Leading up to Miami Book Fair International, Riptide 2.0 will be publishing profiles of visiting authors. Check back often as two to three will going up per day until Sunday, November 15.Dan Goldman is one of the few creators who carries a boatload of style, credibility, and innovation in the…
Chances are, if you listen to NPR, you probably do so in the convenience of your eco-friendly automobile or in your den (and on shuffle with Berlioz, of course). You were on the cardigan-and-bowtie train long before hipsters got on it, and you can cook up a mean bouillabaisse. Or…
Admit it — you’ve wanted your own pet monkey ever since you saw the Clint Eastwood-orangutan vehicle Every Which Way But Loose. He could ride your dog, eat with a fork, fetch you a beer; heck, you could even train him to knife-fight and guard you while you sleep! But…
If you haven’t yet played or heard of Miami Shark, allow us to set the scene: You are a shark in the waters surrounding Miami. You are angry and hungry. You eat flocks of ducks and people, and soar into the air to drag airplanes into the ocean. Explosions ensue. Basically, Miami…
Michelle Obama has a ridiculously difficult job. She has to raise a family and schmooze with googly-eyed dignitaries, all the while still having to share her shortbread cookie recipes with Good Housekeeping and her arm workout routine with Women’s Health.But some first ladies have not been so well adjusted. Some…
The Casanova Freestyle Reunion, this Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the James L. Knight Center, is like a Just for Men commercial with hip-hoppers. Instead of Emmitt Smith and his weird beard sitting in a rocking chair, it’s going to be the Sugar Hill Gang poppin’ fish oil capsules and…
This Thursday, take a break from trying to beat your office record at Snood and go see some art. First on the agenda is the “Common Roots” art exhibition at Miami Beach Botanical Garden. Local self-proclaimed art dude Miguel Paredes will explore plants native to South Florida and the Caribbean…
This Thursday, take a break from trying to beat your office record at Snood and go see some art. Pack up the caravan and ride to the Fache Arts and Amy Alonso Gallery, where you can see an “exhibition” (ba-dum-dum) by Carla Fache and RE Sanchez titled “Sexploration.” Apparently the…
Last week, Rio de Janeiro beat Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio and Miami share many things, including tourism, beaches, and lots of South Americans. But here are five reasons why the Magic City will never host the Olympics. 1. Public transportation: In a metropolitan area of more…
Last week, Rio de Janeiro beat Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio and Miami share many things, including tourism, beaches, and lots of South Americans. But here are five reasons the Magic City could never host the games: Public transportation: In a metropolitan area of more than 5.4…
Romero Britto may be oblivious, but he’s the artistic equivalent of H1N1: The man is Miami’s own personal artsy-fartsy epidemic. Though it seems there are still some people in Miami-Dade in charge of public artwork who prefer the man’s stuff (e.g., Midtown, off I-95 downtown, Bal Harbor, etc.), the vast…
Great young men have graced the gridiron for the Hurricanes and the Sooners. Legendary dudes, NFL-grade athlete meat, the cream of the coed crop. Envision a night with all the Dick Enberg toupée hoopla of the Orange Bowl. Now toss in a resurgent Hurricanes team with perennial Big 12 beast…
With its indigenous architecture and accurate cultural portrayals (like the guy in the Roman soldier getup hocking pasta in the street), Española Way is South Beach’s own tiny version of Epcot, and Tapas y Tintos is the representative from Spain. Tucked away at the end of the street, the restaurant…
No one really knows why Tinseltown has such a small share of Asian entertainers. Of all minorities, Asian-Americans have the slimmest margin of making it through the ringer. And once they make it, what sort of material do they have to work with? Well, if they’re Bobby Lee of MADtv…
You’ve seen them on I-95. They’re the fluorescent blur between your car and the Toyota Corolla to your right — 110-mph missiles of leather, plastic, and disregard for domesticity. Think of Florida Trackdays at Homestead-Miami Speedway as a sort of Hogwarts for these motorcyclists. They learn the tricks, get sweet…
Sir Archibald Whistler V, the benefactor of The Honest Liar’s Club: An FIU Reading Series, has plenty of motivation for giving the brightest stars of Florida International University’s creative writing program their own stage: After all, he can’t read. Or write. As a matter of fact, Ooga, his smart ape,…
Even if you’ve never heard of Akira Kurosawa and you hate black-and-white movies with subtitles, you’ve seen one of his flicks. Long before Martin Scorsese remade the Hong Kong police film Internal Affairs into The Departed, Kurosawa (from whom Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Francis Ford Coppola have stolen and borrowed)…
Saturday is a night of destiny, and thus there are many choices you must make before attending Summerfest ’09 featuring Flo Rida, T-Pain, Ne-Yo, and Akon at the American Airlines Arena. Will you wear the Apple Bottoms jeans and the boots with the fur? Them baggy sweatpants and the Reeboks…
Who in 1985 could have imagined Robert Downey Jr. blasting around the big screen in a tin-can superhero suit? What was the probability that Tracy Morgan would get funnier after leaving Saturday Night Live by doing nothing but karate and trying to get females pregnant? And then there’s Kevin Nealon,…
In 1974, a pinnacle of American cinema was released: the Charles Bronson vehicle Death Wish. Never had violence been so gratuitous, and never had so many bad guys died at the hands of one gun-toting, turtleneck-wearing, mustached man. The humor was inherently there, but the original filmmakers chose to pass…
Hungary is a whirlwind of iconic imagery: Olympic gymnasts and wrestlers, Ottomans (the people, not the footrest), the nation’s hilarious proximity to Turkey, and, of course, Gypsies. Formerly decked out in the bohemian dresses and ascots associated with hipsters, Gypsies now find themselves awash in Fila tracksuits, gold chains, wifebeaters,…
Teenagers with foam swords, Cowboy Bebop Spike haircuts, Wolfwood Punishers, Naruto wristbands, and Sailor Jupiter costumes. If this list makes no sense, we probably won’t see you at Florida’s largest anime convention, Yasumicon 2009, this Saturday and Sunday at Florida International University’s Ernest R. Graham Center and Greene Library. Speaking…
