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Haiti

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    The Haitian Empty Bowl Fundraiser Is Saturday, March 24, in Lake Worth

    ​The Third Annual Haitian Empty Bowl Fundraiser is planned for Saturday throughout downtown Lake Worth. The venture is a progressive meal of sorts, with roughly 20 local restaurants and specialty food shops donating samples to the cause, which will raise money for kids in Haiti. Joyce Brown, an or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Lynn University Students Killed in 2010 Haiti Earthquake Will Get Their Degrees

    ​On January 11, 2010, 12 students and two teachers from Boca Raton's Lynn University traveled on a service trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On January 12, six of them were killed in the massive earthquake that hit the island, in what the school calls "the darkest day in the university's history ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Michel Martelly Is Haiti's New President. But the Former Palm Beach County Resident Has a Dark Side

    ​On January 11, 2010, 12 students and two teachers from Boca Raton's Lynn University traveled on a service trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On January 12, six of them were killed in the massive earthquake that hit the island, in what the school calls "the darkest day in the university's history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    A Visit to Sweet Micky's Random-Ass Real Estate Investment Flop in Pembroke Pines

    He's a kompas king, a diaper-dancer and a firebrand, and he just may be Haiti's best hope for a president with more efficacy than an ingrown hair. Votes are being counted, and it's between former first lady Mirlande Manigat and our boy, Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly. Why ours, exactly? Well, he's a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    A Murder in Haiti Threatens to Become Lost Amid the Rubble

    Courtesy Viola Semxant-ZuckerGregoire-Ronald Chery on an earlier, happier trip to Haiti.​Our feature story this week tells the harrowing tale of Gregoire-Ronald Chery, who was murdered in Haiti when kidnappers came for a young girl in his family. Chery was a 17-year federal agent who worked in the ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Haitian Kidnappers Kill an American Federal Agent in Their Quest to Abduct a Child

    Courtesy Viola Semxant-ZuckerGregoire-Ronald Chery on an earlier, happier trip to Haiti.​Our feature story this week tells the harrowing tale of Gregoire-Ronald Chery, who was murdered in Haiti when kidnappers came for a young girl in his family. Chery was a 17-year federal agent who worked in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    In Protesting Haitian Election, Candidate Baker Aligns With Wyclef and Rival Sweet Micky

    twitter.com/CharlesHBakerSweet Micky, Charlie Baker, and Wyclef Jean.​Imagine Al Gore and George W. Bush riding hand-in-hand down Okeechobee Boulevard in November 2000 to protest hanging chads. Something in that vein happened in yesterday's Haitian election, which went just about as badl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Vietnam Vet Organizes Christmas Airdrop in Haiti

    via Christmasforhaiti.org​South Florida veteran Charles Buford is seeking donations for people in Haiti, and his act of charity is both a nod to his days in the service and an effective, though vintage, means of spreading supplies -- an airdrop. If all goes as planned, sometime in December, toys a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Embattled UF Film Students Bring Haiti Documentary to FLIFF

    Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin with the subject of their film.​The two University of Florida graduate students who almost didn't get to graduate, are now bringing the controversial film to the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. And there will be no disclaimers.Jon Bougher, originally fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Aaron Jackson Says Doctor's Efforts in Haiti 'Works at all Angles'

    Photo by Orly Olivier​The subject of this week's cover story in New Times is Dr. Patricia Wolff, who's trying to cure malnutrition in Haiti with use of a vitamin-enriched peanut butter. Her efforts are nothing new to South Florida's own Aaron Jackson, who built an international charitable organiza ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Morning Juice: As Pilots Strike, Spirits Cancel Flights; Dog Fight in Broward Over Kill Policy

    ​Here's what's happening in South Florida this Monday morning:With its pilots on strike, Miramar-based discount airline Spirit has canceled flights through Tuesday, forcing local air travelers to scramble for another way to get to their destinations. [CBS4]In a much more uplifting story about air ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Pompano Teachers Cleared of Religious Harassment Now Accused of Racist Remarks to Students

    Flickr: kintod​It looks like the holy water sprinkling was the least of the legal problems of two Blanche Ely High School teachers. Leslie Rainier and Djuna Robinson are accused of ordering Haitian students to stand by the trash can to signify the inferiority of Haitian people.The complaint, which ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Art Health

    Flickr: kintod​It looks like the holy water sprinkling was the least of the legal problems of two Blanche Ely High School teachers. Leslie Rainier and Djuna Robinson are accused of ordering Haitian students to stand by the trash can to signify the inferiority of Haitian people.The complaint, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    UPDATE: Two UF Film Students May Not Graduate Because of Trip to Haiti

    courtesy Jon Bougher​Even after weeks of media coverage and national attention, two graduate film students at the University of Florida might not be able to graduate in a few weeks because of a documentary they are making about Haiti. School officials have ruled that the film made by Roman Safiull ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Two UF Film Students May Not Graduate Because of Trip to Haiti

    courtesy of Jon BougherJon Bougher (left) and Roman Safiullin​Even after weeks of media coverage and national attention, two graduate film students at the University of Florida might not be able to graduate in a few weeks because of a documentary they are making about Haiti. School officials have ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2010

    More on the Drake Karu & Y Concert That Won't Occur

    Mid-March Drake concert turns out to be a fake.

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Palm Beach Princess Planning to Give Haiti Volunteers the Royal Treatment

    Flickr: BurningQuestionThe Palm Beach Princess​Docked at the Port of Palm Beach, the Princess is just a rundown, financially strapped gambling barge. But when it arrives in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, the Palm Beach Princess will look positively luxurious by comparison."If" it arrives, that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Anderson Cooper Helps Aaron Jackson Help Haiti

    Aaron Jackson and his younger brother, Will, at a fundraiser for Haiti last year.​When the earthquake first hit, Aaron Jackson immediately announced that his charity, Planting Peace, would help as many Haitians as possible with food, water, medicine, and shelter. Within days, Aaron was on the grou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Morning Juice: Bagmen Grabs a Guilty Plea; Trial Begins for Teen Accused in Coral Springs Kidnapping

    ​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach this morning:Ronald Owens, accused of handling $900,000 in dirty money on behalf of former Broward County Commission Joe Eggelletion, will plead guilty today in federal court, according to his lawyer. It appears that Owens was flipped by authoriti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Lake Worth's Living Water Ministries Steps Up Haiti Meal Distribution

    photo of Haiti courtesy of Living Water Ministries​In one respect, Living Water Ministries was lucky when it came to helping Haitian victims of last week's earthquake: They already had a large network of employees and contacts in Port-au-Prince and many others in outlying villages in the far North ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Behind the Line: An Interview with Latitudes' Executive Chef and Top Chef Contestant Ron Duprat

    Chef Ron Duprat poses with Michelle Bernstein.​These past few days have probably been tough for Ron Duprat, executive chef at Hollywood Beach Marriott's Latitudes Beach Cafe, former Top Chef contestant, and Black Culinarian Alliance chairperson, now that his homeland is a mess of rubble. But image ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Pompano-Based Anti-Immigration Group Sounds Alarm About Haitians

    Flickr: British Red Cross​One week after an earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital, the Floridians for Immigration Enforcement (FLIMEN) are trying to pull off a very delicate public relations maneuver: stating their sympathy for the Haitian people, while also communicating in no uncertain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    We Want You to Give to Haiti Relief!

    Last night, South Florida's two top weekly newspapers (said modestly), New Times Broward*Palm Beach and Miami New Times, donated $5,000 to Partners in Health, perhaps the most important charity in returning Haiti to normalcy after this week's monstrous earthquake.Photo by Flickr user Pan-African N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Daybreak

    Flickr: PfoertnersThe Presidential Palace in Haiti, before this week's earthquake; a photo of its current condition, here.​

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    UPDATE: Planting Peace Orphans in Haiti Are "OK"

    Planting PeaceIn times of crisis, Aaron Jackson delivers.​We just got word that all of the Haitian orphanages run by the South Florida-based non-profit Planting Peace are upright and the children are, as Planting Peace founder Aaron Jackson put it, "OK." In addition, the two University of Florida ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    UPDATED: Haiti Earthquake Jolts Local Charity

    A scene from LW's "Women helping women" program​Jon Pace, a boardmember of local charity  Living Water Ministries of the Palm Beaches told us by phone this morning that Executive Director Pastor Etienne Jacklin's house in the Bon-Repos area north of Port au Prince was destroyed, and his wife' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2009

    Culturespotting

    A scene from LW's "Women helping women" program​Jon Pace, a boardmember of local charity  Living Water Ministries of the Palm Beaches told us by phone this morning that Executive Director Pastor Etienne Jacklin's house in the Bon-Repos area north of Port au Prince was destroyed, and his wife' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Healing Haiti: Palm Beach Charity Sends Vitamins, Hope

    One of the Haitian clinics run by Living Water Ministries​Fred Chalker says a turning point in his understanding of the needs of the Haitian people came five years ago, when he was visiting one of his clinics on the Northwest coast of Haiti. A mother had brought her 18-year-old son in to the modes ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2009

    The Sixth-Annual Organic Hip-Hop Artist Showcase

    One of the Haitian clinics run by Living Water Ministries​Fred Chalker says a turning point in his understanding of the needs of the Haitian people came five years ago, when he was visiting one of his clinics on the Northwest coast of Haiti. A mother had brought her 18-year-old son in to the modes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Top Chef Ron Duprat Cooks For Charity at Whole Foods

    John LinnChef Ron in the kitchen at Whole Foods' Lifestyle Center.​He was running a few minutes late, but once Chef Ron Duprat arrived at Whole Foods' Lifestyle Center on Saturday night, he got right to business. Scuttling through the door in his bright red Birkenstocks, Duprat introduced himself ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Aaron Jackson Gets the St. Pete Times Treatment

    ​Though last night's Planting Peace fundraiser at the Bubble was canceled due to last-second scheduling conflicts, the charity's founder, Aaron Jackson, was in town from Haiti (where Planting Peace has several orphanages), and that gave me the opportunity to ask him about this ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    Iggy Pop Helps Sweat Records Cool Down

    The godfather of punk will appear at a benefit for the Miami record shop.

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Lip Shtick

    The godfather of punk will appear at a benefit for the Miami record shop.

  • News

    January 15, 2009

    With the help of Rainn Wilson, Aaron Jackson tries to cure a country.

    The godfather of punk will appear at a benefit for the Miami record shop.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Rainn Wilson Hosts a Party for Broward's Own Ghandi, Aaron Jackson

    As you can read in the cover story of this week's "print product," Rainn Wilson - Dwight Schrute from The Office - threw a party last month for Aaron Jackson, a local 27-year-old rich kid living as pauper, giving everything he has to orphanages in Haiti. Aaron's charity, Planting Peace, has sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    The Only Thing Better Than the Food at Tap Tap -- the Music

    As you can read in the cover story of this week's "print product," Rainn Wilson - Dwight Schrute from The Office - threw a party last month for Aaron Jackson, a local 27-year-old rich kid living as pauper, giving everything he has to orphanages in Haiti. Aaron's charity, Planting Peace, has sh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 3, 2008

    Sweet and Sour

    As you can read in the cover story of this week's "print product," Rainn Wilson - Dwight Schrute from The Office - threw a party last month for Aaron Jackson, a local 27-year-old rich kid living as pauper, giving everything he has to orphanages in Haiti. Aaron's charity, Planting Peace, has sh ... More >>

  • News

    January 24, 2008

    For Love of God

    On her radio show and in her personal life, Beverly Kennedy spreads her gospel across Broward

  • News

    November 29, 2007

    Washed Up

    101 Haitian refugees sailed north full of hope. They got screwed.

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2007

    Concert Preview/Interview: Art in Manila Tonight at Revolution

    101 Haitian refugees sailed north full of hope. They got screwed.

  • News

    April 26, 2007

    Adiós, Fidel

    And hello again. Why Broward-Palm Beach immigrant groups are tired of the endless Castro drama.

  • Film

    August 31, 2006

    Last Resort

    Middle-aged sex tourists fail to get their groove back.

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Middle-aged sex tourists fail to get their groove back.

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Letters for August 11-17, 2005

    Middle-aged sex tourists fail to get their groove back.

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Letters for August 4-10, 2005

    Middle-aged sex tourists fail to get their groove back.

  • Culture

    June 23, 2005

    Artbeat

    Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2004

    Secondhand Roses

    Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

  • Culture

    October 3, 2002

    Sea Changes

    Three very different artists make for one intriguing experience at the Coral Springs Museum of Art

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Tale of the Ticket

    The Gold Cup was a lot of fun, if you like riots

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Letters

    The Gold Cup was a lot of fun, if you like riots

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