Earthdance is an international get-together in the name of peace, sustainability, and social justice. One love, peace-out, and all that jazz — basically it’s fertilizer for the green movement. Since its inception in 1997, the event has been held in 500 locations in more than 80 countries. If you’re interested…
Six years ago yesterday, Yoga in the Park downtown held its first free class. Woo hoo!! There were only nine attendees. That first class practiced near the water because Hurricane Wilma had ripped apart the Tina Hills Pavilion. Boy has yoga evolved. Today the free class has grown into one…
The Robert Fontaine Gallery is one of the hippest and most internationally relevant art galleries in Miami. Relatively new to the block (since January 2011), formerly known as the Art Modern Gallery, this space houses emerging and mid-contemporary artists, as well as well-known masters. You want to find a Warhol…
Have you been around the world? Are you looking for your baby? Are you not sure where he is or why he’s gone away? Are you even aware of this Lisa Stansfield reference? Whatever. It doesn’t matter. We’re talking about travel writing, one of the most cathartic fields of composition…
My existence stings. Yes, I’m pretty. Hypnotic even. Lucid and beautiful. Yet no one appreciates me. The real me. I’m just a nuisance! Do you ever feel like that? Is your prettiness also a poison? Do people look at you and run away? Are they scared of your beauty? It…
There are 1.3 million of us in Florida. Why pick on me? Is it because I wandered into your house? Was I really uninvited? The doggy door looked open to me. Sorry about your dog, by the way. If it makes a difference, he didn’t feel any pain. Still, I…
Last night a clothes-line of plastic mustaches lined the windows of Lester’s as an eclectic, all-ages group of about 60 buckled up for the the Moustache Comedy Ride. This special inaugural showcase featured a motley crew of up-and-coming comedians from all three South Florida counties. The event was not an…
I am no chicken, mayne. Never call me a chicken, ok. I might run, but not from fear. There is a cockfight, tonight, in Hialeah. I am showcased in the main event. I will win this match because I am a killer. Just so you know, bro–Miami has turned me…
Trying to define “hipster film” is not really hipster. It goes against the independent subcultures that hipsters proclaim to inhabit. It’s like, whatever, suit. Fuck off, what do you know? However, hipsters are everywhere, including the mainstream. America’s socio-economic structure is shifting. We are evolving. Black presidents. Gay marriages. The…
This is the strange but true tale of how I recently spoke with Jackie Gleason, one of the most beloved South Florida entertainers in history. I must admit, it’s impossible to exactly explain the logistics, because he’s been dead since June 24th, 1987. In homage to Mr. Gleason, I have…
The VH1 hit-show Mob Wives is looking to expand its programming to another city. Miami is on the short list along with Chicago and Vegas. Would the 305 be a good choice? Yes. After all, everyone knows there are six, not five boroughs of New York City: the Bronx, Queens,…
White people. That was the first thing that went through my mind. I’d been in the 3-0-5 for the last nine months. After taking a trip to Arkansas, I remembered that most of America is filled with white people — beautiful, passionate, cordial, yet sometimes ignorant, white people. America is…
You don’t have to be Trey Parker or Matt Stone to write the next Book of Mormon, the South Park creators’ Broadway musical that recently swept the Tonys. All you need is a good idea, some engaging characters, and an understanding of the thespian business and craft. This weekend, you…
Telling a story is not as easy as, well, telling a story. You need training, grasshopper. You need to take a class, learn narrative techniques, surround yourselves with other neurotic introverts. Luckily for you, the Florida Center for the Literary Arts is hosting its annual summer Fiction workshop, An Introduction…
Are you a liar? Do you have dark thoughts or fantasies? Do you have a guilty conscience? Do you want to confess? Try writing some fiction. There’s no better escape for your inner psycho than composing a narrative. However, telling a story is not as easy as, well, telling a…
If you think Stone Groove is just about music, you’re dead wrong. Held every Tuesday at the Vagabond, it’s an avant-garde, bohemian, poetic, open-mike, musical mashup where Miami’s creatives congregate to express themselves and be inspired by their peers. Rotating artists feature their work every month. Comedians perform. Performance artists…
Chlorophyl, the 25-minute short directed by Miami native Barry Jenkins, stars first-time actress and Miami local Ana Trevino. It premiered at last month’s Borscht Film Festival. If you saw the movie, regardless of your opinion, it didn’t quite fit into the context of the arena in which it was presented…
The Haircut, for many in attendance, was a delightful treat at last month’s Borscht Film Festival. Clocking in at a little over five minutes, the short was filled with wonderful twists and turns. If you recall, a man saunters into a barbershop at night feeling insecure about his haircut. He’s…
Mob Wives is pretty damn gangsta. The new VH1 realty show, now four episodes deep, fits a niche for our market. Everyone knows South Florida is the sixth borough of New York City. There are tens of thousands of exiled New Yorkers here. The mafia lifestyle is very real for…
Otto von Schirach has a dinner date. But there’s nothing to eat. Lightbulb. Otto gets an idea. In a laboratory, complete with smoking beakers, styling lab coats, and a shitload of equipment, the musician decides to concoct an intergalactic eel. Yes, an eel, a slimy disgusting animated eel, made out…
Talking about Stone Groove. Then we can dig it. Jus’ hang loose, blood. What it is, big slick? Our mama ain’t raise no dummies. We dug the rap! Cut me some slack, Jack! Say ‘e can’t hang! Jive ass dudes don’t got no brains anyhow!Stone Groove is an avant-garde, bohemian,…
La Pageant Diva, whether you think it was warranted or not, received the loudest cheer at the Borscht Film Festival. The hilarious satire of glamor, beauty pageantry, and celebrity obsession parodied such movies as Black Swan and The Birdcage. It stood out when juxtaposed against some of the more artsy, complicated work of…
