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Graffiti art is changing the face of Miami's Wynwood neighborhood listen
12/20/12 Lenka Davis and Christopher DavisWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: art, Art Basel, Miami, Tampa
The sound of a graffiti artist’s can of spray paint may mean different things to different people. For people in the Wynwood and Overtown districts of Miami, it is the sound of the inner and outer transformation of their neighborhood.
Rob Fogel is a graffiti artist painting a mural on the border between the two districts. It is the middle of the night, but police spotlights are lighting up the wall, so Fogle carries on painting. But, the police are not here to help him finish his mural o...
Be the first to commentPinellas art students from Osceola High School study at Art Basel in Miami Beach listen
12/10/12 Lenka DavisWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: art, Art Basel, Miami, Pinellas County Schools, education
Over the weekend weekend the town of Miami dedicated almost every public and private space to art, paying tribute to one of the world’s biggest art shows, Art Basel Miami Beach. People come from all across the world to be a part of it, including fifty art students from Osceola High School in Pinellas County.
After walking across the Art Public exhibition in Collins Park and Bass museum, John Stewart, Osceola High’s art, art history and literature teacher, and his students take a break for ...
Be the first to commentPreview of Art Basel Miami Beach listen
12/06/12 Lenka DavisWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Thursday was the official opening of Art Basel Miami Beach, the largest art expo in North America. It is being held at the Miami Beach Convention center until Sunday.
Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, all for sale under one roof with hundreds of artists you may have never heard of, but will still awe and inspire you. Screenings and performances, discussions and public art, this eclectic mix makes up only a portion of Art Basel Miami Beach 2012. Bob Goodman, the Florida...
Be the first to commentZirin hits back against Miami Marlins suspension of Guillen for Castro comments listen
04/10/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Miami, Cuba, baseball, MLB, Dave Zirin, Fidel Castro
Today Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins suspended their manager Ozzie Guillen. The infraction? Paying a compliment to former Cuban president Fidel Castro. Guillen has apologized for telling Time magazine he loves Castro. Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports and is critical of the Marlins and the right-wing Cuban exile community in Miami for their witch-hunt of Guillen. Zirin is ...
5 commentsCuban Five advocates say trial journalists moonlighted as pro-US propagandists listen
05/09/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuban Five, Fidel Castro, Free the Cuban Five, Cuba, Miami, media, Poynter
For thirteen years members of the group known as the Cuban five have been in prison in the US. They were convicted on charges including espionage and conspiracy to commit murder after the Cuban military shot down two US planes in 1996. They were living in Florida at the time, and had allegedly infiltrated a network of anti-Castro Cuban exiles. A group that’s been fighting for the Cuban Five’s release says propaganda impeded their right to a fair trial.
The trial took place in Miami, where ...
Be the first to commentMiami-Dade County voters recall local elected officials by a landslide. listen
03/16/11 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: elections, recall, Rick Scott, Miami
South Florida residents voted yesterday to recall Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez. Amid the massive recall campaign building in Wisconsin, public outcry over state budget deficits, government corruption, and incompetence has now led to one of the first major recalls of local elected officials in the country.
Alvarez drew criticism for cutting public worker salaries by 5% while raising the salaries of his personal staff. Political activist Millie Herrera says that many of the coun...
3 commentsFlorida Supreme Court rules with Gov Scott on rail, but could "Hail Mary" exist? listen
03/04/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high-speed rail, Rick Scott, Florida Supreme Court, Orlando, Tampa, Lakeland, Miami, Gow Fields, transit, transportation, rail, Bill Nelson, Kathy Castor
Governor Scott said he is “gratified that the court provided a clear and unanimous decision.” Scott said he “spoke with US DOT Secretary LaHood this morning and informed him that Florida … will not move forward with any federal high speed rail plan."
Senator Bill Nelson says he’s disappointed in the governor’s decision
2 comments"It's unfortunate that the Supreme Court has thrown out the Florida legislator's attempt to stay the hand of the governor of returning $2.4 billion of federal grant mone...
At US Social Forum Max Rameau talks about housing justice listen
06/24/10 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Take Back the Land, Max Rameau, US Social Forum, miami
More than 10,000 social and political activists are gathered in Detroit this week for the U.S. Social Forum. They hope to build a movement to discuss solutions to the economic and ecological crisis facing the United States.
One such activist is Max Rameau, of Miami’s Take Back the Land movement. They garnered international press by setting up shanytowns to house the homeless and more recently, by taking over foreclosed properties and moving in entire homeles...
Be the first to commentTampa activist reacts to resignation of Miami Police Chief Timoney listen
11/11/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: FTAA, free trade, Miami, John Timoney
Miami officials announced today that their city’s Police Chief is stepping down. Chief John Timoney says he will stay on the job until a new chief is selected. Also today, newly elected Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado was sworn in. He has indicated he wanted to remove Timoney from the position.
Timoney was Miami’s police chief for seven years, but many activists remember him best for how he handled protests in 2003 against the Free Trade Area of the Americas, or FTAA. Tampa activist Kelly Benja...
Be the first to commentRefugee settlement is subject of conference listen
01/26/09 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: refugees, miami, conference, gulf coast jewish family services
Florida receives the largest number of refugees in the country, about 25,000 every year, says Hiram Ruiz director of the state's Refugee Services Program in the Department of Children and Families.
The program assists refugees in the resettlement process. Refugees face barriers when they are arrive including the language barrier, Ruiz says. Another barrier is the different cultural context. Many of the refugees have lived in a rural setting in their home country or have lived in refugee ...
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