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Tag: Miami
Posted inMusic
Latimore proves himself a smooth soul-blues survivor
Florida soul-blues veteran Latimore outlasted disco decades ago, and on his most recent album he applies his inimitable voice to the Great American Songbook.
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Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy did much more than join the Blues Brothers
By the time Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi recruited him, Murphy had worked as a sideman for the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Memphis Slim, and James Cotton.
Posted inFilm
History repeats itself over and over again at the African Diaspora Film Festival
The aftershocks of the slave trade echo from Benin to Hungary to Cuba to Cabrini Green.
Posted inBlogs
Wrigley Field will host the MLB All-Star Game in the ‘near future,’ and other Chicago news
Also, a Mexican immigrant scheduled for deportation is suing CPD for an alleged gang database error.
Posted inMusic
Angel Marcloid of Fire-Toolz on the voyages of a digital native
Current musical obsessions of Resonance Series cocurator Ben Baker Billington, Angel Marcloid of Fire-Toolz, and the Reader’s Luca Cimarusti
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Puesto Sandwich Stand is a tiny corner of Miami due south of Wrigley Field
There’s not a single tortilla to be found at this tiny Latin American sandwich shop—only delicious arepas, Cuban sandwiches, and cafe con leche.
Posted inArts & Culture
Street artists peek out from the shadows
Get to know some of Chicago’s mysterious, prolific street artists.
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12 O’Clock Track: “Sister Sophia” is Floor’s triumphant recorded return
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is off of Floor’s first record since 2004.
Posted inNews & Politics
The Chicago cocaine kingpin who was a federal informant
Why did the DEA look the other way while two brothers imported as much as eight tons of cocaine into the city?
Posted inFilm
Pain & Gain wants to kick your ass
Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson star in Michael Bay’s satire of the American dream.
Posted inBlogs
There he goes again
Ozzie Guillen goes into full damage control for inadvertently praising Fidel Castro in Miami
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In the eye of the beholder
Street protesters’ complaints are falling on friendlier ears than they used to.