St. Augustine (Florida)

North Atlantic Space Company to Play PureHoney Show at Propaganda Saturday Night

​You've probably never seen North Atlantic Space Company live, considering they've only performed one and a half shows thus far. That small number totally doesn't mean that there aren't many more to come.  When their group Sweet Bronco disbanded, guitarist Chris Horgan and drummer Steven ... More >>

The Purehoney Sixth Issue Party on February 25 at Propaganda

​You've probably never seen North Atlantic Space Company live, considering they've only performed one and a half shows thus far. That small number totally doesn't mean that there aren't many more to come.  When their group Sweet Bronco disbanded, guitarist Chris Horgan and drummer Steven ... More >>

The Dewars/Re-Doers: Download Everything!

Jose Fores said it perfectly when he wrote that The Dewars' "Toys Boise The Noise" makes us miss those two weirdos so much. St. Augustine is but a road trip away, but that's still about 272 miles from being able to watch their next move.Luckily, we already know the Pent Up Joy is still in the w ... More >>

Amanda Rice Stevenson, 96 Years Old, Arrested for Allegedly Murdering Her Nephew

St. Augustine Police DepartmentAmanda Rice Stevenson, 96, is charged with murder.​Amanda Rice Stevenson is 96 years old.She also allegedly shot and killed her nephew last night by firing a round from a .357 Magnum into his chest.St. Augustine Police Department spokesman Mark Samson says the co ... More >>

Cinema Paradiso Chases Out Top Managers

Photo by Eric Barton​If you hit Cinema Paradiso's Italia Film Festa this past weekend you might have been lucky enough to catch Come Undone, a steamy flick about an adulterous affair set in Milan. After seeing it in December, Village Voice reviewer Nick Pinkerton wrote: "The hot sex has the rhythm ... More >>

Bonnie "Prince" Billy's Excellent Florida Adventure

Photo by Eric Barton​If you hit Cinema Paradiso's Italia Film Festa this past weekend you might have been lucky enough to catch Come Undone, a steamy flick about an adulterous affair set in Milan. After seeing it in December, Village Voice reviewer Nick Pinkerton wrote: "The hot sex has the rhythm ... More >>

A Less Drunken Bus Loop

Photo by Eric Barton​If you hit Cinema Paradiso's Italia Film Festa this past weekend you might have been lucky enough to catch Come Undone, a steamy flick about an adulterous affair set in Milan. After seeing it in December, Village Voice reviewer Nick Pinkerton wrote: "The hot sex has the rhythm ... More >>

The Dalai Lama's Family Connection to West Palm Beach

Courtesy Walk for Tibet FloridaNorbu at the beginning of the walk in St. Augustine.​It's no coincidence that Jigme Norbu was on his way to West Palm Beach when he was killed last week on State Road A1A. Norbu, nephew of the Dalai Lama and an activist for Tibetan independence, visited West Palm Bea ... More >>

Memorial Service Planned for Dalai Lama's Nephew in West Palm Beach

Walk for Tibet FloridaNorbu at the start of the walk in St. Augustine.​After a car accident killed Jigme Norbu as he walked down State Road A1A last week, his friends and supporters have continued their 300-mile walk for Tibetan independence along Florida's east coast. The group, which has been jo ... More >>

Another Youth Services International Lockup Gets Dismal Review From State

Youth Services InternationalLast year Thompson held a "Keep the Peace" event.​Youth Services International, the for-profit operator of the juvenile detention center in Pembroke Pines where teenagers allege they have been physically and sexually abused, has faced similar complaints at a lockup in S ... More >>

UPDATED: Dalai Lama's Nephew Killed on A1A Walk to West Palm Beach

Before he was killed last night in the gathering darkness on State Road A1A, Jigme Norbu had walked or biked 7,800 miles to support his people in Tibet.Norbu, 45, the nephew of the Dalai Lama, lived in Indiana but traveled all over the country raising awareness about the suffering of the Tibetan p ... More >>

Drinking Vacation With Ruth Berman and Mike Arra's Beer Bon Voyage

Nicole Danna​Ruth Berman and Mike Arra love beer. So much so that the two busy Boynton Beach-based chiropractors decided to make a second living out of it.How? By organizing beer vacations, of course.

Interview With Chef Daniel Ramos of Market 17 (Part 1)

photo: Deirdra FuncheonDaniel Ramos in the new digs. ​After months of anticipation (and a few delays), the new farm-to-table eatery Market 17 is now open on 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant is no small undertaking. All dishes are prepared from scratch. It serves ostrich. It makes cev ... More >>

Another No-Bid Contract for Facility Contract Services in Pembroke Pines

Greensource Power Systems Inc.Hiester founded Facility Contract Services right before winning another contract.​As union reps work feverishly to prevent 200 jobs in the City of Pembroke Pines from being outsourced to a private firm, that firm has fallen under close scrutiny. Facility Contract ... More >>

No-Bid Contract for Pines Outsourcing Goes to Favored Contractor

Courtesy of Greensource Power Systems Inc.Shawn Hiester's companies have already earned millions from Pines.​The founder of the private firm set to receive a controversial, no-bid outsourcing contract in the City of Pembroke Pines has a long history of raking in millions of dollars in business fro ... More >>

West Palm Escape Artist Prefers Fireworks on Coffin, Bull Fights Without Blood

Free Video HostingCynthia Morrison may seem a typical 50-year-old woman; she lives in West Palm Beach and for 21 years she's worked in the automotive services industry. But Morrison has an alter ego with a taste for danger. The Great Cindini, as she calls herself, has lately enjoyed a fascination w ... More >>

The Staff at Todd English's Wild Olives in Boca Raton Needs Some Reining In

Free Video HostingCynthia Morrison may seem a typical 50-year-old woman; she lives in West Palm Beach and for 21 years she's worked in the automotive services industry. But Morrison has an alter ego with a taste for danger. The Great Cindini, as she calls herself, has lately enjoyed a fascination w ... More >>

Jim Greer Resigning as Republican Party Chair

Flickr: E.S. HunterJim Greer with his wife at a 2008 Sarah Palin rally in Fort Myers ​In a Florida Republican Party in which Charlie Crist is a mere mortal, there can be no saving his handpicked party chair, Jim Greer. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Greer will resign his leadership post in ... More >>

[UPDATED] "Toothless" Commission on Ethics Gives Legislators Something to Chew On

Flickr: simplelogikThat's the kind of arsenal you need to get a jaw-full of Florida corruption​The political scandals in Broward County have roused the Florida Commission on Ethics from its comatose state. An outfit derided as "toothless" is asking the Florida Legislature to give it a new set of c ... More >>

Morning Juice: Federal Prosecutors Now Camping in Broward; Ethics Reform in Palm Beach County

​Let's look at the news on this Wednesday morningA terrifying number of references to "unidentified co-conspirators" in the information filed yesterday by the U.S. Attorney's office against Scott Rothstein. There's little question that he and his friends in the political, banking and legal communi ... More >>

"Wife Swap" Mom: "I Wouldn't Put Anything Past" Balloon Boy's Dad

​Sheree Silver is the psychic who, for an episode of the TV series "Wife Swap" left Florida for a week to live with the Heene family in Colorado earlier this year.  In that episode, which originally aired in the spring, Silver remarks on camera that the show will be her destiny. Still, she di ... More >>

"Amazing Feat of Aging" at the South Florida Science Museum

​Sheree Silver is the psychic who, for an episode of the TV series "Wife Swap" left Florida for a week to live with the Heene family in Colorado earlier this year.  In that episode, which originally aired in the spring, Silver remarks on camera that the show will be her destiny. Still, she di ... More >>

Show Me the Fountain of Healthy Aging

​Sheree Silver is the psychic who, for an episode of the TV series "Wife Swap" left Florida for a week to live with the Heene family in Colorado earlier this year.  In that episode, which originally aired in the spring, Silver remarks on camera that the show will be her destiny. Still, she di ... More >>

Feeling Festival Loss? Aching For a Road Trip? Harvest of Hope Festival in St. Augustine Fills in Some Langerado Gaps

Okay, St. Augustine is pretty damn far from here. And half of the bands on the Harvest of Hope festival bill, well, we've never heard of them. However, if you overwhelmed with a sense of loss after Langerado's cancellation, or just feel like a road trip, this one may be worth a look. A three-day pa ... More >>

Inglés Just Got Here

Spanish roots go deep

Independence Day

What's indie rock? Who cares. Here are ten great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.

Independence Day

What's indie rock? Who cares. Here are ten great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.

Things That Hang From Trees

What's indie rock? Who cares. Here are ten great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Depression Obsession

Nine Inch Nails' latest is a breakthrough in Trent Reznor's personal therapy, but don't expect it to take you to his happy place.

Art Beat

Nine Inch Nails' latest is a breakthrough in Trent Reznor's personal therapy, but don't expect it to take you to his happy place.

The Beatles

Photographs by Harry Benson

Now on Display

Photographs by Harry Benson

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Broward art scene.

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Broward art scene.

Liberté. Fraternité. No Way.

The Libertarians' slate is full this fall. So how come they're not out stumping for votes?

Adios, Franni

We really knew ya

Net Free

A whimsical journey on the wings of a butterfly

By Susan Eastman

Reel Women

Ladies, Let's Go Fishing! teaches female fisherfolk the basics

Rodeo Days

That old-time rock 'n' roll is alive and kicking inside the youthful Legends of Rodeo

Best Local Landmark

Henry Morrison Flagler Museum

Folk Yourself

The Southwest Florida Folk and Blues Fest

Board Silly

The NRG 2000 East Coast Summer Tour

Wings 'n' Things

The NRG 2000 East Coast Summer Tour

Night & Day

June 18 - 24, 1998

The Straight Dope

June 18 - 24, 1998

Cruisin' for a Bruisin'

With politicians in its pocket and more than a few violations under its belt, SunCruz sails into a port near you