If you don’t have ten surplus Benjamins lying around, MAM has you covered with Crash the Ball, the MAM Ball afterparty (to the tune of $75 to $150 per ticket). Sure, you might not get to feast on the main course, but you can nosh on a plethora of desserts…
We all know that art is subjective, but artist Betty Tompkins proves that one teenager’s sophomoric doodle is another person’s work of art.The M Building in Wynwood features Tompkins “F*ck” series — large scale photorealistic renderings of heterosexual intercourse. We’d like to make something clear — by “photorealistic renderings of…
Sometimes a title alone can inspire interest. (Think Naked Coeds or 1000 Faceplants You Don’t Want to Miss.) Such is the case with O Cinema’s week-long transmedia event, Art Meow-sel. Has a nice ring to it, no?Art Meow-sel exhibits include “Cat Art: The Good, The Bad, The Unbelievable & Other…
The stars were out last night — namely, little red stars on Heineken bottles at the beer company’s Mural Launch Party at Cafeina in the Wynwood Arts District.Hundreds of guests were on hand to celebrate the official launch of the Heineken Mural Project, one of several satellite events during Art…
You’d think Starbucks isn’t aware that our economy has tanked. The Seattle-based company has introduced a $7 cup of coffee – you know, just in case you have nothing to spend your money on, like say, oh, I don’t know… Your mortgage maybe? How about Christmas presents?The 16-ounce “grande” is…
Michelle Williams was a big hit as Marilyn Monroe; she even garnered an Oscar nod. But Williams has actress acting chops unhindered by addiction and mental illness.This Sunday, Lindsay Lohan attempts to bring Liz Taylor back to life in Liz & Dick on the Lifetime Channel. Wonder how she’ll do?There…
Maybe the economy hasn’t tanked after all. How else can you explain shelling out $26,000 for dinner?hat’s how much it costs to enjoy La Castagne’s nine course truffle dinner for four. The Philadelphia restaurant conceptualized a dining event that is “the most extravagant and exclusive in the entire world,” according…
Short Order recently published part one of our interview with Bill Marler, attorney, blogger, and food safety advocate. He discussed food safety concerns and foodborne illness.We wrap up our interview today with Marler discussing his most difficult cases and lobbying Congress to pass the Food Modernization Act.Follow the jump for…
Reading is sexy. Books too. And authors. (Swoon.)The Miami Book Fair International (MBFI) is around the corner and we have been diligently researching MBFI’s sexiest offerings — both on the page and off.See also:- A Geek’s Guide to Miami Book Fair InternationalThere’s a noted rocker, true and sensuous tales of…
When we first heard of Marler Clark, the “food safety law firm,” we pictured a dozen ambulance chasers strategically posted outside of establishments that served spinach in large quantities throughout the day. After a few conversations with Bill Marler, however, we realized that our assumption couldn’t be further from the…
To honor the holidays, to gloat about how superior she is to everyone else, or in a display of early onset dimentia, Oprah has once again compiled a list of her favorite things — things normal people like her simply cannot love without.According to Oprah, she “picked and planned, tasted…
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has issued an open letter to Disney requesting the company stop allowing the images of its characters to be used on the packaging of holiday treats such as cookies and candy.According to the Center, offending products include Pillsbury Halloween cookies featuring…
Miamians tend to be a bit jaded when it comes to Halloween, perhaps due in part to the fact that we see so many sexy cops, sexy nurses, sexy witches, and, well, just plain sex all year round. The Festival of Souls at Gulfstream Park is the perfect place to…
You would have thought his past Saturday was October 31 with all the costumed revelers in Coconut Grove as part of the Last Call Pub Crawl’s Halloween Crawl.The concept was simple: “Crawlers” hit a series of bars, usually four or five, all within walking distance of each other. One weekend…
There’s a bit of an uproar over California’s Proposition 37 scheduled for the November 6 ballot. Another twenty states are considering similar measures.It’s a simple proposition requiring that all genetically altered foods be labeled as such. Genetic modification can mean anything from manipulating the genes of a tomato to cloning…
When brainstorming ideal haunted house locations, one of the last places you’d think of is Super Wheels (or Hot Wheels, as Miami natives in our 30s know it). And we have to admit that when we were given the assignment to review the Halls of Terror at Super Wheels, we…
Miamians tend to be a bit jaded when it comes to Halloween, perhaps due in part to the fact that we see so many sexy cops, sexy nurses, sexy witches, and, well, just plain sex all year round. The Festival of Souls at Gulfstream Park is the perfect place to…
According to a new study, Miami-based Burger King, has the worst drive-thru when it comes to service, speed, and accuracy.The study, conducted by QSR Magazine, is conducted annually and rates the drive-thrus of Chick-fil-A, Krystal, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Wendy’s, and Burger King. Categories such as service time, order accuracy, wait…
This Saturday, baby mommas, ratchet-ass hos, skanky sweethearts, and trifling tricks will be trying their best to impress casting director Megan Sleeper for a chance at stardom via the Oxygen channel’s hit reality series, Bad Girls Club. Go on with your bad self this Saturday, October 13 at Bolivar Restaurant…
This Saturday, baby mommas, ratchet-ass hos, skanky sweethearts, and trifling tricks will be trying their best to impress casting director Megan Sleeper for a chance at stardom via the Oxygen channel’s hit reality series, Bad Girls Club.Never one to neglect our duties as harbingers of important news, we worked hard…
New Jersey high school students recently created a Facebook page to protest the new federal regulations requiring public schools to provide healthier lunches.As a parent, I am well aware of how unhealthy these lunches are. My daughter would come home and tell me all about the wretched food served in…
Wine enthusiasts can indulge in an all-you-can-drink wine tasting celebrating the wines of Portugal at Smith & Wollensky tomorrow, Wednesday, October 10. The Tejo Wine Tasting offers 100 distinct wines from Portugal’s Tejo region, a hilly place around the River Tagus.Tejo offers quite a variety, from easy-drinking reds, roses, and…
