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   The Kingston Kid

   Our own Sean Kingston just might be the hottest 17-year-old on Earth.

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: March 6, 2008

   Why is Janice Turner grinning so widely? It's just after 7 p.m., 10 days before Christmas 2007, and she's backstage at the Y-100 Jingle Ball show at the BankAtlantic Center....

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   Making Shit Up

   Published: March 6, 2008

   Improv -- the kind you see on Whose Line Is It Anyway? -- was born in Italy in the 1500s. In those days, it was called “commedia dell’arte.” A troupe of 10 would...

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   Thar They Blow

   Sailers can back up all your hot air.

   By KYLE MUNZENRIEDER

   Published: March 6, 2008

   The steady stream of hot air emanating from local club promoters and county commissioners is usually enough to power the heftiest of sailboats. Although a cross-continental...

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   Conscientious Subjectors

   Reflect on war, not self-love.

   By MARA LEVENTHAL

   Published: March 6, 2008

   This month marks the fifth anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Iraq, but if you forgot, we don’t blame you. We haven’t exactly been making huge...

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   Sounding Off

   By P.F. WILSON

   Published: March 6, 2008

   Pablo Francisco is widely known as a comic with a gift for doing funny voices and making all sorts of sounds, but that perception is a little narrow. Francisco is actually a...

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   Dance Like No One’s Watching

   These dancers with special abilities are footloose and fancy-free.

   By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

   Published: March 6, 2008

   Dancing is therapy. Just the act of putting on some fun tunes and tapping your toes feels good. It feels even better to let loose, get on your feet, and express your emotions...

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   Something to Stomp About

   The Festival of Flamenco Song is gonna be wailing.

   By Julienne Gage

   Published: March 6, 2008

   For centuries, intricate guitar-picking, skillful foot-stomping, and precise handclapping have made flamenco reverberate worldwide, but the genre’s musical cries are what...

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   Break from the Norm

   By Raina McLeod

   Published: March 6, 2008

   If your workweek was especially grueling and no happy hour in town could cure your sickness, the wonderful weekend has brought solace for your woes. And no, it doesn’t...

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   Kind of Blue

   Screw South Beach; we’re checkin’ out Blue Man Group.

   By P. Scott Cunningham

   Published: March 6, 2008

   If you don't know what Blue Man Group is by now, you're probably the most sheltered kid in your backwoods, apocalyptic Christian militia. The trio of earless, bald entertainers...

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    Fielding Calls

    Octavio Campos and the 801 crew show their stuff.

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: March 6, 2008

    During Field Work sessions this winter, performance artist and choreographer Octavio Campos found himself treading in strange waters. “It was a really humbling experience...

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    BP in the Place to Be

    Don’tcha just love Bernadette Peters?

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: March 6, 2008

    One of our favorite scenes in one of our favorite movies has gotta be from the 1979 classic The Jerk. No, not the part where Navin discovers his “special purpose,”...

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    If It Ain’t Got That Swing

    Swap spit and couples in Hollywood, ya big freak.

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Singles bars have lost their luster. The nine-to-fivers just want to drone on about (A) their crummy bosses, (B) their crummy exes, or (C) how much better off they are without...

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    A Different Kind of Dip

    Learn how to do it with Salsa Mia.

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: March 6, 2008

    The infusion of Latin traditions into Miami culture requires that upon entering Miami-Dade County, you trade in the rules you used to live by for a set saturated in Goya...

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    Trilla, Trilla Nights

    Rick Ross proves he’s still the boss.

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Four years ago, if you were scoring something from a meeting with Miami’s mixtape superstar Rick Ross, it wasn’t an exclusive interview. But since then, he’s...

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    Blame It on Rio

    By MARIA ARGUELLO

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Brazz Dance Theater’s latest program, Pé de Samba (A Foot for Samba), presents the famous Brazilian dance in a more traditional way than the oft-portrayed sequins...

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    Thrill of the Loss

    The new-look Heat has been entertaining. But it still sucks.

    Published: March 6, 2008

    The Miami Heat has won a total of one game in 2008. The team is the embodiment of utter craptitude. Even when the players give their best effort, they somehow blow the game....

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    He’s Still Your Boogie Man

    Get groovy with KC and the Sunshine Band.

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Hialeah, stand up! It’s been almost 30 years since local hero Harry Wayne Casey shortened his moniker to KC and started pumping the disco jams. KC and the Sunshine Band...

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    We Love the Eighties

    We’re New Jack swingin’ at the JLKC, baby!

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: March 6, 2008

    It was the late Eighties when your high-top-faded, parachute-pants-rockin’ best friend popped a tape in the boombox and the sound that floated from the tinny speakers was...

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    Sophisticated Carnies Welcome!

    As if you needed an excuse to dance in the streets.

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: March 6, 2008

    If you’re in a surly mood, we suggest you avoid Miracle Mile for the next few days, because thanks to the 10th annual Carnaval on the Mile, the place is going to be...

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    The Nuts Rock Out

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: March 6, 2008

    A Pair of Nuts have been making a name for themselves around Miami for a minute now. The two comedians have measured their acclaim in standing ovations at the Miami Improv and...