Simple hand shadow puppets like birds and butterflies aren’t going to cut it at this week’s Manual Cinema collaboration with O, Miami. The Chicago-based company brings an entire cinematic show of shadow puppetry—created from paper and beamed onto walls and screens at Little River // Miami with vintage overhead projectors—to…
In the Walgreen’s storefront at the corner of Collins Avenue and 23rd Street in Miami Beach, an apocalyptic scene fills the windows. Everyday objects like a basketball and a plastic chair are strewn alongside seaside junk like empty bottles and discarded beach umbrellas. The store, located along a frequently path…
It’s been six days of O, Miami. Have you encountered a poem, yet? That’s the goal of the O, Miami Poetry Festival—to deliver a poem to every person in Miami-Dade County. Founded in 2011, O, Miami coincides with the celebration of National Poetry Month, which was established by the Academy…
When Miami Beach reinvented itself post-hurricane in the late-1920s, Art Deco was the style du jour. New and reactionary, Art Deco served as a modernist response to the natural, nouveau style that preceded it. Chamber ensemble Nu Deco embodies those same principles of creative reinvention. Miami’s brand new chamber ensemble…
From Cane to Cannes: One letter makes all the difference, especially for University of Miami graduate and first-time director Tony Mendez. At the end of each academic year, UM’s film program hosts a film festival for all the student films (this year’s runs May 1-3 at the Bill Cosford Cinema),…
Forty-eight hours before the curtain rises, director James Danner, assistant director Déa Julien, and production designer Rachel Libeskind take a short break at the Bas Fisher Invitational (BFI). They’ve been at the artist-run space, nestled among culturally disparate downtown locales such as Club Space and Museum Park, since Thursday, making…
Just last week, Nathaniel Sandler moved Bookleggers’ headquarters into an enormous loft space just north of downtown. Most books are still in cardboard U-Haul boxes and black plastic crates stacked on top of each other in the back of the main office space. A giant logo for Creative Lifestyle Realty,…
Tuesday night in Wynwood, interested possible applicants, proud previous winners, and engaged Miamians gathered at Gramps for the Knight Arts Challenge Kickoff event, sponsored by Infraculture. A major funding project of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Knight Arts Challenge awarded $2.29 million to 47 projects last…
Tuesday at the recently renovated Tower Theater on Calle Ocho, Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) announced the lineup for its 32nd edition. Running from March 6 to 15, with screenings at seven theaters throughout Miami-Dade County, MIFF will exhibit 125 films from 40 countries. They include 94…
Kicking off a national tour in support of their upcoming album, The Sound of Sunshine, Michael Franti & Spearhead will bring their blend of hip-hop, reggae, funk, and rock to the Fillmore Miami Beach this Friday. Though Franti and Spearhead released their first album, Home, in 1994, their most recent…
Heavy metal music doesn’t usually grace the stages at the Adrienne Arsht Center. This Thursday at 8 p.m., though, brace yourself for the winds of change when Miami playwright Marco Ramirez brings his latest creation to town. A musical theater piece that “combines myth, magic, and heavy metal,” BroadSword tells…
When thinking of the Cuban influence on Miami, it’s hard not to start immediately daydreaming of food. From café con leches to yucca fries and platanos, bistec de palomilla, and guava and cheese pastries, tasty treats have become staples for Cubanos and turistas alike. It makes perfect sense, then, that…
Local musician Jim Camacho has done a bit of everything — from fronting the almost-famous punk-ish rock band the Goods in the ’90s to writing three musicals and contributing to Grammy-nominated soundtracks such as Tom Dowd & the Language of Music. (One of his songs was also used to score…
Chic, mysterious haunt Bardot Miami will host songster Sam Friend’s vinyl-release party this Thursday night. Born and raised in Kendall, Friend spent a year in Seattle, writing and recording his second full-length LP, Lady Madly. While recording, he played shows around the Northwest and has since debuted songs from the…
There are only two fates for this Friday’s Open Wings, Broken Strings performance at the Knight Concert Hall: It will either be a kitschy tribute to ’90s alterative rock, or it will be a depressing plea for the artists’ relevance in today’s ADD-addled music culture. Headlining this curious show will…
One of hip-hop’s most storied performers will bring his old-school beats to Mansion this Friday as part of the club’s weekly We Rock Hip Hop party. Grandmaster Flash, often credited for making the turntable an instrument, revolutionized the hip-hop world in the ’80s with his group Grandmaster Flash and the…
Scottish heartthrob Calvin Harris may be playing Miami Beach on a Wednesday, but the crowd at LIV will surely be dancing like it’s ready for the weekend. An electronic musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, Harris released his first studio album and co-wrote songs with Kylie Minogue in 2007, turned down…
