Dec 07 Watch How Art Basel helped transform Miami’s art scene By PBS News Hour Now in its 14th year, Art Basel Miami Beach is a huge gathering of artists, dealers, collectors and galleries. The show has helped expand Miami’s art scene, spawning satellite fairs across the city, and bringing in millions of dollars for… Continue watching
Jun 15 Now a 2016 contender, campaign logo says ‘Jeb!’ — but not Bush By Steve Peoples, Brendan Farrington, Associated Press MIAMI — Jeb Bush is ready to launch a Republican presidential bid months in the making Monday by asserting his commitment to the “most vulnerable in our society,” an approach targeting the broader American electorate even as he faces questions… Continue reading
Jan 27 Is white clergy’s #UseMeInstead response to police practice targets off the mark? Some think so By Eric Krupke Clergy from around the country have been waging a campaign against a Miami police department practice they see as racial profiling. Continue reading
Jan 17 Miami sniper training halted after target practice mugshots found By Andrew Mach Police in North Miami have suspended a sniper training program after it was revealed that trainees used old mugshots of black suspects during target practice. Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch In changing publishing world, Miami Book Fair celebrates old-fashioned tech and face time with writers By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 21 WATCH LIVE: hear from the authors at Miami Book Fair International By Victoria Fleischer The 31st year of the annual Miami Book Fair International is underway, with hundreds of thousands of book lovers browsing the stalls set up along the streets of the coastal city in southern Florida. Throughout the weekend Street Fair, PBS… Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch Wave of child migrants pose challenges for Florida schools By April Brown For the many unaccompanied minors who have crossed into the United States from Central America fleeing violence and poverty, most end up waiting months, or even years, as their cases go through court. While they wait for the backlogged immigration… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch Graffiti art gives abandoned Miami stadium a second life By PBS News Hour In the early 1960s, a Cuban architect who had fled to South Florida designed the Miami Marine Stadium, an ambitious structure that hosted concerts, boat races, religious services and political rallies. But the city decided to abandon the venue when… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch From painting overpasses to stadiums, a graffiti artist on his evolving art form By Frank Carlson Continue watching
Jul 18 From painting overpasses to stadiums, a graffiti artist on his evolving art form By Frank Carlson For more than 30 years, Los Angeles-based artist RISK has been creating colorful murals on everything from highway overpasses -- known as “heavens” -- to dilapidated buildings, walls, trains and buses. He recently joined eight other graffiti artists to paint… Continue reading