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Terrestrial Funk Is Opening a Miami Record Store
Miami has a brand-new record store. Terrestrial Funk, the longtime Miami-based record label, is opening a brick-and-mortar pop-up shop in the Design District. Brother Dan, the label's owner and DJ at clubs and venues around town, announced the shop's opening on Instagram. The storefront will be at 35 NE 40th St., just across from other locally owned retailers, Dále Zine and Andrew, in a section of the luxury shopping district that's quickly becoming a haven for Miami natives.
Miami Girls Rock Camp Celebrates Ninth Year of Inspiring the Next Generation
The first girls rock camp Steph Taylor had heard of was in Portland in 2001. "Born out of the riot grrrl movement, most camps exist to counter gender inequity in the music industry and to remind girls and nonbinary youth of their right to take up a ton of space in that arena, loudly and joyfully," Taylor tells New Times.
Heat rookie gives honest assessment of up-and-down summer league stint
The Miami Heat were excited to select Pelle Larsson in the second round of June’s draft, but the 23-year-old guard has been outshined by several of his teammates through the beginning of the summer league. That changed Sunday, when Larsson tallied 21 points, six assists, four rebounds and four...
Political Cortadito makes some easy recommendations for the Aug. 20 ballot
Absentee or mail-in ballots started arriving at voters’ homes more than a week ago. That means people are already voting for their county commissioners, mayor, judges, school board members, and state legislators and county constitutional officers in their preferred party primary. Most of the really good races don’t happen...
Florida's lobster mini-season underway, "bug hunters" hope to bag their limit
MIAMI - Attention lobster lovers: the 2024 Florida mini-season is now open.So-called "bug hunters" hit the water at the start of the season, 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, hoping to bag their limit. That's six spiny lobsters per person in Monroe County and Biscayne National Park and 12 per person in the rest of Florida.The lobster's carapace must be larger than 3 inches and measured in the water. Anyone participating in harvesting spiny lobster must have a measuring device at all times. The spiny lobster, often called "bugs," inhabit tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.At...
Warm and mostly sunny Wednesday on Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne residents will experience a mostly clear day, with a mix of sun and clouds and there is a Rip Current Statement, with dangerous rip current expected from 11 a.m. Wednesday through Thursday morning. Residents going into Key Biscayne beaches, you should swim near a lifeguard or close to...
Agencies, companies look to Puerto Rico for workers as Central Florida Latino population booms
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida and Puerto Rico have long had a close relationship — one Central Florida companies and agencies are now capitalizing on to recruit workers from the island for jobs here. Lixia Díaz is one example of that. On a sunny day in Puerto Rico,...
GOP adopts education platform that follows Florida’s lead
The big story: The national Republican platform this year is looking an awful lot like Florida’s playbook when it comes to education policy. Ideas from the Sunshine State embedded in the GOP plan include prohibiting instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation, restricting lessons about race, and defunding diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Florida law enforcement cracking down on drivers who don’t stop for pedestrians
ORLANDO, Fla. - Law enforcement across Central Florida is patrolling to be sure drivers yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk. It’s part of Operation Best Foot Forward. If you break the law, you will get pulled over. Most school districts in Central Florida are just three weeks away from...
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