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  • Read this piece in its entirety at South Florida Arts Review. We’re far enough removed from the times of “Lincoln” and “Django” (and arguably even “Argo”) that we can more easily step back and evaluate art as art, especially in the case of film, where the emphasis is less on making political statements than human ones……

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  • Read this piece in its entirety at South Florida Arts Review. “People, Hell, and Angels” is the latest batch of “previously unreleased” studio session recordings from Jimi Hendrix’s meteoric career, which burned out suddenly and tragically almost half a century ago… http://students.com.miami.edu/~reviewing/?page_id=716

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  • Read this piece in its entirety at South Florida Arts Review. Just a few blocks from the South Miami Metro station and the Sunset shopping plaza, lies 100 Montaditos – that’s Cien Montaditos for you gringos – a funky little tapas sandwich place at the intersection of SW 58th Avenue and SW 73rd Street. It’s essentially…

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  • Read this piece in its entirety at South Florida Arts Review. Daniel H. Pink’s new book, “To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others,” is prefaced – predictably and almost obligatorily – with a quote from Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman:” “The only thing you got in this world is what you can…

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  • As we neared Marshall, Mich., where the largest oil spill ever in the Midwest occurred late last month, we noticed a cardboard box by the side of the road. Scrawled across it was “Oil Spill Donations Here.” It rested beside a large tent with a mountainous collection of bottled water and a few dozen buckets…

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