Photo by Melanie DuneaLee Brian SchragerFor more on the South Beach Wine Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Unlike The Wizard of Oz, people who know the Food Network South Beach Wine Food Festival pay attention to the man behind the curtain -- Lee Brian Schrager. The founder and organizer strives to surprise, entertain, and educate both fans and industry professionals. Schrager keeps the festival, which is celebrating Read more [...]

Engaging thousands of people to read, learn and discuss a particular topic or issue isn't a simple task, but it's become a specialty for the folks behind Silicon Valley Reads, a community reading program that has not only taken on the responsibility of celebrating literacy but has thrived for more than a decade.Silicon Valley Reads 2013 does not resemble the program that started 11 years ago, which humbly asked the community to read a selected book and then discuss it. Now, the featured selection Read more [...]

Despite assurances to the contrary, the former website of Obama for America, now Organizing for Action (OFA), continues to be used to promote Democratic party causes and candidates. Two weeks ago, an event for the Terry McAuliffe campaign for governor in Virginia was listed for several days before being removed. Now, the regional field director of the Ed Markey for U.S. Senate (Massachusetts) is listed as the host of a phone bank event to "let people know that Ed Markey, Democratic candidate Read more [...]