Email Author Ciara LaVelle

2012 Stories by Ciara LaVelle

• Perfect Peter Parker

  published December 27, 2012

  From the original comic-book hero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962, to revised versions of Peter Parker on film and in videogames, all... More >>

• Best of All Time

  published December 20, 2012

  There is no greater Christmas movie than A Christmas Story. Don’t even try to argue the point. Forget the shmaltzy sap of... More >>

• Holiday Nuts

  published December 20, 2012

  There are holiday traditions you dread, like suffering through a crowded Christmas mass or helping your handsy Aunt Victoria get to bed after... More >>

• Borscht Film Festival Returns December 13 to 16

  published December 13, 2012

  Borscht Film Festival 8 at Arsht Center December 13 to 16 Borscht Film Festival 8 Returns December 13 to 16 More >>

• Trippy Coral

  published December 13, 2012

  The 2012 Borscht Film Festival gets underway with FutureHistory at SoundScape Park (400 17th St., Miami Beach), where Coral Morphologic’s... More >>

• Get Boshed

  published December 13, 2012

  At the Bosh Film Festival, presented at the Miami Art Museum (101 W. Flagler St., Miami), viewers can see Adventures of Chris Bosh in the... More >>

• Get Freaky

  published December 13, 2012

  Gold-dripping vaginas. A vivid ’90s flashback. Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh as a displaced space prince. It can mean only one thing:... More >>

• Four Legged Stars

  published December 13, 2012

  Borscht has set up its own celebrity-studded event this year — if you consider animals to be celebrities. O Cinema (90 NW 29th St., Miami)... More >>

• Ordinary People

  published December 6, 2012

  The key to being as spooky as possible, according to Anthony Hopkins, is acting totally normal. In an interview with New York Magazine’s... More >>

• Beers for Basel

  published November 29, 2012

  They say the holidays start earlier every year, with decorations going up and advertisements running on TV well in advance of Thanksgiving. But... More >>

• The Beautiful People

  published November 29, 2012

  Forget Fashion Week and the Model Beach Volleyball Tournament and the dozens of nightlife scenes around South Beach that seem to attract... More >>

• Breaking Basel

  published November 29, 2012

  Art Basel remains the most prestigious event taking place during Miami Art Week, running from December 6 through 9 this year. But that hasn't... More >>

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  Ruben Ubiera: King of the Walls

  published November 22, 2012

  Look at Ruben Ubiera's Wynwood murals and you'll feel like you're in an urban jungle — literally. The 36-year-old artist's signature... More >>

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  Mitch Glazer: Magic City Muse

  published November 22, 2012

  In the 1960s and '70s, Mitch Glazer was just your average Miami Beach kid: going to Beach High, where his mother worked as an English teacher,... More >>

• Best of Brazil

  published November 22, 2012

  Earlier this month, Adriana de Moura, the Brazilian star of The Real Housewives of Miami, shook things up on the show by attacking costar... More >>

• The Greatest

  published November 22, 2012

  Is Louis CK the greatest comic of our time? The short answer, of course, is yes. But that answer doesn’t suffice for the millions of... More >>

• Gators Galore

  published November 22, 2012

  You might not know Italian gallery Ca' d'Oro by name, but if you were in Miami during Art Basel in 2010, you know its work. This was the gallery... More >>

• Rum Culture

  published November 22, 2012

  Earlier this year, Miami’s landmark Bacardi buildings — the ones that formerly housed Bacardi headquarters but had stood mostly empty... More >>

• Like, Totally

  published November 15, 2012

  Feeling nostalgic for the ’80s? It’s easy to understand why. From synthesized beats on the radio to neon colors and leggings on the... More >>

• Fresh Blood

  published November 15, 2012

  Usually it’s Miami’s sports teams that make changes to personnel during the off-season. But this year, Miami’s arts... More >>

• Briefly Being Bond

  published November 8, 2012

  He’s handsome and suave, in a rugged, don’t-mess-with-me way. He’s handy with gadgets and guns. He has a way with the ladies and... More >>

• Get Lucky

  published November 8, 2012

  Smash a mirror. Step on a crack. Walk beneath a ladder and lure a stray black cat to cross your path. Don’t knock wood, cross your fingers,... More >>

• Lady Ballers

  published November 8, 2012

  AJ McArthur has a lot of work to do. As the owner of the fledgling Miami Spice bikini basketball team, he's in charge of recruiting players,... More >>

• Books and Books and More Books

  published November 8, 2012

  Contrary to popular belief, Miami is an incredibly literary city. We have University of Wynwood bringing poets to town year-round. We have Books &... More >>

• The Aristocrats

  published November 1, 2012

  Election day 2012 is right around the corner, which means for the past weeks – no, months-- no, year, both Republican and Democratic... More >>