Email Author Amanda McCorquodale

2011 Stories by Amanda McCorquodale

• Dave Chappelle Booed Off Stage at Zo's Summer Groove (Video), Then Apologizes

  published Jul 25, 2011

  When we previewed the comedy show at Zo's Summer Grove for the calendar three weeks ago, the headliner was slated to be D.L. Hughley. On Friday, however, we learned that none other than comedy god Dav... More >>

• Nine Best Things to Do This Weekend Besides Britney Spears

  published Jul 22, 2011

  Do cool things happen in Miamir Yes. Simply click "more" to read the ten best things to do this weekend. For more in depth proof, though, read the Atlantic's "In Miami, an Alternative Cultural Renaiss... More >>

• Miami City Ballet Stars in Black Swan-Inspired Reality Show, En Pointe

  published Jul 21, 2011

  The Miami City Ballet is enjoying its biggest success in 25 years -- or so artistic director Edward Villella told the Miami Herald this past week. He was responding to fantastic reviews of MCB's three... More >>

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  Banksy's Ex-Dealer Cancels Mega Show During Art Basel Miami Beach

  published Jul 20, 2011

  Back in February, London's Financial Times reported that Steve Lazarides, the art dealer and Sleaze editor credited with discovering Banksy, was planning a huge art/music/film event in Miami during Ar... More >>

• Fight the "Only in Florida" Meme with Floriduh Pride Bling

  published Jul 19, 2011

  Florida continues to be the butt of the world's jokes thanks to ridiculous moments of stupidity and depressingly dark violence. And the Casey Anthony ordeal is not helping our state's reputation any. ... More >>

• Ten Best Things to Do This Weekend

  published Jul 15, 2011

  This weekend is like the Art Basel of bikinis. It's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, when all the New York fashionista folk come to Miami and showcase next year's swim lines and help a company sell ca... More >>

• Bass Museum Receives NEA Grant for Public Art Project, TC: Temporary Contemporary

  published Jul 13, 2011

  The Miami arts community is indebted to the Knight Foundation for funding almost every single cultural project in this city. But still, it's a little scary when all the mula comes one from one pocket,... More >>

• Hot or Not: Wearing Steve Buscemi's Face as a Dress

  published Jul 13, 2011

  We're going to be bold and admit that we have no idea what to wear to the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim this weekend. It recently occurred to us that our wardrobe compiled from the best of the clear... More >>

• New York Times Premieres Xavier Cha's De La Cruz Performance

  published Jul 11, 2011

  There's a growing catalog of artists in residence proving that Miami is not only where you show your best contemporary art, it's also where you create it. Video artist Ryan Trecartin filmed his seven-... More >>

• Slavery, Death, and Three Other Reasons You Should Never Plank Again

  published Jul 08, 2011

  Face down, butt up. That's the way we like to... plankr Yeah, plank. In case you live IRL (in real life, as opposed to online), planking is a recent Internet meme where folks lie down -- stiff as a bo... More >>

• Five Best Things to Do This Weekend

  published Jul 08, 2011

  Miami is quiet this weekend. We can only guess it's because everyone is either knee deep in Harry Potter fandom in NYC, gawking at royals Will and Kate in Los Angeles, or still have their toochises pa... More >>

• Runway for the Masses

  published July 7, 2011

  Although Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim begins Thursday, none of you average-size, nonindustry folk will be able to sneak past its velvet ropes.... More >>

• Passion Onscreen

  published July 7, 2011

  According to actor John Turturro, if you sing in the streets of Naples, Italy, someone will join in and sing along. Want to waltz down the piazza?... More >>

• Gurus Gone Bad

  published July 7, 2011

  If you’ve ever taken an awesome yoga class, thank the Beatles. The practice grew wildly popular in the West only after Hindu guru Maharishi... More >>

• Ashley Ford's "Metrouroboros" Captures South Florida's Non-Places

  published Jul 06, 2011

  As Dag's fictional character Oliver asks in the 1991 novel Generation X, "'You mean to tell me that we can drive all the way here from L.A. and see maybe ten thousand square miles of shopping malls, a... More >>

• Florida Supercon's Best Dressed: Name That Character

  published Jul 05, 2011

  We love that there were dancing wolfmen, full-on raves, and nerdy karaoke at this weekend's Florida Supercon (see videos of all three here).  But the best part of any comic con are the fan outfit... More >>

• Grayer Lady

  published June 30, 2011

  Just as journalists embedded themselves in Afghanistan, filmmaker Andrew Rossi bunkered down in the newsroom of the New York Times. His... More >>

• Crimson and Clover

  published June 30, 2011

  Although she growled, “I don’t give a damn about my bad reputation,” Joan Jett’s rock prestige is actually pretty stellar. She... More >>

• Wet Couture

  published June 30, 2011

  Thongs are boring. What really get us excited are burqinis, that is, burqa-style bikinis. Perhaps it’s because the full-body... More >>

• Best Weekend Trips From Miami

  published Jun 30, 2011

  Viva la long weekend! Except if you don't start making plans soon, you'll probably spend the next four days watching a Saved by the Bell marathon with a straw stuck in your Jimmy Buffet brand margarit... More >>

• Adam Sandler May Film Valet Guys in Miami This January

  published Jun 29, 2011

  Who's ready for another I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larryr Kevin James (who played Larry) has written a comedic script about Miami guys in their 40s who work as valet, and he's trying to get Adam ... More >>

• Orlando Magic's Gilbert Arenas Sues Ex Over Basketball Wives: Los Angeles

  published Jun 28, 2011

  Has a reality TV show ever inspired more lawsuits than Basketball Wivesr Miami Heat's Chris Bosh famously filed a lawsuit against his ex-girlfriend Allison Mathis to prevent her from appearing on Seas... More >>

• Before ABC Airs Pan Am, HistoryMiami Opens "Aviation in Miami: The First 100 Years"

  published Jun 28, 2011

  When ABC airs Pan Am, its new series about the glory days of air travel in the '60s, will it include Miamir After all, the airline began and ended in our city despite living out its heyday at its NYC ... More >>

• Psychedelic Furs at Culture Room July 1

  published June 30, 2011

  In the early '80s, U2 and the Psychedelic Furs played the German TV show Rockpalast. Thirty years later, Bono is filling Sun Life... More >>

• Win Four Free Tickets to Florida Supercon

  published Jun 27, 2011

  In The Princess Bride, as Buttercup prepares to commit suicide with a dagger, Westley says, "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours." What a mensch! We... More >>