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browardpalmbeach.com A tiny Florida farming county has a higher sexual assault rate than Miami. BY TIM ELFRINK browardpalmbeach.com

ust after dawn, a gray van Schell, managing attorney of Florida Legal pulled up to Maria’s mus- Services’ Migrant Farmworker Justice Project. In 2003, the Palm Beach Post revisited tard-yellow house on the many of the same locales where Murrow had western edge of Immokalee, discovered rampant abuse. That led to the con- ts | o N te ts justJ a few blocks from the acres of viction of three farm bosses on slavery charges. tomatoes that draw tens of thou- Other studies have found that 80 percent of female migrant workers have been sands of migrant workers to this re- sexually assaulted on the job; the rapes mote town in Southwest Florida. often go unreported, with managers us- Maria got into the van and sat next to her ing threats of firing and deportation. supervisor from the nursery where she’d No recent case better illustrates that been working for the past week. Agustin reality than Moreno Farms. The packing

| news | pulp c y | news Sales, a sallow, 35-year-old Guatemalan house in tiny Felda, in the southern reaches with a shaved head, said he needed help of Hendry County, opened in 2005 and was with a job before the workday began. run by Omar and Oscar Moreno, two broth- As they drove past blocks of mobile homes ers from Miami. Five women have now and rusted buses carrying pickers to the testified that along with their henchman, a fields, Maria noticed the van wasn’t heading supervisor named Javier Garcia, they rou- toward the nursery. But she kept quiet. She tinely raped and abused the women who ge | Night+ dA

A needed the job, and Sales was the boss. Soon packed fruit and vegetables at the plant. t after crossing into nearby Hendry County, The abuse ended only in 2012, when they pulled off the road. Sales grabbed a three of the women reported the rapes to the towel and a machete and hopped a fence. Ma- Hendry County Sheriff’s Office. Although ria swallowed her misgivings and followed. prosecutors later declined to press charges, They walked for a few minutes into the the federal Equal Employment Opportunity woods, the rumble of agricultural machinery Commission picked up the case. Last fall, the distant through the EEOC filed federal civil charges against the leaves. Suddenly, Sales farm’s owners. The plaintiffs won a default THE ATTACKS grabbed her, kissed judgment in February and are awaiting a jury RUN THE her on the mouth, and Photo by Christopher Elwell/Shutterstock trial in September to determine damages. GAMUT FROM demanded she take off during an outing on ATVs, pulling her from Florida has a deep, dark history of mistreat- (The Morenos themselves have disappeared, her clothes. “No!” she the vehicle and raping her in the woods. ing the people who harvest the crops that fuel shuttering Moreno Farms, selling their Mi- DOMESTIC said, turning to run. • A 38-year-old man charged with brutally the Sunshine State’s economy. In 1960, Edward ami property, and not showing up for federal | MUSIC | DISH | FILM | ART | | | NEWS NIGHT+DAY STAGE | PULP | CONTENTS | | music | dish | film | Art | s | music dish film Art VIOLENCE TO Before she could move, attacked his girlfriend by punching her repeat- R. Murrow shone a light on the industry’s court dates. Their businesses’ longtime regis- NAUSEATING Sales threw her to the edly in the chest while sexually assaulting her. problems when he traveled with CBS’s cam- tered agent, Miami attorney Peter Hockman, ASSAULTS ON ground, ripped off • A drunken 32-year-old allegedly forced era crews to Florida’s fields for the landmark says he doesn’t know their whereabouts.) CHILDREN. her pants, tore out her his ex-wife into a bedroom and raped her Thanksgiving Day special Harvest of Shame. Sexual abuse is prevalent in Hendry tampon, and raped her. while their children were in the house. He found that the migrant workers County, where more than half the population The brutal, previously unreported attack • A pair of men accused of assaulting hired to pick the food that left American of 39,000 people is Hispanic and nearly 50 last April is the latest evidence that thousands a woman while dozens of witnesses were tables “laden with luxuries” worked about percent speak English as a second language. of migrant women who toil in Florida’s $100 nearby inside a party bus they’d rented. 136 days a year for just $900 annually (the In the past two years, 27 felony sexual billion agriculture industry are disturbingly Although it’s not clear how many attacks equivalent of about $6,000 today). Brutal assaults have been filed; that averages out vulnerable to sexual assault. A New Times involve farm workers because police reports workdays in the sun with few breaks pro- annually to one rape case per 2,880 people investigation last month (“Harvest of Terror,” generally don’t include that information, the duced barely enough cash for families to in the county, a 17 percent higher rate than March 12) told the story of Moreno Farms, majority of Hendry’s population works in the share a pot of beans at the end of the day. Miami’s rate of one per 3,275 residents a Hendry County packing house where five agriculture industry. A 2005 study showed 74 “We used to own our slaves,” one farm (based on FBI crime data) and almost 40 migrant women claim they were sexually as- cents of every dollar in the county’s economy boss told Murrow. “Now we just rent them.” percent greater than the national rate. saulted by Miami-raised brothers in one of could be traced to farming. T he attacks de- Murrow’s call to protect marginalized A review of Hendry court records paints

NEW TIMES BROWARD-PALM BEACH BROWARD-PALM TIMES NEW the picture of a rural community with a tran- New Times Broward-palm B each New Times Broward-palm the worst cases of its kind in Florida history. scribed in county records run the gamut from fieldworkers sparked reform, including But new evidence suggests the Moreno domestic violence to nauseating assaults on federal mandates for health care and educa- sient population and startling sexual assault Farms assaults only hint at the scale of sexual children, but taken as a whole, they point to a tion. But the farm industry pushed back, and allegations. One example is 28-year-old Felix crime in Florida’s farm-dominated regions. larger truth: Sexual assault is an outsize prob- in Florida’s rural communities, hard-won Rivera, a Puerto Rico native who was charged New Times examined every felony rape lem in the area, especially when thousands rights quickly deteriorated. As late as the with taking advantage of a woman stuck case filed over the past two years in Hendry of migrant women with little understanding early 1980s, children of migrant workers and in the sand and separated from her friends

XX, 2012 XX, County, a bucolic, 1,110-square-mile area of the English language or their legal rights African-Americans had separate standards while riding ATVs in December 2013. Police

29, 2015 29, southwest of Lake Okeechobee dotted with move there every year to harvest crops. and punishments in Hendry County public say Rivera helped her get the vehicle free and

ONTH Spanish-moss-draped oaks and flat acres of “Sexual abuse is alive and flourish- schools. That ended only when a legal rights into a nearby clearing; then he attacked her. pril oranges and strawberries. Remarkably, the ing outside of our program,” says Laura group challenged the practice in court. Prosecutors later declined to pursue charges. Safer Espinoza, a retired New York state But the real shift came in the mid-’80s, when Other Hendry felony cases tell tales

23-A small county’s sexual assault rate is nearly 1.5 XX–M times the national average and significantly judge who now runs Florida’s Fair Food massive waves of undocumented immigrants of domestic terror. In March 2014, police pril Standards Council, which among other from Mexico and Central America flooded say 38-year-old Jose Perez-Vasquez told a A higher than that of Miami-Dade County. ONTH

M Among the startling crimes detailed objectives aims to stem sexual abuse into Florida to work the fields. “Florida’s farm woman he’d been dating for a year: “If I ever in hundreds of pages of police reports: of farm workers through programs in- workers have been displaced by an endless see you with another man, I will kill you.” • A 28-year-old man accused of prey- cluding an abuse hotline. “Some of the flow of undocumented workers who will ac- Then he cornered her in his LaBelle trailer ing on a woman separated from her friends calls we get are heartbreaking.” cept bad work and worse wages,” says Greg before violently forcing her to have >> p6 44 browardpalmbeach.com | Contents | pulp news | n ight+Days | tage | a rt | Film D ish m usi C New Times Broward-palm B each

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sex and punching her repeatedly in the chest. Prosecutors also declined to pursue charges in his case. There’s also the story of 32-year- old Narsico Gomez, who allegedly went to his ex-wife’s house in Clewiston to visit their kids, drunkenly forced her into a bedroom, and raped her while the children were in browardpalmbeach.com browardpalmbeach.com the house. Gomez is still awaiting trial. None of the attacks is more descriptive of the travails faced by agricultural workers than that of Maria and her nursery supervisor. The rape in a remote forest near the Hendry County line happened around 8 a.m. April 5, 2014. Maria (whose real name is re- ts | o N te ts dacted in police reports under Florida law) immediately called the sheriff’s office. Depu- ties saw that her arms were badly bruised and then discovered a towel that Sales had thrown into the woods after the assault. Two days later, they arrested Sales. He claimed that the sex was consensual and that he had paid Maria $100. But that

| news | pulp c y | news story didn’t square with her testimony or the clear evidence of violence. In Decem- ber, Sales was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison; he’ll be a registered sex offender whenever he’s released. Experts say the Sales case is a rare instance where the justice system worked for ge | Night+ dA

A a farm worker assaulted by a supervisor. t “They’re a particularly vulnerable group because there’s already a history of them being exploited in the workplace... and they’re very unlikely to know their rights under American law,” says Robert Weisberg, regional attorney for the Miami EEOC, which prosecuted the Moreno Farms case. Efforts are afoot to address that systemic problem. Laura Safer Espinoza’s group, for instance, was founded in 2011 as part of the Co- alition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Pro- gram, which seeks to ensure living wages and a rape-free workplace for field laborers. The idea | MUSIC | DISH | FILM | ART | | | NEWS NIGHT+DAY STAGE | PULP | CONTENTS | | music | dish | film | Art | s | music dish film Art is simple: Farms that sign on to the Fair Food Program agree, among other things, to edu- cate their workers about how to report abuse and to mandate set punishments — including potential bans from all participating farms — for supervisors who molest employees. “Just as a result of the economic incentives for managers not to abuse workers, we’ve seen a huge change,” Safer Espinoza says. She notes that last year not a single sexual assault was reported at farms participating in the Fair Food Program, which now includes about 90 percent of tomato production in Florida. “We’re weeding out the bad actors.” Of course, the program covers only the

NEW TIMES BROWARD-PALM BEACH BROWARD-PALM TIMES NEW farms that participate — and Moreno Farms New Times Broward-palm B each New Times Broward-palm was one of thousands outside the scope of the Fair Food Program. Safer Espinoza’s organization also set up a victims’ hotline, which has received about 50 complaints in four years; when calls come from work-

XX, 2012 XX, ers at farms that don’t participate in the

29, 2015 29, program, there’s little that can be done

ONTH other than notify the company and pos- pril sibly pressure the owners to address it. “It’s an uphill battle,” Safer Espinoza 23-A XX–M says. “I’m not Pollyanna-ish enough to pril think we’re stamping this out tomor- ONTH A

M row everywhere, but I do think we’re making real progress in this state.”

HE ROWED THE ATLANTIC AND FOUGHT PIRATES. NOW HE’S BATTLING CRITICS. ictor Mooney’s voice lowers and soars like he’s He’d just left Monte Cristi, in the Dominican Republic, his boat’s cleat. Mooney screamed, then desperately gestured: performing a one-man theater show. Sitting with a warm sendoff from the local nautical club, he recounts. “I tried to convey the best way I knew how,” he recalls, “I’m inside a hot, windowless room on the second Early in the morning he began rowing west, toward Miami, black, you’re black. We’re brothers.” floor of the Merrill-Stevens boatyard, not far but he noticed the weather getting “kind of iffy.” Soon his Mooney turns his head and drops his voice as he remem- from dozens of million-dollar yachts bobbing expert navigation team called. “We see something very bad bers being towed to shore against his will, stripped of all his in the Miami River, Mooney is a youthful-looking 49, with a happening,” he remembers them saying. “Can you go to a possessions, and left alone on what he later learned was the V M shaved head, broad face, and muscular arms. He’s surpris- port and wait it out?” island of Tortuga, a legendary pirate base camp. “I started ONTH ingly paunchy for a guy who recently rowed across the ocean. By then Mooney was just past Cap-Haïtien. He saw an crying,” he says. A pril

Alternating between a barely audible whisper and emphatic island in the distance and began rowing toward shore. He Soon after, Mooney’s press team released news of the pirate XX–M shouts, he talks for hours about his life’s mission — and about was in good spirits, singing along to “No Woman No Cry” as attack, and the story was quickly picked up by media outlets 23-A how his 24-foot rowboat, the Spirit of Malabo, ended up he pulled closer to safety. around the world. It wasn’t the first dramatic episode from ONTH outside under a white tent, its broken keel and pocked green But while he was rowing, a small boat drew near. Then an- a man who paints himself a modern-day Don Quixote with pril hull exposed like an open wound. other, and another. They were 30 feet away, then 20. Mooney a noble quest: After losing one brother to AIDS and seeing 29, 2015 “When I reached land,” he says, his voice low and soft, became concerned. “What’s going on?” he yelled, but the another suffer from the disease, Mooney has spent more XX, 2008 the words spaced out for effect, “it was like animals. I mean men didn’t understand English. The boats began bumping than a decade trying to row across the Atlantic to promote they just all came.” the Spirit of Malabo. One of the Haitians threw a rope around HIV awareness. Since then, he has wooed multinational The trouble appeared last October, when Mooney was corporations, foreign governments, and local sponsors. He’s months into his latest attempt to row from the coast of Africa been blessed by Pope John Paul II, been invited to the White to New York. That’s when he was attacked by Haitian pirates. BY TREVOR BACH House, and generated countless global headlines. >> p8 77 Troubled Tides from p7

But because Mooney’s first three At- lantic crossings failed under dubious cir- cumstances, the tight-knit ocean-rowing community has long viewed his maritime claims with thick suspicion. Former sup- pliers say he lied and stole thousands of

miaminewtimes.com dollars’ worth of equipment. Mooney’s browardpalmbeach.com oldest son says his father abandoned his children while claiming to dutifully row in honor of a long-lost brother. When pressed in person about those controversies, Mooney became evasive. He stopped replying to emails, and neither he nor

ts | o N te ts his spokesperson responded to questions out- lined in a detailed letter sent by New Times. Through it all, the savvy former public- relations worker insists it’s AIDS activism that drives his mission. “It was... a lot of failures, but I never gave up,” Mooney says. “My end result of all of this is that I can en- courage people to follow their dreams.” Amid Mooney’s inspiring narra- ews | pulp c y | N ews tive, though, it’s hard to unravel where benevolent determination ends and self-serving fabulism begins. “We’ve come to believe him to be a liar,” says Kenneth Crutchlow, who along with his wife Tatiana runs the Ocean

ge | Night+ dA Rowing Society, the sport’s internation- have been making crossings with regular- A

t ally recognized arbiter. “It’s gone on ity. Since then, more than 600 boats have set many years, and somehow or other he’s out to cross the world’s seas, most often the always been able to wriggle out of it.” Atlantic. About 400 have been successful. If so many others could do it, Mooney ooney was born in 1965 in Bedford- reasoned, so could he. He soon developed Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, the young- his own plan: Row from Gorée Island, off est of a half-dozen siblings. He the coast of Senegal, across the Atlantic to Mdeveloped what would become a lifelong Brazil, then up the coast of South America, connection to the water, he says, when through the Caribbean, and north to New his father took the kids on canoe trips in York. The symbolism couldn’t have been the picturesque Adirondacks in upstate more powerful: The trip was meant to retrace New York. Paddling in a green Discovery the world’s most famous slave-trade route. Old Town canoe on the region’s pristine In the fall of 2003, Mooney contacted the Craftsbury Sculling Center in Vermont, | music | dish | film | Art | s | music dish film Art blue lakes, young Victor was enamored. “That was my indoctrination into the the oldest rowing camp in North America. water,” he says. “It just opened your eyes.” He explained his mission, and Craftsbury When Victor was around 18, his older agreed to sponsor a weekend rowing camp. brother died of AIDS, an event that shook Photo courtesy of Goree Challenge/goreechallenge.com On the pristine Vermont lakes, Marlene his family and would later inspire his When Mooney arrived in Saint Martin after months at sea, he had lost 80 pounds. Royle, an experienced coach, provided

| MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | | ART | METRO | NIGHT+DAY | STAGE RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | ocean-crossing adventures. (Mooney intensive training. Mooney came across has long declined to discuss details dent’s residence. The visit with President Bridge to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, as quiet and kind, with an unrelent- about his brother, including his name Nelson Mandela lasted only 15 minutes or in Brooklyn, to raise AIDS awareness. ingly positive attitude, she remembers. or how he contracted the disease.) so, but for Mooney it was life-changing. With the support of his boss at ASA He impressed Royle as extremely brave. Around the same time, Mooney fell in “He said, ‘Follow your heart,’ ” Mooney College in Brooklyn, where he worked as “And maybe a little bit crazy,” she says. love with a high-school classmate who recalls, adding that the meeting left him with a communications officer, Mooney took But it was also obvious Mooney had zero would become the mother of three of his a profound sense of responsibility. “[It’s] like more ambitious canoe trips for AIDS. In real rowing experience, and he wasn’t even four children. As he moved into a career in someone else opened a door for you so that the summer of 2003, he circumnavigated in great physical shape. “It was his very, very nonprofits and public relations, the couple others may follow you and do greater things.” Manhattan and Long Island — a multiweek beginning of actually learning how to really had their first child, Victoria, in 1988; she But as Mandela was opening a door for trip of more than 45 miles. While paddling row,” Royle says. “I was scared for him.” MIAMI NEW TIMES NEW MIAMI New Times Broward-palm B each New Times Broward-palm was followed by a son, Victor, in 1993, Mooney, back in New York the activist broke on the Hudson, he stopped to chat with and another daughter two years later. ties with his family, his son says. Around an NYPD Harbor Patrol lieutenant. “He n front of a small crowd of tourists and re- By then, Mooney says, he had his own 1997, Mooney left his partner and their three said, ‘Mooney! If you get a bigger boat, you porters, Mooney walked solemnly through Discovery canoe and was taking small trips children, according to the younger Victor; he can go a little faster and a little further.’ ” the House of Slaves on Gorée Island. By the around Long Island. He lived in Hempstead and his sisters moved in with a grandmother It was an epiphany. Browsing on- IDoor of No Return, the final departure point and founded and ran an organization called and then struggled when she passed away, line, Mooney was transfixed by the for thousands of African slaves, Mooney sat

XX, 2008 XX, South Africa Arts International, which facili- he said in a series of Facebook messages with stories of men and women who atop his blue-and-silver stationary rowing

29, 2015 29, tated cultural exchange between the United New Times. (Mooney did not respond to New had rowed across whole seas. machine, facing the sea. He wore shackles as

ONTH States and South Africa as it emerged from Times’ questions about his son’s allegations.) There were plenty. In 1896, two Norwe- 18th-century slaves were forced to, with a collar pril apartheid. Mooney regularly traveled to that Mooney later married a woman named gians completed the first recorded transoce- around his neck and cuffs around his wrists and

23-A country, where he says he was “blindsided” Su-Ping, whom he’d met in Durban, South anic row, in a boat called the Fox, departing ankles. Apart from the steel chains and small XX–M by the devastation wreaked by AIDS. Africa, and the couple had a son together. from Manhattan and arriving at the island black shorts, Mooney was naked, the sweat pril

A A meeting there in 1994 set the course for By then, around 2000, Mooney had also of Scilly, off Great Britain, 55 days later. glistening off his skin as he rowed in place. ONTH

M his later oceanic crossings. After arranging a begun setting the stage for his eventual There wasn’t another trip recorded for 70 “You can feel the spirits inside,” flag exchange on behalf of the government of ocean-crossing attempts. During his first long years, when two Brits left Virginia Beach in Mooney would later say of his visit to the Hempstead, Mooney received an invitation canoe trip, he paddled seven miles of urban the Puffin and disappeared at sea months former slave house. “You hear them say- to the Tuynhuys, the South African presi- New York waterways from the Queensboro later. But beginning in the early 1980s, crews ing, ‘Victor, don’t forget us.’ ” p10 88 >> browardpalmbeach.com | CONTENTS | PULP NEWS | NIGHT+DAY | STAGE | ART | FILM DISH MUSIC

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browardpalmbeach.com but also increasing skepticism and enmity. Mooney, finally, was ready to cross the ocean. After Mooney’s weekend at the rowing In mid-morning, on a clear day in front of camp, Royle helped him develop a regular fit- another small crowd gathered on the rocky ness routine. Mooney also vigorously pursued shore, Mooney again walked through the funding and sponsorships, eventually securing Door of No Return. Wearing a yellow wetsuit, $5,000 from Snapple and thousands of dollars’ he dived into the chilly water, swam to his worth of material from a local Lowe’s store. waiting boat, and began rowing west, toward ts | o N te ts In June 2004, Mooney rowed for two days America. By noon the mission was over. straight at a fundraiser outside Brooklyn John Paul the Great had sprung a Borough Hall. In November he flew to Rome leak, Mooney later told reporters. With As of 4/20/15 for a similar row-a-thon; the next day, World the boat rapidly taking on water, he was AIDS Day, he and his mission were person- forced to use his emergency signal, less 3 Daughters Biminy twist iPa 3 Daughters st. Pete ally blessed by a smiling Pope John Paul II. than a few miles from the coast. From Beach BlonD ale aviator Devil’s triPel aviator Press was pouring in, but just weeks aboard a Senegalese navy boat, Mooney maD Beach Beck’s Pilsner Big storm arcus iPa Big before his scheduled launch date, Febru- watched John Paul the Great slowly ews | pulp c y | N ews storm PalmBenDer BoulevarD Brewing comPany ary 1, 2005 — the first day of Black History dip deeper and deeper into the sea. Month — Mooney still needed a boat. After He soon returned to Queens, where his Brewery ommegang BJs Brewhouse Jeremiah reD he wrote about his mission on the forum of financial problems were mounting: Kessans BJs Brewhouse hoPstorm iPa cigar city Brewing the Ocean Rowing Society, a kindhearted and Kohl won a judgment of nearly $8,000 concrete Beach rica concrete Beach stiltsville Welsh rower offered to loan hers, and the for their boat — and soon discovered Mooney Crutchlows, the Ocean Rowing Society orga- owed far more in back child support, Kessans czechvar lager Darwin circa 1926 tangerine nizers, agreed to help facilitate. Mooney met says. Told they would never recover the money ge | Night+ dA

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| MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | | ART | METRO | NIGHT+DAY | STAGE RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | nelisto’s tamarinD iPa Polar Pilsner PresiDente through. But Mooney soon found another op- Hardy agreed to build a boat at a reDhook game changer reDhook long hammer tion: He contacted Sarah Kessans and Emily heavily reduced cost. As it was being iPa saint arnolD santo saint arnolD Fancy lawn- Kohl, two rowers at Purdue University. They constructed, Mooney would pop in spo- were preparing for their own ocean cross- radically, but he ignored Hardy’s urging mower saltwater Brewery seaDog hazelnut ing but had changed plans and were eager to to learn something about the equipment. Porter seaDog Blue Paw shiPyarD Black iPa sell an unneeded boat kit. In early May 2005, Hardy also noticed that Mooney appeared shiPyarD eXPort ale shock toP Belgian white Mooney signed a contract for $7,500, agreeing conspicuously out of shape. “The more to pay the first $1,000 down and the rest later. I got to see how he operated,” the ship- shock toP lemon shanDy sPanish marie 1926 Mooney picked up the boat a few weeks builder says, “the less impressed I was.” coFFee Porter sPanish marie 3 ‘n’ out aPa sPanish later and paid the $1,000. But the dead- Composite Yachts finished the rowboat a MIAMI NEW TIMES NEW MIAMI

New Times Broward-palm B each New Times Broward-palm marie 3-12-28 Black iPa sPanish marie king line for the second installment came and few months later and charged Mooney about charlie’s maracuheFe sPencer traPPist ale went. In a series of emails throughout the $30,000. For weeks Mooney promised he had fall, Kessans wrote that they desperately fundraising coming in, but the money never stella artois stella artois ciDre wiDmer needed his payment to fund their own trip. materialized. Eventually, the day the boat was Brothers heFeweizen wiDmer Brothers uPheaval Eventually, Mooney responded that he’d scheduled to be shipped, Hardy told Mooney iPa winston Brewery iDle sPeeD winston Brewery lost volunteers and had only $1.65 in his ac- he couldn’t take the boat unless he paid. XX, 2008 XX, Brown Pelican winston Brewery no sPill wooD- count. Still, he vowed to “keep my promise.” “He gave me a bogus check,” Hardy says. 29, 2015 29, By the year’s end, Mooney had become un- The shipbuilder ended up collecting about

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needed $50,000 but that the Spirit of Zayed was ready. “This is a world-class boat,” he said. “Now I just have to make it back home.” On April 1, 2009, Mooney launched again from Gorée Island. This time the trip lasted two weeks. On April 15, Mooney

miaminewtimes.com would say, his water desalinator broke and

browardpalmbeach.com he was forced to radio for help. He was picked up, in good health, by a nearby fish- ing ship. The Spirit of Zayed was attached to a tow rope, but the boat wouldn’t make it back to land: Mooney’s team would later say the tow line broke. The Spirit of Za-

ts | o N te ts yed mysteriously was never recovered. To a disillusioned Hardy, Mooney’s whole mission amounted to a glorified PR stunt. “He didn’t have anything to lose,” the shipbuilder says. “He didn’t have any money in it.” different. This time he had already lasted more Back in New York, it wasn’t long be- than 70 days at sea. He had already crossed fore Mooney announced plans for a third nearly halfway. But just like the other trips, attempt. In late May, a French rower, this one too would be destined for trouble. Charlie Girard, had been rescued off the After his third failed attempt, Mooney ews | pulp c y | N ews coast of Massachusetts; after Mooney said he was considering giving up rowing. contacted him, the Frenchman agreed But when he found a great deal on another to let Mooney salvage the boat. rowboat for sale online,“it seemed like fate.” Mooney renamed Girard’s boat Never By now Mooney had attracted consider- Give Up. He launched a campaign offer- able notoriety. Many in the ocean-rowing ing to write the names of up to 25,000 community distrusted him. A reporter from

ge | Night+ dA donors on his boat. He also found a doc- the Queens Times Ledger revealed that South A

t tor, Alex Lupenko, who agreed to sponsor Africa Arts International was never regis- his pretrip medical care. (Lupenko says tered as a nonprofit. (The supposed charity Mooney seemed genuine. “He was training. still appears to have never filed records.) He was rowing. He was working out.”) Online commenters derided him as a fraud. Mooney promised his wife this run But if Mooney noticed the criticism, he would be his last, and he told the me- never showed it. As he prepared for a fourth dia: “I’m not getting off the boat un- trip, he worked out logistics in Brazil, where til I’m at the Brooklyn Bridge.” he was presented a ceremonial oar. For a Never Give Up took off from Cape Verde, fundraising event one day in June, Mooney the island country to the west of Senegal, crawled across the Brooklyn Bridge. The early February 26, 2011. There was little first day of the 2014 New York Boat Show, he fanfare at the launch, but one day the next set up a large diorama highlighting his mis- Photos courtesy of Goree Challenge/goreechallenge.com month, Mooney’s team announced big news: sion, framed around a portrait of Mandela. Mooney says he was attacked by pirates off the coast of Haiti’s Tortuga. His boat, the Spirit The rower had been dramatically rescued He also attracted his biggest backer

| music | dish | film | Art | s | music dish film Art of Malabo, was badly damaged (top). Mooney (above) rides on a Haitian police boat. by a Greek cargo ship called the MV Norfolk. ever: the government of oil-rich, dictatorial He had been lost alone at sea for two weeks. Equatorial Guinea. In one meeting with an Florida Straits, and the two agreed to middle of the ocean, it dawned on him Not long after he began the mission, official, Mooney shook hands and smiled as provide ongoing forecasting services. that he had nowhere near enough food. the Never Give Up began abruptly tak- he accepted a check. It was in the amount of On January 20, 2014, Mooney arrived “What can I do?” Mooney says. “To keep ing on water, Mooney would say. He was $30,000, authorized by H.E. Obiang Nguema in Grand Canary. He says he was desper- my sanity, I turned it into a spiritual fast.”

| MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | | ART | METRO | NIGHT+DAY | STAGE RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | forced to abandon the boat and move to Mbasogo, the country’s strongman leader. ate not to be “an embarrassment” and A few weeks later, in early April, Mooney his small life raft. On his second day, a ship Mooney christened the boat the Spirit of spent a month checking and recheck- wrote on his blog that he had decided to passed within sight but didn’t stop to res- Malabo after the nation’s capital. (Gerson ing all of his equipment and supplies. eat only every other day. “God willing, I’ll cue him. For the next 12 days, he survived Canton, who sold Mooney the boat, says The afternoon of February 19, given the end this fast when I enter the Caribbean.” only on water from a desalinator he’d the rower paid him its full $10,000 price.) go-ahead from the Clarks, Mooney set off It was early the morning of May 2, when he salvaged, ginseng roots, and green tea. As Mooney continued to burnish his from the marina. Under a clear sky, as he was was hundreds of miles from any coast, that It was a fantastic story — even if ocean public figure, he remained absent from his towed out to open water, he stood atop the Mooney was blessed with the enormous rowers questioned how Mooney, with all first family, his son says. In the spring of Spirit of Malabo. A nearby cargo ship sounded swordfish, providing enough food for days. of his sophisticated communication de- 2012, Mooney’s eldest child, 23-year-old three long horns in salute. Mooney waved. Mooney caught other fish too, but vices, could have been forced to wait so Victoria, was hospitalized for more than a Five days later, on February 24, the rower not nearly enough. He was mostly left MIAMI NEW TIMES NEW MIAMI

New Times Broward-palm B each New Times Broward-palm long for a rescue. “I’m blessed to be alive,” month. Mooney didn’t visit, his son says. gave his first update from sea: “Cleared with his diminishing rations, ginger can- Mooney wrote while aboard the Norfolk, Victoria died a few weeks later. (The younger Canary Islands,” he wrote through his dies, and cough drops. His face and body where he posed for a photo with the crew. Mooney declined to provide details on his satellite phone system. He also posted a grew thin. He says he sometimes sucked “He was in good health,” one re- sister’s death.) That May, the younger Victor, selfie inside his tiny quarters. Three days up toothpaste — “my soup du jour.” lease said, “despite weak legs.” then a senior in high school, asked his prin- later, Mooney wrote, he was “dealing On June 21, Mooney transmitted that he cipal to contact his father on his behalf, and with fifty foot swells” and offered insight had crossed the 60th parallel. He had made

XX, 2008 XX, s the silver cross dangling around his Mooney agreed to a meeting at the school. into his daily routine. When conditions it across the Atlantic. In a photo that day,

29, 2015 29, neck reflected the sunlight, Mooney “He looked very nervous when I saw were good, he said, he rowed for two the rower knelt on his boat under a bright

ONTH methodically sliced into the enor- him,” the younger Victor says. “He shook hours and then took a 30-minute break. sun, his head and hands held in prayer. pril mousA fish with his small knife. It was early my hand, which was confusing.” He spoke daily with his family and lis- Mooney landed first in Saint Martin,

23-A May 2014, and he was emaciated and desper- Mooney’s preparation for his fourth tened to music from Equatorial Guinea. where he was taken to a hospital. He had XX–M ate. He prayed often, asking the Father for trip was clearly better. He decided to But within a few weeks, Mooney was in lost 80 pounds, although he was told he was pril

A help. The morning it came, the Spirit of Malabo row from the Canary Islands, a better- serious trouble: He made a bad miscalcula- basically healthy. He stayed several weeks ONTH

M began rocking. Mooney’s small pole jerked for- established route than the one from tion with his supplies. The freeze-dried in Saint Martin and then continued west. ward. “And I said, ‘Oh my God — what is this?’ ” Senegal. He also connected with Jeni- food pouches advertised they held four He was headed toward Cuba when the Mooney was attempting to cross the Atlan- fer and Dane Clark, the navigation team servings, but Mooney discovered that, for boats came for him off Tortuga. Before the tic for the fourth time. But this attempt was that helped Diana Nyad swim across the him, each was more like one meal. In the pirates could even pull the Spirit of p14 1212 >> browardpalmbeach.com III FORKS DAILY | 4-7PM warning: (AT THE BAR) Other transportes may say anything to lure you Happy ADENA GRILL into letting them ship & WINE BAR MON-FRI | 5-7PM your car north (AT THE BAR) Hours BRIO TUSCAN GRILLE Don’t Take The Bait. MON-FRI | 3:30-6:30PM 9PM-CLOSE (AT THE BAR)

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13 Troubled Tides from p10 that Mooney was also lucky that he never encountered a truly big storm. “He really Malabo all the way to shore, Mooney says, he took the trip,” Jenifer says. “If we were was rushed by a mob of maybe 50 desperate tricked like that, it would be unbelievable.” villagers. “At that point, I was ready to die,” But the Clarks say they never warned he says. The mob ransacked his supplies and Mooney he should seek land because of an ripped out all of his electronics and navigation imminent major storm, as Mooney says they systems, but they left Mooney untouched. advised before the pirate attack. “We never

miaminewtimes.com Suddenly, the U.S. Coast Guard flew heard from him until later,” Dane says. And

browardpalmbeach.com overhead, he says, alerted by his emergency the U.S. Coast Guard says it has no record call, and everyone quickly scattered, leaving of any boat attack or emergency involving Mooney traumatized but unharmed. A kind Mooney near Tortuga, although Lupenko English-speaking local helped him eventu- says he spoke with Mooney by phone in ally connect with American authorities. the days following the alleged attack. The Spirit of Malabo wasn’t seaworthy, “He sounded as if he had been in real fear but Mooney didn’t want to quit. He later for his life,” the doctor says. Mooney’s Face- ts | o N te ts made several trips between Haiti and New book page also shows pictures of his badly York to organize logistics. Eventually, he damaged boat and photos of him visiting contacted RMK Merrill-Stevens, the Miami a school. Pirate attacks are not unheard of boatyard. If Mooney could find a way to near Tortuga. “From what I heard, it was a get his boat shipped there, John Spencer, very dangerous situation,” Dane Clark says. the boatyard’s director told him, Merrill- At the boatyard, Mooney shuts down Stevens would make it new again. “I never when pushed on the controversies. At the had anybody call me and tell me they rowed Photo courtesy of Goree Challenge/goreechallenge.com suggestion that his rescue from the life raft

ews | pulp c y | N ews across the Atlantic before,” Spencer says. In Miami, the Spirit of Malabo undergoes repairs at the RMK Merrill-Stevens boatyard. was an incredible story, Mooney bristles. In Haiti, Mooney says, he quickly let “I don’t think it’s incredible,” he go of his bitterness over the attack. On Mooney’s supporters dispute that claim Tatiana Crutchlow, the official record- answers quickly. “I mean, I’m not the Tortuga, he helped locals with medical and say for whatever mistakes he’s made in keeper of the world’s ocean rows, says only one who had issues in the sea.” problems and visited schools, where he the past, his determination is a testament Mooney hasn’t provided documentation A few minutes later, Mooney repeats a Sen- relayed his message to the community to the human spirit — and the abundance of of his recent crossing — no witness state- egalese phrase: Amoule baye — “Never give through a chant he developed with the kids: headlines has brought real attention to AIDS. ments, no logs, and no coordinates — despite up.” He demonstrates how he sang aboard ge | Night+ dA

A Pa bay le gan, Kreyol for “Never give up.” “I really feel like it’s for his brother,” says repeated requests from the society. She the Spirit of Malabo, breaking into gospel. t “Pa bay!” Mooney would yell to a crowd of Lupenko, the doctor who provided Mooney’s did, however, receive a verification request As of presstime, the Spirit of Malabo children. “Le gan!” they would all shout back. pretrip care. “He seems very humble, and he’s from Guinness World Records — Mooney is still stationed under a white tent near always direct about getting the word out.” was seeking the record as the first African- the Miami River, but Mooney says his nother morning inside the stuffy Kessans has kept an eye on Mooney’s American to row across the Atlantic. departure for New York is imminent. room at the boatyard, Mooney is exploits ever since her nightmare selling After five months without verification, For the last leg of his mission, he eager to talk about the final leg of him the boat kit. She says that she followed Crutchlow says, she is prepared to remove has raised $10,250 on a GoFundMe hisA mission. More than a month after the the tracking Mooney posted online dur- Mooney’s name from the database of page — including $10,000 from the Brit- Spirit of Malabo was shipped to Miami, ing the latest mission and that the coor- completed rows and to deny the Guinness ish Virgin Islands Tourist Board and he’s spending his days examining nauti- dinates were suspiciously clustered near request. “The time given to Victor for send- $25 from a more surprising source: a cal charts and studying past rows between the Canary Islands or in the Caribbean. ing us any proof and documents supporting young man named Victor Mooney. Miami and New York, he says. In a few “There was nothing across the ocean,” she his claim to row an ocean has run out.” “I was bitter at one point grow- days, he’ll visit Big Cypress, in the Ever- says. After Mooney arrived in the Caribbean, But others are adamant that he finally ing up,” Victor says. “But especially glades, to meet the Seminole Tribe and the remaining plots were added, she says, al- did cross. Lupenko says he received email after my sister passed, I learned to ac-

| music | dish | film | Art | s | music dish film Art calm his mind before the final row north. though these were also suspicious: perfectly alerts with Mooney’s position daily while cept the things I can’t change.” “I have an opportunity to fulfill a dream,” equidistant and parallel to the Equator. “In he was crossing, and Mooney’s stron- Victor hasn’t seen or heard from his he says. “And that dream is 1,500 miles away.” reality that’s not even possible. I don’t know gest endorsement comes from Jenifer father since that 2012 meeting at his high It’s late March, and the Spirit of Ma- how he got the boat to where he got the boat. and Dane Clark, the navigation team. school, he says. But he still supports his dad. labo is almost ready. Mooney has rowed I don’t know if the boat was actually there.” While he was in the boat, Dane Clark “He’s chosen to move on without us

| MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | | ART | METRO | NIGHT+DAY | STAGE RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | across the Atlantic, but he isn’t done John Zeigler, a famed ocean rower says, Mooney communicated regularly even if it meant losing a child. He’s com- yet. His mission has always been to who first met Mooney years ago at a New by email and satellite phone. “He would mitted to whatever his heart and mind are row from Africa home to New York. York Boat Show, says he’s been suspicious call us when he wanted a forecast or an telling him, and I might never know what But after a decade of spectacular failures and of anything Mooney says since his first update,” Dane says. “I think a lot of times that really is,” he says. “My father isn’t improbable rescues, many doubt Mooney’s sup- failed attempt. “Come on. You’re getting he called because he was just lonely.” some evil villain. I’ll never make excuses, posed recent triumph. Did he actually make it ready to cross an ocean and you didn’t The Clarks plotted Mooney all the way but I’ve forgiven him... I still love him.” across the Atlantic? “It’s like crying wolf,” Kes- check your boat out?” he says of Mooney’s across, from the Canaries to the Carib- sans says. “My gut feeling is he didn’t row it.” earlier claims of malfunctioning boats. bean. There were no gaps, they say, adding [email protected] MIAMI NEW TIMES NEW MIAMI New Times Broward-palm B each New Times Broward-palm XX, 2008 XX, 29, 2015 29, ONTH pril XX–M 23-A ONTH pril M A

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But then, its greatest BY STEPHANIE ZACHAREK itself. value may lie in the fact that it gives two fine o one likes the idea of growing actresses something intriguing to dive into. older, and anyone who claims Their most radiant moment as a duo happens as much is lying, either to you or early on: They’ve finally arrived, exhausted, to herself. The anxiety of aging for Wilhelm’s tribute. Valentine hasn’t yet told actors is particularly acute, not Maria she’s scheduled to be fitted for a Chanel Nnecessarily because they feel the passage of gown to wear to the gala. Earlier, we’ve seen time intensely but because, having the privilege Maria in her loose, comfy traveling clothes, of watching their faces change over the years, her movie-star wattage turned way down. But we do. Juliette Binoche, as fictional movie diva once she’s zipped into that dress — a sleek, Maria Enders in Olivier Assayas’ Clouds of Sils dark column of silk — she takes on the air of a Maria, doesn’t look old at all, whatever “old” glamorous caryatid, a goddess of classical pro- means; if anything, she looks no age, in that vi- IFC Films portions. Spent as she is, Maria looks great, and tage | a rt | Film D ish Musi C brant, alive-to-the-world way. But to watch Ma- the slouchy hoodies she’s fond of wearing, Juliette Binoche (left): Magnificent illusion. she knows it — it shows in her panther-lady ria reckoning with the reality that the actresses is casual while still professional; she’s flaky strut, her camera-courting smile. As she takes yapping at her heels are getting younger and sharp, in the way of so many millennials. sayas’ other movies; only afterward do you look the stage to make her presentation, Valentine younger is to be reminded that, eventually, we’ll Yet Maria seems exasperated with her, or back and realize how many intricate layers watches from the wings, shaking her head all be replaced. That’s just the way life works, perhaps she’s just exasperated, period. She’s in he’s packed into it. Chloë Grace Moretz shows and laughing at the ridiculous wonder of the and it’s the way of movies too. If Binoche can’t the midst of a divorce, and she’s hoping to get up, as the Lindsay Lohan-style movie star set rejuvenated creature before her. She whistles, escape it, what hope do we mere mortals have? back to playing roles in something other than to play the role that Maria originally created; as if she were Maria’s biggest fan — but then, Then again, if Binoche’s Maria can ulti- the superhero vehicles she’s recently been the dance between these two actresses is a that’s exactly what she is. She’s seen the reality mately shrug it off, so can we.Clouds of Sils relegated to. On top of it all, she’s got to write two-step of calculated fawning and rivalry. behind the magnificent illusion, and she knows Maria emerges into a a speech in honor of a man she reveres. Then But the movie’s true center, the me- there’s so much more to it than air and water. meadow of optimism, Valentine gets a phone call: Wilhelm has died teorological phenomenon that makes it so THE TENSION but not before wind- suddenly; his tribute will be a posthumous one. pleasurable to watch, is the half-prickly, [email protected] BETWEEN ing through some Maria emerges from her own fog of distrac- half-affectionate interplay between Binoche BINOCHE AND rather dark mountain tion into a stunned kind of grief. What’s more, and Stewart. Maria is deeply dependent Clouds of Sils Maria STEWART passes. The “clouds” a hotshot, cooler-than-thou theater director on Valentine, which may be why she feels Starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë New Times Broward-palm B each of the title refer to a (Lars Eidinger, who seems to be channeling so comfortable snapping and picking at Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger, Johnny Flynn, Angela NEW TIMES BROWARD-PALM BEACH IS A SILENT meteorological phe- Mike Myers’ Sprockets character, perhaps un- her. But in some ways, they’re closer than Winkler, Hanns Zischler, and Aljoscha Stadelmann. Written and directed by Olivier Assayas. 124 CRACKLE. nomenon that unfolds, intentionally) wants her to appear in a revival siblings: In a beautifully tossed-off scene, minutes. Rated R. Opens Friday, April 24, at when the conditions of Wilhelm’s play, about a young woman who they strip down — Valentine to a bra and Cinemark Paradise 24 (15601 Sheridan St., Davie; are just right, along the Maloja Pass in the Swiss seduces and destroys an older one — only this white undies, Maria to the skin she was 954-680-3495; cinemark.com), Cinema Paradiso - Hollywood (2008 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; Alps: Mist thickens and gathers until it pours time, Maria won’t be playing the ingénue. born in — and jump into a chilly Alpine lake, 954-525-3456; fliff.com), and Living Room Theaters, through the mountain fissures in a formation As you’re watching, Clouds of Sils Maria laughing and scream ing along the way. Val- FAU Main Campus (777 Glades Road, Boca Raton; that resembles a slithering snake, an augur of feels looser and sketchier than most of As- entine runs Maria’s lines with her, slipping 561-549-2600; fau.livingroomtheaters.com). heavy weather to come. To catch sight of the Maloja Snake — and Assayas and cinematog- rapher Yorick Le Saux capture it here — is to see something ephemeral but also spectacular. ▼ ARTHAUS man living in Paris. This crime provoked public by the investigation team. The greatest affront Nearly all of Assayas’ movies are about cap- fears of anti-Semitism in France as the trial of its to her maternal agony comes from the team’s turing fleeting moments of beauty or mag- key perpetrator, Youssouf Fofana, was sensa- professional negotiator, played with chilly ele- nificence, but Clouds of Sils Maria makes the 24 Days metaphor even more literal: This snake, made STARRING ZABOU BREITMAN, SYLVIE TESTUD, SYRUS tionalized in the press (eventually, 24 conspira- gance by Sylvie Testud, whose dispassionate ad- of just air and water, still looks like something SHAHIDI, AND TONY HARRISSON. DIRECTED BY tors were convicted). Drawing from a memoir herence to protocol nevertheless offers the you can touch, an illusion worth believing in. ALEXANDRE ARCADY. RATED R. OPENS FRIDAY, APRIL about the ordeal written by Halimi’s mother, greatest hope for Ilan’s survival. Would that the M ONTH

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It’s a pricey but fun. three-week process to yield the BY NICOLE DANNA enzyme-rich marinade used to ten- derize the lamb, and it adds a salty- y the time your server has finished savory element to the rich meat. telling you the philosophy behind Equally inventive, the pork belly the Kuro menu, you might just tonkatsu is cooked like a surprise stop wondering why you’re about package baked into a crispy breaded to pay $24 for a tower of toro the square. As well-executed as it is, this Bsize of a Ping-Pong ball. It’s a tasty, beautiful dish proved the least interesting pile of toro, fatty and rich, paired with a trio — too rich and deviating from the of sauces — salty, spicy, and sweet — served as Photo by CandaceWest.com rest of Becker’s subtle revelations. tage | a rt | Film dish m usi C an interactive dish that comes with a basket of You’ll end — although it crispy wontons fried into pillow-shaped bal- ingredients. At Kuro, the kaiseki-style expe- than 20 types of sake; dishes source four might feel odd — with sushi, neat cuts of loons. It’s everything sushi should be, but it’s rience is less about pomp, and more about varieties of miso, four types of wasabi, and maki or slices of nigiri gleaming atop a also a lot less food than you might be expecting. sharing. The idea is to offer a menu where seven soy sauces; and foreign produce in- perfectly pressed pile of vinegar-seasoned You’ll only need to hear the server’s no two dining experiences are alike, each cludes yuzu, mushrooms, and lotus root. rice. Offerings include familiar items like lengthy Kuro introduction once to under- tailored to a patron’s specific likes and pref- From start to finish, a meal at Kuro plays house-smoked trout, seared hamachi, and stand what’s happening at the Seminole erences, with enough options to provide a out like a well-orchestrated performance. kampachi. Feeling adventurous? Try the ume Hard Rock’s new-style Japanese restaurant. different gastronomic journey on every visit. It begins with chilled plates, three-bite shiso maki, an herb-laced Japanese plum. Although there are many ways to nosh on Here, patrons can dine in a variety of set- servings that range from a trio of oysters with In an attempt to make dessert more fun, sushi and sashimi in Broward County, that’s tings, from a ten-seat sushi bar to a private a mignonette flavored with kombu (kelp) to Kuro’s pastry chef has created a list of op- not what you’ll find here, and the staff ap- chef’s omakase table with a front-row seat slivers of shiromi (white fish) laced with lime tions that are the sort of fare Willy Wonka’s proaches your meal with so much ardor, you at the restaurant’s expansive open kitchen. jelly and pink peppercorns, and toro tartar. dreams are made of, if he dreams in Japanese. can’t help but be swept by the enthusiasm. Dinner parties can retreat to one of two pri- Try the Hokkaido scallops, Becker’s modern There’s the kakigori ice looking like it came That energy is the impetus behind the Hol- vate dining areas, including a glass-walled interpretation of sashimi with plump, gelati- straight out of Candy Land, a rainbow-hued lywood resort’s latest dining concept, designed room that overlooks the main dining area nous cuts of delicate Japanese scallops coated mountain of shaved ice drenched in passion- bottom to top by a new management team in- on one side and the hallway leading into the in a bold, young-ginger-spiked yuzu jelly. A fruit syrup and dotted with fruit and ginger New Times Broward-palm B each cluding Hard Rock’s vice president of food and casino lobby on the other. Outside, just steps velvety-smooth veil of creamy, salty, and sweet, gummy cubes. The goma panna cotta is less NEW TIMES BROWARD-PALM BEACH beverage, Justin Wyborn, and culinary direc- from Kuro’s lounge, two private tables allow it is an easy entry into the flood of fare to come. visually appealing, a bowl of moss-green tor Alex Becker. The goal: to create an upmar- for a quiet alfresco dinner beside the pool. Next, you’ll be guided you through salads custard. But the globes of cucumber jelly ket establishment unlike any other in Broward Service is a fo- and tempura. The corn kakiage reads lack- pearls burst in your mouth, and the crunchy, County — or South Florida, for that matter. cal point at Kuro, luster compared to a tempura-fried, lemon- coral-shaped pieces of nori are rather tasty. “Think of it as a roller-coaster ride for your KURO OFFERS each server trained scented uni and curried white fish, but order Almost everything about Kuro is new to senses, an interactive dining experience that A TRADITIONAL, to assist you with it and you’ll be pleasantly surprised. An airy, Broward County. Not many restaurants offer takes you through a series of dishes from light MULTICOURSE navigating the chilled batter fries up light and fluffy, encasing such a complex, well-calibrated experience to heavy and back again,” explains Becker. multicourse menu tender nibs of savory-sweet corn in a delicate with a Japanese take. But there’s one catch: To that end, Kuro is 9,500-square-foot JAPANESE — even going so pocket of dough that has the light crunch of a Although it isn’t billed as a special-occasion showpiece for the resort, a custom-designed STYLE OF far as to design a fresh cruller. To balance the flavor, each cake restaurant, it pretty much is. Herein lies theater-style dining room set with booths DINING KNOWN meal for you based is flavored with furikake (a dry Japanese sea- Kuro’s only downfall; experiencing the full and circular tables. Up a short flight of steps AS KAISEKI. on your personal soning combining ground fish, sesame seeds, menu in all its multicourse glory will be far and past a shell-encrusted column, Kuro taste preferences. and chopped seaweed) and sprinkled with too pricey for the average local diner — un- opens with its lounge and bar, lit beneath At the helm of this dining voyage stands flakes of ichimi (ground red chili pepper). less, of course, you’re OK with throwing a dome-shaped skylight and the floor-to- executive chef Becker and executive sushi After that, a robata grill moves you into down $24 for three bites’ worth of toro. ceiling windows overlooking the resort’s chef Shuji Hiyakawa, industry veterans who heartier fare, selections served on tiny skewers tropical-themed pool oasis beyond. The es- together offer more than three decades of in bite-sized portions. 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film | Art | s | Art | music dish film ters. The brewery began canning its spin on this signature comfort food. | MUSIC | DISH | FILM | ART | | | NEWS NIGHT+DAY STAGE | PULP | CONTENTS | beers for distribution last November. The Restaurant People — creators of The Beach Blonde Ale is a fairly straight- South Florida hot forward beer, at least as far as ingredients spots like YOLO and are concerned. The malt body is provided by TO GET THE O Lounge, S3, Tar- two-row pale malt and Crystal, with bittering $1 DEAL, pon Bend, and Vibe provided by American Hallertau and Saaz. PATRONS Las Olas — opened Currently, the Beer Judge Certifica- the casual eatery tion Program has the blonde ale listed MUST ORDER in 2014. Under the under the Light Hybrid Beer style of beers FROM THE culinary direction of as a subcategory. It describes the style as “JUST BALLS” the group’s executive being an “easy-drinking, approachable, MENU. chef and cofounder, malt-oriented American craft beer.” Peter Boulukos, the The beer pours a clear straw yellow Fork & Balls’ dining concept features a with a voluptuous white head that leaves blend of regular menu staples and daily quite a bit of lacing. Aromas are grassy, features, all centered around the meat- NEW TIMES BROWARD-PALM BEACH BROWARD-PALM TIMES NEW New Times Broward-palm B each New Times Broward-palm mildly citrusy (with a sort of tangelo char- ball. The restaurant also offers a variety acter), with an almost hidden note of soapy of daily market salads and other comfort- apricot. It’s a hard one to distinguish, but food selections, along with handcrafted agitating the beer brings it out. The flavor cocktails, a wide rotating selection of craft is lemony with associated pepper, as well beer, and more than 20 wines on tap. as grape, honey, and a bit of cracker. It’s not To get the $1 deal, patrons must or-

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