Posts Tagged ‘miami news’

Florida Film Critics go for “Slumdog”

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

The Florida Film Critics Circle has named Slumdog Millionaire as the best picture of 2008 - an award I could not concur with more. The movie also nabbed the Best Director prize for Danny Boyle and Best Screenplay for Simon Beaufoy.

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Miami 21 urban redevelopment plan gets airing

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

A public hearing on Miami 21, a major rezoning plan, drew scores of complaints, indicating tough issues ahead for the city leaders.

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Sunny Isles Beach wants strip club to shake a leg

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Sunny Isles Beach’s sole strip club — Thee Dollhouse — is fighting the city’s plan to regulate where adult businesses can operate.

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Miami smart new hotels

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

So what’ll it be? The place with the six infinity-edge swimming pools or the one with the bathroom chandelier that doubles as a shower head? The resort where beach butlers roam the premises with champagne carts or the hotel where no guest even on the most scorching of days is far from a chilled facial towel?

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Mondrian designer awakens sleeping beauty on Biscayne Bay

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Dutch design star Marcel Wanders lounges in the back yard of the new Mondrian South Beach. A sparkling panorama of Biscayne Bay lies beyond his feet. The setting he imagined, this enchanted white palace of fantastical proportions, rises behind him.

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Solar Power Comes to Florida

Monday, December 15th, 2008

The year was 1931, not long before his death. Thomas Edison was gathered with two of his friends, fellow industrial titans Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone. Peering into the future, the man who harnessed the power of electricity for everyday use spoke words that are remarkably relevant more than 75 years later. ”I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy,” Edison said. “What a source of power. I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”

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Fort Lauderdale Winterfest Boat Parade

Friday, December 12th, 2008

The 37th annual Winterfest Boat Parade will launch on Saturday in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
In South Florida, we take our holiday traditions with a twist.

Holiday lights wrap around palm trees. Carolers travel in flip-flops.

And Santa Claus rides into town on the river, gliding atop a glass barge and flanked by two snow bunnies and four hunky South Florida firefighters.

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Famed choreographer brings his Fire to Miami

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

The Paul Taylor Dance Company’s Lisa Viola & Silvia Nevjinsky.

You might think that at 78, choreographer Paul Taylor would be running out of steam, but the reverse seems to be true. He’s incessantly busy: waking at 2 a.m., impatiently waiting for the sun to rise; working in his garden, doing puzzles three at a time, painting pictures, collecting and framing bugs, chain-smoking and chewing gum when he can’t smoke. And watching for the moment of movement or humanity that will spark his next dance.

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JetBlue to expand flights at Fort Lauderdale airportf

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

JetBlue Airways said Tuesday that it plans to further expand its service at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with two new international routes.

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South Beach Art Basel kicks off with Design Miami

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Four-year-old Design Miami has come of age — and so has the Design District in which it sits.

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