P. Scott Cunningham

Cocaine Cowboys 2 Takes Its Cues From '90s West Coast Hood Flicks

Miami Book Fair Preview: Russell Banks Accidentally Writes a Non-Fiction

Higher Learning

Miami Book Fair International

The graphic novel reigns at this year's edition.

Reel Wrap Redux

Week two at the Miami International Film Festival.

Reel Wrap

Our critics review a sampling from week one of the film fest.

Letters from the Issue of October 18, 2007

"We thought we were going to see the end of Chávez. Unfortunately the revolt didn't work, and now I know why."

Celebrate National Record Store Day at Sweat Records and Radio-Active Records

Remember record stores? They were the place you bought those plastic silvery things called CDs and also where you could pick up vinyl if you were trying to be über-authentic. Ah, yes the days before iTunes. But while Sam Goodys and FYEs might not be commonplace anymore, local records stores still s ... More >>

Neologism Friday

Harvard UniversityJump the Shark - Used to describe the moment when a TV show or other cultural phenomenon has outlived its usefulness or creative steam, e.g. Phil Hartman's death stalling NewsRadio.Land it in the Hudson - A sentiment of encouragement, usually given in the midst of a crisis, based o ... More >>

Carybé Murals Unveiled at MIA

P. Scott CunninghamWhere's the rum, Miami?Last night, Miami International Aiport in cooperation with American Airlines and Miami-Dade County (and thanks to the efforts of the Odebrecht Corporation), unveiled two 50-foot long murals by acclaimed Brazilian artist Carybé.Despite the ceremony feeling l ... More >>

We Believe We Can Fly

Miami’s cultural Icaruses share tales of flying just below the sun.

Around Town This Weekend

No one said that lasting through the summer of 2009 would be easy, but alas, you've made it and finally there's shit to do on the weekend. Major shit to do. Tonight it's all about the music: Married duo Calahoney jams at Tobacco Road, techno gets the Pickle treatment by Bruno Pronsato, syn ... More >>

Hialeah Homecoming

Meet Jennine Capó Crucet, the next literary big thing.

Reading Really Is Fundamental

Meet Jennine Capó Crucet, the next literary big thing.

Van Peebles, Borowitz, S.L. Price at the Book Fair

Meet Jennine Capó Crucet, the next literary big thing.

Workshop Workshop Makes Zines Inside Design Miami

Jim Drain​Beginning December 1, Jim Drain of Bas Fisher Invitational, British artist Graham Hudson, and I are co-curating a project inside Design Miami (where my wife works) called The Brief Happy Life of Workshop Workshop. Here's the press release, which I wrote, so I guess it's a press release i ... More >>

Highlights From Design Miami/ 2009

All photos by Ian Witlen. Check out the full slideshow here. ​During a week when unchecked imagination runs wild and art comes close to scrambling your brain, Design Miami/ always refreshingly mixes things up by showcasing work with at least somewhat of a foundation based in function. Though the f ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of December 10, 2009

All photos by Ian Witlen. Check out the full slideshow here. ​During a week when unchecked imagination runs wild and art comes close to scrambling your brain, Design Miami/ always refreshingly mixes things up by showcasing work with at least somewhat of a foundation based in function. Though the f ... More >>

We Do Haiku: Artists Wax Poetic About Lack of Arts Funding

Creative CommonsWhen life gives you a dearth of arts funding, make haikus! The Knight Foundation and the University of Wynwood recently cosponsored "Do You Haiku" -- a contest to find the best haikus written about the impact of Miami-Dade's lack of arts funding. They received a grand response; it tu ... More >>

Copy Writers

Creative CommonsWhen life gives you a dearth of arts funding, make haikus! The Knight Foundation and the University of Wynwood recently cosponsored "Do You Haiku" -- a contest to find the best haikus written about the impact of Miami-Dade's lack of arts funding. They received a grand response; it tu ... More >>

Copy Great Poetry with P. Scott Cunningham and the University of Wynwood February 2

​Even though these days there's not much profit in the poetry game, the art of writing verse can still be dangerous and seductive. So don't give up hope, you can be like the classic poets, too. You can exude confidence and daring. You can totally copy them. The first step would be to sign up ... More >>

Of Pythons and Poems

​Even though these days there's not much profit in the poetry game, the art of writing verse can still be dangerous and seductive. So don't give up hope, you can be like the classic poets, too. You can exude confidence and daring. You can totally copy them. The first step would be to sign up ... More >>

Miami Art Museum Reintroduces Thursday Social With True Miami Contemporaries

Jeremiah Bullfrog (left), Lauren Reskin (middle), and P. Scott Cunningham (right) are three of the creative minds presenting tonight at the Miami Art Museum.​After a five-month hiatus, the Miami Art Museum is rebooting its monthly Thursday networker tonight with a rather fun exhibition featuring s ... More >>

Concert Review: Sloppy Seconds, Nobunny at Churchill's and the Axe and the Oak at Sweat Records, June 5

Big, beautiful white guys​Sloppy Seconds, Nobunny, and the Spits at Churchill's Pub, MiamiThe Axe and the Oak at Sweat Records, Miami Saturday, June 5, 2010 Better Than: Sitting at home on a Saturday night with a $10 dollar jug of wine and having my ass handed back to me on a casual game of Scrab ... More >>

It's All About the Poetry, Bro

Big, beautiful white guys​Sloppy Seconds, Nobunny, and the Spits at Churchill's Pub, MiamiThe Axe and the Oak at Sweat Records, Miami Saturday, June 5, 2010 Better Than: Sitting at home on a Saturday night with a $10 dollar jug of wine and having my ass handed back to me on a casual game of Scrab ... More >>

Tell It on the Mountain

Big, beautiful white guys​Sloppy Seconds, Nobunny, and the Spits at Churchill's Pub, MiamiThe Axe and the Oak at Sweat Records, Miami Saturday, June 5, 2010 Better Than: Sitting at home on a Saturday night with a $10 dollar jug of wine and having my ass handed back to me on a casual game of Scrab ... More >>

FriendsWithYou and Christy Gates

Big, beautiful white guys​Sloppy Seconds, Nobunny, and the Spits at Churchill's Pub, MiamiThe Axe and the Oak at Sweat Records, Miami Saturday, June 5, 2010 Better Than: Sitting at home on a Saturday night with a $10 dollar jug of wine and having my ass handed back to me on a casual game of Scrab ... More >>

Eat Cake, Starving Artists

Big, beautiful white guys​Sloppy Seconds, Nobunny, and the Spits at Churchill's Pub, MiamiThe Axe and the Oak at Sweat Records, Miami Saturday, June 5, 2010 Better Than: Sitting at home on a Saturday night with a $10 dollar jug of wine and having my ass handed back to me on a casual game of Scrab ... More >>

Ode School

Big, beautiful white guys​Sloppy Seconds, Nobunny, and the Spits at Churchill's Pub, MiamiThe Axe and the Oak at Sweat Records, Miami Saturday, June 5, 2010 Better Than: Sitting at home on a Saturday night with a $10 dollar jug of wine and having my ass handed back to me on a casual game of Scrab ... More >>

O, Miami poetry fest wants to deliver verse to Miami's masses

Big, beautiful white guys​Sloppy Seconds, Nobunny, and the Spits at Churchill's Pub, MiamiThe Axe and the Oak at Sweat Records, Miami Saturday, June 5, 2010 Better Than: Sitting at home on a Saturday night with a $10 dollar jug of wine and having my ass handed back to me on a casual game of Scrab ... More >>

Animal with Wild Hunger

Big, beautiful white guys​Sloppy Seconds, Nobunny, and the Spits at Churchill's Pub, MiamiThe Axe and the Oak at Sweat Records, Miami Saturday, June 5, 2010 Better Than: Sitting at home on a Saturday night with a $10 dollar jug of wine and having my ass handed back to me on a casual game of Scrab ... More >>

Artist Dana Schutz Drops Her All-Time Top Ten Pop Songs for Miami Playlist Party

The Breeders as seen by Dana Schutz.​If you say you've never bought an album because it had a sweet cover, you'd be a giant, fake-cool liar. The saddest part of downloading music isn't just the demise of the music industry. It's that we no longer get to enjoy amazing cover art or oddly personal ... More >>

Dana Schutz's Miami Playlist Party at the Standard Spa January 15

The Breeders as seen by Dana Schutz.​If you say you've never bought an album because it had a sweet cover, you'd be a giant, fake-cool liar. The saddest part of downloading music isn't just the demise of the music industry. It's that we no longer get to enjoy amazing cover art or oddly personal ... More >>