December 2008 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 6, Issue 10 Burst, card stock paper, 2007, by NWSA graduate Jen Stark. Photo by Harlan Erskine. Miami Art Machine ONE SMALL SCHOOL HAS HAD ONE HUGE IMPACT By Anne Tschida rt Basel Miami Beach could be a But that’s a measure of art markets. It center of the art universe, one of its most Auction and Exhibition,” opening bit of a bust this year. By many has nothing to do with art makers. The radiant celestial bodies is homegrown, a December 4 and showcasing 23 artists Aaccounts, even the once mighty quality of work on display at this seventh local institution that has had an impact who graduated with either a high school markets for modern and contemporary installment of the aesthetic extravaganza far out of proportion to its size: Miami’s diploma or a BFA from the school’s col- art have fallen victim to the crashing will include some of the most inspired New World School of the Arts (NWSA), lege program. A glance at some of the world economies. It will likely cast a — and inspiring — to be found any- in particular its visual arts program. pall over segments of our glamorous where on the planet. And if, during the To get a sense of New World’s influ- Art Machine annual bash. first week of December, Art Basel is the ence, consider the inaugural “Alumni Art Continued from page 4 Art & Culture Community News Our Correspondents Dining Guide The Boulevard An amazing More restaurant Our brief and Theater flips night that listings than eccentric guide to from boys had hopes anywhere! Art Basel week. to girls. soaring high. Plus wines! 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Read the complete article at DINING: Valet parking also available. 305.949.6722 • arshtcenter.org arshtcenter.org. PARKING: December 2008 Biscayne Times • www.BiscayneTimes.com 3 C OMMENTARY: FEEDBACK PO Box 370566, Miami, FL 33137 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Member of the Best Bear Ever image of the area and its residents, excerpts from two of his interviews: Florida Press Association I’ve read much on the housing markets which of course are mostly of 1) Dick Hurlin, former producer of COPS since 2004, everything from St. Louis African/Ethiopian descent. DH: “If you look up ‘liberal’ in the www.BiscayneTimes.com Federal Reserve releases to Florida Unfortunately Ms. Glasgow is not dictionary, I’m sure my picture is in Todayand the International Herald alone, nor is this a recent phenomenon there somewhere.... Anger does well, PUBLISHER & EDITOR Tribune. And yes, the blogs, of course. in the history of American media. hate does well, violence does well, try- Jim Mullin [email protected] But Rebecca Wakefield’s article “Bear In 1915 the film Birth of a Nation, ing to be better than you were last year Market Meets Biscayne Corridor” which had the dubious honor of being does less well.” INTERNS (November 2008) was the best I have the first motion picture to be screened in MM: “Less well in the ratings?” Andrew Leins ever seen on the market in South Florida. the White House, depicted black men as DH: “Oh, yeah!!” [email protected] Congratulations. rapists of white women, and generally 2) Arthur Busch, county prosecutor, Erin Polla Steve Muir dangerous to society. In one of the Flint, Michigan [email protected] Tequesta, Florida scenes, members of the KKK ride into a “Quite frankly, the black community CONTRIBUTORS Victor Barrenchea, Pamela Robin Brandt, town on horseback to “save” its white has become entertainment for the rest of Terence Cantarella, Bill Citara, Wendy residents from an unruly mob of the community, the entertainment being Doscher-Smith, Kathy Glasgow, Jim W. From Birth of a Negroes. They lynch one and chase the that the crime of the day...gets to be the Harper, Lisa Hartman, Jen Karetnick, Jack Nation to COPS rest out of the town. front story and that becomes the percep- King, Derek McCann, Frank Rollason, Silvia Ros, Jeff Shimonski This letter is in response to the articles White Americans flocked to see the tion of an entire community, which could of Kathy Glasgow, the neighborhood film and it became a blockbuster. The not be further from the truth, in my opin- ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE correspondent for Liberty City — NAACP tried to stop the New York City ion.” Marc Ruehle [email protected] which, interestingly, is not served by premiere, but President Woodrow A large photograph of an angry, this news paper and therefore not read Wilson’s ringing endorsement gave the screaming black man graces Ms. OFFICE MANAGER by its residents. This situation may actu- film much credibility. Glasgow’s November column, titled Wilmer Ametin ally may be good for its publisher, who In 1989 the television show COPS hit “Hearing Is Believing.” Here are some [email protected] otherwise might have many angry peo- the airwaves>. Known as “the original excerpts: ART DIRECTOR ple banging on Biscayne Times’s doors. reality show,” it put camera crews in “I woke up again to shouting voices. Marcy Mock I too am angry, but I have decided to police cars all over the U.S. Of course, ‘Then you ass ih the fuck outta here — [email protected] use my pen instead of my knuckles. the majority of suspects shown are I ain’t take no threat muhfucka —’” ADVERTISING DESIGN In covering our area, Ms. Glasgow black and Hispanic. Filmmaker Michael “It seemed our crackhead neighbors Image Tech Studios has decided to take the low road of Moore introspectively addresses the were angry with one of the dope boys www.imagetechstudios.com cheap journalism. She consistently uses media’s portrayal of black people in his The Biscayne Times welcomes proposals Continued on page 6 for articles and press releases. Submitted her articles to assault the character and film Bowling for Columbine. Here are material may be edited for length, clarity, and content. All submitted material becomes the property of The Biscayne Times.