Things have gotten so bad in Eastern Europe that countries such as Moldavia and Albania don’t even have feature-length films anymore. It’s true. The bread lines may be long, but the films are all short. Nah, actually, thanks to the Euro and booming real estate markets, the former Soviet Bloc…
Think before you snub classical music. Researchers tracked a group of dementia patients, and as their gray matter went limp, their musical tastes plummeted from Beethoven to Beiber. Beyond IQ calisthenics, there’s another reason to head to the symphony this week: the New World Symphony’s Opening Concert at its new…
Although a lot of the galleries were showing ongoing exhibits that have been open pre-Basel, the streets of Wynwood were as full as they’ve ever been on Saturday night. Sure, some white cubes offered new work, which included glitter vomit, kitty rayguns, and hologram transformers. But it was pretty apparent…
Hundreds of thousands of people showed up on the National Mall last October for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. We’re pretty sure most the attendees didn’t really believe they could ignite reasonableness in D.C. They just came to party with The Daily Show crew. So last night, while…
Unfortunately, day jobs don’t schedule in recess (unless you work at Google). But you can release all that pent-up energy each month at the Second Saturdays Art Walk. Tomorrow, from 7 to 10 p.m., you can run around the streets of Wynwood and the Design District, high-fiving friends and playing…
Grime may have hatched in East London, but three boys from Manchester are carving out a new place for the dark, dubstep sound. Virus Syndicate is the project of MCs Goldfinger, JSD, and Nika D, and producers MRK1 and Plasticman. When Planet Mu Records released Virus Syndicate’s debut album Work…
Take Art Deco out of Miami, and the city is just urban sprawl with a few Mediterranean-style porticos. Deco is our claim to charm. It’s our proof of history. So in celebration of the Colony Hotel’s rounded corners and eyebrows (the shelf-like structures above its windows), the Miami Design Preservation…
The best aspect of a Renaissance festival is the wonderful absence of jerks thumbing through their Blackberries. It’s a celebration of life unplugged — of a simpler time when men were covered in tin, and women had to worry only about keeping their bosoms heaving and their hair braided. Although…
If there was a zine/album cover artist laurete, we’d nominate Raymond Pettibon. Not only is he the man behind the four-bar logo, flyers, album covers of the band Black Flag. But his angry, dishelved pen and ink graphics provided visuals for a smattering of punk bands in the early 1980s:…
If there was a zine/album cover artist laurete, we’d nominate Raymond Pettibon. Not only is he the man behind the four-bar logo, flyers, album covers of the band Black Flag. But his angry, dishelved pen and ink graphics provided visuals for a smattering of punk bands in the early 1980s:…
If there was a zine/album cover artist laurete, we’d nominate Raymond Pettibon. Not only is he the man behind the four-bar logo, flyers, album covers of the band Black Flag. But his angry, dishelved pen and ink graphics provided visuals for a smattering of punk bands in the early 1980s:…
Take fiber textile art and fuse it with modern dance and you’d have Soundsuits by Nick Cave. These life-sized sculptural objects are beautiful when they are still. But they are breathtaking as they are worn — both for the resulting sound and choreographed movement of materials. The ones we recently…
The Great Wall of Miami graffiti, also known as the old RC Cola plant, now dons corseted beauties with aerosol in hand. If you weren’t speeding so fast on I-95, you’ve probably spotted these retro, glam babes and a blur of the new, colorful tags. Just a few months ago,…
As opposed to Basketball Wives, where the featured ladies aren’t actually wives, the women of Bad Girls Club Miami are living up to their show name by being up to no good. In November, we told you how Catya Washington (AKA Cat or as she was known “The Elite Player”)…
Yes, we do harsh on Broward and Palm Beach County plenty. Yes, we may have called Fort Lauderdale the Canada of South Florida. But the reality is that many of us and our loved ones are bi-countiers. That is, we live in one but work and play in another. And…
The Fort Lauderdale drag queen scene is putting Miami’s to shame lately. (Seriously, where are Miami’s drag shows? Where is our Lips?) So we were pleased to see so many queens at last night’s Lords Hotel opening. In case you’ve been snoozing on your LBGT news, this is the only…
We didn’t want to say anything, (but pssst, your scalp is showing). Luckily, the hipster Walmart has the solution. For a mere $30, Urban Outfitters is selling 8-inch pieces of hair, which you are supposed to stick on your forehead. They’re clip-on bangs. And they’re made of actual human hair…
“So you’re comparing fart applications to a man who pioneered civil rights,” Wyatt Cenac responds after a software developer likens the listing of his Pull My Finger app on iTunes to the integration of baseball by Jackie Robinson. “As a black man, I see exactly what your struggle is. You…
Your grandpa claims he palled around with Al Capone. One day, a strong wind blew away the mobster’s Fedora and gramps caught it. “Keep it,” responded Capone, as he ducked into his armored 1928 Cadillac and zoomed onto Star Island. It’s a tall tale told each Thanksgiving. But now, you…
Anyone who’s worked in a windowless warehouse at a commercial park knows the highlight of the day for years was the noon arrival of the roach coach. Serving victuals one step up from fish chum, and one notch down from airline food, these carts were the first iteration of meals…
Choreographer Twyla Tharp once said, “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” So if you didn’t get a vacation at Christmas, go on a trip at this weekend’s Second Saturday Art Walk. Wynwood and the Design District’s galleries open at 7 p.m. Detroit is perhaps the…
Choreographer Twyla Tharp once said, “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” So if you didn’t get a vacation at Christmas, go on a trip at this weekend’s Second Saturday Art Walk. Wynwood and the Design District’s galleries open at 7 p.m. Curator’s Voice Projects has…
