The White Hot Heat is back. Whether you’re a diehard fan who never misses a game or the kind who digs your number 6 jersey out of the back of your closet when playoffs roll around, it’s always fun to rally behind the home team. With one win under its…
It’s difficult to capture Stefano Campanini’s attention for more than a couple of minutes. Owner of downtown Miami’s Wine by the Bay, he has a passion for the product and a charming Italian demeanor that have earned him many fans who wave as they walk by or stop in to…
As if we couldn’t already thank Ben & Jerry’s enough for bringing us Free Cone Day last week, now their tour is back in Miami for its fourth year and feeding the masses. With temperatures already creeping into the 80s, this ice-cream truck for grownups is a welcome visitor. Simply…
Pincho Factory’s toston burger won over Hoda and Kathie Lee on the Today Show last month. That gave locals a reason to be thankful Nedal Ahmad’s creation is readily available when hunger pangs hit. After opening his second location in Coral Gables last August, Ahmad is ready to expand again…
Hot sauce is a staple on the Cuban table and Michael Diaz’s family is no exception to that rule. His grandfather, who recently passed away, left behind a hot sauce legacy. What he didn’t leave behind? The recipe. That prompted Diaz to hit the kitchen with hopes of recreating it…
If you’ve never heard the word zarzuela, you aren’t alone. But in Spain, it’s a popular (typically satirical) form of opera that alternates between speaking and singing. For the first time in it’s 71-year history, Florida Grand Opera will perform a zarzuela called Luisa Fernanda to kick off its 2011-12…
At Third Street and Washington Avenue, bland electrical boxes once stood atop dreary pedestals. Now you’ll now find these luminescent hand-crafted covers made of blue mirror waterglass. They appeared last November thanks to local artist Wendy Wischer, one of our 100 Creatives.The creation is part of Miami Beach’s Art in…
This isn’t your mother’s community theater. Unless, your mother is a victim turned torturer, that is. The Main Street Players are aiming to stray away from the norm when it comes to traditional community theater with their inclusion of William Mastrosimone’s Extremities as a part of the 2011 season. Skye…
Think the cast of Cirque du Soleil battles urban street dancers and you have Cirque Éloize iD. Contemporary cirque director Jeannot Painchaud brings the production to the Ziff Ballet Opera House starting Tuesday for an unusually long run that lasts until September 4. Sixteen artists hailing from seven different countries…
When most people look at the Metrorail, they think nothing of the hundreds of gray columns supporting the 22-mile-long structure. When artist Rainer Lagemann looks at it, though, he sees a blank canvas for public art. He calls himself “an artist for the human body.” Born in Germany, he only…
If you’ve never heard the word zarzuela you probably aren’t alone. But in Spain, it’s a popular (typically satirical) form of opera that alternates between speaking and singing. For the first time in it’s 71 year history, the Florida Grand Opera is performing a zarzuela called Luisa Fernanda to kick…
If you’re one of those people who sees a movie and can’t stop talking about it, Cinema Conversations is for you. Tomorrow night Coral Gables Art Cinema kicks off this new series with the film Beginners. They will begin the screening of the flick at 6:45 p.m. with a pre-screening…
Zarzuelas (a lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes) are common in Spain and its former colonies such as Cuba, but Florida Grand Opera has never performed one. Until now. In anticipation of Luisa Fernanda, the company’s first zarzuela and its 2011-12 season opener this November, FGO is…
Every little girl dreams of living in their favorite dollhouse. Sisters Veronica and Andrea Gonzalez made that dream a reality when they created their South Miami boutique, Veronica’s Dollhouse. Self-proclaimed Disney-lovers, the sisters first spotted their dream model at Epcot. They later found a replica at an estate sale and…
Last night, the M Ensemble Company opened the Tony Award-nominated story of Home at the Light Box in Goldman Warehouse in Wynwood’s. They chose the play to end their 2010-2011 season, which also happens to be the celebration of their 40th anniversary. Written by Samm-Art Williams, Home tells the story…
The national tour of Hair arrived full-force in Miami last night at the Ziff Opera House. People familiar with the show will recognize classic songs like “Aquarius,” “Hair” and “Let the Sun Shine In” that had many fans dancing in their seats. This 1967 musical, deemed the first “tribal love-rock…
Behind the bright lights and red velvet curtains of “professional theater” is an alternative that is challenging the norm. House Next Door Productions is a group of students from the Miami area looking to spread awareness of so-called “alternative theater” throughout the city. They’re hoping that their production of Stephen…
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. 38…
Sometimes you’re so hungry you believe you can devour everything on a menu and then some. The next time that feeling hits, head to one of these restaurants to take on an epic battle of man and food. Your friends might say they are disgusted after watching you muck down…
We know “Mom knows best” and apparently Michelle Bernstein does too. She is serving up her mother’s baked goods at her new café, Crumb on Parchment. But is mom to credit for Michelle’s skills? Short Order talked with Martha Bernstein and found out that when it comes to cooking, it’s clearly…
Women in big hats, tiny men wearing pink and cocktails full of leaves… it must be time for the Kentucky Derby!To experience all the action of Church Hill Downs in Florida, Gulfstream Park is about as close as you can get. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, to prepare…
Coconut Grove’s newest addition, Central Beer Garden, will open to the public just in time for Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Along with its sister Sushi Central Lounge the venue is located on the fourth floor of CocoWalk. Boasting more than 60 beers on tap, they will also offer “hearty foods…
