At 87-years-old Richard Smith will become the oldest graduate in Florida International University's history. This Saturday he'll receive his doctorate degree in History, which makes sense considering than more than most people on campus he's actually lived it. The veteran served in World War II as part of the Air Corps and received   Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.More >>

​BRAAAAAAIIIIIIINSSS! Er, excuse us. We meant to say the wait is finally over. Best of Miami 2011 is finally here. Winners were chosen by the New Times editorial board in 345 categories such as Best New Restaurant, Best Dance Club, Best Art Museum, Best Tattoo Shop, and others.

If you are waiting for a freshly printed copy to keep year-round, they hit newsstands tomorrow.
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In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.

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​Best Politician
Frederica Wilson
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In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.

​Best 15 Minutes of Fame
Kat Stacks
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In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.

​Best Local Boy Gone Bad
Rick Sanchez
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In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.

​Best Blog
Beached Miami
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2009's Best Politician Michelle Spence-Jones

​Next week, this year's Best of Miami issue hits the stands. So you know what that means! It's that time of year we pick a kick-ass politician who'll end up getting kicked out of office! Getting named Best Politician is like an endorsement from The Miami Herald editorial board: the kiss of death. Three of our picks in the past decade have been unceremoniously removed from office.
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​After a brutal recession, Miami's corpse has reanimated itself into something that's hungry for BRAAAAAIIIINNNNSSS!, er, a comeback. Sure, this zombie smells a little rotten and moves a bit slowly, but soon enough there will be an army taking over. No government-enforced quarantine will keep it down.

Every good zombie takeover needs a large pack. If you're ready to join the hunt for flesh, uh, the city's best, fill out our Best of Miami 2011 Readers' Poll.

As a faithful zombie reader, you have the chance to chime in on categories such as Best Dance Club, Best Chef, Best Food Truck, Best Museum, Best BRAAAAAIIIINNNNSSS!, and others.

Voting and the hunt end June 3. Time to get infected.
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​More than two decades of Miami's best is available today on our new Best Of... app for iPhone. That's right. You can check out categories like Best Dance Club, Best New Restaurant, Best Bar, Best Hotel, and many others.

The app lets you check out not only current winners -- this year's issue is due out in June -- but also those of past years. Plus it determines your location and lets you know what Best Of winners are nearby. And if you've visited a Best Of winner, you can click "Check In" and earn badges along the way.

As TechCrunch points out, our Best Of choices aren't user generated, instead what it has "going for it is it's expert (not crowd-sourced) curation." Those experts happen to be people like us, the editorial staff of the Miami New Times.
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​Just in case you haven't noticed, the 172-page golden tome otherwise known as the Miami New Times Best of Miami 2010 hit streets today. It's huge. It's awesome. It's invaluable. One caveat: Ignore the entry for Best Outdoors Store because Jet's Florida and its bushwhacking salesmen have gone AWOL.

In the couple of months since the thing was reported, Jet's shuttered its doors. (The official closing was mid-April.) This is surely a sign of something -- the apocalypse. We directed you to visit the outdoors outpost because "it's high time you began stockpiling nonstandard stuff like double-strength nylon rope, fighting knives, stainless-steel handcuffs, emergency germicidal water tablets, fireforks, blister kits, disposable urine bags, and shit buckets." But if the end-of-days experts have skipped town, what does that mean for the rest of us? It looks like we are on our own. Or we could ask Bass Pro Shops for help. Either way, say hello to 2012!