Terence Cantarella takes in a stray and battered dog--a pit bull. It's illegal to have a pit bull in Miami-Dade. Cantarella tries to find a way to get rid of the dog that sits well with his conscience. It doesn't quite work out. Listen to the story here.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Floridians are the hosts of the nation during the holidays, as snowbirds land here for the season. Listen to author Diana Abu-Jaber’s essay on her family’s heritage of hosting guests.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Author and former Miami Herald columnist Ana Menendez is back from Amsterdam for the Miami Book Fair International. She talks about her new book, Adios Happy Homeland, which deals with the themes of dislocation and exile.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Familes unable to find the resting place of their loved ones now have an online tool to help them search for forgotten plots. This tool would have been a godsend for the Manlangit family featured in an Under the Sun piece by Robert Samuels. They lost their 2-year-old daughter to pneumonia, moved away and when they returned to Miami couldn't find her grave site.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Reporter Tristram Korten covers everything from lawlessness to environmental issues. His most recent radio piece focuses on accused criminals jumping bail and fleeing the country. We talk to him about the possible increase in international fugitives due to the real estate collapse and the lack of records kept by government agencies.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
In today's down economy, more accused criminals are jumping bail and fleeing the country, leaving bail bonds companies in a bind. Under the Sun's Tristram Korten speaks to a local bounty hunter about the dangerous task of tracking these fugitives and the lack of support from national, state and local agencies.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sketchy Miami is on a mission to draw a portrait of every person in Miami. Submit your photo and have a local artist sketch you. Or do the sketching yourself. Whether you're a Mona Lisa or a Leonardo da Vinci, the goal is to create a meaningful exchange between local artists and residents to document Miami's diversity and creativity.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Jeremy Glazer is a legislative analyst, a former high school teacher and a Miami native. His fictional piece, Walter & Edith, is about an older couple who make a Sunday ritual out of watching the cruise ships pass through Government Cut in Miami Beach.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Author Carlos Eire's latest book, Learning to Die in Miami, is the story of his arrival in the United States as an 11-year-old Cuban exile. He shares with Under the Sun his experience as a young immigrant on his own in a new country and why he considers exile a gift.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Under the Sun is collaborating with Lip Service to produce a live event Saturday, April 23, at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables. We will be featuring true stories about life in South Florida told by the people who lived them.
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