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1998 Stories by John Ferri

• Night & Day

  published December 31, 1998

  Thursday December 31 Since its founding in 1974, the members of Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo have proven two things: 1) Men... More >>

• Fighting For Independents

  published December 24, 1998

  In this era of megaplexes, the Gateway Cinema 4 theater retains a quaint, neighborhood-theater feel. Built in 1951 near the eastern edge of the... More >>

• Night & Day

  published December 24, 1998

  Thursday December 24 What do Jews do on Christmas Eve, when all their Gentile friends are at church or with their families and... More >>

• Night & Day

  published December 17, 1998

  Thursday December 17 If you're an opera lover, you must be into the costumes, pageantry, and glass-shattering voices as much as the... More >>

• Extra Spicy Salsa

  published December 17, 1998

  Sergio Curbelo's Spanish accent is barely discernible, both because it isn't very thick in the first place and because he's talking on a crackly... More >>

• The Forest and the Trees

  published December 10, 1998

  Visitors seem a little perplexed when they encounter the jaboticaba trees in Gene Joyner's yard. As if its name weren't confusing enough, the... More >>

• Night & Day

  published December 10, 1998

  Thursday December 10 A hang glider has to haul one of those big nylon sets of wings to a cliff. And a parasailor's rig includes... More >>

• Court TV

  published December 3, 1998

  When Amos 'n' Andy debuted on TV in 1951, the portrayal of the fast-talking, unscrupulous lawyer Algonquin J. Calhoun by veteran black actor... More >>

• NIGHT & DAY1998 DECEMBER 3-9

  published December 3, 1998

  Thursday 3 For a while there it seemed like another bad '70s trend had been laid to rest. But fondue -- the ridiculously tedious and... More >>

• Boyz and Girlz in the 'Hood

  published November 26, 1998

  If a cat and a bird can get along, can't we all? People who once watched X the Owl and Henrietta Pussycat live peacefully in their thick-trunked... More >>

• Night & Day

  published November 19, 1998

  Thursday November 19 Not one to let a good opportunity pass, Buehler Planetarium director Dr. David Menke has come up with an... More >>

• Get Surreal

  published November 19, 1998

  Until he saw the work of surrealist master Salvador Dali, Jim Warren thought art was something only the critics -- those who know the rules about... More >>

• Perfect Casting

  published November 19, 1998

  Actor Dylan Walsh, best known for his role as a biologist in the 1995 film Congo, is huddled over a laptop computer at a beat-up card table... More >>

• The Scatman Cometh

  published November 12, 1998

  At age 27, Pete Minger found himself back in the classroom. It was 1970, and the talented trumpet player had landed his first gig with a large... More >>

• Night & Day

  published November 12, 1998

  Thursday November 12 Spurned lovers these days might slash their ex's tires or stalk him or her -- at least until the restraining... More >>

• Night & Day

  published November 5, 1998

  Thursday November 5 The Broward County chapter of the Sierra Club gives new meaning to the concept of dining along the water. Forget... More >>

• Zone Defense

  published November 5, 1998

  Evolutionary baggage is a bitch. According to biologists we have the equivalent of three brains -- the reptilian, the mammalian, and the higher... More >>

• Night & Day

  published October 29, 1998

  Thursday October 29 When it's bill-paying time, boat owners tend to see their boats as holes in the water into which they throw all... More >>

• Night & Day

  published October 22, 1998

  Thursday October 22 Dr. Roberto Machado's black-and-white images of prerevolutionary Cuba will be shocking to anyone who's seen what... More >>

• Night & Day

  published October 15, 1998

  Thursday October 15 At the Anything Goes Open Mic -- you guessed it -- anything goes. Starting tonight Warehaus 57 owner Lauren... More >>

• Night & Day

  published October 8, 1998

  Thursday October 8 According to Clyde Butcher, you can't appreciate the subtle beauty of nature while flying along the highway at 70... More >>

• Night & Day

  published October 1, 1998

  Thursday October 1 In 1949 he predicted the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1962 he predicted virtual... More >>

• Leading by Example

  published October 1, 1998

  Benedict J. Fernandez credits his neighbors with encouraging him to get involved with the civil rights movement of the '60s. In 1963, while he... More >>

• Idea Central

  published September 24, 1998

  During the day, Amy Watson rarely leaves her Las Olas Isles home. A self-employed public relations consultant, she spends half her time working... More >>

• Night & Day

  published September 24, 1998

  Thursday September 24 It's a foreign concept to youth-obsessed Americans, but in much of the rest of the world, older folks are... More >>