British actor Michael Caine is known for riveting performances in dozens of movies including The Dark Knight, Inception, Austin Powers: Goldmember, and, perhaps most Oscar-worthy, A Muppet Christmas Carol. The silver screen veteran is also a bit of an aspiring mini-mogul in the restaurant business with five eateries in London,…
In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens November 25, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.83. Karelle LevyNearly every fashion designer will profess that their…
In the Cirque du Soleil production Kooza, an extremely naive, melancholy character known as the Innocent finds himself unable to launch a kite. Instead of giving up, he initiates a Fight Club-esque mental illusion in which a trickster appears in a box and begins to command the world using a…
CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien has told a lot of stories–from tragedies like Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, and the earthquake in Haiti to the experiences of everyday people in Black in America, Latino in America, and Gay in America. Now, she’s telling her own story in her book,…
You can view Lewis Carroll’s classic story Alice in Wonderland through many different lenses. There’s the Disney scope, which renders it an innocent, happily ending tale; the acid-laced goggles that focus on Alice’s trippy hallucinations of grinning cats and anxious white rabbits; and the philosopher’s view, which sees the deep…
You can view Lewis Carroll’s classic story Alice in Wonderland through many different lenses. There’s the Disney scope, which renders it an innocent, happily ending tale; the acid-laced goggles that focus on Alice’s trippy hallucinations of grinning cats and anxious white rabbits; and the philosopher’s view, which sees the deep…
Reporting is as much about story choice as it is about storytelling. After all, there’s something happening every moment in every corner of the world, and journalists are forced to make decisions about what gets sidelined even in this 24-hour news culture. Are atrocities disregarded in favor of the latest…
Halloween is coming up, which means one thing: a prime opportunity to steal candy from children, er, send your kids (or your friends’ kids) trick or treating. Most likely, they’ll return with the “treat” part of the equation, but occasionally things go wrong. Like if they return with one of…
The coffee ventanilla is as quintessentially Miami as traffic and humidity. It’s our Starbucks, political town hall, and fast food counter rolled into one. But not every window is created equal. The perfect ventanilla, like a precisely measured cafecito, requires the right ratio of flawless brew, adequate pastry selection, and…
Last night, Miami designer Karelle Levy debuted her Krelwear Spring/Summer 2011 collection at the opening event of Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami Beach. The last funky hand-knit collection we saw from the self-described textile artist was a mélange of day-glo specialty yarn fashioned into disco shorts and bandeau tops. This time…
In 1977, legendary musician Dizzy Gillespie visited Cuba in search of the nation’s Jazz scene, rumored to be one of the world’s best, but unknown to the general American public because of the tenuous relations between the two countries. He needed someone to take him to the smoky clubs and…
Maybe it’s just us, but whenever we visit historic mansions, we imagine the place full of aristocratic ghosts that come out at night, eager to exact revenge on the fanny-pack-wearing tourists who stomp the grounds during the day. South Florida’s Renaissance-style landmark, Vizcaya, seems perfect for such a fantasy. It’s…
You know those sudden bursts of creativity inspired by one too many tequila funnels and 151 chasers? Suddenly, you were born to dance like Michael Jackson and can hit notes that Mariah Carey never knew existed. But if you’re of the inebriated Picasso variety, more excited over a Sharpie than…
My father is Mexican and I grew up traveling extensively throughout the country, so I’m pretty demanding when it comes to that cuisine. I’ve eaten it from the furthest corners of Homestead to the most gleaming tables of South Beach nouveau-Mexican eateries, all in search of anything that will take…
El Mago de la Frita, the 25-year old mainstay on SW Eighth Street and 58th Avenue that serves up Cuban-style burgers, doesn’t really need any extra publicity. The joint is always packed with Cuban viejitos and families grubbing on the $3 paprika-seasoned patties and shoe string fries nestled in toasted…
When master ballet choreographer George Balanchine unveiled Bugaku in 1962, audiences were stunned by what critics have called “the sexiest show in ballet.” Borrowing from ancient Japanese classical dance, the ballet enacts a marriage rite set to the music of famed pan-Asian composer Mayuzami. In other words, two dancers get…
In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens November 25, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.Courtesy of Rosie Herrera98. Rosie HerreraIt’s as difficult to classify choreographer and dancer…
In 1977, legendary musician Dizzy Gillespie visited Cuba in search of the nation’s jazz scene. He needed someone to take him to the smoky clubs and side streets to find the true beating heart of soul-stirring Afro-Cuban rhythms. When a young trumpeter offered to lead the tour, Dizzy readily accepted…
If you’ve ever been to a Wynwood Second Saturdays Art Walk, you’ve probably met the Miami Poetry Collective. They’re the ones behind makeshift tables — littered with vintage typewriters and half-empty cups of beer — selling custom poems for a couple of bucks. The project is called Poem Depot, and…
If you’ve ever been to a Wynwood Second Saturdays Art Walk, you’ve probably met the Miami Poetry Collective. They’re the ones behind makeshift tables — littered with vintage typewriters and half-empty cups of beer — selling custom poems for a couple of bucks. The project is called Poem Depot, and…
Saturday night was “Virgins Get in Free” night for Area Stage’s production of My First Time, a play adapted from the true-life virginity-losing stories that have been submitted to myfirsttime.com since the ’90s. Being the intrepid reporters that we are, we decided to test the veracity of this claim. We…
RequiemRecently, the Wolfson Moving Image Archives, an expansive collection of TV shows, movies, and other moving images that showcase the evolution of South Florida’s communities, announced that they would be adding the entire video collection of Momentum Dance Company to their files. Why Momentum Dance Company? Because they are the oldest…
