Category: Middle East

A downtown Miami protest that started off peacefully Saturday afternoon erupted into chaos by nightfall, with several cars set on fire and police deploying tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the crowd. The tumultuous scene led Miami-Dade’s mayor to declare a countywide curfew and police threatened to arrest anyone who remained in the area. […]

Cities across the country are demonstrating collective pain and anger over the killing of a black man by Minneapolis police on Monday. Protests, rallies, and vigils for George Floyd — the 46-year-old father who died after an officer dug his knee into Floyd’s neck — have emerged everywhere from California to New York. Community activists and […]

When Popcorn Frights had to postpone its summer horror-film festival due to the pandemic, the organizers were determined to find another way to bring movie magic to their community. “This is something that we need right now for our souls,” says Igor Shteyrenberg, who cofounded the festival in 2015 with Marc Ferman. “Film fills an absence for […]

Though South Florida is s-l-o-w-l-y opening back up, restaurants and bars are continuing to find ways to serve and engage with the community via contactless delivery, virtual hangouts, and pick-up specials. This weekend, take part in a virtual cooking demonstration with A Fish Called Avalon’s executive chef Kal Abdalla, place a bid during #AskChefAnything’s virtual […]

Some may miss the bass; others may miss the thick smell of sweat and late-night bad decisions. But what many a Club Space regular likely misses the most are the bubbly wee-hours discussions with Alan T. For 20 years now, Alan Tibaldeo, better known as Alan T, has worked the crowd at the NE 11th […]

On May 27, as he was preparing to reopen the dining room of his Little Havana bar after a two-month hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Ball & Chain owner Bill Fuller says Miami police and code-enforcement officers stopped by to inform him of a recent order from City Manager Arthur Noriega. Late the previous […]

In the Miami of the 1960s, Liberty City was boiling over. Protests and black-empowerment rallies sprang up in response to aggressive policing of black neighborhoods, stop-and-frisk policies, and a police chief whose “get tough” crime-fighting approach amounted to a declaration of war on the black community. A Miami Herald article from December 1967 said then-Miami Police […]

Yesterday, the popular Little Havana nightclub and music venue Ball & Chain was gearing up to reopen following a two-month shutdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, owner Bill Fuller says he was visited by Miami police and code enforcement officers, who informed him of a late-night order signed by recently appointed City Manager Arthur Noriega. […]

Restaurateurs tend to view Miami Spice, the two-month program that offers three-course prix-fixe dinners at hundreds of Miami-area restaurants during August and September, as a lifeline that gets them through the summer doldrums. But what happens when a pandemic hits, grinding tourism to a halt and closing dining rooms for months on end? Rolando Aedo, […]

Critically acclaimed DJ and producer Tchami had plans to full-throttle through his biggest year yet. Seven years after revolutionizing modern electronic music with the invention of his own subgenre, future house — a hybrid of deep and progressive house sounds underscored by modulated basslines — the Parisian artist announced plans to finally unveil his highly […]