J.J. Colagrande, Author at The Jitney

2020 Miami Protests Turn Into Riots, Everything that Happened

ByJ.J. Colagrande |May 31, 2020May 31, 2020

May 30th, 2020. Miami’s peaceful BlackLivesMatter protests in honor of the death of George Floyd […]

ByJ.J. Colagrande |May 26, 2020May 25, 2020

Jeff Bezos went to high school in Miami. It’s 100% true. He graduated valedictorian of […]

ByJ.J. Colagrande |May 12, 2020May 11, 2020

On Monday May 11th, Lilian Menendez, a 104 year-old in Huntington, Long Island, completed a […]

ByJ.J. Colagrande |May 7, 2020May 6, 2020

Ever since stumbling onto Kamasi Washington live at the Okeechobee Music Festival many years ago, […]

ByJ.J. Colagrande |May 5, 2020May 4, 2020

It’s hard out here in these streets, especially on days like today. Dog days of […]

ByJ.J. Colagrande |April 30, 2020April 26, 2020

Rufus Wainwright dropped a new single “Alone Time” on April 24th. It is the latest […]

ByJ.J. Colagrande |April 25, 2020April 28, 2020

The “Live From Out There” virtual festival is now in its sixth week. The trip […]

ByJ.J. Colagrande |April 16, 2020

In a heartbreaking newsletter sent out by GablesStage, it was announced that South Florida theater […]

ByJ.J. Colagrande |April 16, 2020April 16, 2020

Bright sides. They’re everywhere. To the left, to the right, look up not down. Step […]

ByJ.J. Colagrande |March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

Testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Miami-Dade and South Florida is and has been painstakingly […]