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Feature
Miami Fury Football Still Struggles
After a decade on the gridiron, the city's only women's pro squad tries to tackle a losing record.
By Francisco Alvarado
Published: June 5, 2008
It's a blazing late May afternoon at Nathaniel "Traz" Powell Stadium near Opa-locka. The 29 members of the Miami Fury gather at the 50-yard line, dressed in their shiny aqua...
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Night&Day
The New Bohemians
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: June 5, 2008
Welcome to Coconut Grove — artist community turned hotbed of chichi consumerism bordering balmy Biscayne Bay. At this picturesque crossroads, where battered bohemia meets...
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Beneficial Brewskis
Chug-a-lug for charity at this Gables block party.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: June 5, 2008
There are many ideal times for beer drinking — a lazy Sunday afternoon at the beach, a baseball game, or immediately after a hard day’s work. This week, there’s...
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Night&Day
Urban Hedonism
Poplife packs ’em into White Room.
By JACOB KATEL
Published: June 5, 2008
Gaggles of beautiful girls press their high heels against the cracked rocks; the night air is heavy, hot, and wet; the clubs are stumbling distance to each other; and the...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul
No soda on the side, just a stirring stage performance.
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 5, 2008
Some women don’t want you to know their age, while others conceal their shoe size. Some decide to hide their IQ, maybe to fit in or maybe because they adore catching...
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Old-School Kicks
Stop by Sweat for a real dose of Pure Imagination.
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: June 5, 2008
Sixty years after television made it obsolete, radio drama is going strong, surviving purely on the sheer nerdiness required to produce it. Its patron saint, This American Life...
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Night&Day
Tree Huggers
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: June 5, 2008
Banyans have those incredible trunks, willows are weepy, and oaks are famously mighty. But few trees are so strikingly beautiful that they’ve earned an annual festival...
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Scotchy Scotch, Scotch
This ain’t your average oceanside tipple.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: June 5, 2008
In case you’re a rum, vodka, or — shudder — Everclear drinker, allow us to educate you about one of our favorite brands o’ booze. That would be Johnny...
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Night&Day
The Birdcage Brunch
Laughs, music, and a mean brunch at Gem.
By MARIA ARGUELLO
Published: June 5, 2008
It's Sunday morning, and you're planning on parking your butt in front of a Top Chef marathon. But out-of-town guests are blowing up your phone, demanding to go out to brunch....
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Night&Day
Destruction or Percussion?
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: June 5, 2008
In America — hell, at Churchill’s alone — everything that can be done already has been. We’ve seen a guy light himself on fire and then ride a motorcycle...
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Smile! You’re with Candido Camero
Roll to Afro-Cuban rhythm during this summer concert series.
By Julienne Gage
Published: June 5, 2008
About the only music lovers making out in this scorching heat are the crickets. But no worries — while they’re rubbing their wings into a sweat, you can saunter...
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Night&Day
Arsht Loves the Kids
Don’t be fooled by the stick figures; these artists have talent.
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 5, 2008
Back in our day, we had to walk 30 miles to school with holes in our shell-toes and a cattle-driving dog nipping at our heels. But once we arrived at our destination, the...
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Night&Day
Tutus, Tap Shoes, and Tangos
A new dance fest for the New World.
By PRISCILLA GOMEZ
Published: June 5, 2008
You’ve watched every episode of So You Think You Can Dance, bought leg warmers and tights, and somehow made it through Shall We Dance?, Step Up 2 the Streets, and Save the...
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Night&Day
Fightin’ the Good Fight
Dennis Rodman’s favorite band keeps on rockin’ in the free world.
By John Linn
Published: June 5, 2008
Pearl Jam has always been a political sort of band — recall the Ticketmaster boycott, Eddie Vedder’s public Bush bashing, and the group’s aversion to big...
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Nothing like SpiderPig
This Pussy is rockin’ PS14 every week without fail.
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 5, 2008
Lola Bar couldn’t tame it, and Lounge 16 was too small to satisfy it, but Liquor Lounge handcuffed it for a year, and The Club House was an appropriately raucous fling...
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Everything’s Coming Up Uggla
The Marlins’ not-so-secret weapon aims at the Reds.
By Chris Joseph
Published: June 5, 2008
One of the main reasons for the Florida Marlins’ recent ass-kicking ways has been the out-of-his-gourd play of 28-year-old second baseman Dan Uggla. He finished May atop...
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Night&Day
Gastric Redemption
Put down that plastic fork and grub out in the Gables.
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 5, 2008
Call us eat-out-aholics, but our workdays are nothing without the anticipation of biting into an eight-dollar sandwich for lunch. And be honest, you agree that special...
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Make Way for Goombay
The annual Bahamian festival heats up Coconut Grove.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: June 5, 2008
Miami’s revelers always visit the other half of Coconut Grove’s Grand Avenue — the commercialized strip that’s home to chain retailers and college bars. The...
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Night&Day
Get Your Sharpies Out
John B brings the boom and signs boobs at Laundry Bar.
By Eric W. Saeger
Published: June 5, 2008
British DJ John B helped tear the lid off drum ’n’ bass in the mid- to late-Nineties. Within a year of his first rave, John adopted this rogue art form as his music...
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Letters
Letters from the Issue of June 5, 2008
"They know the courts will do nothing to them, so basically these thugs have a license to do whatever they want."
Published: June 5, 2008
Family Fun How do you say "rip-off" en español?: I read Janine Zeitlin's article "Adults Only" (May 29), about the La Cosa Nostra Spanish TV show. It's just a cheap,...
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