We probably should have seen this coming. In the last year, thanks to open rules about what can and can not be displayed in the area, the rotunda at the Florida Capitol has become contested ground for a grab bag of worldviews and opinions. Besides your regular nativity scene, this…
It’s one thing to lose your beloved cat. It’s another to find Fluffy in a state of… uh… incompletion. Up in Central Florida, one neighborhood is being rocked by a spree of dismembered animals. And you know how the old saying goes: One cat cut in half is just bad…
We’ve all been there: You’re riding your bike, walking on the street, or simply driving and out of nowhere some South Florida speed demon almost runs you down in his or her car. According to unfortunate statistics from the state, it’s more likely now than ever that the offending driver…
Face it: The glam days of air travel are dead and buried. Now, it’s $50 for that carry-on, $6.75 for water from the cart — plus tax — though attitude from overworked flight attendants is gratis. According to a lawsuit filed in South Florida, one air carrier went overkill with…
Face it: The glam days of air travel are dead and buried. Now, it’s $50 for that carry-on, $6.75 for water from the cart — plus tax — though attitude from overworked flight attendants is gratis. According to a lawsuit filed in South Florida, one air carrier went overkill with…
Well, America, the holiday is upon us: 4/20, the day they invented marijuana. Or something like that. Anyway, as you probably know, a lot of people are going to be reaching for the bong on Sunday. If you’re planning to be among them, remember to choose your drug buddies carefully…
Today a 28-year-old Royal Palm Beach man will appear before a federal judge. According to prosecutors, Jesse Lewis was responsible for nothing less than a reign of terror involving sex-trafficked homeless women, running them out of Hollywood and Dania Beach motels. Dubbing himself “King” and demanding his women call him…
Extra bag? Hand over the credit card. In-flight soda? Fork it over again. On time? Ha. Right. Need to use the bathroom in flight? Gimme that card again. Ladies and gentleman, welcome to Spirit Airlines. If you’ve booked a flight on the fast-growing discount airliner in the past few years,…
You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding New Times franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale. Click on and enjoy…
Exotic birds — apparently — are big business. Collectors are willing to shell out tens of thousands of dollars for top-line animals, even getting involved in overseas business deals with strangers to land the right Polly. But even in this seemingly wholesome hobby, deals can go bad. According to a…
Just like every other state not ending in “-alifornia,” Florida is scrambling to scoop up Hollywood business. Seeking tax breaks, television and movie crews over the past decade have decamped SoCal for elsewhere, in turn shoveling money and prestige into local economies. Florida already has used nearly $300 million in…
Candlebox hasn’t been spending too much time dominating the pop charts lately, but unlike a lot of alternative-rock acts that rode the grunge wave to popularity in the ’90s, the band is still alive and kicking. 2013 was supposed to be a big year for the ‘Box. Band members were…
Candlebox hasn’t been spending too much time dominating the pop charts lately, but unlike a lot of alternative-rock acts that rode the grunge wave to popularity in the ’90s, the band is still alive and kicking. 2013 was supposed to be a big year for the ‘Box. Band members were…
Seat belts — click it, or ticket, right? But when a police officer is pulling you over for not putting safety first in the driver’s seat, is it a race-based call? Recently, the Broward Public Defender launched a complaint at the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. Howard Finkelstein is alleging African-Americans…
You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding New Times franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mugs from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale. Click on and enjoy…
If you’ve attended, graduated, or paid for a stint in college in the past ten years, you’ve probably had one of those cold-sweat spells late at night in which you wonder: Sweet Jesus, was that worth it? The creeping realization: probably not. Thanks to the sky-high price of a four-year…
The man knows how to make an entrance. In April 2012, fireworks split open the night sky over Star Island. Below, topless women wiggled by a pool lit the color of blue Kool-Aid. Veiled belly dancers tossed around fire sticks. Camels munched grass around the two-acre property. All through the…
This week in the print edition of New Times, we introduce you to one of South Florida’s most colorful characters, Anwar Zayden. For nearly four decades, Zayden has been a player on the local scene; by day a humble businessman with a frame store in Kendall, he’s also a former…
There’s a hurricane of bass pounding inside Club Cinema, which, close to midnight on a recent weekend, is a sweaty blender of 2,500 teens dancing as Canadian producer Exicison’s set hits lift off. Green lasers stab through the dark in the Pompano Beach club. Shirtless kids grind against girls tricked…
You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding New Times franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mugs from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale. Click on and enjoy…
For nearly the last decade, residents up near Boca Raton’s Mizner Trail golf course have been fighting a developer’s efforts to throw up residential units on a 130-acre swath of green space. These are not your usual NIMBY complaints — preliminary tests show the ground is possibly soaked through with…
It’s no secret that Florida’s craft beer industry is experiencing a bit of a boom — belated, sure, compared to other states around the nation, but better late than never. This legislative session, your elected representatives have been kicking around legislation that ostensibly would help the industry. This being the…
