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April 2009 Serving the communities along the Biscayne Corridor, including Arch Creek East, Bay Point, Bayside, Biscayne Park, Belle Meade, Buena Vista, Design District, Downtown, Edgewater, El Portal, Hibiscus Island, Keystone Point, Miami Shores, Morningside, North Bay Island, North Miami, Oakland Grove, Palm Grove, Palm Island, Sans Souci, Shorecrest, Star Island, Wynwood, and Venetian Islands www.BiscayneTimes.com Volume 7, Issue 2 Inner-City By Harriette Yahr For 30 years a lush oasis has been thriving in the heart of Little Haiti iami is no stranger to inner- fi lled with an equal mix of characters, Ray laughs as he hoists a stack of hay Woodstock,” says David Goldbeck, an city roosters, but inner-city barnyard animals, groovy tree houses, to feed his goats. For the past 31 years, author and snowbird from the Woodstock, Mpigs and emus? Welcome to and a very colorful history. The Farm has hosted numerous school New York, who fi rst visited The Farm The Farm, a patch of paradise located The property is owned by Ray fi eld trips, drum circles, potluck din- last month. And for locals who wander in an unlikely place — just off 79th Chasser, an uber-laid-back 50-some- ners, make-shift concerts, and even a in, especially Miami natives, words like Street near N. Miami Avenue in Little thing you might mistake for Jerry few fi re walks. “magical” and “this is so cool” surface Haiti. The Farm, sometimes called the Garcia if you didn’t get out much. “I “If you didn’t know this was Miami, Earth-N-Us Farm, sits on a two-acre lot guess some people have stereotypes,” you might think you’d dropped into Continued on page 14 Community News Pawsitively Pets Our Correspondents Dining Guide How much is At Mount Tabor What’s with all that Six new restaurants that doggie in Baptist, those squiggly stuff on this month. The the window? with the least sidewalks in the Biscayne Corridor Please, think are honored MiMo District? is bursting! before you buy! the most. Page 28 Page 43 Page 44 Page 26 2 Biscayne Times • www.BiscayneTimes.com April 2009 KAPRILKNIGHT CONCERT HALL C CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATERZ ZIFF BALLET OPERA HOUSE P PARKER AND VANN THOMSON PLAZA SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Miami City Ballet: FREE Family Fest 1 2 3 Program IV 4 11:30AM–1:30PM P 8PM Z The Cleveland Orchestra Peter and the Wolf The Cleveland Orchestra 2PM K Brahms Violin Concerto Miami City Ballet: ALVIN AILEY Pinchas Steinberg, Program IV Saturday, April 4 conductor 8PM Z AMERICAN DANCE THEATER Nikolaj Znaider, violin The Cleveland Orchestra 8PM K Brahms Violin Concerto 8PM K Miami City Ballet: Bryn Terfel, Every performance features Nat'l Philharmonic of Juan de Marcos 5 Program IV 6 bass-baritone 7 Alley’s masterpiece,8910Russia 11 and the Afro-Cuban 2PM Z 8PM K Vladimir Spivakov, All Stars With soprano Sarah Revelations. conductor; 8PM K Balanchine’s Concerto Coburn, conducted by Mayuko Kamio, violinist Barocco and Stewart Robertson. 8PM K “The audience was Symphony in C, and Selections by Verdi, dancing in the Robbins’ In the Night. Wagner, Bizet, and Russian music aisles!” Rodgers and Hammer- APRIL 16-19 spectacular featuring -The New York Times stein accompanied by Tchaikovsky, Stravin- a full orchestra. JUDITH JAMISON Photo © Jack Mitchel-1976 sky, and Prokofiev. Alvin Ailey American Alvin Ailey American Alvin Ailey American 12Miami City Ballet: 13 14 15 16 Dance Theater 17 Dance Theater 18 Dance Theater Program IV 2-for-1 8PM Z 8PM Z 2 & 8PM Z April 3-5 February 20 “Every American owes * it to him or herself to All performances Jazz Roots Series: see the Ailey include Alvin Ailey's Straight Ahead TICKETS with living legend, [company] perform masterpiece, Revelations. Revelations! and NEA Jazz Master 2 Hours Only! It is an American Sonny Rollins MARCH 27 Saturday, April 4 phenomenon.” 8PM K -Oprah Winfrey 11AM - 1PM Alvin Ailey American Monumental Florida Grand Opera: 19 Dance Theater 20 21 22In-Person Only 23 24 8PM C 25 Madama Butterfly 2PM Z April 14 at Box Office! 7PM Z Australian dancer Puccini’s Free Gospel Sundays *For selected Ros Warby’s mixture heartbreaking tale performances of of classical ballet and 4PM K 2009 of ecstatic love and cutting-edge video tragic betrayal. Featuring Helen Baylor SUMMER SEASON effects! and Antioch Missionary Monumental Baptist Choir! 8PM C Florida Grand Opera: 26 27 28 29Madama Butterfly 30 31 8PM Z Family fortune and honor —poor Butterfly forsakes them all for the officer who was Vladimir Spivakov, conductor no gentleman. April 19 April 10 Try our new “bistro” concessions, With several lots and garages located throughout the Center, conveniently close to the ORDER NOW! Center, parking is plentiful at created by every performance. DINING: 305.949.6722 • arshtcenter.org PARKING: Valet parking also available April 2009 Biscayne Times • www.BiscayneTimes.com 3 COMMENTARY: FEEDBACK PO Box 370566, Miami, FL 33137 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Member of the An Oasis in the Journalism hometown, Victoria, B.C., Canada, I to ask Mr. Hagen when was the last time he Florida Press Association Desert? Okay! swim in a large community pool that has went for a picnic in Bicentennial Park? a saltwater fi ltration system. It is wonder- Museum Park will transform a I just want to say how much I enjoyed www.BiscayneTimes.com ful. It has the saltwater ratio of tears, very derelict, barren waste into a welcoming, reading Terence Cantarella’s story about slightly salty, and none of the horrible family-friendly venue where a picnic will sculptor Omar Ali (“Heavy Metal on the PUBLISHER & EDITOR effects of chlorine. be possible. I have full confi dence that Jim Mullin Bay,” March 2009). I often enjoy Mr. If B.C. can do it, so can we! the Miami Art Museum people will honor [email protected] Cantarella’s articles. His narrative abili- By the way, love the BT their commitments to funding. ties are fi nely honed and his skillfully- INTERNS Alice Moffat I have been a Miami resident since written pieces truly stand out in the arena Brian Horowitz Miami Beach 1968 and have lived to see the sleepy of long-form journalism. [email protected] giant that is Miami fi nally awaken. The I’m happy to see that in this era of David Rodriguez pulse of a city is tied to the quality of life rapidly disappearing print media the [email protected] it affords its citizens — not only in parks Biscayne Times is still running in-depth From Our Little School To CONTRIBUTORS but in its cultural institutions. The mix features of local signifi cance written by Your Big Heart Victor Barrenchea, Erik Bojnansky, Pamela of culture and a park has been a winner talented writers. Thanks to Jen Karetnick for her article Robin Brandt, Terence Cantarella, Bill in many of the great cities of the world. As more and more print publica- “Our Very Own Gastronomic Extravagan- Citara, Wendy Doscher-Smith, Kathy Pretty soon it will be in Miami as well. tions go out of business, I often wonder za” (March 2009). I was at the Mayor’s Glasgow, Jim W. Harper, Lisa Hartman, Jen José W. Perez if anyone will be left to provide these Ball on Saturday evening after the BT Karetnick, Jack King, Derek McCann, Frank The Redland Rollason, Silvia Ros, Jeff Shimonski human-interest stories, or will we be left was distributed and several people shared with endless, similarly dry reports about great reviews with me. I really appreciate ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Editor’s note: For more about Miami the economy and partisan bickering? the fact that Jen thought of our school Marco Fernandez Art Museum and its fundraising for a I wish your publication success and and advertised us in such a positive way. [email protected] new home in Bicentennial Park, see Erik longevity. God bless. Thanks again! Bojnansky’s article “Museums to Skeptics: Miriam Chester Yecenia Martinez-Lopez, principal Marc Ruehle You Can Take It to the Bank,” page 29. [email protected] North Miami Miami Shores Elementary School OFFICE MANAGER Canadians and Saltwater: José To Steve: Did You Legalize Bribery — At Wilmer Ametin What Could Be More Have a Lovely Picnic? Least Then We Can Tax It [email protected] Frank Rollason’s article “To Stop After reading Erik Bojnansky’s article ART DIRECTOR Natural the Bleeding, Apply a Tourniquet — To I just read Jim W. Harper’s article about Steve Hagen (“You’ve Got Mail — Marcy Mock about “green” swimming pools. In my Lots and Lots of It,” March 2009), I wanted Continued on page 6 [email protected] ADVERTISING DESIGN DP Designs TABLE OF CONTENTS [email protected] COVER STORY POLICE REPORTS The Biscayne Times welcomes proposals for Inner-City Shangri-la ...................................................................... 1 Biscayne Crime Beat ....................................................................32 articles and press releases. Submitted material may be edited for length, clarity, and content. COMMENTARY All submitted material becomes the property of ART & CULTURE The Biscayne Times. 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