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In what has been hailed as possibly the most memorable -- and moving speech -- of the night at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday, Gina Rodriguez took home the honor of Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy for her role as Jane in the CW's Jane the Virgin.

The Latina approached the stage mouthing the words "wow" over and over again. When she began to speak, her voice cracked with emotion when she said: "This award is so much bigger than myself. It represents a culture that wants to see themselves as heroes."

There's that word again - "represents" - it's a familiar word that get tossed around whenever we talk about Latina identity in all of its intricacies. Some have argued that Rodriguez's win was a win for Latinas across America, but I was left wondering if it really was.

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Among many other things, Girls has always been great satire, lampooning with scolding empathy the callowness, narcissism, and insufferableness of early-to-mid twentysomethings who are privileged enough to spend their post-grad years making mistake after mistake with no serious consequences. But the HBO dramedy's fourth season, in which Hannah (Lena Dunham) leaves Brooklyn to attend the University of Iowa's famed writers' workshop, suffers a kind of repetitive-motion injury from hitting its tiny target one too many times. Despite the new setting, the show's failure to develop past its initial raison d'être of sending up youthful foibles encases it in a cast of sitcom stasis.

That's certainly a disappointment after Girls attained new heights of emotional complexity in Season 3, which upended the earnest promise of Sex and the City, its closest predecessor — that your gal pals will always be there for you no matter what — by exploring how once vital friendships can fall apart in your twenties as you and your BFF mature into different people from the ones you used to be when you first met each other.

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Magnus Sodamin

Miami Artist Magnus Sodamin is obsessed with size. Large canvases, broad brushstrokes, sides of walls, Sodamin's chaotic aesthetic is barely contained by the large surfaces on which he paints. There's nothing too big for Sodamin, in 2014 the artist wrapped an entire roller coaster.

Sodamin debuted his first solo show at Primary Projects in early 2014 to rave reviews. He capped it off by painting his first mural during Art Basel last month.The New Times caught up with him at his studio on the grounds of the Deering Estate, where he is currently in residence. The historic mansion and several smaller cottages, is on one of the only protected natural preserves in the county. The idyllic setting is the perfect contrast for Sodamin's work, dazzling worlds of cosmic chaos ripped from immediate surroundings.

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"It's what teens do," Samantha Van Dresser told the New York Times. "Especially in Florida." The Florida teen was the focus of a story that outlined growing concerns about indoor tanning in America and the health side effects that come with prolonged exposure to UV rays.

The key words here are "concerns" and "growing."

There are two kinds of Floridians -- those who bask in the glow of indoor tanning booths, and those who have no earthly idea why someone living in the "Sunshine State" wouldn't just step outside in the sun. No matter what side of the fence you're on, one thing has become increasingly undeniable: Indoor tanning raises your risk of cancer.

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A floating sustainable farm, a edible park, and an innovative app meant to fix some of Miami's public transit problems: these are just three of the ten Miami-based finalists of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's new grant program, the Knight Cities Challenge. There are 126 total finalists drawn from a "national call for new ideas to make the 26 communities where Knight invests more vibrant places to live and work."

The challenge is part of a three-year, $15 million commitment that Knight Foundation announced in the fall of 2014. Winners will be announced in this spring.

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It's Monday again. The weekend is over, and all of the goodness and joy are gone from the world. So long boats, beaches and bands. Hello traffic, pointless conference calls, and 50 degree offices.

Now that we've thoroughly depressed you, the least we can do is raise your spirits so you don't start your Monday in a funk. Here's a whole host of stuff to do this week, free!

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Star of Jane the Virgin, Gina Rodriguez, won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Series Musical or Comedy. Rodriguez was obviously excited (and so were we) about her win, and she undoubtedly gave one of the best speeches of the evening. "This award is so much bigger than myself. It represents a culture that wants to see themselves as heroes," Rodriguez said through tears. "My dad used to tell me: 'Today's a great day -- you can and you will,'" she added. "Well, Dad, today's a great day, and I can and I did!"

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Art Miami will celebrate its 25th anniversary by expanding to New York. The fair will be the newest addition to Frieze Week, the massive international art show that is generally considered to be one of the more prestigious fairs. Last week, Art Miami named former Armory Show head Katelijne De Backer as its new director.

Art Miami New York will take place May 14-17 on Manhattan's Pier 94. Da Backer has held several high-profile position, including the director of exhibitor relations at Scope. "Art Miami has such a good reputation, and I'm very happy to be involved with them," Da Backer told Artnet. "Starting a new fair is always exciting because it's new," she added.

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The Delta Gamma sorority at the University of Miami released its 2015 recruitment video Thursday. What do bright-faced gals need to join the ranks? Aviator sunglasses, an endless supply of cut-off shorts, and pearly-white teeth -- at least according to the video.

For more than three minutes, the group of women smiles at the camera and dances, bouncing in fun sisterly bliss on the beach. If not for a couple of flashes of the Delta and UM insignias, you would have no idea these girls were actually in college. In fact, this call for young women views more like a Miami tourism ad, one we've seen time and time again.

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Painting. Painting. Painting. 2015's opening edition of the Wynwood Art Walk doles out an irresistible excuse for lovers of the medium to explore plenty of shows devoted to painting in all its forms.

Beginning at 5 p.m. you can catch the works of two young Cuban painters visiting from the island at the Mindy Solomon Gallery to the hyper realist drawings and paintings of Ashley Oubré at the Robert Fontaine Gallery and even a riotously diverse approach to the genre by a group of New York artists at Fredric Snitzer Gallery on the northern fringes of Downtown in what marks the space's return to Second Saturdays after it decamped from Wynwood last year.

At Pan American Art Projects you'll discover a pair of new exhibitions showcasing abstraction, one by a Cuban artist who examines racism in his homeland and the other a group show boasting international names.

Also on tap is the return of a conceptual prankster to Gallery Diet whose humorous works alone demands a visit.

Here's our lineup for what not to miss during this year's inaugural art crawl.

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