Donovan Frankenreiter first got on a surfboard when he was 10, became addicted within five minutes, and turned pro when he was 16. But his isn’t the story of the typical surf bro with a guitar turned professional songwriter. Music came late to Frankenreiter. It wasn’t until after he and...
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In its 32nd year, Miami Book Fair International brings a bevy of authors — both world-renowned and local gems — to downtown Miami for eight days of all things literature. With headliner Patti Smith having given a successful talk the opening night of the festival last Sunday, and the likes...
Thursday, January 21 Maybe it started with the elaborate expansion plans for the Norton Museum. Or was it this winter's Canvas outdoor museum show that brought over 20 artists from around the world to craft boldly colored murals on the exteriors of downtown buildings? If it seems like West Palm...
After coming two percentage points of having medical marijuana legalized in last November's election, United for Care quickly bounced back to get medicinal marijuana back onto the ballot for the 2016 election. It needed to collect 68,317 valid signatures for a Supreme Court review and 683,179 validated petitions to get...
With Uber's ongoing battle with Broward County commissioners over how the ride-sharing app company is to be regulated, the taxi cab industry has gotten in on the app game with the New York-based company ZabCab. Much like Uber and Lyft, the ZabCab app allows a person to summon a ride...
The low-rise warehouse district on East 45th Street in Hialeah is filled with noisy clutter from auto mechanics' shops and cafeterias during the day. But on a recent Saturday night, the humid air was glued to the concrete. It was quiet. At 11th Avenue, the faint vibrations of hip-hop bass...
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Here's a scary story for you. Somewhere in Hollywood, a cabal of producers are forever zombie-ing up the corpses of long-dead licensed properties, ever hopeful that you will continue to throw your money at familiar trademarked characters even as they eat your brains. Sometimes, when a silver moon shines just...
The local rap scene in South Florida is not complete without a visual collaboration to go along with that fire mixtape your favorite rapper just dropped. It takes a skilled videographer to capture the vibe of a song and work with an artist to create a clip that tells a...
The owner of Boca Body Art Tattoo Parlor, is facing sexual battery charges after a woman says he massaged her vagina and inserted his finger into her during a supposed vaginal piercing demonstration. According to a Boca Raton Police report, Brett Matheys, 50, met his accuser last month when she...
A school child psychologist from Tennessee was arrested on child pornography charges in Hollywood Tuesday night. According to a Broward Sheriff's Office report, Richard Pitcock, 51, was busted sharing child porn images from the St. Maurice Inn, located on 314 Michigan Street in Hollywood. The South Florida Internet Crimes Against...
Al Holden's 34-foot yacht, M/V Close Knit, bobbed as he prepared a meal of chicken and dumplings. On his way to Key West, the Canadian had threaded his way off the Intracoastal Waterway and found a sweet spot to drop anchor. Sunset Lake is situated right between mainland Miami Beach...
The father of a dead baby whose remains were discovered in the back yard of a Hallandale Beach home in 2013 has agreed to take a plea deal. Calvin Melvin, 29, has been charged with two counts of child neglect and three counts of giving false information to law enforcement officials...
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It's no secret that conventional medicine focuses on treating symptoms rather than helping patients implement forms of preventative care. Unless you're interested in alternative medicine and educate yourself about food, you probably wouldn't know that you can manipulate your genetics in order to prevent or mitigate the effects of disease...
Let’s face it: It’s not always easy finding holiday gifts for those on your list with specialized tastes. But when their obsession is music, the choices are often wide open. We’re not talking about some long-sought-after rarity, either. The variety of holiday gift-giving can encompass books, Blu-Rays, DVDs, box sets,...
In his latest book, How To Be Great At Doing Good: Why Results Are What Count, and How Smart Charity Can Change The World, Nick Cooney, Director of Education at the non-profit animal advocacy organization, Mercy for Animals, is offering a “complacency-shattering” guidebook for those who may be well on...
Whoa man were we colossally wrong about that one. Most of us were. Most bought into this season being different. That the Dolphins were ready to turn the corner. That they added enough talent, including an all-world defensive tackle, and a dynamic rookie wide receiver, and that their quarterback was...
John Lydon may be forever associated with Great Britain thanks to a famous album with "bollocks" in the title and a song that proposes "Anarchy in the U.K.," but the former Sex Pistols mouthpiece is now an American citizen. Having called California home for the better part of three decades,...
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are taking Florida, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll, released Thursday morning. More tellingly, despite all his bombast, controversial rhetoric, and Twitter meltdowns, Trump has overtaken Jeb Bush among likely voters in Florida. Bush was at a pretty healthy 20 percent when the poll...
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A viral video posted by the website Photography Is Not A Crime that appears to show a suspect being bitten by a Delray Beach police dog has prompted some to make threatening phone calls to Delray Beach Police PD. The video, which was shot by an onlooker and uploaded onto Facebook...
After much anticipation, Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort (1111 N. Ocean Dr.) swung open its doors this week to give parrotheads a slice of heaven (in the form of key lime pie, of course). The resort soft-opened this past Tuesday, with some components being finished and tweaked even as people enjoy...
Dating in Fort Lauderdale is hard. Even with so many options to help you find your perfect mate, things tend to not always work out so great. You got your eHarmony, Tinder, Match.com, OKCupid, Chemistry.com, Zoosk, and a plethora of many other options. Add to this the fact that Fort...
On Tuesday, the Palm Beach County commission decided to backtrack on regulating Uber, and even decided to deregulated the taxi cab industry from Level-2 background checks. Cab drivers in Palm Beach are required to under go fingerprint as well as state and FBI background checks. The county was considering putting...