Mystery, Meat

Crowded dining rooms, ill-prepared food, annoying companions — going out to dinner can be a real drag. Sometimes it’s hard to resist the urge to kill your fellow diners and the waitstaff. Now you don’t have to. This Saturday, Cafeina Lounge (297 NW 23rd St., Miami) invites you to do…

Gutter Films: Free Cult Films and B-Movies Take Over Wynwood

From ’50s sci-fi horror to exploitation flicks of the ’70s to Mystery Science Theater 3000-worthy films of the present day, cult and b-movies have crawled out of the gutter and into the darkest part of our hearts. But here in Miami, subculture cinephines haven’t had a place to come together…

Chick-fil-A “Kiss-In”: Miami is Apathetically Gay

On Friday evening, Dadeland Mall was packed with its usual crowd of South Miami shoppers. An average night spending dollars at outlets and the mandatory visit to the food court jungle. It was as quiet an outing one could expect for a busy mall — except for Chick-fil-A’s three security…

Reduce, Reuse, Redesign

All artists want to believe their calling makes the world a better place. But few art exhibits connect creativity and worldly preservation as directly as “Design for a Living World.” Presented by the Nature Conservancy, “Design for a Living World” offers a glimpse at how the products we throw away…

Design for a Living World: Sip Bombay and Save the Planet

Humanity’s come a long way since acknowledging the existence of global warming and our selfish, consumptive ways. More and more people are going green, and it doesn’t hurt that it’s become trendy to do so. Captain Planet would be proud.The products we use on the daily impact us more than…

Whatta Man

From involuntary erectile reactions to not even being able to get it up, the stuff men deal with on the daily isn’t always a picnic. Ladies, admit it: sometimes, dudes have it rough. Not convinced? A couple of guys are taking to the Actors’ Playhouse stage to demonstrate — by…

Above-Average Art

If the Picasso knockoff you bought at Target just isn’t bringing your shag pad together the way you want, it’s time to explore a more average décor arrangement. Not “average” as in ordinary; “average” as in Average Joe. This Sunday, Yo Miami is reviving its gallery show of normal-person-priced masterpieces,…

Miami Performance International Festival: Signs of What’s to Come

See Miami Performance International Festival: Performance Art, No Unitard Required.When you hear the words “performance art,” the first thing that comes to mind is a bunch of naked weirdoes splattered in paint chanting obscurities and eating garbage. Or perhaps the term is so broad that it brings nothing to mind…

Real Men Sing Show Tunes: The Penis Reclaims the Stage

See “Real Men Sing Show Tunes: Actors’ Playhouse Presents the Manliest of Puppet Shows.”Juggling balls, fraternity, and lesbian porn. It’s the little things that make men happy.At least that’s the impression Real Men Sing Show Tunes…and play with puppets suggested in its first scene as it made it’s official premiere…

Hot Thespian Action

The ancient Greeks gave us drama; Shakespeare gave us tragedy; and now New Theatre’s giving us everything they’ve got. Fourteen playwrights, 14 directors, 36 actors, and more than 15 supporting staff members are ready to put on for their city (with a little more finesse than Young Jeezy) at the…

Hot Stuff

Ladies and gentlemen, hold onto your seats. Things are about to get hot, sticky, and dirty. But not in a sexy way — in a soon-to-be-scorched-earth way, thanks to Heather Woodbury’s As the Globe Warms, presented by FIU Theatre. The award-winning writer and performer delves into her one-woman act, dishing…

Happy Endings

Summer in Miami: the exact opposite of paradise. Between drone-like days in a cubicle and debauched nights on South Beach, you’d better make time to unwind. Sadly, owing to your low-paying office job and bottle service habit, you’ll have to unwind on a budget. So thank your hot stones for…

Crazy Art

Sebastian Ferreira only considers his art complete once he has painted over his past mistakes. A frenzy of lines and shapes intertwine to create a bustling metropolis. His work is the byproduct of mental illness. In the stylistic tradition of horror vacui, Latin for “fear of empty space,” Ferreira uses…