At the opening for Miami artist Jillian Mayer’s exhibition “Precipice/PostModem” at Locust Projects in the Design District, visitors were asked to do something that is never asked of them in traditional museums and galleries: Touch and interact with the art. For example, in the piece Swing Space, guests are invited to take a ride on one of four swings hanging from the roof of the gallery while they watch a projection of digitally manipulated cloud imagery in front of them. This came as a pleasant surprise to many of the art patrons who passed through the gallery’s doors, including freelance photographer Tesoro Carolina.

It’s common to see star chefs, ballplayers, celebs of all sorts and a cross section of Miami powerbrokers lunching at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink in the Design District. What’s odd is to see Chef Michael Schwartz himself sitting down for a bite.

Brother Antwan Carl Walker, 27, ran under police crime-scene tape, spurring a struggle as officers tried pushing him away from the body.

A Miami developer plans a massive, privately financed new convention center and hotel on the site of the old Miami Arena downtown, but details remain scant.

Over 250 people attended the inaugural “Out of the Kitchen” Dinner & Silent Auction, held May 2 at the St. Regis Bal Harbour. The event, which featured top area chefs preparing food table-side for guests, netted $75,000 for Pride Outside: Building Better Playgrounds for Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbour K-8 Center.

Miami Dade College President Eduardo J. Padrón will be honored next month by the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Property values are exploding and skyscrapers are rising in Edgewater, located at the intersection of funky and trendy. It’s the latest sign of a recharged real estate market.

Nearly 3,000 students from 15 middle schools and their families from around Miami-Dade County attended Jungle Island as it hosted the 2013 Hip Hop 4 Health Fair and Final Dance Competition on Saturday, May 4. At the event, music and dance were used to encourage physical activity, cardiovascular health and other positive healthy behaviors.

Temaris or ball sushi — warm mounds of rice with thin-sliced toppings drizzled in spicy sauces — was almost impossible to find in South Florida until Temaris opened on Brickell.

276 Art Studio is participating in the Wynwood Art Walk on the second Saturday of each month.

Amid a flurry of nearby development, Miami developer Alan Ojeda launched sales for a luxury condo tower on a Brickell Avenue site long planned for development.

About 200 teens gathered in Little Haiti on Sunday, April 28, to help beautify Morningside Elementary as part the annual J-Serve International Day of Jewish Youth Service. Among their accomplishments: a newly painted mural and a spruced-up, re-mulched garden and green area.

Detectives are looking for witnesses who can help identify who was driving a Mazda that hit a woman and sped off.

Archaeologists digging near the banks of the Miami River downtown have uncovered more evidence of an ancient Indian village, remnants of the city’s first hotel — Henry Flagler’s grand Royal Palm — and the original shoreline.

A year since introducing its new trolley system, ridership has increased enough that the city is expanding its routes south to Vizcaya, and north to Wynwood and Midtown Miami.

The International Art of Storytelling Festival was held at the Main Library in downtown Miami on Saturday, April 27. There, storytellers, storybook characters, dancers, musicians and more entertained children with stories and performances throughout the day.

Picture this: Biscayne Boulevard transformed into a mile-long street party, featuring live concerts, a Ferris wheel and more.

Picture this: Biscayne Boulevard transformed into a mile-long street party, featuring live concerts, a Ferris wheel and more.

What you put on a hot dog reflects where you come from, and for Colombians, it is lots of sauces and potato chips.

Though Brazilian, the charming chef-owner of Tutto’s Mare extends his love of seafood across borders and continents, from spaghetti alla vongole to Creole shrimp in mashed yuca, with mostly good results.

A Miami-Dade judge ordered a hearing to determine if a fellow judge was biased in his decision barring Miami Commissioner Spence-Jones from running for office a third time.

Participants in “Alice in Wynwoodland” will ride their bikes to designated spots, where actors will perform brief skits.

The O, Miami Poetry Festival, which wraps April 30, still has some big events on tap to promote the love of poetry.

Authorities fished a suspect from Biscayne Bay after he jumped from his crashed car on the Venetian Causeway, Miami Beach police said Tuesday.

Miami’s oldest Jewish congregation unites Holocaust survivors with a 123-year-old scroll from Czechoslovakia.

The Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade, which is turning 20, has helped more than 50,000 women and girls change their lives.

A Miami city board rejected historic status for a 66-year-old church that played a role in the historic ‘Pedro Pan’ rescues of kids from Cuba.

New York developer Property Markets Group plans a super tall condominium on Brickell Avenue as the latest boom gains momentum.

A circuit judge who ruled against Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones in her bid for a third term once investigated her as a former state prosecutor in a public corruption case.

A Miami-Dade judge sided with the Rev. Richard P. Dunn II, ruling that Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones can’t run for a third term even though she missed 21 months fighting — and beating — state felony charges.

A competition by Krups has five Miami coffee spots in contention for top prize

Performers say the music gives their lives meaning and purpose.

The Rev. Richard P. Dunn II tried to persuade a judge Monday that Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones should not be allowed to run for a third term.

Miami’s mayor and the Catholic archbishop joined more that 2,000 demonstrators who called for immigration reform at a rally and a march through the city’s downtown.

After the city said the decades-old mission had not obtained a permit to serve the homeless, officials said Thursday they would issue the necessary paperwork by Monday.

The board gave auto dealer Norman Braman the go-ahead to build a nearly 100,000-square-foot showroom and parking garage on the site of his Braman Motors operation on Biscayne Boulevard.

There is no sign for Sacha’s Café, but financial district fans are finding it for morning coffee and quick lunches.

A longtime Jamaican favorite in Wynwood, Clive’s Cafe, has closed after 38 years. A new restaurant is planned for the location.

Miami police have given the all clear after a suspicious package was found near the Miami Herald building.

About two dozen people learned to contra dance during an ‘Old Time Dance’ on Sunday, March 24, at the Barnacle Historic State Park in Coconut Grove. The fast-paced American folk dance was taught to live music. The next Old Time Dance will be at 6:00 p.m. on April 28 at the Barnacle, 3485 Main Highway. Free contra dance lessons are also available at 7:15 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at the Tina Hills Pavilion at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami.

UM’s rigorous dual program is designed to prepare students for careers in health sector law, leadership and policy, or to give tools to physicians to run a practice.

Men with prostate cancer have more choices than ever in treating the disease — from watchful waiting to robotic surgery, and lifestyle issues have improved greatly.

Casabe 305 Bistro chef-owner Diego Texera doesn’t just want you to enjoy his food. He wants you to feel good and sleep well after you’ve eaten it, too.

“Molly,” billed as pure MDMA or Ecstasy but sometimes containing other substances, comes in a white powder and can lead to brain injury, depression and heart issues.

The Beer Snob Bicycle Pub Crawl is all about exercising, socializing and discovering new beers, organizers say .

For years, Miami’s mass transit system has been called a haphazard, disappointing mess — with problems that continued even after voters in 2002 approved a half-penny sales tax devoted to transit improvements.

State planners who promised a ‘signature’ bridge design for the elevated roadway that would replace Miami’s Interstate 395 overpass have proposed a less-costly basic bridge.

More than 100 kids age 18 and younger have been homicide victims since 2009 in Miami-Dade County. A movement to curb shootings is growing.

A group of pastors from across Miami-Dade County have formed a coalition to combat black-on-black crime in urban neighborhoods.

Miami-Dade County Schools students diagnosed with physical, developmental and intellectual disabilities learned a new dance last year and performed it for their peers.

Remembering the theaters of yesteryear

A’Nari Taylor receives commendations for actions in saving 4-year-old cousin from kidnapper

A Brickell restaurant allows customers to place orders via iPad, without talking to a human waiter. Is this the wave of the future?

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority celebrates its 100th anniversary by recalling the impact of Miami-Dade’s historic African-American schools.

An architectural advisory committee said plans for a Midtown Miami Walmart fail to comply with neighborhood zoning rules. But the retail giant said it won’t make changes.

César Trasobares, who knew and worked with Carlos Alfonzo, will talk about Alfonzo’s art.

With the increasing number and volume of complaints about <a href="http://www.beachedmiami.com/tag/miami-art-walk">Wynwood's Second Saturday Art Walk</a> and its rowdy atmosphere, a Little Haiti-based coalition is inviting the culturally curious to explore a different Miami neighborhood. Spearheaded by Yo Miami with the support of Sweat Records, the Little Haiti Cultural Center, and other neighborhood anchors, the first Little Haiti Sunday Stroll will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on March 3. <a href="http://www.beachedmiami.com/2013/02/20/little-haiti-sunday-stroll/">Learn more on beachedmiami.com</a>.

Thea Goldman, no stranger to culinary pioneering, has put down roots in a neighborhood on the edge of Overtown dubbed the Health District thanks to an ambitious building project around the University of Miami’s Life Science & Technology Park.

A one-mile walk around Bayfront Park this weekend will help rescue groups find homes for pets.

Randal Levenson’s marvelous photographs capture beauty among the ordinary

A developer wants to replace the old Mahi Shrine auditorium on the Miami River with a massive retail and residential development, including a lushly planted public river walk.

Darren Weissman hopes to break a record for running a marathon while dribbling two basketballs.

Grassroots Festival of Music & Dance brings four days of musical and cultural diversity to Virginia Key Beach on Thursday.

Saint Sophia Cathedral will host its 35th annual Greek Festival next weekend at the church, 2401 SW Third Ave. in the Roads.

Cured Spanish ham is edible alchemy developed over the centuries. Whole hams in sacks are found dangling in the front window of Jamon Iberico Pata Negra. The small restaurant in a condo is named after the purebred Iberian pigs with black hooves used to make jamon. Wood racks hold bottles of wine and there is a small counter where one can enjoy a few tapas with a glass of vino. Sit at a table to share a big pan of paella, roast suckling pig with garlic aioli or sea bass in lemon caper sauce.

United Teachers of Dade leaders may sell an affordable housing tower built on prime Brickell Avenue land in the 1960s to provide a retirement home for educators.

Miami's ongoing transformation comprises various story lines, including, most prominently, the burgeoning of its artist community and cultural offerings (as chronicled in the recently released documentary <a href="http://www.beachedmiami.com/2012/11/07/rising-tide-story-miami-artists/"><em>Rising Tide</em></a>).

Miami’s historic preservation board has agreed to consider whether a Brickell church should be declared historic.

The Miami Rescue Mission held its graduation ceremonies last weekend.

A new bar in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood offers customers a break from the glitz and glamour of the South Beach club scene.

Want a little taste of Totem?

You’ve got to love a place that adorns its bathroom doors with pictures of Foxy Brown and Jimi Hendrix. (Are you feeling sexy or electric?)

Sensory Saturdays offer a special time for kids with autism-spectrum disorders to enjoy the museum and socialize in an environment tailored to their needs.