At last count, the PostSecret web site had counted 466,771,333 visitors. Chances are, you’re one of them. But the site has only received a measly half million postcard contributions! That means only .11 percent of PostSecret’s trollers have had the burning desire to publicly share the shameful secrets of their…
Labor Day, the holiday with the name that never fails to confuse scads of recent immigrants, is upon us yet again. So kick off your shoes, enjoy not working, and celebrate.If you’re a human, that is. For cows, chickens and pigs everywhere, Labor Day is a murderous nightmare. Livestock all…
The first “choices” that led up to the birth of Choices Vegan Café (379 SW 15th Road, Miami) were brothers Jorge and Alex Cuevas’ decisions to leave their long-time former professions. Jorge, 45, was a high-level school district administrator in San Francisco, handling more than 40 million dollars in federal…
Many of Miami’s creatives are transient, showing up on our shores and disappearing as quickly as the tides. The Art on the Street series will document this overlooked and ever-changing element of South Florida culture.Camille LambKJ Anderson paints on walls in MidtownKJ Anderson says people are surprised when they hear…
Forget strawberry fizz, orange sherbet, and piña colada. This Jelly Belly comes in flavors such as asphalt, gun smoke, and cocaine. Presented by the African American Performing Arts Community Theatre (AAPACT), this gritty play, written by Charles Smith and first produced in 1985, centers on a newly released ex-con named…
It’s like something out of a Food Network reality drama; at 3 p.m., a daytime eatery flips the ‘closed’ sign, and three young chefs and restaurateurs frantically transfer paintings from some hidden space to the restaurant’s walls. They drape gauzy, makeshift curtains over the windows, strip and re-dress the tables,…
If it makes you nervous to hear the words “surreal” and “sex objects” in the same sentence, relax; Cuban artist Alejandro Galindo’s uh, penetrating and imaginative depictions come in non-threatening 2-D form.They’re far from impotent, however. His “phallo-centric” oil paintings all feature penis portraits that vary from “peek-a-boo” to “in…
In the second half of New Theatre’s Henry V, we found ourselves staring at Sipiwe Moyo, the actress who played the king, her expressive and round, dewey-skinned face framed by a hood of fluid metal. Wonder if it’s expensive to buy chainmail headdresses, we thought. They sure are cool. Bet…
Shortly after former Congressman Anthony Weiner got nailed for exposing himself to young women over the Internet, Cuban artist Alejandro Galindo showed up at the World Erotic Art Museum to expose curator and owner Naomi Wilzig to a slew of phalluses. In this case, though, it was mutually beneficial that…
What do you call a film that features three-dimensional beheadings, countless veiled “money shots,” kitschy romantic montages, in-your-face flying mule dicks, and eyeball-busting bouncing boobs? We’d call it the film equivalent of a cheap mixed bag of fun-size Hershey’s chocolate bars — lots of short-lived thrills and variety that make…
Many of Miami’s creatives are transient, showing up on our shores and disappearing as quickly as the tides. The Art on the Street series will document this overlooked and ever-changing element of South Beach culture.”Now I say-ay-ay-ay! I serve the most high, Alpha and Omega he is, beginning and end…
Many of Miami’s creatives are transient, showing up on our shores and disappearing as quickly as the tides. The Art on the Street series will document this overlooked and ever-changing element of South Beach culture.The actual distance between South Beach and Opa Locka may be only about 15 miles, but…
There are a few things that can really make us squirm. One of them is three mom-like ladies smilingly singing songs about their menstrual cycles, which we witnessed last night at the Actors’ Playhouse production See Jane Run!.Okay, so the opening song to the musical was actually about the multifarious…
In the world of puritan health foodies, Welch’s grape, Capri Sun, and even Tropicana are not acceptable examples of “juice.” The word, and associated terms like “juice fasting,” “juicing,” or “on the juice,” instead refer to the nutrient-rich liquid produced by the complete removal of skin, pulp, pits, and fiber…
Vegan Assassin and soon-to-be Miami restaurateur Alex Cuevas is at the helm of yet another veg-head initiative here in Miami — a mass juice fast lasting from five to seven days. Via Facebook, 45 Miamians and friends have committed to joining one of two groups of juice fasters: the rabbits and…
James Zabiela The Vagabond Friday, July 1, 2011 Better Than: A lumberjack convention. But also kinda like one, as you will find out below. It was a wet, steamy night, the kind you might think the Miami nightlife set would enjoy. But it seemed to keep the crowd thinner than…
In our opinion there are two South Beaches: the one that tourists see, marked by flyer-ridden dirty sidewalks, $400 Grey Goose bottles, and fly-by-night restaurants attended by stoned waiters; and the one that locals enjoy, marked by eccentricity, health- and body-consciousness, and solid, “take care of our own” business practices…
At 7 p.m. Sunday, Short Order pulled up to the quiet block near Brickell where Om Garden used to be. It was a little dreary outside, but we followed some smiling, healthy looking people carrying Tupperware dishes to an open door at 379 SW 15th Road. It led to a…
The setting for Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love is fitting: an isolated, shabby motel in the Mojave desert. It’s the perfect bubble for a tortured, taboo, and sickly compelling love affair. Unspeakable things, wrong things, happen between people who are under the influence and locked in cheap motel rooms. Here, the…
We’ll admit it — we’re a sucker for a good logo. We regularly find ourselves perusing the aisles of completely impertinent stores, if the sign outside is good enough. (Is it illegal to be vegan in a taxidermist’s shop? C’mon, the singing fish outside was hilarious.) Miami design super group…
Grammy-nominated Lisa Loeb has done a lot since her cool/dorky mug serenaded us with the 1994 hit “Stay.” She’s had a reality show on the Food Network, launched her own line of eyewear, had a baby (with husband Roey Hershkovitz), and created numerous children’s books. Her album of summer camp…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 24…
