Miami New Times

Paul and Young Ron Brewers Alley: Winner to be Featured at Brew at the Zoo

Paul and Young Ron might be the funniest people to every hit the radio airwaves, but did you know they're also beer aficionados? In fact, they love beer so much, they've taken over the fourth annual New Times' Brew at the Zoo, renaming our home brew section the "Paul and Young Ron Brewers Alley". ... More >>

Michael Bay, Mark Wahlberg, and Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson Talk About Miami's Twisted Version of the American Dream

New Times Says No to MLB

Miami's Best Youth Football Team Beats Opponents, Violence, Gambling, and Turmoil

First Look: The Mexican in Boca Raton (Cali-Inspired Food and a Mural by Wynwood Artist Ruben Ubiera)

Dennis Max was working the room Monday night at his just-opened restaurant, The Mexican. The dining room and bar were packed, with few open seats in the house, but the restaurateur managed to find an empty stool to pull up to the four-top where I was seated during a free dinner for local media. Max ... More >>

Mitt Romney's Tie To Iran Contra Scandal

By Penn BullockWas Bain Capital, the company that presidential candidate Mitt Romney started, built with pivotal help from covert Iran-contra operatives? New information uncovered by Miami New Times raises the possibility. The story starts in 1984, when Romney solicited startup money for Bain at a ... More >>

An ABZ Production: In South Street and Cooper Avenue, SoFla's hottest restaurateur embarks on his most ambitious ventures

2 Live Crew at the Stage on October 7

Miami Marlins Keep Lying About Stadium

Scott Israel Has Taken $13,700 From Bail Bondsmen. What Do They Want in Return?

Previously: Israel vs. Granteed in fundraising.Scott Israel's campaign for sheriff this year has taken heavy contributions from some of the least glamorous enforcers in the chain of justice: bail bondsmen from Miami to Jacksonville. Thirty-eight of them to be exact, shelling out $13,700 for the prim ... More >>

Organic Eats and Happy Beats

Arboles Libres on June 9 at Green Room

Idell Frazer is Fifth Strax Rejuvenation Surgery Patient to Die in Eight Years

​A 50-year-old grandmother seeking a liposuction and fat transfer operation this month became the fifth patient to die during or after surgery at Strax Rejuvenation and Aesthetics Institute in Lauderhill. According to Strax officials, the surgical complication that killed her was the same one that ... More >>

Dispatches From the High Seas: a Real Bruise Cruise Experience with Vockah Redu and Kyp Malone

​Under normal circumstances, when a guy pukes on your arm while you are washing your hands in the men's bathroom sink, it's a pitifully horrible experience. But this reporter just so happens to be on the Carnival Imagination, reveling in the three day rock 'n' roll madness that is the second annua ... More >>

The Togas Perform First Show Ever at Bruise Cruise Kick-off Party

​The Togas are a supergroup of superduper fun proportions. Dressed in ancient Greek attire, naturally, Ty Segall, Shannon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams, Philip Sambol of Austin's the Strange Boys, and Lance Wille of Reigning Sound came together to rock the shit out of some classic tunes at Th ... More >>

Low Level Lazer Radiation and Cop City Chill Pillars at International Noise Conference

​As Low Level Lazer Radiation and with Cop City Chill Pillars, Nelson Hallonquist is continuing in his tradition of performing annually at International Noise Conference. Since the first INC, he's brought all sorts of West Palm Beach sounds to Churchill's Pub in Little Haiti. Noise legend Rat Bast ... More >>

Where Are the Women in the Kitchen?

​Back in 2008, I started spending almost as much time in restaurant kitchens as in restaurant dining rooms. What struck me was how few women work the hot line. The reasons are apparent: The hours are insane. The pay is middling. The work is grueling. Cooking in a competitive, cutthroat environment ... More >>

Download: 12th Planet - The End Is Near! EP; Revolution Show Tomorrow Night

​Mega-huge names like Skrillex might get a lot of the mainstream dubstep shine, but right on their tails is buddy 12th Planet. And without him, there might be no American dubstep scene as we currently know it. As cofounder of the early L.A. dubstep weekly Pure Filth and the label Smog, 12th Planet ... More >>

Wasted Away Again Online With Jimmy Buffett-Inspired Margaritaville Videogame

​Parrotheads! Your internet dreams have come true! Key West-obsessed singer Jimmy Buffett's most famous song, 1977's "Margaritaville," is being honored with a Facebook videogame. That's right, you're not just drunk, stoned, and sun-stroked; you actually read that correctly. THQ, a videogame publis ... More >>

Pocket of Lollipops Performs Trauma Hawk Art Co-op at Dada on Sunday

​Starving as an artist sucks. Starving, period, sucks. That's why it's so sweet that Dada is hosting Trauma Hawk, a co-op event for artists to sell their usable art, made mostly with recycled materials, this Sunday. They'll make money and do things like eat with it.  Artist and musician Maite ... More >>

How Insiders Use the College Bowl System to Loot American Universities

RIP Jeff Stratton, Award-Winning New Times Staffer and Groundbreaking Honduran Journalist

Stratton founded a newspaper on the Honduran island of Roatán. ​Former New Times Broward-Palm Beach staffer and award-winning journalist Jeff Stratton passed away suddenly this week in Honduras.Stratton, 47 years old, died from apparent complications from a stomach ulcer. New Times was a neophy ... More >>

Newt Gingrich's Florida Campaign Director Jose Mallea Has a Miami House in Foreclosure

newt.orgNewt Gingrich​Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- the apparent front-runner for the Republican Party's presidential nomination -- has been an advocate of the "free market" approach to reducing the number of foreclosures in the country, coupled with his wish to repeal the "Dodd-Frank" ... More >>

South Florida's Best Burgers

​ Regardless of whether a burger is from a fast food place or a gastropub, they inspire fierce loyalty and love. Indeed, some folks dedicate their lives to the pursuit of the perfect burger. Just ask The Burger Beast, whose third annual Burgie Awards are coming up this Saturday. In the meanti ... More >>

Shaq Says He's "Running" for Lake County Undersheriff, in an Election That Doesn't Exist

​Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal spends a lot of time pretending he's a policeman.When the Big Aristotle/Shaqtus/Shaq-Fu/whatever announced his retirement in June, he said he planned on running for sheriff of Lake County or Orange County at some point in the future.According to an interview O'Nea ... More >>

Trend Alert: Vietnamese Cuisine, Epic Menus, and Man Food

​This past week, my colleagues from Village Voice Media had a good showing the Association of Food Journalism awards, which I attended in Charleston. Around tables at dinner and during speaker sessions, topics such as how soon to review a restaurant after it has opened, the role of critics in ... More >>

David Rivera, Vern Buchanan Among 2011's "Most Corrupt Members of Congress"

Rep. Vern Buchanan (left) and Rep. David Rivera were named a couple of the most corrupt congressmen.​In the seventh edition of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's listing of the most corrupt members of Congress, two Florida congressmen managed to earn a spot on the list.Those tw ... More >>

Salsa Fiesta Opens Second US Location in Pembroke Pines

​Salsa Fiesta opened its second US location in Pembroke Pines last Wednesday, six months past a projected March opening due to construction delays. CEO and owner Cesar Olivo introduced the sixth location of his fast food chain from Venezuela to Miami in 2009, reported Miami New Times critic, Lee K ... More >>

Florida Is the Joke of the Nation Again. At Least It Has Nothing to Do With Casey Anthony

via Buzzfeed via Flickr user jsrcyclistAlligator head in a stroller.​For once, people are thankful they don't live in Florida for reasons that aren't related to bizarre murders.This time, it's due to a semi-viral internet meme that shows things that you could only find in Florida.When we say " ... More >>

Panic Bomber at Green Room 4/28