For $5,000, you could be this cat. On Thursday, May 8, the Zero G Corp. is bringing their magic, gravity-eating machine to the Fort Lauderdale Airport. How does it work? Well, first you buy a $5,000 ticket. Then, from what we can gather, you go up in a regular old…
Monday: With all the bodies turning up, a free self-defense class isn’t such a bad idea. This one is ladies only. Sorry guys. Looks like you’ll just have to learn to fend for yourself. The class is held every Monday and Wednesday at Bayfront Park.Tuesday: This week is your last…
Whether you’re overworked or unemployed, take a deep breath because the weekend is finally here. But, to paraphrase Les Claypool, weekends don’t mean so much when you’re unemployed, ‘cept you get to hang out with your working friends. So make some plans to get together this weekend. Sometimes it takes…
The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival begins tomorrow, so we’d thought we give you a rundown of what to do and what to see. I Killed My Mother: Screens tomorrow at Gusman as the opening-night film. Yes, the drama revolves around a gay teenage son, but if you’ve ever…
Back in February, we awarded the Borscht Film Festival a Mastermind genius grant of $1,000. We’re happy to announce the money was put to good use. Lucas Leyva, minister of the interior for Borscht, reports that the cash helped them pay the costs to get two CCCV shorts submitted to…
For those of you who’ve been crying into your Le Creuset braisers ever since Gourmet stopped appearing in your mailbox, dry your eyes. Queen of the foodies, raven-coiffed ex-Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl is coming back to Miami. A four-time James Beard winner and former food critic at the Los Angeles…
The cult of the auteur has been around as long as cinema. But for every Alfred Hitchcock, there’s a great editor, cinematographer, set designer, and so on who brings a unique vision to the film. Each Sunday in May, local cinema salon Ciné-Club 24 is paying tribute not to the…
Comedians such as Mitch Fatel verify a lot of the stereotypes we ladies have about men. First, they have indeed been stealing our Victoria’s Secret catalogues, and, second, they actually think about sex every 11 seconds, with very few neurons firing in between. Still, there’s something cathartic about hearing Fatel…
If we said, “I need some action,” a large portion of you would answer, “Tender satisfaction,” thanks to the earworm planted by Nadine Sutherland and Terror Fabulous back in 1993. Their infectious reggae hit “Action” was a Billboard hit stateside, and back in Jamaica, the Labour Party even used it…
You have one week left to register for the Miami Film Race, a national filmmaking competition where you must create an original film (no longer than four minutes) in less than 24 hours. The 24-clock starts Friday, April 30, at 10 p.m. when your team will receive a theme and…
This week, we deserve extra credit or at least a gold star. Instead of five free events for the week, we’ve supplied eight. Monday: Avoid the rain. Stay indoors by making an appointment to see Believe the Hype.Tuesday: Stop waiting for the Rapture to occur. Seek it out yourself at…
If you’ve been to the Miami Beach Cinematheque this month, then you’ve seen their Grey Gardens-inspired photo exhibit, shot by Andre Gabb and styled by Stefanie Del Papa. The exhibit leads up to a garage sale at the end of the month, which will raise funds for the Cinematheque’s new…
Yesterday, we asked the copy machine if we could head home early from the office. We’re ready for the weekend. Bring on the deep-toned plucks of an upright bass, the rainbow-hued parades and parties, all-you-can-drink beer, a trip to Miami’s fabled Cuban food meccas, and a night of indie blues-rock.FridayDestined…
The spectacle is bound to confuse passersby: men in trucker caps and ladies in horn-rimmed glasses hunched over light boxes, scribbling on note cards while a rowdy bunch behind them waits its turn. The event in question is Drinking and Drawing at the News Lounge. It’s a sort of animated…
The World Health Organization just issued a warning that it has detected hazardous levels of romance in the atmosphere. So far, the potential risks are minimal, but Justin Bieber fans, the recently divorced, and people who haven’t yet had their soul devoured in a bad breakup should take precautions. Those…
While other little boys were channeling the Lone Ranger, Clinton Leupp had a very different idol in mind: Bewitched’s flame-haired Eudora and her colorful caftans. As he relates in his stand-up, he used to sneak into his mother’s closet and into her caftans: “100 percent polyester and I loved every…
On the surface, Oscar-nominated A Prophet is a French prison drama. Malik is a young man of Arab descent who can’t read or write. He finds himself in jail and must navigate the power hierarchies of his cellmates. Malik undergoes a metamorphosis, surviving an Oz-like hazing and developing his own…
Rock still maintains an aura of rebellion in Iran so it’s not surprising that it continues to show up in Iranian New Wave cinema. In 2008’s animated Persepolis, Marji buys heavy metal and punk albums on the black market, providing the soundtrack for her growing disgust with the oppressive Islamic…
Oscar nominators clearly have a soft spot for Israel. In the last past two years, Beaufort and Waltz With Bashir were both contenders but not winners. But this year’s Israeli film Ajami just might win. The unscripted dialogue is mostly in Arabic; it was co-directed by Israeli and Arab-Israeli filmmakers,…
If you’ve been to the Miami Beach Cinematheque this month, then you’ve seen its Grey Gardens-inspired photo exhibit, shot by Andre Gabb and styled by Stefanie Del Papa. The exhibit leads up to a garage sale at the end of the month, which will raise funds for the Cinematheque’s new…
Those who hold a special place in their hearts for the macabre will revel in Let the Night Roar, the drum ‘n’ bass album from Ninja Tunes DJ and producer King Cannibal. This South Londoner takes his electronic productions down a darkstep path (or darkcore or skullstep if you prefer)…
If you’re like us, you’re powerless in resisting the Sunday-night blues. A weekend’s worth of distractions behind you, you remember you’ll have to, sigh, return to work the next day. You begin twitching at the thought of those flickering fluorescent lights and the oppression of your cubicle’s gray carpeted walls…
