Alright. You know what this is. The oldest scam in the Miami books. A band of chickens comes into town (down from Arkansas, or up from Key West) loaded up on cocaine. They’re driving by this little house listening to their loud music, smoking their reefers. And some poor bastard…
Hialeah is a mystery. It’s like God took a suburb, put it in a boggle box, shook the shit out of it, and out came this plucky little town. Luckily, these two High School students have come together to produce this magical number –one that lends understanding to the baffling…
Name Game Filed under: News Martin Luther King Jr. Henry Flagler. José Martí. All are historically significant enough to have streets named for them. Add to the list strip mall magnate Raanan Katz, whose five-year eminent-domain legal battle with the City of Sunny Isles Beach was recently settled. Katz will…
The Sorrows of Young Werther: Of the many reasons this adaptation of Goethe’s play succeeds, the director’s savvy use of the small venue ranks highest. Jesús Quintero and his upstart troupe recognize that close quarters allow for eye contact with the audience and for the use of nuances that would…
No blonde wig. No pink lipstick. The fabulous creation known as Shelley Novak isn’t meeting me at the Quarterdeck restaurant on Alton Road today – instead, I’m sitting across from Tommy Strangie, the man behind the makeup. He’s got a scruffy beard and a black skullcap. His build can best…
Photo by Omar Vega Kimbo Slice flexed after making quick work of Tank Abbot. Ever seen two mastodons go at it? Me neither. Not till last night at BankUnited, anyway. The occasion: Kimbo Slice vs Tank Abbott for the EliteXC Street Certified championship, of course. And I was cage-side. But…
Heads up, all you anti-communist hardliners — or at least those who are trying to decide whether Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama deserves your vote. (Are there any such anti-communist hardliners out there, incidentally?) Some sharp-eyed blogger at the politically conservative site Little Green Footballs spotted Che Guevara emblazoned on…
A fight is brewing for today’s City of Miami commission meeting. Commissioner Marc Sarnoff and City Manager Pete Hernandez are expected to present competing versions of a law that would regulate “murals,” the humongous outdoor advertisements currently hanging off many buildings in and around downtown Miami. The ordinance, proposed by…
Rappers’ Slight Filed under: Culture Despite reaching number one and generating the greatest one-week digital sales in Billboard history with his hit “Low,” Carol City native Flo Rida gave a recent free appearance at South Miami’s AMC Theatres Sunset Place that was a bit of a bust. The movie theater…
Intermittent rains — and a handful of shuttered galleries — put a bit of a damper on Saturday’s art crawl in Wynwood. But at Locust Projects, London artist Graham Hudson’s installation was a warm nexus of light and sound. Hudson set four record players within a stack of cubes, each…
The blue bandwagon got heavier yesterday, in a little room at the West Kendall Best Western. Democratic party Chairman Joe Garcia took the stage with his wife and child amidst crashing chants of “Go, Joe, go!” Garcia’s mother, Carmen, and father, Joe, sat beaming in the front row. “I’m happy…
The Carbonell Award nominations are out, and GableStage’s production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore is the most recognized play with nine, including best play, best director, and best actor. Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s The Boy Friend leads overall with 11. Urinetown, at Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, also bagged nine…
The Carbonell nominations for the best theater of 2007 will be announced today. As we reported earlier this week (“Carbonell Committee Leaves Animals and Plants to Molt”), Mad Cat Theatre’s much praised Animals and Plants will not be among the nominees. According to an email exchange circulated by Mad Cat…
Animals & Plants, a Mad Cat Theatre Company production from last April that got rave reviews, has been passed over for Carbonell Award eligibility on what appears to be a technicality, according to an email exchange being circulated by Mad Cat artistic director Paul Tei…
Nikki Beach, the A-list beach club, is expanding its monopoly on chic entertainment to Coconut Grove. The suburban-ish location will probably mean that this version will be a little less of the round-the-clock, drug-fueled, electronica atmosphere that the South Beach annex provides. Instead of cabanas they call the loungers in…
American Idol came to town this past August looking for some magic from the Magic City for the first time since Season Two. The results, which aired last night on FOX, were less than magical. Actually Miami fared as well or better than many other audition locales this season, with…
Cesare Santos must have missed the memo on the requisite suspense for the unveiling of his poster for this year’s Miami International Film Festival. Instead he walked to the podium, with the assembled dignitaries, and – oblivious of the planned countdown – calmly pulled the black curtain off his piece…
If a flimsy “I voted” sticker isn’t enough to validate your participation in the democratic process, G by Guess is offering up a proper thank you. After all, it’s hard to take an hour off of work, stand in a long line, and press a button on a screen, all…
I want to start the Burn Down the South Dade Justice Building (after everyone goes home) Club. But in the interest of diplomacy, I’ll settle for re-naming the place The Castle of Poop and Inconvenience. Any takers? Frankly, I feel like all of my constitutional rights and bodily orifices have…
“Isn’t that the Muslim guy?” a man shouts, smirking from a passing pickup truck on 11th Street near Jefferson Avenue late Tuesday morning. That’s where Jon Fontaine holds his Obama 2008 sign. Fontaine, a 45 year old antiques dealer in aviator glasses and black flip-flops, shrugs off the unfounded rumor…
Tracy Block Ready… Set… Ross. Car alarms sounded in the streets as multiple Maybachs made their way down Washington Avenue Monday night in honor of The Boss of the Carol City Cartel, Rick Ross. Celebrating his 31st birthday in ultra VIP SoBe style, the Miami hip-hop star was joined by…
There is a certain Jorge Luis Borges twist to me, a restaurant critic, critiquing a show whereby average folks play restaurant critic. I’m talking of the first installment of Check, Please!, the PBS series that has met with great success in Chicago and Los Angeles, and hopes to do likewise…
