Race Relations

Rapacious Developers Are Destroying A Historic Black Neighbourhood

In 2012 the city designated Charles Avenue, one of the oldest — if not the oldest — street in Miami, a Historic Roadway. The Not Now Silly Newsroom has documented time and again how developers around Charles Avenue have done nothing but obliterate that history. The latest outrage is the most massive attempt at gentrification in West Grove since the last outrage, which was the Grove Gardens Residence Condominiums (which this reporter calls The Monstrosity). First a quick course in a century plus of ...

The Accidental Tour Guide ► Unpacking The Writer

This will be a short Unpacking The Writer this month. For the uninitiated, Unpacking the Writer is the monthly feature in which I pull back the curtain and share some ...

Unpacking The Writer ► Packing Up the Newsroom

Welcome to another exciting episode of Unpacking the Writer, the monthly column in which I pull back the curtain — Wizard of Oz-like — and expose some of the inner-workings ...

A Tribute to Don Knotts ► Morgantown’s Favourite Son

DATELINE: Morgantown, West Virginia – As part of the 2nd Annual Sunrise to Canton Road Trip for Research, the Not Now Silly Newsroom sent ace investigative reporter Headly Westerfield to ...

A Note From The Road

Spent yesterday at the Ann Arbor Art Fair. That’s where I encountered this Foxite. It was tempting to jump into the shot, but then I remembered guarding David Onley on ...

Where The Sidewalk Ends, Racism Begins ► Chapter Two

Our next destination in Where The Sidewalk Ends, Racism Begins. This path runs along another section of The Colour Line in Coconut Grove. Note the fence. We’ll get back to ...

A Different Drummer ► Unpacking the Writer

A funny thing happened at the 32nd Annual King Mango Strut Back in December, when I covered the 32nd Annual King Mango Strut, I could have hardly imagined it would be ...

Unpacking The Writer ► April 2014

Welcome readers both new and old. Once a month, on an irregular schedule, I drop a blog post under the rubric Unpacking the Writer, where I pull back the curtain ...

Aries Development Continues To Rape Charles Avenue

Code enforcement beat me to it. That $4,000 fine will restore the 100-year old trees, right? It was supposed to be a quiet morning editing Farce Au Pain, until I received ...

Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, January 10, 2014

As Fox “News” lionizes New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as a shining example of leadership, the robot drones have returned with today’s Headlines Du Jour. Let’s get right to it ...

The 32nd Annual King Mango Strut

Fake Ford, Fake Francis The IM came from a functionary of the King Mango Strut: “Can we go off the record?” This can be a trap for a journalist. Answer “Yes” and ...

What’s Going On At The Taurus Bar?

Framework for an awning is being installed on The Taurus Bar, December 19, 2013. This work may or may not be non-conforming, may or may be contrary to previous promises, ...

The Bicycle Shop The Latest In The Cultural Plunder of Coconut Grove

The Coconut Grove Playhouse before the hoarding was fixed Recent news trickling out of Miami-Dade County has exposed more backroom machinations concerning the Coconut Grove Playhouse and — appearing for the ...