When the “Scoop on Poop” exhibit drops on Zoo Miami this weekend, number two is number one for fun. That’s because this exciting shit is back in our toilet water by poopular demand. The traveling exhibition, based on a hit book by Dr. Wayne Lynch, last hit the 305 in…
The Champ might be the greatest sports drama ever shot in Miami-Dade County. But watching it in your living room is one thing. Catching it in the courtyard of Miami’s most famous mansion, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, is a whole different experience. That’s what you’ll get at this Thursday’s 7…
The Lee Boys are a world-famous family band of Perrine natives who all went to Miami Killian Senior High School. They play an updated, Miami-style version of Sacred Steel music strongly influenced by funk, soul, blues, rock, and R&B. The band tours the world playing 120 shows a year, and…
If you’re one of the first 100 guests at the “Scoop on Poop” exhibit at Zoo Miami, you’ll score a free T-shirt that reads Poop Happens. But don’t get it twisted — this crappy way to spend a day is full of fun and entertainment. You might have a tough…
Most major cities have publicly funded museums, giant freaking buildings full of art. We do things different in Miami, where private citizens with great art collections step up to the plate, open them to the public, and offer tours for school kids. That’s culture, baby. For instance, the De La…
In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, 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.39. AholsniffsglueAholsniffsglue is a Dade County monster. Everyone from Brickell stockbrokers, to Miami Heat ballers, to visiting models,…
Dre Films, Miami’s best one-man hip-hop video production company, recently released Gunplay Don Logan’s “All On You/Rollin’,” featuring Waka Flocka Flame and cameos from DJ Khaled, T Pain, Rick Ross, and lots more industry types. Gunplay is a Rick Ross affiliate, Maybach Music Group label roster member, and one-third of rap…
Local artist Aholsniffsglue’s signature eyeballs decorate the side of a warehouse facing I-95 in Wynwood. Inside, the Margulies Collection’s “New Exhibition” leaves your optics in the same wide state of wonder with a show expertly programmed by longtime Margulies curator Katherine Hinds. It seeks to “activate the space” via videos…
The beat of a drum is one of the most powerful intoxicants known to humankind. The crack of a snare can send you to war. The drop of the bass can make a dancefloor out of a line at the bank. This Sunday, get drunk on rhythm with DRUMline Live…
Party people of Miami: Do you like going to the mall, making money, eating drugs, talking shit, scamming hos, riding dirty? Do you know what a basshead knapsack is? Do you now, or have you ever bought mass quantity of ecstasy pills for your own recreational use?If you answered yes…
Dude. Tuesdays at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Round-up are fuckin’ awesome. Lots of trucks. Lots of people. Lots of all different types of food. People brought their dogs. People brought their bikes. The on-duty cops hung out by the doughnut truck all night. It was a cool, beautiful Miami night…
Local artist Aholsniffsglue’s signature eyeballs splack the side of a warehouse facing I-95 in Wynwood. Inside, the Margulies Collection’s “New Exhibition” will leave your optics in the same wide-eyed state of wonder. The show is programmed by longtime Margulies curator Katherine Hinds to “activate the space” via video works and…
At the start and end of each Ringling Bros. performance in Miami, elephants will march trunk to tail downtown between the train tracks and the tent. What do you think the circus is? Fun and games? Nah baby, the big top is big business, and that means boxcar travel and…
These days, Lady Fortune is Vanna White, a blond goddess we sometimes watch when we’re stoned. But back in Medieval times, Lady Fortune was a gnarly blind woman turning a wheel of stone. Times may have changed, but the theme remains the same in Carmina Burana. Written by Carl Orff…
We were headed up to the Biscayne Triangle Food Truck Roundup last night, but when we got to Biscayne and 64th street, La Camaronera’s Fish Box, Sakaya Kitchen’s Dim Ssam a Go Go, Chef Bullfrog’s Gastropod, and former Detroit Tiger Jim Heins’ Latin Burger Truck were already caravanned. We stopped…
This year, Burger King’s gift to England was a limited time burger topped with brussel sprouts and emmental cheese.The Brits were pissed, the king apologized, and the Brazilians who bought the company are probably like, “WTF? They don’t like the brussel sprout burger?”No! It was a terrible idea, and there…
When slavery ruled Haiti, field workers lived and died worse than farm animals. But up in the mountains, the drums of revolution sounded. In 1804, African-Haitians overthrew plantation masters and took control of the republic. According to legend, voudou leader Dutty Boukman set the wheels in motion at Alligator Wood,…
Shitty Christmas music makes Santa mad. Hey, the guy’s gotta drive ’round the whole world and the last thing he wants on such a long road trip is crappy tunes. And that means all the CDs he throws out of his sleigh end up falling down your chimney. Which explains…
Who was the first to make an ackee & saltfish loaf? According to Michael “Moppy” Daly, he was. And he did it at The Patty Place, his shop in Miami Gardens. In 2008, the place won our Best Jamaican Patty award. But that’s not all you’ll find there.Moppy says, “Ackee…
Knaus Berry Farm bakery probably makes the best cinnamon rolls anywhere in the world. We can’t guarantee it, but most people who’ve had them agree. “The recipe isn’t neccessarily secret, but we don’t share it,” says Thomas Blocher, bakery manager. He has been in charge for the past 27 years…
The glow of a million Christmas bulbs from nearby Santa’s Enchanted Forest cast their brilliance over the Bird Road Art Walk on Saturday as hundreds gathered to view, discuss, and celebrate Miami art.There were a heavy concentration of Latin American works especially by Cuban and Venezuelan painters. But there was…
Christmas music sucks. Silence is cheap. Be economical and quit whining. Chip Davis knows what we’re talking about. The man behind American Gramaphone, one of the most successful independent record labels ever, first learned the value of popular song through the radio biz. He and an executive at a Nebraska…
