Listen up all you overachievers out there: Naps can be very productive. In fact, The Red Thread, a new original production opening Wednesday at Miami Shores’ PlayGround Theatre, is the product of such a siesta. “The original inspiration came from a Chinese folktale called ‘The Magical Embroidery,’ which Fernando Calzadilla,…
There’s a perception in the vegan/vegetarian community that beekeepers are perpetrators of animal abuse. They mishandle bees, stealing from them and working them into the ground by harvesting their hard-earned product. David Rukin, one of Florida’s most prolific beekeepers, thinks otherwise. Rukin has been in the bzzzness since 1975, and…
Alex Cuevas is a buff vegan, but it hasn’t always been that way. Vegetarian for 24 years, vegan for the last 14, he met a guy named Nature at a raw vegan potluck in New York City in late 2009. It was then he heard the words that would change…
You snooze, you lose, right? Well, not in the case of the The Red Thread, a new production opening at the kid-friendly PlayGround Theatre. When artistic director Stephanie Ansin snoozes, she creates. She wrote The Red Thread after Fernando Calzadilla, co-writer and production designer of the play, read to her…
[jump] But again, it’s not too surprising considering his God-like status, so I will try to shut up about it. (But seriously, if I got elbowed by one more bloody-eyed 15-year-old who looked like she just stepped off planet Seratonius, I was going to have to clock someone.) Van Buuren…
When Moby took over the pixelated DJ pod in the Carl Cox and Friends Mega Structure last night, I wonder if he was saying to himself, “This audience is going to fucking love my set tonight… whether they like it or not!” He immediately began egging the crowd on, pumping…
Yes, things went all Pete Tong … and Sarah Main, Bob Sinclar, and DJ Jazzy Jeff to name a few, at Saturday’s fourth annual Pacha Ibiza Pool Party at the Shelborne Beach Resort. In the afternoon hours, party people sat sedately around the pool, enjoying the perfect weather, dipping their…
The Three Deck Wizard (AKA Carl Cox) and a couple of his friends, Laurent Garnier and Loco Dice, kept last night’s crowd of young heathens sweaty and screaming at the New Carl Cox and Friends Two-Level Mega Structure. (Sorry, that’s what the event is calling it.) Three-decade electronic music vet…
Maurice Benjamin and Addy Weitzman are a Montreal-based band called Footprintz, one of several groups currently signed to the Visionquest label. They’ve been friends for a number of years. And thanks to a few chance intersections with label co-founder Seth Troxler, they just scored a record deal. Yesterday’s set at…
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.Artist Jorge Barrera leans against the railing of the boardwalk, looking ahead at the ocean as…
Last night at Mansion, Italian electro-house DJ Benny Benassi warmed up his turntables — and our town — for his performance at the Ultra Music Festival. The world-renowned musician, maybe still best known for his 2002 hit “Satisfaction,” counts British singer Gary Go and the infamous Chris Brown among his…
The milk aisle these days is a lot more complicated than it was ten years ago. There was a time when 1 percent seemed exotic. Nowadays, they’re squeezing milk out of rice, almonds, soy beans, and coconuts in plain, vanilla, chocolate, mocha, unsweetened, light, and organic varieties. The dairy case…
See the full 35-photo Paul Van Dyk WMC 2011 slideshow at Clubchaser.com. Paul Van Dyk’s orchestration of sound and light last night at Mansion was true to the title of his upcoming album: Evolution. At the outset of the show, Mansion’s main dance floor was a barely lit cave. The…
So it wouldn’t be entirely accurate to say that everyone who matters in dance music attended the International Dance Music Awards at Dolce last night. But even if Armin Van Buuren and Deadmau5 couldn’t make the event, a few high-class yet earth-bound performers made the brief awards show and the…
The biggest awards in dance music took place at Dolce last night. The International Dance Music Awards’ producers seemed to have their short-attention-spanned audience in mind when they designed the event, keeping the awards-presentation time to a minimum, and focusing instead on the performances and afterparty. Still, 56 awards were…
Kevin Hart isn’t that cool. With four sold out shows at the Fillmore for the South Beach Comedy Festival, the man may be popular, but he’s definitely not that cool. He started his performance last night by grabbing the mic and pulling the stand down a good two feet to…
At 23, Pioneer Winter is something of a curiosity. He was born in South Miami, graduated from the dance magnet at Michael Krop high school in 2006, choreographed a show for the largest arts festival in the world in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2007, had his master’s degree in public health…
The area south of Fifth Street in Miami Beach is a chic one to reside in these days, but cross to the north side of the main drag and it’s another story. Homeless push overloaded carts through the streets and live in the alleys between Sixth and Eighth streets and…
Von D Loft 168 Saturday, February 26, 2011 Better than: Kat Von D from LA Ink. Out on the sidewalk a block away from Loft 168, we could already hear the metal grates over closed storefronts reverberating with bass. Always a good sign…
At 23, Pioneer Winter is something of a curiosity. He was born in South Miami, graduated from the dance magnet at Michael Krop high school in 2006, choreographed a show for the largest arts festival in the world in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2007, had his master’s degree in public health and epidemiology…
A self-proclaimed city kid from New York’s East Village, Jesse Marco took a free fall into the music business at the age of 18 when he began an internship with British music mogul Mark Ronson. He gained recognition after taking a number of opening slots at New York City clubs…
I hate saying the words “nutritional yeast” out loud. It sounds like the most unappetizing product ever cultured. And truthfully, it can be. Try putting a straight spoonful of the powder in your mouth. If you don’t suffocate on accidentally inhaled yeast flakes, you’ll have a thick yellow putty-like coating…
