Brian Deutzman braces himself against the pounding surf just off South Beach and slowly waves his fluorescent-colored metal detector underwater. His eyes narrow as faint electronic beeps resonate in his oversize headphones. Tall, pale, and draped in a thin white shirt, he looks like a combination of a hipster Ghostbuster…
Bonnie Clearwater, the woman who put the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami on the map, will now be heading up the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale. Clearwater has been MOCA’s executive director and chief curator since 1993, and was the main reason behind the museum’s rise to…
Just when you thought it was over, it wasn’t. Yesterday, future Hall Of Fame slugger David Ortiz and fellow all star Jose Bautista decided to warm up by Prancercising down the streets of New York. Hailing the segment as “Prancercise with Big Papi,” Ortiz says, “Time to stop talking, and…
In case you’ve forgotten, the once the Golden Boy Chosen One Can Do No Wrong Savior of the GOPers in 2016 Marco Rubio hasn’t been doing too hot within his own party. Particularly, he’s drawn the ire of New York GOP Rep. Peter King, after Rubio voted against the $60.4…
He came, gave the team team a weird new logo, failed to get funds to upgrade the stadium, and had some Twitter beef with Billy Corben. And with that, the Mike Dee era with the Miami Dolphins is over. Dee, who has been the team’s CEO since 2009, and captained…
The Boy Scouts of America is currently holding its 2013 National Jamboree, where scouts from all over the country converge in West Virginia to whitewater raft, climb mountains, zip lines, mountain bike, and participate in other Boy Scouty things. But, apparently the scouts’ body mass index criteria to take part…
A five-week operation by federal authorities has nabbed 255 suspected child predators, with 58 of those arrests coming from Florida. Authorities have confirmed that of those 58 men arrested in the sting, five of them are from South Florida, including the Weston and Dania Beach areas. The sting, called Operation…
Gather ’round, ladies! Do we have a chance of a lifetime. This just in to New Times HQ: There’s a man with boyishly good looks who has a fetish for cop outfits and orange thongs, and he wants YOU (yes, you) to shoot photographs. Of him. Stripping. Naked. And he…
Last week, New Times told you about a nude world record attempt — for the most people skinny-dipping simultaneously. The stunt included dippers at multiple venues (mostly nudist resorts) across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. That record-breaking attempt took place last Saturday, July 13, but the official tally is not…
According to multiple reports, the Miami Heat will amnesty Mike Miller. Although earlier reports said the Heat would not be exercising its amnesty clause this year, it looks like it’s officially going to be Miller, AKA Let It Fly, AKA Teen Wolf, AKA Mystic Wolfman, AKA Pet Sematary, AKA Shoeless…
Dream Defenders, an organization committed to confronting inequality, are busing college students to Gov. Rick Scott’s office Tuesday to demand that he calls a special session to review the “Stand Your Ground” law and enact anti-racial-profiling training for law enforcement officers. Through its peaceful sit-in protest, the group is demanding…
A mermaid living in the Fishhawk Ranch community in Lithia, Florida, can no longer swim in the pool, says the community’s homeowners association. Eden Sirene (or, as she’s known by her nonmermaid name, Jenna Conti) was told she’s not allowed to wear her fins in the pool, per the community’s…
Update: The PBC FR Hazmat has tested the powder substance and determined it to be non-hazardous, non-protein “silica” based substance. Original post: A Corrections Support Personnel (CSP) worker at the Palm Beach County Jail was pulling an inmate’s property when a powered substance seeped out. The worker is employed in…
The giant candy cane striped power plant smokestacks that stood majestically in Port Everglades and spewed crap into the air will no longer dominate the Ft. Lauderdale skyline. Florida Power & Light strapped some dynamite to the 350-foot, 7,500-ton boilers and imploded them Tuesday morning, making it the largest power…
Things we never expected to see: Rick Scott and Triple H, sharing a stage. Unfortunately, no chairs were used to brain anybody. Still, strike that off the list. The tag-team appearance was part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Orlando this month. The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is planning on opening…
Want to know where to go and what to do in South Florida? Your essential mobile guide — also known as our Best Of app — just got better. You already know you can count on the Best Of app to offer restaurant, shopping and nightlife recommendations from New Times…
State Senator Dwight Bullard and Broward County Commissioner Martin David Klar have promised to accept the minimum wage — $7.79 in the state of Florida — as their salaries for this entire week. “This week, I have committed to gaining more perspective on the day-to-day struggles of low-wage workers in…
Here are the most sweeping and absurdly naive conclusions that an anonymous member of the Zimmerman jury delivered last night to Anderson Cooper: 1) Race had nothing to do with Zimmerman stopping, then killing Trayvon Martin. 2) Zimmerman is merely guilty of using bad judgment. 3) Zimmerman was right to…
A Florida woman really wanted to go to the Lil Wayne concert at the Cruzan Amphitheatre Sunday night, but she apparently had no babysitter to drop off her five year old and three year old while she went. Ever determined, she decided to leave her kids in the car while…
A Florida inmate was about to be set free from the Lee County Jail when he decided that this would be a good time as any to go ahead and punch the deputy releasing him. After he punched the officer several times in the back, the cop turned and pulled…
With people on all sides making loud angry noises following the George Zimmerman not-guilty verdict and debates raging about whether justice was done because of the legal system and due process and yada yada yada, one thing remains abundantly clear: Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law is a mystifying clustercrap of…
The United For Care Campaign, a group run by People United for Medical Marijuana, is looking to get legalized medical marijuana on the ballot in Florida in November of 2014 as a Constitutional Amendment. And they are looking to hire a few hard working folks to help them do it…
