Miami

The Final Days Of One Herald Plaza In Pictures

Eric Barton — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:57:18 +0000

Last week, the Miami Herald shuttered its building on the bay.

Located at One Herald Plaza, the beige box on the water is affectionately known as 1HP. Conference room meetings were interrupted by someone spotting dolphins. Water spouts could be seen forming from the cafeteria windows. Depending on the person, the building was either a testament to architecture done without aesthetics in mind, or an ideal place to do journalism.

South Florida Watchdog Report Publisher Dan Ricker

Joseph Cooper, Bonnie Berman and Paul Leary — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000

05/20/13 - Monday’s Topical Currents is with contributor Dan Ricker, publisher of the weekly Watchdog Report. Ricker celebrates the 14^th anniversary of his independent internet news publication. We’ll touch on many issues, including Miami-Dade’s dither over water and sewer infrastructure upgrades, as well as the Miami Dolphin’s loss of millions in the stadium upgrade debacle. And though proceeds would benefit charity, would you pay to see the middle-aged Mayors of Hialeah and Miami Lakes face-off in a boxing match? That’s Topical Currents at 1pm on WLRN-HD1 rebroadcast at 7pm on WLRN-HD2 and audio on-demand after the live program.

Remix The News: David Kobert, Miami Dolphins And Circus Politics

Kenny Malone — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0000

We're a little over two weeks away from the scheduled Miami-Dade County referendum on proposed upgrades to the Miami Dolphins' Sun Life Stadium.

WLRN Live Chat Tuesday at 11 AM: Tell Us Why Miami Is 'Flawed But Fabulous'

Nathaniel Sandler — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:37:58 +0000

Well everybody, I have a new assignment. I'm WLRN's Flawed-But-Fabulous beat reporter.

Love or Hate Miami? Tell Us In Verse

Elaine Chen — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:11:21 +0000

In honor of National Poetry Month, WLRN - Miami Herald News is teaming up with the O, Miami poetry festival to bring you That's So Miami--a project documenting your thoughts about Miami, in verse.

Miami Is Final Stop On Cuban Blogger's World Tour

Daniel Hicks — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Inspiring millions of virtual fans with heartfelt dispatches and persistent calls for greater political freedom, blogger Yoani Sanchez is the most visible symbol of both sweeping change inside Cuba and the modern power of social media to crack some of the world's most closed societies.

Map: How Far Does The Sound From Ultra Music Festival Travel?

Daniel Rivero — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:00:00 +0000

For more than a hundred thousand electronic dance music fans from across the world, Ultra Music Festival is heaven on earth. But tell that to the people who live and work close by.

Read The Runners-Up (Amateur)

Staff — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:35:41 +0000

In April, we invited unpublished writers to submit their work as part of our Write South Florida contest. There were three categories in the contest: Amateur, College, and Children. These are the runners-up from the contest in the Amateur category.

FULL MOON FISH HOUSE

by Susan Brown

End Of The Line: Artists Transform Your Old Prom Dress Into A Tree

Alicia Zuckerman — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:33:44 +0000

If you’ve ever donated an old coat or a dress, or even pair of socks, to a thrift store, there’s a chance it ended up in the Saatchi Collection in London. That’s because the Miami-based duo, Guerra de la Paz, makes thrift store throwaways into art.

Alicia Zuckerman went with them to their “art supply store,” as they call it, so they could show her how come up with their creations.

Edwidge Danticat’s Letter To Miami

Tina Antolini — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:31:00 +0000

This piece originally aired July 2011.

“Her Own Little Paris In Miami”

Alicia Zuckerman — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:28:52 +0000

Ruth Greenfield was a music teacher and a maverick. In the segregated 1950s and 60s, she ran a Miami arts school that included students and teachers from all racial backgrounds–even if she had to teach in a Masonic lodge or in a funeral home. She came from a privileged background and was able to study music in Paris, where people of all kinds interacted more freely.

Lorelei Ramirez: College Winner

Staff — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:06:16 +0000

Lorelei Ramirez was the winner in the College category of Under the Sun‘s unpublished writers competition.

Flagler Street

by Lorelei Ramirez

This is what we’ve got

These

My Mom Kissed Fidel

Dan Grech — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:04:39 +0000

This post goes in the “It’s a Small World” category.

Read The Runners-Up (College)

Staff — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:03:56 +0000

In April, we invited unpublished writers to submit their work as part of our Write South Florida contest. There were three categories in the contest: Amateur, College, and Children. These are the runners-up from the contest in the College category.

Mommy the Commie and Me

by Sadie Kurzban

The Poetry of I-95 and 26-Inch Rims

Jordan Levin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:56:34 +0000

Hundreds of Miami-Dade middle and high school students listened to “Two Pianos” by Morton Gould.

Lindsay Lonano: Kids Winner

Staff — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:08:05 +0000

Lindsay Lonano was the winner in the Kids category of Under the Sun‘s unpublished writers competition.

Lindsay Lonano

The Swamp

The green swamp

Premiere Episode

Staff — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:06:42 +0000

In our first episode, you’ll hear the voices of a Holocaust survivor who made pool cues in Miami Beach and a migrant tomato picker who struggles for higher wages in Immokalee. After losing her son, Queen Brown has taken up the fight to end youth violence, and to make peace in her own family. Two cat burglars remember how they made off with millions of dollars in jewels from Palm Beach mansions. The Miracle Fruit Man introduces our co-host Alicia Zuckerman to a magical berry. A 17-year-old announcer at Dania Jai A-lai hopes to revive a fading sport. And in our r

Alternative Spring Break

Alicia Zuckerman — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:32:57 +0000

It’s a time-honored tradition. Spring breakers descend on Miami from across the nation this time of year to guzzle beer, work on their tanlines and hit the clubs.

Or there’s Alternative Spring Break, where you sit in a windowless room, guzzle coffee, and fill out reams of immigration paperwork. You can compile proof of residence, and file for fee waivers. Sound appealing?

Episode 4: Hispanic Versus Latino

Dan Grech and Jose Maya — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:01:57 +0000

Dan Grech gets a government form in the mail and he’s asked to decide: Is he Hispanic, or “a big white guy?” He’s pretty sure he’s not Latino.

To sort it all out, he invited demographer Maria Aysa to the studio.

In this piece, she explains the difference between the terms Hispanic and Latino, and why some people are so adamant about using one instead of the other.

Meet Poet Campbell McGrath

Dan Grech — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:45:29 +0000

When you see a book titled Florida Poems, you might imagine titles and verses about bright sunshine and sand-swept beaches, with a picturesque Key West sunset thrown in. You know, kind of like the poetry version of those generic landscape paintings that hang in every Florida seaside motel? (With the exception of paintings by the Florida Highwaymen, but that’s another story for another time.)

Young Poets

Alicia Zuckerman — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:44:25 +0000

Host Alicia Zuckerman was intensely curious about how young poets graduating with Masters of Fine Arts degrees expect to make money. Since the average poetry journal pays just $20 for a poem, it’s not exactly a way to make a living. Sure, writing by candlelight because you can’t pay FPL has a certain romance to it, but what happens when you run out of matches? So how do poets expect to pay their bills?

A True Old World Craftsman

Tristram Korten — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:15:41 +0000

For years, billiards aficionados made a kind of pilgrimage to a place called Star Cue. It was a tiny shop just off Fifth Street in South Beach—tucked behind Flower Bazaar, an upscale floral boutique. Holocaust survivor Abe Rich made some of the country’s most coveted pool cues. Tristram Korten stopped in and spoke with Rich shortly before he passed away.

What’s Up With South Florida?: The Birds

Carey McKearnan — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:07:57 +0000

“What’s Up with South Florida?” is our regular segment where we invite listeners to tell us what they find confusing or unusual about South Florida. We took a poll so you could decide what we should investigate. You flocked to the birds. So what’s up with all of those birds congregating at South Florida intersections each evening? Carey McKearnan finds out.

Trayvon Martin’s High School Acknowledges His Death (Updated)

Sarah Gonzalez — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:06:01 +0000

Post and audio were updated yesterday. Details at State Impact.

It’s been almost a month since self-appointed neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin—an unarmed black teenager from Miami Gardens.

Martin’s death has inspired a national debate about race and justice.

The Biscayne Bay Harbor Pilots

Arianna Prothero — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:03:53 +0000

If you’ve spent time at South Pointe Park in Miami Beach, you might have noticed the steady stream of cruise and cargo ships going in and out of Port Miami. These hulking ships are one of the signature images of South Florida.

All of these ships are driven in and out of the port by a highly trained group of sea captains, also known as harbor pilots. Harbor pilots know the waters around the port well–they have to be able to draw a map from memory as part of their qualifications.

Don Bailey Strikes Iconic Pose Again

Sammy Mack — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:47:09 +0000

It had been 38 years since Don Bailey posed for his popular carpet ad – a spoof of a famous Burt Reynolds picture. In March 2010, Under the Sun reporter Sammy Mack convinced Bailey to pose again, wearing exactly the same … smile.

What's Up With the Naked Carpet Guy?

Sammy Mack — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:38:59 +0000

Journalist Nicholas Spangler wrote in The Miami Herald, “He calls to mind Michelangelo’s David, with a mission from a more swinging time.” He was referring to Don Bailey, the naked carpet

Music Interview: Cayos

Anais Alexandre — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:29:25 +0000

Local Band Cayos is an experimental ambient-electronica group. Under the Sun on WLRN had the chance to speak with band members Daniel Laburu and Nick Reyes about what inspires their music.

Both are Miami natives who moved away. Laburu is an architect living in New York. Reyes is a soldier stationed at Fort Riley in Kansas.

From Alien to Citizen

Ruth Morris — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:20:02 +0000

Immigration officials say there is an often an increase in the number of people applying for U.S. citizenship before a presidential election.

Start Up Cities: Event Looks At How Miami Can Get More Talent, Tolerance And Technology

Arianna Prothero — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0000

A conference looking at how Miami can become a nebula for technology start-ups is taking place Wednesday at the New World Center on Miami Beach.

Called Start-Up City: Miami, the conference is in part the brain-child of urban studies expert Richard Florida who lives part-time in Miami Beach.