, but the myth persists. I trawled the halls regularly, even audibly coaxing at times to Dr....
View ArticleBanksy in Miami: Behind The Scenes At The Questionable Graffiti Auction
It seemed general consensus that no one really knew the facts about the auction last Saturday of a piece by graffiti artist Banksy. Certain parties weren't talking.
View ArticleThe Architecture Is Alive: Some Reasons Why You Should Go to Subtropics...
It’s hard to explain to someone what “sound art” is. These are encounters that bend our traditional definition of music, and the truth is CDs and MP3s simply cannot reproduce the experience. Luckily,...
View ArticleAs E-Books Dominate Printing, Collectors Gather To Trade Rare Finds
Going to an antiquarian book fair with a university’s special collections librarian is similar to walking around Central Park with a leaky bag of bread crumbs. Or if you prefer a local metaphor, like a...
View ArticleMiami, Our Way: An Open Letter From WLRN To The New York Times
Dear New York Times,Hello! It’s Miami! We wanted to write and let you know that we’re a real place. You’ve seen us before. We’re the ones that had that land boom in the 1920s.We’re writing to you from...
View ArticlePoetry In Motion: A Chat With O, Miami's P. Scott Cunningham
P. Scott Cunningham is the founder of O, Miami, a biennial poetry festival in Miami organized by the University of Wynwood and with support from the Miami-based Knight Foundation. The festival is...
View ArticleWLRN Live Chat Tuesday at 11 AM: Tell Us Why Miami Is 'Flawed But Fabulous'
Well everybody, I have a new assignment. I'm WLRN's Flawed-But-Fabulous beat reporter.
View ArticleHow Urban Explorers Record History South Florida Forgot
Built in 1964 as part of the Cold War response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Nike Missile Silo was abandoned in 1979, but the former complex remains eerily intact within the southern portion of...
View ArticleMore Evidence Of Tequesta Civilization Unearthed Near Miami River
Two months ago, twelve dump trucks bursting with dirt and fill from a downtown Miami construction site made their way to the Everglades Outpost, an animal rescue facility in Florida City.Barbara...
View ArticleHow Much Do You Walk? Livability In South Florida
Have you ever tried to cross US-1 on foot? Both in South and North Miami, all the way through Broward and even in parts of the Florida Keys it’s a harrowing experience. People are driving fast and not...
View ArticleWhy Bookstores Don't Reflect Miami's Literary Health
Many have taken the recent closing of Barnes and Noble in Aventura and the general dearth of bookstores in Miami as an omen, a portentous sign that the city is somehow culturally headed in the wrong...
View ArticleWhere To Learn All About The History Of Ocean Diving
One of the earliest pieces of writing known to humanity is the Epic of Gilgamesh, a Babylonian legend that’s formative to the history of literature.In it, Gilgamesh himself attaches stones to his feet,...
View ArticleAfter Urban Beach Weekend, What Was The Big Deal?
On Friday evening the Standard Hotel and Spa was completely tented for the weekend, to reopen Sunday, while countless other businesses were closed up on Miami Beach.Spiga Restaurant on 12th and Collins...
View ArticleHow One Family's Tragedy Became Training For Future Pilots
Life has been difficult this year for one of Wynwood’s most celebrated gallerists.Nina Johnson, owner and operator of Gallery Diet, has been emotionally supporting her family through the worst of...
View ArticleWhy Miami Heat Fans Must Find Solace In First Loss
The opening sequence of last night’s NBA finals game against the San Antonio Spurs summed up the Miami Heat’s 2013 season under the big three of Lebron James, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade.An...
View ArticleHeat Swarm Like Piranhas To Beat Spurs In Game Two
Poor Tiago Splitter. He tried so hard to make a teeny dunk. When the Spurs starting center went up to throw one down on Lebron James with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Brazilian got...
View ArticleHas South Florida Displaced Los Angeles In The World Of American Crime Fiction?
Everyone knows that South Florida has a seedy underbelly. The American fascination with crime-sex-and-violence-laden stories about South Florida has been going strong for quite some time, particularly...
View ArticleMiami Heat Fans Share A Moment Of Pure Bliss, Again
Game Seven was beautiful.Yet again the Heat turned us all into a stunning supernova of clanky pots and clinky pans. Everyone exhale. After the textbook magnificence of Game Seven, Miami is alive and...
View ArticleWhere Heroes And Nerds Meet: Florida SuperCon
I am a recovering comic book addict that still likes to occasionally hurl himself off the flying wagon, preferably to be saved while assisting Batman foil an evil plan.
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