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BISCAYNETIMES.COM VOLUME 21 ISSUE 4 Miami Shores Power Shifts Celebrate With Mom Miami City Ballet Masterworks Miami-Dade Climate Action Laugh With ‘Barber of Seville’ Prohibition Bars Nostalgia Centennial celebration brings back Historic Homes Tour MAY 2023

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| BiscayneTimes . com PUBLISHER Garth C. Reeves III garth@biscaynetimes.com EXECUTIVE EDITOR Emily Cardenas emily@biscaynetimes.com STAFF WRITERS Johania Charles Samantha Morell Jazmine Santillana COPY CHIEF Elisa Agostinho Serving communities along the Biscayne Corridor: Arch Creek East, Aventura, Bay Point, Bayside, Biscayne Park, Belle Meade, Buena Vista, Coventry, Design District, Downtown, Eastern Shores, Edgewater, El Portal, Enchanted Lake, Hibiscus Island, Highland Lakes, Keystone Point, Miami Shores, Morningside, North Greynolds, North Bay Island, North Miami, North Miami Beach, Oak Forest, Oakland Grove, Palm Grove, Palm Island, Sans Souci, Shorecrest, Sky Lake, Sparling Lake, Star Island, Wynwood and Venetian Islands. 24 32 GRAPHIC DESIGNER Edwin Cruz ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Nancy Newhart nancy.newhart@biscaynetimes.com EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS: Grant Balfour, Katina Caraganis, Jacqueline Coleman, Sid Hoeltzell, Jordan Levin, Irene Moore, Diamone Ukegbu Sergy Odiduro Via Artburst CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Sid Hoeltzell COVER IMAGE Robin Hill FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION VISIT BISCAYNETIMES.SOLUTIONS OR CALL 305.694.6210 All articles, photos and artwork in the Biscayne Times may only be duplicated or reprinted with written consent from the editor or publisher. contents 39 ON THE COVER 10 Morningside Milestone Centennial celebration brings back Historic Homes Tour VIEWPOINT 8 ‘People Carry Guns,’ Mom Used to Say CORRIDOR NEWS 15 Solar Co-Op Opens in Miami-Dade 16 Power Shifts in Miami Shores 18 Earth Day Reminder of Living at Ground Zero 20 ICP Going Full Steam Ahead BOULEVARD LIVING 24 Program of Masterworks to Close MCB Season 27 Leslie Jones and Margaret Cho Coming to Town 29 FGO Makes an Old Classic New Again 32 ‘Path of the Panther’ Unveils Florida Wildlife 36 O, Miami Festival Proves Anyone Can Be a Poet 38 Sharing Life With Your Tribe DISH & DRINK 39 Match a Wine to Mom’s Personality 42 Celebrate With Mom in May or Anytime 45 Miso-Marinated Salmon Sliders for Mom 48 The Lore of Miami’s Prohibition Bars 51 Mango Farro Salad CHOREOGRAPHY BY GEORGE BALANCHINE THE GEORGE BALANCHINE TRUST/ KYLE FROMAN; CARLTON WARD JR.; SOULEIL VIN DE BONT

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| BiscayneTimes . com WARNER BROS. viewpoint Emily Cardenas Biscayne Times Executive Editor S ay your prayers, varmint!” “OK rabbit you forced me to use force.” “Stranger, you just yupped yourself into a hole in the head!” “I’ll blast your head o for this!” ese are all quotes from Yosemite Sam, Looney Tunes’ roughest, toughest, double barreled, gun-toting hombre. Sam’s a trigger-happy guy with a big mouth, a short temper and severe anger management issues. Sounds like a lot of people we know or have seen in the news lately. Back in the day when few people had guns, cartoon characters like Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd gave us belly laughs as kids. Warner Bros. produced the popu lar Loony Tunes animation shorts from 1939 to 1969, and Sam and Elmer spent a lot of that time chasing Bugs Bunny and Day Duck. But getting shot by a gun or hit with an explosive device didn’t mean death. ey were just momentary gags and characters always happily returned victorious after an assassination attempt. If only real people could defy death like that. Fast forward to 1999 and we have the launch of the highly successful adult animated series “Family Guy” featuring Stewie Grin, a precocious, sociopathic toddler who talks and acts like an adult and is obsessed with violence and killing his mother. Such a sweet child. While this is all ctional pop culture, we must admit that it reects who we are as a people. Turn on the news and you’ll see the proof. A boy who survived a bullet in the head for ringing a doorbell. An Instacart driver looking for an address who escaped with his life when a homeowner drew re. e cheerleader who took a bullet for mistaking another car for hers in a dimly lit parking lot. A group that dodged bullets and lost a friend while making a U-turn out of the wrong driveway. e father who took a bullet in the back while running away from a neighbor who was angry about a basketball rolling onto his lawn. It would be easy to call the recent spate of shooters just a “bunch of crazies,” except mundane interactions weren’t so lethal just a few short years ago. ese are our neighbors. ere comes a point when you must question how the proliferation of guns in Now rearm fatalities outnumber trac deaths our society is contributing to this grow ing phenomenon. I’m not talking about mass shootings with assault ries now. is is just the “average Joe” with a pistol losing his cool over nothing. Less than 10 years ago, a neighbor renting a house next door to mine had loud parties. One night, I got so mad that I marched into his backyard and asked him to lower the music. My husband warned me that wasn’t such a hot idea and that I should just call the police next time, because “you never know.” For years I would shout at and ip drivers the bird who cut me o on the road, as Miami drivers are known to do. My mother, ever a paranoid woman who got more so with age, would say from the passenger seat “You shouldn’t do that, people carry guns.” Sometime later, deadly road rage incidents started mak ing headlines. I remember many a time when Mom – while regaling me with a story of an incident in her day – would sarcasti cally say “It’s a good thing I don’t own a gun, because I would probably use it daily.” Looking back on those moments makes me laugh, but they really aren’t funny. Firearm fatalities have now out numbered motor vehicle trac deaths 48,830 to 45,404, according to the CDC’s most recent gures. One in ve U.S. households bought a gun from March 2020 to March 2022, according to NORC, a nonpartisan research insti tution at the University of Chicago. One in 20 Americans purchased a gun for the rst time during that period. Gun shop owners say business is booming. e old line about buying a gun “for protection” communicates that fear drove that purchase. Make no mistake, everyone who buys a gun is prepared to use it and could be easily “triggered.” It’s not there for decoration. My mother is very hard of hearing now and bed bound in an assisted liv ing facility with late-stage Alzheimer’s disease. ankfully, she doesn’t watch the news anymore. Mom, how right you were. And the husband? Yes, he was right, too. Emily Cardenas is the executive editor of the Biscayne Times and e Miami Times news paper. She previously worked as a producer at WTXF in Philadelphia and at WSCV, WFOR and WPLG in Miami. ‘People Carry Guns,’ Mom Used to Say “ “It would be easy to call the recent spate of shooters just ‘a bunch of crazies,’ except mundane interactions weren’t so lethal just a few short years ago.” When Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd red their guns, their victims never died.

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corridor NEWS SAMANTHA MORELL Biscayne Times Staff Writer t isn’t everywhere in Miami that one can nd homes with basements and secret passages formerly used to store booze during Prohibition. Morningside has both. e neighborhood celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and with that comes the return of the Historic Homes Tour, a decadeslong tradition that hasn’t occurred since 2018. Located within the Upper East Side between Biscayne Bou levard and the bay and stretching from NE 50th Terrace to NE 62nd Street, the eclectic neighborhood of Morningside is home to houses built as early as the 1920s. ey sell for millions of dollars. Apart from the vintage architecture – or thanks to it – Morn ingside’s residents boast of nearly nonexistent crime rates, yearround community events and, most of all, people that treat each other like family. In fact, 40-year resident Neil Robertson says that his favorite part of Election Day is waiting in line with his neighbors. Now there’s something you don’t hear every day. But Morningside wasn’t always the utopia that it’s depicted to be today. I ROBIN HILL Morningside Milestone continues on page 12 | BiscayneTimes.com Centennial celebration brings back Historic Homes Tour

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| BiscayneTimes . com corridor news FROM RAGS TO RICHES Originally named Bay Shore, the neigh borhood was marketed as the rst to have been created with premeditated convenience. at is, it was the rst com munity that had power lines, sanitary sewers, fresh water, street lighting and tree-lined streets – all before its rst house was ever sold. e Bay Shore Investment Corpora tion advertised the coastal neighbor hood by transporting memb ers of the public to it right from the water by boat. Approximately 45 houses were constructed from 1922 to 1926, when a Category 4 hurricane struck and led to the collapse of the time’s real estate boom. Roughly 73 more homes were built from 1936 to 1941 and soon another boom sprouted in the postwar era. By the time the 1980s came around, many prominent architects had made their mark in the neighborhood – and so had Miami’s so-called “cocaine cowboys.” Drugs and crime were so synonymous with Biscayne Boulevard in those days, 39-year resident William Hopper says he just got used to it. at’s also when Morningside became the rst neighborhood in the city of Miami to receive designation as a historic district. Historian Paul S. George, who was on Miami’s Historic and Environmental Preservation Board during the designa tion, says that Morningside represented a changing spirit and values that at the time had been novel to surrounding communities. Sure, it’s not the oldest neighborhood in Miami, “not even close,” he says, but it is a model of resilience. As populations from nearby suburbs ed scenes then altered by big business and a concurring drug war, Morningside chose to hold onto what it had. “Morningside was on its way to becom ing a template for restored neighbor hoods,” said George, who is also the resi dent historian at HistoryMiami Museum. “It was on its way to becoming a template for locally dissipated neighborhoods It was really the beginnings of a serious look at historic preservation and designa tion in greater Miami, and Morningside was the rst.” He remembers a group of supporters in custom T-shirts at City Hall on the morn ing in December 1984 that the preserva tion board made its decision to anoint Morningside with its designation. And, sure enough, their support paid o. After years of investment and care, Morningside now stands tall as a symbol of pride for all who live there. If seen through crime rates or market prices alone, the neighborhood would hardly be recognizable. Taken at face value, though, a lot of it looks the same, and that’s kind of the whole point. “It’s the quintessential example of, if you take care of a neighborhood and you maintain its original hous ing stock, it only grows in value,” said George. “I mean, that’s one of the prici est neighborhoods in Miami now, in large measure because of the way it’s been taken care of.” “Morningside was on its way to becoming a template for locally dissipated neighborhoods It was really the beginnings of a serious look at historic preservation and designation in greater Miami, and Morningside was the first.” – Paul S. George Historian CARRYING ON A LEGACY Morningside’s original residents weren’t just strong-willed, but savvy, too. ey came together as volunteers to put together the rst homes tour just as the neighborhood was on its way to receiving historical designa tion. at tour put a once hidden gem at the top of Miami’s housing market and today it serves as one of the neigh A historic postcard shows Morningside, formerly known as Bay Shore and marketed as the rst fully developed community. Platted in 1923, Morningside celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. MORNINGSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION ; HISTORYMIAMI MUSEUM Morningside Milestone continued from page 10

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| borhood’s leading sources of revenue. is year’s tour is supposed to be the most extravagant yet. Not only is the neighborhood celebrating its centen nial anniversary, but third-time orga nizer Dan Vazquez wants to bring the event back with a bang after a COVIDcompelled hiatus. e tour on May 21 will take ticket holders through the neighborhood and into eight homes, each with its own historical value. Members of the public will be able to get a rsthand look at the Morningside aesthetic, which ranges from Mediterranean, Florida ranch and Miami modern style homes. e tour will also feature work by local artists, vendors, food and a grand nale that Vazquez says even the 150 volun teers aren’t privy to. “It’s a surprise that they’ve never seen before here in Morningside,” he promised. Also featured this year is a VIP compo nent, which will allow those select ticket holders to bypass lines and access an exclusive area with their own food and beverage options. Even as some aspects of the tour get bigger and bolder each year, though, Vazquez assures that his primary goal is to maintain the spirit of the tour as it was conceived decades ago. is year’s most notable twist is the inclusion of one new house that hasn’t even yet been fully constructed – not ex actly what one would expect of a historic homes tour, but there’s a reason for that. “e home is worthy of the tour be cause the owners, eodore and Belinda Stohner, built a house with much the same philosophy as the original Bay Shore development,” said Je King, who has been digging up archives on Morn ingside in preparation for this year’s events. e Stohners’ house consists of four sections connected by bridges and encompassing a rare Dade County pine tree. e entire compound includes living roofs, hidden solar panels and additional elements designed in such a way so as not to disturb the roots of the more than 150 trees on the property. “is is a home for the next 100 years,” said King, much like Morning side’s original homes were built to last into the present, at least mostly. Morningside’s 30th anniversary Historic Homes Tour will give ticket holders a look at homes built before and immediately after World War II in Mediterranean, ranch and Miami modern styles. Known as the “Jetsons House,” this 2,252-square-foot tropical modernist home is a Morningside favorite built by award-winning architect Rufus Nims in 1949. MORNINGSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION ; HISTORYMIAMI MUSEUM MARIE CHARLOTTE PIRO ; OFRALAPID.COM corridor news

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| BiscayneTimes . com corridor news RENOVATION & MAINTENANCE William Hopper has comfortably lived in his 1934 home for nearly four decades without any major issues. e same can’t be said for Neil Robertson, though, who takes a deep sigh before going over the list of renovations and repairs that he’s had to invest in since moving into his home, built originally in 1926. Robertson moved into the nearly century-old house 34 years ago. Since then, he’s had to enlarge the kitchen, which, in his view, was incomplete, add another exit to the house to get to a previously inaccessible backyard and replace windows with hurri cane-impact glass. He has had three plumbing leaks in the last ve years, as well as an electrical re that led to a complete rewiring of the house’s arter ies. He once saw the repair of a minor cracked tile on his front porch reveal rotten wood underneath, which when repaired required the insertion of con crete piling underneath that, which needed even more footing below. “I have a rule of thumb: Whatever someone tells me the cost is going to be, I triple it, because when you open up a wall in one of these places, you nd something you didn’t expect,” Robertson said. For the most part, though, he’s used to it. His basement has gotten ooded about six to eight times since he rst moved in, but his response to that is simple: just pump the water out. He even speaks of some of the reno v ations with enthusiasm, like how his closet used to be a “sleeping porch,” located where the wind would blow hardest back when air conditioning was a luxury and bedrooms were used solely for changing clothes. Robertson has lived in three separate homes in Morningside and sees each one as a blessing rather than a burden. Both he and Hopper have volunteered their homes for the tour on several oc casions. “I’ve opened up my home numerous times,” said Robertson. “I’m very proud of the neighborhood and the place I live in here. I enjoy it and I like sharing it.” He calls his home his little island, well aware of the load of cash sitting on those three-quarters of an acre. Once purchased by a young Robertson for $242,000, his property has in recent years drawn interest from people willing to pay 10 times that amount. But even with the frequent repairs and less-thanpleasant surprises, Robertson won’t sell. “A big part of my eventual retirement is tied up in this place but, you know, it’s home,” he said.” It’s where I raised my daughters, and I really don’t want to part with it until I have to.” Neil Robertson’s 1926 home has had to undergo a great deal of maintenance as the result of collapsed roofs, an electrical re, plumbing issues and basement ooding. Neil Robertson, his late wife and their two daughters in front of their home in Morningside. The $242,000 that Neil Robertson rst purchased his home for in 1989 represents only a fraction of its value today. COURTESY OF NEIL ROBERTSON COURTESY OF SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS COURTESY OF SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS

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| COURTESY OF NEIL ROBERTSON COURTESY OF SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS COURTESY OF SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS Solar Co-Op Opens in Miami-Dade Biscayne Times Staff Report N ational nonprofit orga nization Solar United Neighbors (SUN) has launched a new solar co-op in Miami-Dade County for a second year in a row – what members say is a “response to the growing demand for solar” energy. The co-op, which is free to join, is an opportunity for residents and business owners to harness their bulk-purchasing power and save money on solar panel instal lations. SUN brings a group of interested community members together and teaches them how to submit a competitive request for proposals so that installa tion companies can respond with discounted rates and deals. More than 250 people signed up for last year’s county co-op as state-level threats against prosolar policies stirred members of the public to act fast and lock in tax credits before the year was up. Since then, however, the U.S. government passed the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022, which now offers a tax credit that can cover up to 30% of the costs of a new solar installation. That credit begins this year and will last until 2032. The Miami-Dade County 2023 solar co-op closes to new mem bers on July 22. New tax benet encourages renewable energy Solar United Neighbors is a national nonprot that leverages bulk-purchasing power to help property owners go solar at a cheaper cost. corridor news

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| BiscayneTimes . com corridor news Mayor’s plan JANET BOOK GOODMAN/FACEBOOK ; MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT/FACEBOOK JOHN VAN BEEKUM; COURTESY OF MARY ROSS AGOSTA Power Shifts in Miami Shores Samantha Morell Biscayne Times Staff Writer M iami Shores Village is about to experience a change in direction with the new council majority now composed of three members who have consistently spoken out against a proposed comprehensive plan. George Burch, a retired veterinarian and lifelong resident; Jesse Valinsky, a 14-year resident and owner of a local Steve’s Pizza; and Jerome Charles, a 44year resident and communications pro fessional, beat seven other candidates in the April 11 election. Burch and Valinsky, who came in rst and second with about 23% and 22% of the vote, respectively, will serve fouryear terms as the two highest vote-get ters. Charles, with approximately 21% of the vote, will serve a two-year term. Burch was additionally appointed mayor during the council’s installation ceremony April 18, replacing former Mayor Sandra Harris, while Valinsky was appointed vice mayor, replacing former Vice Mayor Daniel Marinberg. Both Harris and Marinberg now have two years left in their terms as council members. e three new councilmembers were endorsed by local volunteer organi zation Miami Shores United (MSU), formed by residents who led a petition against the controversial comprehen sive plan, which would increase density in certain areas of the village. Burch, Va linsky and Charles have all vehemently opposed the plan. Marinberg and Harris, on the other hand, have been unwavering in their support of the plan. Marinberg, espe New council majority opposes comprehensive plan cially, has been the leading voice in favor of it, even taking the opportunity at the installation ceremony to insist that the plan as it is written now is in everyone’s best interest. His speech was interrupted and berated by the audience, as his favorable comments on the comprehensive plan typically are. By contrast, Burch’s remarks were con sistently applauded, most notably when he announced his plans to create a committee composed of residents who will have the opportunity to express their desires for what’s to become of the village. Vice Mayor Jesse Valinsky, Mayor George Burch and Jerome Charles (L-R) are the Miami Shores Village Council’s three newest members. Councilmember Daniel Marinberg spoke in favor of the currently proposed comprehensive plan at the village council installation ceremony April 18.

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| corridor news JANET BOOK GOODMAN/FACEBOOK ; MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT/FACEBOOK JOHN VAN BEEKUM; COURTESY OF MARY ROSS AGOSTA “Your home is your biggest invest ment for most people,” Burch said. “You need to be allowed to have input into what this village is going to be, in my opinion.” e challenge moving forward will be for the village to not only draft that new comprehensive plan – amending the one already approved on rst reading by the previous council, if not entirely scrap ping it – but to do so while maintaining decorum. ings have gotten heated in the village over the past few months, as political campaigns took o and gaps widened between those for and against the comprehensive plan. In late March, Marinberg announced on Facebook that he and Harris had been the vic tims of anti-LGBTQ+ hate comments and death threats, respectively. It was later revealed that those threats had come from a former Miami Shores resi dent who now lives outside of the state. In early April, hostility continued when a letter representing itself as hav ing come from Miami Shores Village painted Burch as a “MAGA extremist” with “anti-Semitic, racist and homo phobic views.” Burch has since denied the validity of those comments, while Village Manag er Esmond Scott released a statement claiming the administration was not responsible for writing or distributing the letter. In any case, the letter clearly had a negligible eect on Burch’s campaign. In fact, some residents have said that the accusations only inspired them to get out and vote. e recent election resulted in a nearly 39% voter turn out, with roughly 600 more residents participating this year than in the last election in 2021. Those voters also approved all 10 charter amend ments on the ballot, which include requiring a referendum for the sale of village property, requiring candidates to have lived in the village for one continuous year, creating a charter review committee and introducing a citizen’s bill of rights. “Your home is your biggest investment for most people. You need to be allowed to have input into what this village is going to be, in my opinion.” – George Burch Miami Shores Mayor A letter falsely identied as coming from Miami Shores Village accused then candidate George Burch as being anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic.

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| BiscayneTimes . com corridor news Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava holds up the county’s Climate Action Strategy 2023 progress report. Septic-to-sewer conversions like this one in North Miami Beach are being prioritized in low-lying communities like El Portal. Earth Day Reminder of Living at Ground Zero Samantha Morell Biscayne Times Staff Writer T his past Earth Day marked one year since Miami-Dade County released its Climate Action Strategy, part of the eorts behind achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. In light of the anniversary, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava participated in Florida nonprot CLEO Institute’s inaugural “Walk the Talk” 5K and shared an update on the county’s progress. e walk took place in the village of Key Biscayne, home to the Rickenbacker Causeway, which is itself a mark of Miami-Dade’s infrastruc tural needs in the wake of extreme weather. e county is in the midst of an ex pedited project development and envi ronmental study to assess the feasibil ity of replacement or rehabilitation of the causeway’s Bear Cut Bridge. Levine Cava t old the Biscayne Times that she already has her eyes on the $562 million federal climate investment announced by Vice President Kamala Harris in Miami April 21 as a source of potential funding for the bridge. In the meantime, here’s what the county has achieved in the past year and what’s soon to come. SEPTIC TO SEWER Of the 120,000 properties still served by septic tanks, the county is prioritiz ing conversions for the approximately 1,200 located in low-lying communities like El Portal and areas most accessible to existing sewer infrastructure. e Water and Sewer Department’s $126 million General Obligation Bond is supporting those eorts, all of which are expected to be completed by this year. Notably, the Ojus neighborhood in County’s Climate Action Strategy progress report north Miami-Dade found a unique way to nance its conversion costs by creat ing a 30-year special taxing district for volunteering property owners. RENEWABLE ENERGY In 2022, the county put in place largescale solar installations at the North Dade Regional Library, South Dade Regional Library and the Metro West Detention Center. It’s now developing a request for proposals for solar power at up to 30 more county facilities. e county is also currently partner ing with Florida nonprot Solar United Neighbors, which has already helped 218 Miami-Dade property owners go solar, @BEARCUTBRIDGE/FACEBOOK; MIAMIDADE COUNTY; CITY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH MIAMIDADE COUNTY Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is looking at the $562 million federal climate investment initiative as a source to help repair and rebuild the aging Key Biscayne Bear Cut Bridge.

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| corridor news Luis Arditi-Rocha, CLEO Institute executive director, Yoca Arditi-Rocha and Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (L-R) participate in the institute’s inaugural “Walk the Talk” 5K April 22. @BEARCUTBRIDGE/FACEBOOK; MIAMIDADE COUNTY; CITY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH MIAMIDADE COUNTY to organize another co-op this year. As for transportation, 53 electric public buses are already in use as the county pre pares to purchase 175 more by 2024, which together will represent more than 10% of its eet. e Climate Action Strategy sets the goal of electrifying 50% of county ve hicles and harnessing 30% of countywide energy from the sun by 2030. PortMiami also is installing the rst shore power system in the southeastern United States, which will allow cruise ves sels to charge electrically while docked. SUSTAINABLE BUILDING Miami-Dade strengthened its sustainable buildings program last year and plans to use federal funds from the Ination Reduction Act to improve upon existing structures. Last year, the county completed six energy and water audits for participating buildings and held 18 training sessions to teach property owners about lowor nocost conservation strategies. is year, construction on the rst two net-zero energy-ready schools will be com pleted. Ground broke on Herbert Ammons Middle School in southwest Miami-Dade and Southside Prep Academy in Brickell in 2022. Both are expected to open in August. EDUCATION & OUTREACH Levine Cava said she plans to propose $3.5 million in grants to local organizations to help with public education on climate a ction. Miami-Dade currently has similar initiatives available through the Oce of Resilience that bring awareness of fertil izer runo and extreme heat. e county also conducts “youth roundtables” where climate activists in high school and college can discuss and recommend strategies. “Youth are really our best ambassa dors,” said Levine Cava. “ey recognize – those who are educated and informed – that they’re inheriting this future, so their voices can really be very powerful.” LOOKING AHEAD e Climate Action Strategy 2023 prog ress report boasts of numerous other achievements, like the county’s acquisi tion of nearly 28 additional acres of park space and 553 acres of environmentally endangered lands last year. It also shares some immediate success es in the pipeline, such as the expected opening of a new waste-to-energy facility next year. ere’s a long way to go until 2050, and climate disasters like those that caused Miami’s recent gas crisis and wreaked havoc at the pumps are sure to occur again, perhaps more frequently and intensely. But Levine Cava thinks the county’s on the right track. “I feel very optimistic because I think we are gaining momentum,” she said, “It will take all of us, and we’ll need to track and combine our eorts.”

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| BiscayneTimes . com corridor news ICP Going Full Steam Ahead Samantha Morell Biscayne Times Staff Writer M embers of Miami-Dade County’s Independent Civil ian Panel (ICP) say they will hear their rst case this month, and this time, they might actually mean it. Since the arrival of executive direc tor Ursula Price in February, she has rened the panel’s complaint intake process, drafted its mission statement, enlisted needed personnel, locked down a monthly schedule and organized an initial outreach community meeting in Brownsville. For the rst time since the ICP was reinstated in 2020, residents are nally beginning to get a glimpse at how the panel may actually work. e ICP’s April 11 meeting served as a reminder that the panel isn’t here to replace or prosecute Miami-Dade’s police force, but to make it better. WHAT ICP CAN & CAN’T DO During the meeting, Price made certain recommendations that would limit which cases the panel can review, touting eciency. Chairwoman Loreal Arscott, on the other hand, decided to keep the purview of the panel as wide as possible for now. “I don’t want in any way for us to limit ourselves and limit our jurisdiction and be contrary to what the ordinance says,” said Arscott. Price’s suggestions, which will be considered at a later date, were to defer all criminal allegations to law enforce ment and to only investigate adminis trative allegations that follow certain criteria. ose criteria include that the complaint had not been initially led with the Internal Aairs division of the Miami-Dade Police Department, that it involves allegations that may indi cate discrimination or a violation of Police oversight panel gets to work despite ongoing threats constitutional or civil rights, or that it involves an accused ocer with a his tory of similar behavior. at isn’t to say that all criminal investigations will be left solely in the hands of the police. Price says review ing and critiquing someone else’s in vestigations could oftentimes be more eective than having the panel do the basic fact-nding itself. “We are not a law enforcement agency,” said Price. “We can do some investigation, but we’re not going to have the same level of access or information that that criminal inves tigator is.” Further, although the panel can recommend criminal investigations to the State Attorney’s Oce, it doesn’t have the authority to prosecute or re an ocer. What the panel can do is recommend changes or additions in policy so that the department’s very own guidelines disallow harmful prac tices or require stricter disciplines. e panel plans to spend the en tirety of its next meeting on May 23 hearing just one case, although in the future it anticipates hearing several each meeting. e ICP will meet on the fourth Tuesday of every month. JUMPING OVER HURDLES One possibility that may hinder the ICP’s ability to hear a case this month or in the future is a lack of quorum, which has repeatedly led to meeting cancellations in the past. During the April meeting, panel members expressed the need to crack down on individuals who are consistently absent. “You’re kind of preaching to the choir,” said ICP member Eddie Domin guez, “and I think the people that we need to talk to are those people that “Police officers have training around how to keep themselves safe that doesn’t necessarily line up with how we think they should behave So, there’s also work that we can do to understand each other a bit better.” – Ursula Price ICP Executive Director The Independent Civilian Panel at its monthly meeting in February. The panel did not meet in March due to a lack of quorum. SAMANTHA MORELL FOR BISCAYNE TIMES ICP continues on page 22

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| BiscayneTimes . com corridor news aren’t in the room right now It’s very frustrating to see how much time we’ve put into this and how slow this grind is between the bureaucracy, and frankly the lack of commitment from certain members of this body.” Only seven members out of what should be 13 were present that day. Members Raymond Melcon and Joe Celes tine were absent, as was the newly appointed Steven Miro. ere also are three vacancies for districts 6, 7 and 12 await ing appointments from Commissioners Kevin Marino Cabrera, Raquel Regalado and Juan Carlos Bermudez. e biggest threat to the continuation of the ICP, however, is the new sheri that will be elected in 2024. At an April 15 commu nity meeting in Brownsville, Price addressed the elephant in the room, admitting there could well be no oversight in Miami-Dade County come 2025 when the sheri assumes their position. Two bills are currently sitting in the Florida Legislature that would undo steps taken by the Board of County Commissioners to retain its own police force in unincorporated MiamiDade even after a sheri is elected. SB 1588 and HB 1595 had been recom mended favorably by committees but had not undergone an ocial vote by press time. Despite the bills’ outcomes, the ICP will still have the opportunity to over see individual police departments as long as their coinciding municipalities agree to it. Out of the 34 incorporated cities in Miami-Dade County, only Mi ami and North Miami currently have their own oversight panels. Kenneth Kilpatrick, president of the Brownsville Civic Neighborhood Association, made the additional rec ommendation that the county work to incorporate police oversight into its home rule charter. INCREASING TRANSPARENCY In the meantime, the ICP will function as it is meant to. Price is taking additional steps to increase • Lack of quorum has resulted in repeated ICP meeting cancellations. • Six of 13 members were absent from the last ICP meeting, including Ray mond Melcon, Joe Celestine and Steven Miro, as well as three vacancies for districts 6, 7 and 12. Preventing Progress “I don’t want in any way for us to limit ourselves and limit our jurisdiction. ” – Loreal Arscott IICP Chairwoman communication and transparency between police and the community. The Brownsville meeting last month drew in residents with con cerns of police interactions and be havior. Some requested that officers treat them with more respect, while others asked for proactive – and not reactive – education toward how young Black men should behave at traffic stops to minimize danger. Lt. Luis Perez and Officer Willie Green of MDPD’s Northside District Neighborhood Resource Unit in formed residents of their outreach and education initiatives, encourag ing them to download NextDoor, an app where the officers typically advertise community events. At the same time, the officers brought awareness toward the dan gers that come with being in law enforcement, their limited powers and required practices. “Police officers have training around how to keep themselves safe that doesn’t necessarily line up with how we think they should behave, and how they assess risk isn’t neces sarily the same as how we do it,” said Price. “So there’s also work that we can do to understand each other a bit better.” Part of the ICP’s work will be to increase police transparency. That will include keeping residents up to date with the status of their complaint, regardless of whether the ICP is handling the primary investigation or deferring it to law enforcement, as well as increasing data accessibility. “Generally speaking, I would expect police departments to publish data about internal affairs investigations and discipline,” said Price at the Brownsville meeting. “I would expect them to publish data about stop-and-frisk, about use of force, and I’m not saying that data does not exist (in Miami-Dade); I have not yet found it.” The next community meeting featuring the ICP is scheduled for May 17 at 6:30 p.m. with statewide organization Florida Rising. Lt. Luis Perez of MDPD’s Northside District Neighborhood Resource Unit (L) speaks to concerned residents at a meeting between the Brownsville Civic Neighborhood Association and the Independent Civilian Panel April 15. LAW.COM; BISCAYNE TIMES FILE PHOTO; SAMANTHA MORELL FOR BISCAYNE TIMES ICP continued from page 20

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Balanchine’s ‘Square Dance’ gets a Miami twist Program of Masterworks to Close MCB Season Jordan Levin Biscayne Times Contributor boulevard LIVING iami City Ballet closes its season this month with a powerhouse program of masterpieces from two 20th-century geniuses, an only-in-Miami update of a sparkling classic and the company pre miere of a seldom performed gem. Rang ing from sweeping power to sensual simplicity, joyful virtuosity to enigmatic M intimacy, the program, “Entradas,” shows off the spectrum of the company’s talent in some of the greatest ballets by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, who are foundational to MCB. Balanchine, the founder and a chore ographer of the New York City Ballet, transformed classical dance in the 20th century. He shaped and inspired both MCB artistic founder Edward Villella – a Balanchine star who made his ballets in trinsic to the Miami troupe – and current artistic director Lourdes Lopez, a former NYCB soloist who joined the troupe as a young teen. Robbins, though best known as the brilliant choreographer of “West Side Story” and other Broadway clas sics, was also a supremely talented bal let maker at NYCB with many pieces in MCB’s repertoire. Miami City Ballet dancers in “Square Dance.” | BiscayneTimes.com CHOREOGRAPHY BY GEORGE BALANCHINE THE GEORGE BALANCHINE TRUST/ KYLE FROMAN

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| arts culture e Miami troupe presents “Entradas” May 19-21 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. “SQUARE DANCE ” e update is to Balanchine’s “Square Dance,” an MCB staple since 1988. e dance world maestro choreographed it in 1957, when it was the rst ballet that a young Villella performed with NYCB after returning from a family-enforced stint at a naval academy. e original featured an old-fashioned square dance caller onstage, calling out do-si-dos and promenades while musicians played the sparkling Vivaldi and Corelli score. Balanchine loved American pop culture, and “Square Dance” is Americana playfully layered onto ballet and courtly Baroque dance. “It was amazing to have been part of the origination of this,” Villella told this reporter in a 2008 interview for the Miami Herald. “ey had the caller and musicians onstage and a wagon wheel and candlelight, and he called us out and o we went.” “Square Dance” was dropped from NYCB’s repertoire after a few years, then revived in 1976 without the caller, as a pure neoclassical piece with thrillingly dicult moves executed at electrifying speed. MCB has always danced it with verve and joy, and Vil lella included it at the company’s 2009 Manhattan debut, when it brought the New York City Center audience cheer ing to its feet mid-performance. Now Lopez has taken “Square Dance” back to its roots while giving it a unique Miami update. e caller is back, but with new lyrics by Miami-raised hip-hop dancer/rapper turned Yale-educated playwright Rudi Goblen. His lyrics evoke a backyard Miami BBQ and “salsa rueda” party, calling on “two strong women” instead of “two little ladies,” and evoking a breezy, Latin-inected mood with phrases like “let loose now,” dotted with Miamisms like “sazon,” “dale” and “muevete.” e change is the rst time the Bal anchine Trust, which oversees who per forms Balanchine ballets, has approved a new version of “Square Dance” – a big deal in the classical dance world. “Nobody has asked to change it before,” said Victoria Simon, who has taught Balanchine ballets for the Trust around the world for decades. “is was Lourdes’ idea and it was terric.” Simon, who taught “Square Dance” to NYCB in 1976 and to MCB in 1988 and returned to stage this version, says the return of the caller makes the piece more intimate and engaging. “It’s a more friendly ballet – it brings a smile to your face,” she said. “What [Goblen] added to make it relatable to Miami was so charming. I heard people at New York City Ballet say they wish they did it with a caller, this sounds like so much fun.” “SYMPHONY IN THREE MOVEMENTS” “Symphony in ree Movements” is at the opposite end of Balanchine’s creative spectrum: a massive, sweeping dance set to a dark Stravinsky score that many CHOREOGRAPHY BY GEORGE BALANCHINE THE GEORGE BALANCHINE TRUST/ KYLE FROMAN CHOREOGRAPHY BY GEORGE BALANCHINE THE GEORGE BALANCHINE TRUST/ KYLE FROMAN; CHOREOGRAPHY BY GEORGE BALANCHINE THE GEORGE BALANCHINE TRUST/ DANIEL AZOULAY Miami City Ballet dancers Nathalia Arja and Kleber Rebello in “Symphony in Three Movements.” Renan Cerdeiro in “Square Dance.”

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| BiscayneTimes . com arts culture believe was inspired by the destruction wrought during World War II. Wheel ing lines and swirling groups of dancers mesh in intricate patterns, creating a sense of relentless, machine-like power, while leaping soloists evoke desperation and hope amidst overwhelming forces. Villella was one of the leads in the origi nal 1972 cast and called it “probably the single most dicult neoclassical ballet ever created.” As MCB prepared to premiere “Move ments” in 2003, he explained it as “an anti-war ballet” whose message is “all in the structure, the form, the way it articu lates the music. It’s musically terrifying – a grand challenge.” MCB also danced “Movements” in its 2009 New York performances, and Lopez had the company perform it when it made its debut at Lincoln Center in 2016. Both times it was a statement to New York’s ultra-demanding ballet audiences – for whom Balanchine is a hometown hero and dance deity – that MCB could master his masterpieces. Now the group is performing “Movements” for the rst time since 2016, reasserting its Bal anchine foundations. TWO JEROME ROBBINS BALLETS e two Robbins ballets in “Entradas” showcase how dierent he was from Balanchine. One is “Afternoon of a Faun,” one of Robbins’ most famous dances, which MCB rst performed in 2005. In spired by Robbins’s glimpse of a teenage Villella stretching in an empty studio, it’s an eerily intimate dance for a dreamily detached pair of ballet students more drawn to their own exquisite images (with the audience standing in for the mirror) than each other. ough made in 1953, “Faun” is newly relevant in an era of seles and image obsession. MCB already performs many of Rob bins’ most acclaimed ballets. With the company premiere of “Antique Epi graphs” it adds a little-known and rarely staged gem. is 1984 ballet for eight women, set, like “Faun,” to music by Debussy, was inspired by ancient Greek statues of women. e Robbins biography “Dance With Demons” calls it “a beautifully sensual mood piece of utmost simplicity and stillness” and quotes NYCB ballerina Jerri Kumery, from the original cast, as saying that Robbins was “blown away with the power and look” of these statues and telling dancers that “Epigraphs” was about “telling secrets knowledge and experiences and mysteries that we were telling stories about.” “Epigraphs” also evokes dance legacy and women’s power: the music was partly inspired by Sappho, the ancient Greek female poet and lover of women. e owing tunics are reminiscent of the body-liberating costumes and classical Greek imagery that inspired modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan, while the all-female cast evokes the matriarchal community of early Martha Graham, another modern dance god mother. It’s a world of dance history in a ballet – and program. IF YOU GO Miami City Ballet – “Entradas” Zi Ballet Opera House Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL 33132 May 19-21 Tickets: $30 to $115 ArshtCenter.org CHOREOGRAPHY BY JEROME ROBBINS/CHRISTOPHER DUGGAN; COURTESY OF JACOB’S PILLOW ABC; GONZALO VILLOTA; IMDB.COM Miami City Ballet dancers Madison McDonough, Dawn Atkins and Petra Love in “Antique Epigraphs.”

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| arts culture CHOREOGRAPHY BY JEROME ROBBINS/CHRISTOPHER DUGGAN; COURTESY OF JACOB’S PILLOW ABC; GONZALO VILLOTA; IMDB.COM Leslie Jones and Margaret Cho Coming to Town Katina Caraganis Biscayne Times Contributor R eady for a good laugh? Comedians Leslie Jones and Margaret Cho are coming to South Florida this month to perform in one of Miam’s oldest and most beautiful theatrical venues. Jones is a stand-up comedian, actress, writer, singer and game show host. You’ll remember her as a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series “Saturday Night Live” from 2014 to 2019. She was uproarious in the 2016 remake of “Ghostbusters” and is currently the host of the ABC game show “Su permarket Sweep.” Her tour, Life – with special guest Lenny Marcus – is scheduled to hit the local stage May 13 at 8 p.m. Cho is best known for her standup comedy sets through which she critiques social and political is sues, especially regarding race and Comedians to headline restored Parker Playhouse sexuality. Cho’s Life and LIVID! Tour comes to town May 18 at 8 p.m. So, if you’ve never been to The Parker – formerly known as the Parker Playhouse – this is your chance. What was started as a way to bring Broadway to South Florida, The Parker remains a strong cultural hub by presenting a wide array of con certs, comedy shows and theatrical performances from a mix of wellknown artists and up-and-coming performers. Founded in 1967 by local doctor Louis W. Parker with $1 million of his own money, The Parker was one of downtown Fort Lauderdale’s first entertainment venues and fueled economic development while helping to establish the city as the first stop for blockbuster shows in the region. The theater has seen some of the biggest names in show business grace its stage, including Katharine Hep burn, Carol Channing, Mary Martin, Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Mickey Rooney. Elizabeth Taylor also made her stage debut there in 1981 in “The Little Foxes.” Leslie Jones Margaret Cho The Parker – formerly known as the Parker Playhouse – recently underwent a $30 million renovation.

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| BiscayneTimes . com arts culture As the productions that came through The Parker at 707 NE Eighth St. drew larger and larger crowds, the facility struggled to meet the increased demand for stage time. As a result, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts was built less than three miles away to house larger pro ductions that came to town. Because The Parker relied on Broadway to sustain its operation, the playhouse struggled financially for a number of years. In 2005, the Broward Center took over its man agement and attracted a greater slice of the live concert, comedy show and theatrical production pie. Through this new talent, The Parker experienced a robust revival. That revival eventually compelled the need for a significant renova tion, to the tune of $30 million. The goal of the update was to pay hom age to the venue’s rich history and renew the theater as a place for the arts and culture, entertainment and educational activities to come. Today, the South Florida Sym phony Orchestra calls The Parker its home, the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida performs shows there and a number of local dance studios rent it out for recitals. The extensive renovations hap pened in two phases over a number of years. The first phase, considered the replacement and upgrade phase, overhauled a number of existing as pects of the theater, including sound and lighting equipment, rigging, heating, the ventilation and air condi tioning system, and the electrical and mechanical systems. The second phase consisted of making improvements and expand ing, including adding a brand-new lobby and updated restrooms. According to Shelly Bradshaw, vice president of operations for the Bro ward Center, the initial design of the building had no lobby space. Instead, patrons would purchase their tick ets at the box office and would walk straight in to find their seats. Thanks to the expansion, a gorgeous new lobby area complete with a red carpet now greets patrons, where they can mingle before a show or wait for their friends to meet up with them. The original wall that served as the theater’s entrance was trans formed into a concession stand, donors’ lounge and VIP lounge. During the renovation, said Bradshaw, there were a number of elements deemed important to keep, including an ornamental ceiling and paintings on the inside of the rotunda that patrons walk below as they enter. Instead of replacing them, the ceiling, chandeliers and paintings done by Parker’s fourth wife were restored back to their original splendor. She noted that as you walk under one of the venue’s grand chandeliers, it has a perfect echo. “Dr. Parker built this hall to tune your ears as you walk into the au ditorium. He understood how you heard audio,” Bradshaw said. Ultimately, the retooled theater is precisely what it has always been, and what it is meant to be. “What was important was we didn’t lose what The Parker felt like,” said Bradshaw. “We were really true to [its] heritage.” To purchase tickets for Jones or Cho, see a full listing of upcoming events or learn more about the space, visit ParkerPlay house.com. The West Rotunda at The Parker Wells Hall at The Parker GONZALO VILLOTA COURTESY OF FLORIDA GRAND OPERA

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| arts culture GONZALO VILLOTA FGO Makes an Old Classic New Again Emily Cardenas Biscayne Times Executive Editor F lorida Grand Opera is bring ing back another fan favorite – “The Barber of Seville.” The comedic opera in two acts is composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini based on a 1775 French play set in Spain by the same name. According to Anthony Barrese, the conductor of FGO’s upcoming produc tion, “The Barber of Seville” is the first opera in history to retain its pop ularity since its premiere. That’s more than 200 years of cheering audiences. So, what makes it so beloved? A few reasons. The basic storyline is classic: A wealthy aristocrat with title and position (Count Almavi va) falls in love with a young lady of lesser stature (Rosina). He sets out to woo her but doesn’t want her to know up front that he has money, in case she’s a gold digger. Ah, but the plot thickens. She, ‘Barber of Seville’ still promises a barrel of laughs of course, is not immediately avail able, as she’s the ward of an older man who’s intent on marrying her when she becomes of age, seeing that she’s worth some money herself. For Almaviva to get around this obstacle and proceed with his plan to ro mance the girl under her guardian’s nose, he recruits a scheming inter mediary from his past, Figaro the barber. The machinations required to provide the disguised count with access to Rosina results in a perfect comedic romp that makes this opera endure. It can range from being just funny to purely slapstick. “It’s very funny, really, really funny. It’s not just funny situation ally, but even the music is funny. A lot of this goes back to Rossini’s sense of rhythm,” said Barrese. “It gets more and more frenzied and hysterical. You’re almost being assaulted by the music. It’s like a roller coaster. It’s very thrilling but very exhausting in a very satisfying way.” Barrese told the Biscayne Times he saw “Barber of Seville” as a teen ager, at a time when all he knew was pop music and rock ’n’ roll. “It completely captivated me. COURTESY OF FLORIDA GRAND OPERA Figaro attempts to distract Dr. Bartolo with a shave in the 2010 FGO production of “Barber of Seville.”

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| BiscayneTimes . com arts culture There is a sense of urgency in Ros sini’s music that I’ve not found in any composer,” said Barrese. “[Barber] has this rhythmic driving force that is so infectious and blankets [Rossi ni’s] entire opera and all his music.” Despite the opera’s title, the real protagonist of this story isn’t the barber at all, but Almaviva. FGO’s Almaviva is star tenor Michele An gelini, who’s been cast in the role at least a dozen times. “The most fun that I have is when I get to overdo the silly things,” said Angelini. Sometimes the count is portrayed as nave and completely dependent on Figaro, while other times the count is hyperaware that the barber is just a con man who he’s using for his own devices. “I think I prefer [Almaviva] as more hyperintelligent and hyper aware,” Angelini said. “He’s so above it all because even if he gets caught, nothing will happen to him because he’s so privileged It’s just a game.” What kind of direction Angelini receives regarding the portrayal of his character in this FGO production is anyone’s guess. When the Times caught up with him, the cast was only on day two of rehearsals. What we do know is that the production will include an aria near the end of the production that was frequently cut for decades because the tenors of the day couldn’t do it justice. “It’s definitely a challenging piece, not vocally for me personally The challenge is when it happens. Every thing suddenly stops and you have to deliver an eight-minute-long scene,” said Angelini, a bel canto special ist who asserts it’s all about pacing yourself for that big finish, which can get tricky the more physical a production becomes. Other surprises include two short substitute arias: from Tancredi, “Di tanti palpiti,” and another by a composer and singer named Manuel Garca. He premiered Almaviva, and FGO is using an aria he wrote for his one-person Spanish opera “El poeta calculista” called “Yo que soy contrabandista.” Stage director Matt Cooksey thought it made sense to bring more Spanish into the show for a South Florida audience so it could be a little bit more authentic to Seville. KEEPING IT FRESH For opera fans who have seen “Barber of Seville” before, if not repeatedly, “There is a sense of urgency in Rossini’s music that I’ve not found in any composer.” – Anthony Barrese Conductor COURTESY OF THE ARTIST; COURTESY OF FLORIDA GRAND OPERA ERIC JOANNES Basilio waxes poetic over the power of gossip in the 2010 FGO production of “Barber of Seville.”

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| arts culture keeping it fresh can be an arduous task. Barrese says reinventing “Bar ber” is dicult because musicians and singers frequently stick to or copy what he calls “traditions” that have been developed over the decades by repeatedly listening to recordings of past performances, although Rossini wrote no such direction in the original score. “There are traditions everybody does that you don’t have to do. I call them barnacles,” said Barrese. “The challenge is scraping off these barnacles to keep it fresh. I question every inherited tradition. It’s hard to do that hard to unlearn them.” So, when you come to see this “Barber of Seville,” don’t expect it to be like a performance you may have experienced before. “It will be different. I want it unique to this cast. I want to bring fresh improvisation to the piece,” Barrese said. “Rossini changed things based on the singers he had. He never wanted his score to be a sacred text, but a blueprint for an interpretation.” The production has completed its run at the Adrienne Arsht Center, but you can catch it at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts May 18 and 20. Tickets range between COURTESY OF THE ARTIST; COURTESY OF FLORIDA GRAND OPERA ERIC JOANNES An FGO rehearsal photo showing mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche as Rosina tolerating the rants of her guardian, Dr. Bartolo, as played by bass-baritone Kristopher Irmiter. Tenor Michele Angelini as Count Almaviva, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche as Rosina and baritone Young-Kwang Yoo as Figaro (L-R). $21-$200 and may be purchased at FGO.org or by calling the box office at 800.741.1010. Emily Cardenas is the executive editor of the Biscayne Times and The Mi ami Times newspaper. She previously worked as a producer at WTXF in Phila delphia and at WSCV, WFOR and WPLG in Miami.

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| BiscayneTimes . com arts culture Samantha Morell Biscayne Times Staff Writer T here are panthers in your backyard. Well, not literally, at least not anymore. ere was a time before the 19th century when that was likely true, before settlers drained the Everglades and began to build along the coastlines of what’s now our beloved Magic City. Before that, the land belonged to the panthers. Our predecessors pushed them away, but they’re still here, hidden – as Carlton Ward Jr. says – “in plain sight.” Ward is a Florida-raised photogra pher who has dedicated the better part of his life to raising awareness toward conservation eorts in the state. Most recently, he authored a book titled “Path of the Panther” that immerses readers into the lives of a wild species that eats, breathes and sleeps only tens of miles away from where we do. Driving just an hour inland from a two-story home or condominium over looking Biscayne Bay will place one in a drastically dierent environment, a territory so seemingly unfamiliar and yet vital to our survival. As easy as it is to forget, the panthers indeed are living in our backyard – or perhaps we’re liv ing in theirs. “If you’re in Denver, you might never go out into nature, but you can still see the Rocky Mountains on a clear morn ing and know that there’s a special and valuable place out there where the Setting eyes on a dwindling landscape wildlife live and where your water and clean air is generated,” Ward said. “You know, we have that same relationship to the wild places here in Florida, but unless you seek them out – go hiking, go paddling, go y in a small airplane low over the wildlife corridor – it’s easy to forget that it even exists.” A JOURNEY BECOMES LEGISLATION Ward speaks with a certain authority, having spent the past decade traversing Florida’s wildlife environments in an attempt to awaken the general public to their existence. In 2015 he walked and paddled with a select team of biologists and conservationists roughly 1,000 miles from Everglades National Park to the state of Georgia, and from Florida’s southern Gulf Coast to Alabama, just to see what was there. “We were trying to show that we still had a wildlife corridor that could be protected,” said Ward. In 2017, he presented his story to National Geographic, which advised him that the best way to tell the tale of Florida’s wildlife was through the evocative lens of just one emblematic species: the Florida panther. “at was like a 15-minute conversa tion that sent me on a ve-year quest to try to photograph the Florida panther for National Geographic,” Ward said. “e more I got into that, the more I realized that the panther really was kind of the ultimate ambassador of the corridor.” He spent years engulfed in Florida’s swamps and forests, returning time CARLTON WARD JR. ‘Path of the Panther’ Unveils Florida Wildlife A female panther stands next to her cub, the hope of a new generation of panthers to be born north of the Caloosahatchee River. Path of the Panther continues on page 34

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| BiscayneTimes . com arts culture Carlton Ward Jr. is a Florida-raised photographer who has spent years documenting breeding populations of the state’s emblematic panther. A boat navigates mangrove islands in Everglades National Park, a beneciary of protecting the Florida Wildlife Corridor upstream. MALIA BYRTUS; CARLTON WARD JR. and again to the same trail through worse-than-inclement weather, hur ricanes and heat waves alike, just to repair or reposition his camera traps in hopes that one would capture a pan ther in its natural state. the western half of the Florida penin sula from the Everglades to the state’s northern boundary. In other words, it would have cut right through the home of the panther. After years of public opposition, lawmakers eventually shelved that plan and passed the 2021 Florida Wildlife Corridor Act instead, which defined the corridor as an area more than 18 million acres in size. The law encourages the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to pro mote investments in areas that pro tect and enhance the corridor. More than $800 million in state funds have since been designated to support those efforts, and more than 80,000 acres of new land have been acquired for protection. Ward’s work became a catalyst for those prevailing successes. From the camera to the press to public policy and now to the coee tables of Ward’s readership, his images have tugged at hearts and inspired the continuation of a movement once nurtured solely by scientists and preservationists. But the problem subsists. DYING LAND National Geographic’s 2022 documen tary, also entitled “Path of the Panther,” follows Ward’s eorts – sweat, swamp and tears included – as he strives to photograph the last living panthers north of the Caloosahatchee River. e river, originating from the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida, was dredged in 1881 to provide ood control for surrounding counties and is now a more than 1-mile-wide barrier leaving most of the panthers’ habitat nearly inaccessible. “All of them have been isolated to the southern tip of Florida, where there’s not enough territory to sustain a genetically viable population, so the only way the Florida panther is going to be recovered and stable is by saving the Florida Wildlife Corridor and al lowing the panther to reclaim historic territory further north in the state,” said Ward. e lm and coinciding book intro duce viewers to Babs, the rst female panther documented north of the Caloosahatchee River since 1975. She is both the pioneer for the expansion of her species’ range and the face of an endangered land. Natural disasters and genetic anomalies are making it increasingly dicult for the panthers to survive, but their most imminent threat is humankind. “I believe the biggest threat is habitat loss, and that’s through de A male panther has a home range of up to 400 square miles, more than seven times the size of Miami. e mission behind his eorts was rened in 2019, when Gov. Ron DeSan tis began to push the Multi-Use Corri dors of Regional Economic Signicance program, coined M-CORES. M-CORES was well on its way to requiring the Florida Department of Transporta tion to develop three new toll roads in “What the panther is ultimately doing is showing us what we need to do to save balance between the ecosystem and ourselves.” – Carlton Ward Jr. Florida Wildlife Project Founder Path of the Panther continued from page 32

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| arts culture velopment – habitat loss and habitat fragmentation ere’s still 1,000 people a day moving to Florida. We’re starting to do a better job of building better urban cores and building up, but we’re still building out at a rapid rate. at suburban sprawl in a state that’s only 120 miles wide can have pretty serious consequences,” Ward warned. It isn’t just the panthers that are being threatened, though. It’s an array of animals whose lives extend wholly into ours. In their framework of con nectivity, we, too, have a place. “What the panther is ultimately do ing is showing us what we need to do to save balance between the ecosys tem and ourselves,” Ward said. “Path of the Panther,” the lm, is now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu. “Path of the Panther,” the book, is now on sale and features essays by locals like Native American educator Betty Osceo la, as well as a foreword by Florida-bornand-bred writer Carl Hiaasen. It also includes never-before-published images by Ward that give readers just a glimpse at what he calls his craziest pursuit yet. “I got to know through the back of my camera all the amazing animals that were sharing those same trails – the alligators, the bears, the otters, all the dierent bird life, the bobcats, the deer. You just saw this rich tapestry of life that’s been playing out for thousands of years and part of it’s still there, and against all odds, we still have the Florida panther as the iconic umbrella species of that whole ecosystem,” he said. Ward’s message is simple and it is clear. e panther may thrive or it may perish. It came and it could also go, leaving behind only college mascots and history books for future genera tions to remember it by. Whether or not the panther is given its due domain, however, could very well be reected in Camera traps targeting panthers provide an exciting look at some of the other species that share the same trails, like wading birds and alligators. “Path of the Panther” is a book newly published by National Geographic that features images of the Florida Wildlife Corridor taken by Carlton Ward Jr. CARLTON WARD JR. MALIA BYRTUS; CARLTON WARD JR. our own fate moving forward. “e panthers benet,” Ward ad mitted, “but people are the ultimate beneciaries of saving this connected, functioning ecosystem that we all depend on.”

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| BiscayneTimes . com arts culture COURTESY OF O, MIAMI COURTESY OF CHANTAL LAWRIE/O, MIAMI; COURTESY OF O, MIAMI O, Miami Festival Proves Anyone Can Be a Poet Sergy Odiduro Artburst A year ago, Valentina Mena moved to Miami Beach from Villa Maria, Argentina. When she entered her sophomore year at Miami Beach Senior High School, a new school in a new coun try, she says she found it daunting. Then a poetry workshop hosted at the school by O, Miami gave her an outlet to express her feelings. She says that words flowed from her pen onto her paper, collecting in a pool of thoughts and memories that contained the sentiments of her heart. “The poem reflects the things that I went through,” said Mena. The bilingual poem, titled “My Home, Mi Hogar,” is inspired by Mena’s experiences as an immigrant and its message has so strongly reso nated with others, it has taken on a life of its own. Her piece is now part of O, Miami’s 12th Annual Poetry Festival, with the goal of every single person in MiamiDade County encountering a poem. Selected lines from Mena’s poem are emblazoned on two 3-milliongallon water storage tanks at the Miami Beach Public Works Depart ment, located at 451 Dade Blvd. One tank presents the work in English, the other in Spanish, with a brightly colored design where words are spun around the tanks. The mural on one water tower has the words: “Finding My Home in Every Voice That I Hear,” while the second reads, “Hay Un Hogar En Cada Voz Que Eschucho.” High schooler’s poem selected to adorn water towers “I am completely grateful,” Mena said, about her poetry being selected. The murals were designed by the multidisciplinary collective Boa Mis tura; Mena’s fellow high school stu dents helped paint sections of them. “It’ll be a long-term installation for Miami Beach residents, but also resi dents of Miami-Dade County to view and take a little joy from while they’re passing by,” said Melissa Gomez, O, Miami’s communications director. Another public display of poetry from O, Miami was also culled from submissions for the [Your Poem Here] contest, which placed poetry on a billboard at NE 8th Street and Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami. The winning poem was written by Little Havana resident Luz Rossy, whose ode is about her grandmother, who is also named Luz. For Rossy, the contest turned her flirtation with poetry into a fullblown affair. The library assistant at the Westchester Library Health and Wellness Information Center dates her passion for prose back to when she was in the sixth grade. “And ever since then, I fell in love with just the artistry of turning everyday life into love on a page,” she said. So, when she heard about the con test she jumped at the chance. The campaign was held in partner ship with WLRN Public Media and O, Miami which together invented the poetic form called “Zip Ode,” a fiveline poem that corresponds to the numbers in one’s ZIP code. Rossy’s ZIP code is 33125: (3) ”My name came (3) from my abuela (1) and (2) she said (5) we can share it forever.” Katie Cohen, engagement editor at WLRN, said that Rossy’s enthusiastic response wasn’t the only one they received. Her entry was just one of more than 1,500 entries. “It’s incredibly overwhelming and powerful,” said Cohen. “There has been a lot of support from the com munity.” The poems covered a range of top ics. “There are odes to dogs, to traffic, to palm trees, to cats, to mangoes, to iguanas The themes stretch from Lines from a poem written by high school sophomore Valentina Mena appear on Miami Beach water towers, depicted in this rendering. Valentina Mena

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| COURTESY OF O, MIAMI COURTESY OF CHANTAL LAWRIE/O, MIAMI; COURTESY OF O, MIAMI arts culture the sun to the beach,” said Cohen. “It’s a really special way to commu nicate. It’s like a love letter to your neighborhood.” For those who didn’t submit a Zip Ode, there’s still the opportunity to submit words of art through two touring projects that will show up around Miami. El Palacio de los Recuerdos Proj ect by Melissa Guitierrez, a minia ture replica of the signature Cuban and Latin restaurant with its un mistakable yellow background and red stripes, will be at various loca tions, where people will be asked to write and contribute words of art. The miniature is meant to serve as a memory bank, of sorts. Another festival event where poetry serves as a backdrop to im agery is “Portrait at 34” by Miamibased artist Najja Moon. The project involves a custom-designed photo booth, which produces por traits of participants that are then combined with age-based poetry submitted by local poets and stu dents. The installation was inspired by the death of Moon’s cousin, poet Kamilah Aisha Moon. “She was an incredible poet,” said Moon. “For me, it’s about Aisha. To be able to introduce people to her work is an honor.” The O, Miami 12th Annual Poetry Festival runs now through May 12. Most exhibitions are free of charge. For a full list of activities visit OMiami.org. ArtburstMiami.com is a nonprofit source of theater, dance, visual arts, music and performing arts news. Luz Rossy and her grandmother standing in front of the winning Zip Ode poetry contest entry about the name they share. El Palacio de los Recuerdos prompts locals to submit poetry about their favorite Miami memory.

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DIAMONE UKEGBU FOR BISCAYNE TIMES SOULEIL VIN DE BONT | BiscayneTimes . com family matters Diamone Ukegbu Biscayne Times Contributor T he college-aged version of myself had a dierent schedule and rhythm of life than I do now. I was the type of student who was goal oriented and wanted everything to go according to my plan. I remember choosing my rst-year class schedule to make sure I never had to wake up before sunrise. at rst year of freedom needed to have, well, freedom. I even made space between classes to go on “discovery walks” of the campus. e school tour can only prepare you for so much. I can still see it all. e buildings with names of people I didn’t know and signs that all blurred together. I would walk from my dorm to the student center, where there was always something to see. ere were strangers that seemed so interesting yet at the same time daunting, and other young millennials that seemed to be thinking the same thoughts that ran through my head. Sharing Life With Your Tribe Stories that last through the seasons “This Mother’s Day, I’m thankful for my tribe – beautiful women who just keep me loving life and all its seasons.” why they needed to share stories all the time. Now I get it. ose conversations often forge bonds and teach us to love our lives even during moments that are hard to embrace. Stories and memories can be gold! Where do you think your favorite Netix series about families gets its inspiration? From real life and the sharing of real experiences. Twenty years later, this girl still loves sharing stories. I told a good friend about a new dis covery I made while parenting middle schoolers. “It’s really no dierent from parent ing toddlers,” I said, shrugging my shoulders and pursing my lips with a mischievous smirk. “e pouting and spicy attitudes are tantrums because they’re tired and can’t nd a way to use their words. Sometimes, they just need a snack and a nap! at simple.” e laughter was perfectly timed because what I’d said was undeniably hilarious and true. Stories just don’t get old. Just this past week, I received a video from a friend where she had captured funny moments with her toddler son. I sit in the parking lot a bit longer before driving away, just so I could nish watching it right then and there. “I can’t make up the things,” she said as she paused and wiped tears of laughter from her face. “I never thought the sentence, ‘Take your sister’s foot out of your mouth’ would come out of my mouth!” is Mother’s Day, I’m thankful for my tribe – beautiful women who just keep me loving life and all its seasons. I’m glad to share my middle school par ent struggles or the family-friendly new event coming up with free entry and great local food trucks. Here’s hoping you get to swap some really good stories with your tribe that bring you to shed a tear, realize some thing true and make you laugh until your sides hurt. You see, life really can be simple. Twenty years from now, another version of me will surely look back and remember how sharing life with my tribe is always the best part. Diamone Ukegbu is a local Little Haiti art ist, creative, mom and wife. I often thought to myself, is this re ally my place for the next four or more years? Can I do this? How will I do this? Is there food? Behind those clusters of kindred peo ple was the main bookstore with displays of texts piled high that I knew had to be on my class syllabus lists. Next to the books was all the school merchandise I couldn’t aord. Still walking, I’d end up at the cafeteria, which had more variet ies of ramen on oer than were healthy for any human. Life was so simple then, but far more complex in my head. at rst day on campus piled up into more days, eventually totaling months and years of my life. But what lasted beyond anything I learned in college was the presence of that group of likeminded millennials sitting in front of the bookstore that day. Although I don’t talk to or live near many of those people now, the time we spent together and the community forged during those budding years are incomparable. During that time, we were a tribe. I’m nding the same is true and needed for womanhood and mother hood: People from various generations, backgrounds and stages of life should be a constant. Sharing stories with friends creates memories that last a lifetime. Who knew that throughout one’s stages of life, the tribes and commu nities you build develop into lasting memories? During a recent dinner with a group of friends, one talked about the trials of parenting her college-age daughter. She relayed little stories and nuggets from her perspective, prompting the rest of us to start swapping our own tales. I remember how I once looked at my mom and aunts and wondered “But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.” Psalm 5916

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appy day, moms of Mi ami! You’ve got one of the hardest jobs on the planet, and for that celebrations are certainly in order. is Mother’s Day, celebrate your wine-loving mama with a bottle of something special you know she’ll enjoy. Whether she likes to sip on Champagne or is a ros-all-day kind of gal, there’s a bottle out there that ts her to a T. Looking for inspiration for the right bottle to bring to brunch or give as a gift? We’re sharing some palate-per sonality pairings. H Because Mother’s Day is for sipping Jacqueline Coleman Biscayne Times Contributor Matc Wine to Mom’s Personality DIAMONE UKEGBU FOR BISCAYNE TIMES dish & DRINK If mom can’t make it to France, how about a trip to the Mediterranean through a bottle of ros? SOULEIL VIN DE BONT | BiscayneTimes . com

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| BiscayneTimes . com CATACLYSM WINE; STAG’S LEAP WINE CELLARS; ENVATO ELEMENTS vino LOUIS ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE ; SOULEIL VIN DE BONT IF SHE LIGHTS UP THE ROOM Something bubbly. Champagne is a gift for any mother, but espe cially for those who create a little extra sparkle wherever they go. Louis Roederer is an iconic Champagne house, and through its Collection line wines you get a glimpse into the wider region of Champagne via the “Cur de Terroir,” or heart of the terroir. This means the grapes used in these multivintage blends are from vineyards around Champagne that are held to Roederer’s standards of identity and sustainability, ensur ing only the best expressions of the land and brand go into this wine. Each Collection wine is num bered and features a different blend of chardonnay, pinot noir and meunier, as well as a blend of vintages and vineyard sites. This makes for an expressive wine with its own personality each year. The Collection 243 is full-bodied and creamy, with bright citrus and ripe apple flavors, along with that signature Champagne bri oche – like a delicious fruit pastry. If Mother’s Day brunch is on the agenda, this is a great bottle to enjoy with everything from savory quiche to flaky croissants. Howev er, it’s safe to say it’s also perfect for pairing with any celebratory Mother’s Day meal. Louis Roederer Champagne, Collection 243 Champagne, France Total Wine, $69.99 IF SHE’S A WORLD TRAVELER Something from the Mediter ranean. If your mom would rather be on her way to somewhere ex otic, then she definitely deserves a bottle of wine that can take her there. Pack her bags for the South of France, where she can bask in the sunshine and refresh her senses with Souleil Vin de Bont Ros. This grenache-based ros (cinsault 20%, syrah 5%) offers a taste of the Mediterranean with every sip. Bright strawberry, melon and blood orange greet on the nose and tongue and guide you to sipping bliss, accom panied by crisp acidity and unique minerality reserved only for wines from this heavenly region. Souleil means “sun” in ancient French, and Bont means “good ness.” It’s no surprise this ros is a wonderful bottle for a well-deserved relaxing day. If mom can’t actually make it to the South of France, at least she can drink like she’s there. Souleil Vin de Bont, Le Ros, 2022 South of France Mr. D. Wine Merchant in Miami, $19 IF SHE’S A POSITIVE FORCE Something bold. Moms can move mountains when they need to, and their strength positively impacts the world around them. Cataclysm is a wine that hon ors the forces that create life and reshape the earth beneath our feet. That’s a powerful energy that makes room for changing environments and Louis Roederer showcases the heart of the Champagne terroir in its Collection line. Souleil Vin de Bont Ros is grenache-based and oers a taste of the Mediterranean with every sip.

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| Stag’s Leap may be best known for its classic Napa cabernet sauvignon, but this historic winery also produces a springtime companion sauvignon blanc. Aveta is named after a water goddess, often depicted carrying fruit. And we all know moms are total goddesses, too. This wine is full of aromatic tropical fruits like pineapple, mango, melon and citrus, and has a touch of guava on the finish. It spends seven months “sur lie,” or “on the lees,” and some of it is aged in older French oak, giving it a bit of weight in the mouth but without that new oak spice. It’s bright and expressive and refresh ingly delicious. Make sure to grab a bottle for the seafood-loving mamas. This one’s a real treat with citrus ceviche or oysters. Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars “Aveta” Sauvignon Blanc, 2021 Napa Valley, California Total Wine, $27.49 And if your mom or mom gure ts all of the above, buy her one of each! CATACLYSM WINE; STAG’S LEAP WINE CELLARS; ENVATO ELEMENTS new life. This wine pays homage specifically to the floods of the ice age that left behind what is now Co lumbia Valley, one of Washington’s top winemaking regions. is is a full bodied, fruit-forward wine with ripe raspberry, black berry, some savory undertones and a touch of black pepper. e grapes of this red blend include malbec, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot and syrah. Each plays a part in creating a harmony of avors and structure that work well with a meat-based meal. Cataclysm is a bold wine for a bold mama! Cataclysm Red Blend, 2019 Columbia Valley, Washington Finding Wine on Biscayne Boule vard, $16 IF SHE’S ICONIC A bottle from a classic winery in a classic region. Iconic moms live life on their own terms and embody quintessential mother energy. C O M E T R Y O U R F U L L L I Q U O R B A R F E A T U R I N G D A I L Y C O C K T A I L S P E C I A L S ! Aveta is named after a water goddess and is a great sauvignon blanc from a classic Napa producer. Cataclysm Red Blend can be found at Finding Wine on Biscayne Boulevard for $16. vino LOUIS ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE ; SOULEIL VIN DE BONT

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| BiscayneTimes . com restaurant reviews COURTESY OF EDEN ROC MIAMI BEACH; COURTESY OF TABL BY BACHOUR; IRENE MOORE FOR BISCAYNE TIMES Celebrate With Mom in May or Anytime Irene Moore Biscayne Times Contributor L ast month we told you about a new restaurant opening in the Miami Design District, Tabl by Bachour (786.842.0551) at 180 NE 40th St ., helmed by Miami’s famed pastry chef-turned-restaurateur Antonio Ba chour. If you want a special restaurant to fte mom on Mother’s Day, this is the perfect place. Touted as being similar to a Parisian brasserie, the restaurant oers elevated dining for those looking for a luxurious experience. At the entrance, display cases highlight Bachour’s beautifully presented pastries; just beyond, there’s an open kitchen where you see what’s happening behind the scenes. e chic dcor features a sleek, modern bar with a carefully curated cocktail menu oering libations such as the delicious Mint to Bee with gin, honey labneh, fresh cucumber, mint and pistachio; and the spectacular Papillon, concocted with buttery pea ower gin, sumac lemonade, cucumber and tonic water. Begin with a “snack” of fancy deviled eggs topped with a dollop of caviar. e winning appetizer is the meticulously styled yellown tuna tartare, with sliced cucumber and watermelon radish. A Choose a brand-new spot or a favorite mainstay beet and pistachio salad with Sicilian pistachio nuts and candy-stripe beets is arranged as if a work of art. Fish entres include Ora King salmon served atop avocado hummus with citrus salad; oc topus is served with labneh and water melon radish sprinkled with matcha green tea. Yellown tuna tartare with avocado and soy vinaigrette at Tabl by Bachour. IRENE MOORE FOR BISCAYNE; TIMES COURTESY OF EDEN ROC MIAMI BEACH Seaside dining at Ocean Social by Chef Tristen Epps at Eden Roc Miami Beach.

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| Mexican restaurants 25 years ago. At this always-buzzing restaurant, guests dine in a festive room with comfortable leather booths aside a Mexican-tiled bar. Of course, a huge draw has always been the patio, which evokes a Mexican sidewalk caf. A meal here is not complete with out one of the restaurant’s knockout libations made with fresh produce and juices. Tequila lovers can nd more than 200 tequilas and mezcals, employed in classic and fruit-infused margaritas, te quila pops, cantaritos (mezcal cocktails served in traditional Mexican clay cups) and tajin-rimmed micheladas. To celebrate this year’s milestone an niversary, Vida & Estilo Restaurants, the group behind Oh! Mexico, tapped famed Mexican chef Rodrigo Estrada – most often found wowing diners in Mexico City – to create new, exciting dishes to complement its popular mainstays. New temptations include Ceviche Acapulco, the fresh sh of the day with lime juice, tomato, onion cilantro and clam juice; and Ceviche Tulum, fresh corvina with lime juice, charred red onion and avocado infused with squid ink. Other new items are Taco Birria, slow-braised beef with melted Mexican cheese on a soft tortilla served with birria broth; and the eye-catching Vam piro taco, a grilled corn tostada with restaurant reviews COURTESY OF EDEN ROC MIAMI BEACH; COURTESY OF TABL BY BACHOUR; IRENE MOORE FOR BISCAYNE TIMES Tabl by Bachour in Wynwood is touted as being similar to a Parisian brasserie with chic dcor. Meat dishes include perfectly done duck magret with sweet and sour beets and red endive; and a prime New York strip with watercress salad and pommes frites. Dessert is a foregone conclusion with e Eggs, made of coconut mousse, mango cremeux and almond biscuit perched atop a shredded katai “nest,” and Camembert cheesecake with cherry and raspberry jam, served up in a miniCamembert cheese box. inking a casual restaurant that overlooks the ocean would be a fun place to celebrate Mother’s Day with the whole family? We’ve got you covered. Ev eryone will enjoy Ocean Social by Chef Tristen Epps (786. 961.6043), located at the iconic Eden Roc at 4525 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach . Savor Epps’ decadent Mother’s Day brunch in a casual setting with captivating ocean views. e indulgent brunch buet is oer ing an international selection of mom’s favorites, including omelet and wae stations, a salad bar, pizza and pasta stations, and house-made breads. ere are fruit de mer specialties such as shrimp, oysters, crab claws, ceviche and sashimi. e Milk and Honey station of fers carved-to-order Jamon Iberico with pan con tomate, cheese and honeycomb. And here’s something dierent: For Caja China fans, there’s a Caja China carvery with roast prime rib of picana, roasted pork, shawarma and roasted sh. Save room for the dessert bar, which features a luscious chocolate fountain with fruit and other sweet treats for dipping. e celebration continues during dinner service with an a la carte menu created just for the occasion: a Mother Nature salad topped with variations of strawberries, chevre ganache and almond; leek crab tartare made with mango, to biko caviar and shelled spring sugar snap peas; Lamb Duet featuring crispy lamb neck, celeriac, spring carrot and mint chimichurri; and Butterscotch Budino with carrot cake milk crunch, walnut and condensed milk ice cream for dessert. Oh! Mexico (305.532.0490), perched at the entrance of charming Espanola Way in Miami Beach at 1440 Wash ington Ave. , is a great place to celebrate Mother’s Day if you’re looking for an even more laid-back experience. is classic hot spot has been wildly popular with locals and visitors for delicious food and drinks since its earli est days as one of South Beach’s rst A sampling of the Mother’s Day brunch menu at Ocean Social by Chef Tristen Epps at Eden Roc Miami Beach. IRENE MOORE FOR BISCAYNE; TIMES COURTESY OF EDEN ROC MIAMI BEACH

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| BiscayneTimes . com restaurant reviews melted Mexican cheese, birria meat, onions and cilantro. For a funkier vibe, good eats and a late-evening lounge (if mom is a night owl), the popular Bodega Taqueria y Tequila (305.704.2145 ), located at 1220 16th St. in Miami Beach , is a good spot. is trendy eatery was voted “best tacos in Florida” by USA Today. It oers a menu of tasty Mexican street food along with great cocktails, a unique nightlife experience, and indoor and outdoor din ing with happy hour prices until 9 p.m. Popular tacos include avocado with black bean refrito; pork and charred pineapple with red onion and cilantro; and carne asada with red onion, cilan tro and avocado salsa. Specialty tacos like barbacoa made with short rib and cotija cheese, and the taco Birria made with short rib and Oaxaca cheese, red onion, cilantro and avo cado salsa, are also faves. OPENINGS An exclusive restaurant by chef Todd English, announced by Dezer De velopment, is coming to the Bentley Residences at 18401 Collins Ave. in Sunny Isles Beach. English – restau rateur, author and television per sonality – is known for his current establishments, Olives, Figs and Pap pas Taverna in New York City, and his appearances on the Food Net work, PBS, “Top Chef” and “Iron Chef.” The private restaurant is slated to provide residents and their guests a relaxed, yet upscale atmo sphere. English’s menus will rotate seasonally and he will be on hand for special events, such as food and wine pairings and culinary demos. The restaurant will have views of the ocean and the property’s resort-style pool. It will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as poolside dining. Irene Moore is a Miami-based writer and certied sommelier whose vivid descrip tions take readers through culinary cultures around the world. Her feature articles have appeared in print publications, travel guide books and websites in the U.S. and Europe. Chef Todd English will open an exclusive restaurant for residents and guests of the Bentley Residences, located at 18401 Collins Ave. in Sunny Isles Beach. Outside Oh! Mexico on Espanola Way in Miami Beach. Miami Beach’s Oh! Mexico is oering new dishes from famed Mexican chef Rodrigo Estrada. DEEPSLEEP FOR OH! MEXICO ; COURTESY OF TODD ENGLISH

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| dish DEEPSLEEP FOR OH! MEXICO ; COURTESY OF TODD ENGLISH Miso-Marinated Salmon Sliders for Mom Sid Hoeltzell Biscayne Times Contributor A few trips to Alaska made me a big fan of seasonal salmon shing, something that long held a place on my bucket list. I spent several days on the Cooper River and really caught that y-shing bug. ere’s a whole art to wading into an icy body of water to nab the salmon run ning upstream in between your legs. “Fish on” is what you hear when people line up to do what’s known as combat shing on the river. Come the end of June, that Alaskan sun seems to never go down and you can throw out lines until the midnight sunset. I learned a lot after my rst impulsive rumpus in the waters. My friend, Dan A seafood treat that makes Mother’s Day a snap Driscoll, and I came to the riverside spectacle totally unprepared. We were only able to rent tackle; no hip-boot waders were available, so we duct taped several layers of 55-gallon garbage bags about our feet and waded into the zone amid some very anxious people politely y-shing – spaced 40 feet apart on a crowded bank of the river is combat shing at it most challenging. We fell to that challenge and could only sh for about an hour because our feet became too painfully numb in the icy waters. I could barely walk out with out falling over. Morons were we, born to be free, free like the shes in the sea. We were spotted as easily as square pegs trying to t into a round hole. e daily limit is three sh per person and our combined total was two. But when thawed out, I started prepping those goodies at the cleaning station. Tables are set up at the river’s edge to save folks from cleaning salmon at The nal dish – raise a glass and give your mom a hug. SID HOELTZELL MIAMI 2023

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| BiscayneTimes . com dish their campsites, inadvertently attract ing grizzly bears – they love salmon, too. As I was “‘MasterChef’-ly” lleting the sh well enough to see through the bones, I indulged in some fresh salmon “sashimi” from the last little bits sliced o the head of the carcass. As I snacked away, two very burly and condent Indigenous guys – Alutiiq and Tlingit peoples have sustainably shed salmon in these waters for more than 10,000 years – strolled up to the table and threw their full catch in front of me. One of them said with a somber yet surprisingly giggly tone, “We were watching you clowns sh and we think you need these more than we do.” en they walked away smiling. I was smiling, too, because I was picturing myself in their eyes, looking desperately foolish in those improvised 55-gallon bags that were most denitely not Jimmy Choos. In Alaska, I voraciously devoured as much salmon as I could and learned a few tips about cooking very thick steakcut king salmon. Dan and I stopped at a local diner and I ordered the grilled king salmon steak for two days straight. e owner said Harrison Ford loved them, too. ose thick slabs were grilled to photo-worthy perfection and were precisely cooked inside. What was the secret? ose grilled sides looked so sublime, with single grill marks. Yet I knew l lets that thick could be a bit raw when plated, if not double grilled on each side. Finally the chef told me he “nuked ’em” for 90 seconds to bring the inside temp up to meet the grill-side temps. How smart is that? I have tried that “secret” recipe on several sh since, but using it on salmon works best for me because of its oily – read healthy – quality. And the miso-marinated approach I’m divulging here is my own chef’s secret. Reminis cent of the miso black cod on the menu at NYC’s famed Nobu, it’s a decidedly tasty treat – why not serve it up to Mom for a meal that’ll denitely make her happy she had the patience to clean your diapers on the daily long, long ago? When ticking o your ingredients list, please remember to shop with kindness and consideration for Mama Earth by selecting sustainably farmed or wild salmon. If you purchase an entire side with skin, bravo (if there ain’t no scales), because I’ve got an extra tip: Keep skins in the freezer until you’ve got a good amount gathered and then make my salmon “bacon.” I cut the skins into 2 " wide strips, anoint them with olive oil, applewood-smoked salt and some ground pepper, then quickly broil them to a crispy brown on both sides in between two wire resting racks (this way the skins won’t curl while cooking). ose savory strips go fast when the beer is owing, and when your kitchen is lled with that aroma you’ll be smellin’ what I’m tellin’. CHEF SID’S MISOMARINATED SALMON SLIDERS Yield: 8-10 sliders INGREDIENTS • 1/4 cup miso paste, red or white • 1/4 cup Mirin wine (it’s a sweet rice wine) • 1/4 cup sake • 2 tablespoons good soy sauce • 1/4 cup honey or brown sugar • 2 pounds salmon, cut into 5 " -6 " chunks that can t on a small dinner roll • 8-10 slider-size dinner rolls • Microgreens or sprouts • Mayo PREPARATION • Heat oven to 410 F. • In small saucepot, mix miso paste, Mirin wine, sake, soy sauce and honey or sugar un til well combined, then bring to a boil over medium-high heat; set aside and allow to fully cool to room tempera ture. You do not(!) want to marinate with a hot/warm marinade. • Dry salmon chunks with paper towels, place in a re sealable bag and add mari nade; remove as much air as possible from bag, then seal and place in refrigera tor for at least 24 hours – 36 is better – and remember to rotate or ip the bag several times to make sure sh is well marinated. • Remove salmon from bag, gently wipe o any extra uid and reserve remaining marinade. • Bring marinade to a boil to reduce, allowing it to thicken well; set aside. • In saut pan over medium heat, cook salmon about 2-3 minutes on each side, depending on thickness and until edges start to show As raw as it gets is as good as it gets. SID HOELTZELL MIAMI 2023 SID HOELTZELL MIAMI 2023 My “mise en place” – check out my pink amingo salt and pepper shakers!

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| SID HOELTZELL MIAMI 2023 a touch – just a touch! – of sizzling opaqueness; care fully remove sh from pan and place in over-safe baking dish. Tip: Layering the bot tom of the dish with thinly sliced lemons before placing the salmon lends the sh even more avor. • Liberally brush salmon with reserved marinade (keep what’s left over after that), place in oven and bake 6-10 minutes, until sides of sh are just getting opaque; remove from oven and cool. • To serve, split a slider roll, place a handful of microgreens or sprouts on the inside of the bottom half, place a chunk of salmon on top, and then top that with a schmear of mayo mixed with a bit of remain ing marinade before placing the top half of the bun. Place on serving platter and repeat until all sliders have been as sembled; garnish with lemon slices from the baking dish. • I like to serve my sliders with a side of plantain chips or terra fries, and a generously poured bloody mary. And it’s Mother’s Day, so be festive – try adding a dollop of wasabi crab or salmon roe between the bun for a real treat. Note: If you’re paying attention to the details of my images, that bloody mary has a slice of one of my pickles under the two-mating shrimp! Sid Hoeltzell is an award-win ning Miami-based commercial food and beverage photogra pher and former “MasterChef ” contestant. He has completed more than 450 commissioned works for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, teaches food photography seminars and is a preferred fine art photographer for Christie’s, Sotheby’s and private collections. A liberal brush with reduced marinade is a must before the second cook. Baking your glazed salmon on top of lemon slices adds more zest. SID HOELTZELL MIAMI 2023 dish Mix your marinade well.

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| BiscayneTimes . com libations Grant Balfour Biscayne Times Contributor I n 1933, the Goodyear blimp Defender took regular flights from a mooring on Watson Is land. The tallest building on Miami Beach was the Blackstone. And a bar opened its doors in a squat concrete storefront at 222 Washington. There’s actually a good chance the bar had been open for a while before then, but it wasn’t until 1933 that anyone could talk about it, because that was the year Prohibition ended. Al Capone had been a Miami Beach Nostalgia for the days when booze could get you busted resident for five years at that point, living in a palatial house on Palm Island that the mayor, J. Newton Lummus, had sold to him. “Capone is no worse than a lot of others down here,” Lummus said prior to the sale. Afterward, he voted with other councilors to try to evict the gang ster, possibly because he hadn’t been invited to enough of the Champagne-swilling parties Capone threw while his organization gunned down his business rivals up north in Chicago. By 1933, it was a moot point: Capone had been arrested for tax evasion, and his syndicate’s big gest source of income had just dried up as the country went wet. Liquor was back on the menu of law-abiding WIKIMEDIA COMMONS; INTERCONTINENTAL MIAMI The Lore of Miami’s Prohibition Bars A Four Ballades is mixed with Casa Noble tequila, Cointreau, cilantro, and fresh lime juice. MAC’S CLUB DEUCE/INSTAGRAM; ENVATO ELEMENTS

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| libations WIKIMEDIA COMMONS; INTERCONTINENTAL MIAMI Mac’s Club Deuce has been a place where local color shines, even before there was a deco district. establishments from coast to coast. And one of those was The Deuce. It’s still located at 222 (or three deuces) 14th St. in Miami Beach. Nowadays, it’s called Mac’s Club Deuce, after Mac Klein, the largerthan-life proprietor who bought the place in 1964 and kept it colorful until his death in 2016. It’s also got a website one that touts “Est. 1926” as its opening date. “From the lore, there was a lot of rum-running in Miami Beach back then,” said Club Deuce general man ager Angel Diaz. The details get a little hazy (a feel ing anyone who’s visited the Deuce will know well). Before Klein, two brothers owned the bar and there was a piano where the register is now. There might have been some neon, but it didn’t make anyone think of “Miami Vice” yet – the show was still four decades in the future. In the before-Mac era, Miami Beach boasted art deco without nostalgia. In the before-Prohibition era, there wasn’t even that. In 1926, the “Great Miami Hurricane” put a halt to what had been the first of Miami Beach’s many real-estate booms, but it’s safe money it didn’t put a halt to the city’s thirst, or the establishments eager to satisfy it. “Scotch was imported from Nas sau, rum from Cuba – Bacardi would actually have someone greet Ameri can visitors at the Havana airport with a free daiquiri,” said Matthew Perez, a cocktail consultant and his tory enthusiast from Miami Lakes. “And beer was imported from every where.” “People also made do with what ever was handy,” he added. “The Bud weiser company sold barley syrup that enterprising cooks could fer ment into a pretty decent homebrew in the home kitchen. Grain spirits could be steeped with juniper ber ries and other herbal ingredients to make bathtub gin. The quality could get iffy, but bartenders found ways to make the cheap stuff taste decent and the decent stuff taste delicious.” One of the most popular gin drinks of the time was a cocktail that evolved from a pre-Prohibition bourbon mixture named for one Col. Joe Rickey. “We can’t specically prove this was sold at e Deuce or any institutions in Miami Beach during Prohibition,” said Perez. “But a gin rickey would have been a top seller, especially in the days before air conditioning.” GIN RICKEY INGREDIENTS • Ice • 1/2 lime • 1 1/2 ounces gin • Soda water METHOD • Place 3-4 ice cubes in tall chilled glass; squeeze half a lime over ice and drop rind into glass. • Pour in gin, top with soda, stir once or twice, then serve. Note: This drink should never be confused with a non-alcoholic “lime rickey,” which has no gin but plenty of sugar. A genuine gin rickey is dry and tart, with no sweetener at all. In 2023, Club Deuce is still pouring gin rickeys – and vodka sodas, beers and whatever else might make you feel at home there. The timelessness is part of the appeal. Across the MacArthur Causeway and just on the other side of the cruise port, there’s a different kind of timelessness hidden away inside the 21st-century sleekness of the InterContinental Miami, the largest marble structure in Florida. It’s not strictly speaking authentic to the location – the hotel was designed and built in 1983 by architect Pietro Belluschi – but hanging onto authen ticity can be a kind of small-minded ness. For the transformative Bis cayne Tippler, good history means a good story. Freddy’s speakeasy has a bit of fun with the idea of Prohibition-era Miami. You can’t get in without a reservation. In fact, you won’t even be told how to find the place – once you’ve reserved your spot, a delight ful young lady in full flapper regalia will lead you to a nondescript door which only opens for the appropriate knock. “We aim for Freddy’s to transport you back to a vintage time upon MAC’S CLUB DEUCE/INSTAGRAM; ENVATO ELEMENTS Gin Rickey

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| BiscayneTimes . com COURTESY OF THE DANA AGENCY arrival, when our flapper escorts you to the secret door,” said Robert Renfroe, the hotel’s food and bever age director. “Due to the nature of its location and size tucked away inside the hotel, it was only natural the intimate space was turned into a hush-hush underground amenity for guests and locals alike.” The space is intimate indeed, seating no more than 12 at a time. Unlike Club Deuce, where you might find yourself emerging blink ing at the sunrise and wondering where the last few hours have gone, reservations at Freddy’s come with a two-hour window. Within that narrow time frame, though, it’s pos sible to feel transported. The moment that door opens, you’re greeted with a welcom ing shot called a Four Ballades, named for a composition by the bar’s namesake (the hotel is located on Chopin Plaza; the “Freddy” is Frederic Chopin). It consists of Casa Noble tequila, cilantro, Cointreau and fresh lime juice, although the ex act method of preparation remains a house secret. There’s rum served from the cask and signature cocktails with names like Bitter Truth and Tipsy Whisper. When asked what’s good, Renfroe said, “Guest preference has been the Envied Elegance, made with vodka and fresh cucumber.” Again the exact method is Freddy’s secret, but you could experiment with proportions of Tito’s vodka, Domaine de Canton ginger li queur, lime, cucumber essence and two kinds of bitters: peach and Peychaud’s. Or you could make your way to the InterContinental and con nect with someone who knows the secret knock. Would Al Capone approve? Said Renfroe, laughing, “Let’s say, he would be impressed!” Freddy’s is an intimate speakeasy hideaway inside the InterContinental Miami. A reservation at Freddy’s starts with a apper leading you to a door that only opens with a secret knock. Drinks were not this fancy in the Roaring s, but it’s 2023 at Freddy’s after all. INTERCONTINENTAL MIAMI libations

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| chefs share COURTESY OF THE DANA AGENCY Irene Moore Biscayne Times Contributor W elcome to another tasty edition of Chefs Share! Each month, we share a home chef-friendly recipe from one of Miami’s culinary stars. If you’ve never worked in a professional kitchen before, don’t worry; these recipes don’t require any formal experience, and in this case, you may even nd the main ingredient just steps away. Secrets from Chef Niven Patel’s kitchen Mango Farro Salad is month’s recipe comes to us from James Beard Award nalist Niven Patel, who was listed among Food & Wine magazine’s “10 Best New Chefs” of 2020. During warm Miami summers with mango trees growing in backyards everywhere, exchanging varieties of this sweet and tangy fruit is the neigh borly thing to do. But when we’re well in the thick of the season, the question always arises: “What can I do with all of these mangoes?” Patel, who grows fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs for his restau rants Mamey, Orno and the Michelinstarred Ghee Indian Kitchen at his Homestead farm, Rancho Patel, has a delicious suggestion. He’s sharing his recipe for mango far ro salad – something he whips up with fruit from the more than 10 varieties of mango trees in his backyard. It’s an easy way to use this luscious and abundant fruit for a quick and refreshing lunch. Irene Moore is a Miami-based writer and certied sommelier whose vivid descrip tions take readers through culinary cultures around the world. Her feature articles have appeared in print publications, travel guide books and websites in the U.S. and Europe. Chef Niven Patel Mango Farro Salad MANGO FARRO SALAD Servings: 2 INGREDIENTS For asparagus vinaigrette: • 1 cup lemon juice • 2 1/2 cups canola oil • 1/2 cup garlic oil • 1/5 teaspoon Dijon mustard • Salt to taste • 1 asparagus end, blanched and thinly sliced For salad: • 1 cup blanched farro • 1/2 cup diced mango • 1/4 cup halved Zima tomatoes • 6 arugula leaves • 1/4 cup snow peas, blanched and cut in half • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, basil and scallions, diced and mixed • 1/4 cup goat cheese • 1/4 cup asparagus vinaigrette • 6 stalks asparagus, shaved • 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds PREPARATION • To make vinaigrette, in small bowl combine all ingredients until well blended. • To make salad, in mixing bowl gently combine farro, mango, tomatoes, arugula, snow peas, herb mixture and goat cheese with 1/4 cup vinaigrette, until thoroughly mixed and greens are wilted. • Place in serving bowl and garnish with shaved asparagus and pomegranate seeds.

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