thursday november 12 In 1934 Joseph Stalin attempted to give Jews in the Soviet Union a permanent enclave by creating a Jewish Autonomous Region, the capital of which was dubbed Birobidzhan. In conjunction with the exhibition “Stalin’s Forgotten Zion: Birobidzhan and the Making of a Soviet Jewish Homeland,” Nikolai Borodulin,…
thursday november 5 This year’s Easter Seals Festival of Chefs promises to be about more than just tantalizing your tastebuds. The event, which raises awareness and funds for children with disabilities, will feature unlimited amounts of good eats from restaurants such as Los Ranchos, Cafe Beethoven, Diego’s, and Cafe Tu…
Marilyn Manson Mechanical Animals (Interscope) Some South Florida clubgoers will remember the days when Marilyn Manson was still known as Brian Warner, the lanky, insecure kid from Fort Lauderdale. Local music fans saw the meek suburbanite create a monster when he booked his act, Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids,…
thursday october 29 Up for a Roman holiday? You’re more apt to get heartburn than Audrey Hepburn at this event, but who cares? You’ll have fun taking gondola rides, playing bocce, tasting wines, observing pasta- and cheese-making demonstrations, and watching local musical and comedy acts at the Italian Heritage Festival…
Agnostic Front Something’s Gotta Give (Epitaph) Hardcore bands aren’t known for their longevity. Performing semi-harmonious riffs at supersonic speed and living a rebellious, less-than-healthy lifestyle causes most punks to either crash and burn, fade into obscurity, or, usually, mellow with age. Just ask GG Allen, Jello Biafra, or Henry Rollins…
thursday october 22 Don’t be surprised if you see a man walking around town in a ten-gallon hat. It’s probably Augusta (Georgia) State University professor of history Michael Searles, who enjoys dressing like a cowboy and talking about them too. Tonight at 8:00 “Cowboy Mike” delivers his lecture “African-American Cowboys…
Mentioning the name Vanilla Ice usually elicits looks of disgust, mistrust, and runaway cheeseball feelings. But there’s a new sheriff in Ice Land and he’s laying down tracks that could start to melt even the most skeptical attitude. Vanilla Ice, a.k.a. Rob Van Winkle, has a new CD, Hard to…
thursday october 15 Look out! Pope-rah, oops, that’s Oprah, as in Winfrey, strikes again. The preachy talk show host/producer/actress who wants to recast the world in her new image — fit, slim, spiritual, and well read — is starring in the movie version of Beloved, Toni Morrison’s powerful, haunting novel…
thursday october 8 She’s a dignified, beautiful old broad and she’s hearty too, known for weathering her share of storms. We’re not talking about your great-grandma but the city of Charleston, South Carolina. This evening at 7:30 architect Kenneth Treister (creator of Miami Beach’s Holocaust Memorial and the Mayfair House…
thursday october 1 So you’re totally bummed about missing the WCW Monday Nitro at the Miami Arena a few weeks ago? Well, wrestling lover, you can still get your fill of pumped-up guys and gals with funky names and bizarro costumes jumping all over each other tonight at 7:30 when…
thursday september 24 Foreign correspondent Michael Z. Wise comes to the Wolfsonian-FIU (1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach) this evening at 6:30 p.m. to talk about Germany and its search for a new national identity through architecture. Wise has been studying the controversial $12 billion redesign of the newly unified Berlin…
thursday september 17 Pssst, did you hear? The Miami Art Museum (101 W. Flagler St.) has cut back its evening hours to one Thursday per month. Not good — especially for us art lovers who spend countless hours chained to our desks and who enjoy the little breather that a…
thursday september 10 The Bass Museum (2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach) reopens its doors after a six-week hiatus for renovations with the exhibition Crosscurrents: Contemporary Painting from Panama, 1968-1998. On display are works by fourteen Panamanian artists, including Brooke Alfaro, Isabel de Obaldia, Alfredo Sinclair, David Solis, and Haydee Victoria…
Raul Midon has some less-than-surprising observations about life as a musician in South Florida and ways to improve that life. “I was going to move to L.A.,” he admits. “I was like, ‘I’ve had it here. I have a good scene here, but I’ve got to get where there’s more…
thursday september 3 Bristol, England’s trip-hoppers Massive Attack plug their latest album, the mesmerizing Mezzanine, tonight at 8:00 at the Cameo Theatre, 1445 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. Opening act is DJ Lewis Parker, who was the first act Massive Attack signed to its new Melankolic label (see “Music,” page 81)…
thursday august 27 The kings of flamenco cool, the Spanish group Ketama, led the Eighties nuevo flamenco movement with their complex mix of Gypsy rhythms, rock, and underground attitude. That Ketama has left those cutting-edge days behind is evident on their latest release, Konfusion, which is composed of mellow blues…
thursday august 20 Whew! The comedic play Making Porn gives us not just one naked man but three — and one of them is hunky gay porn star Ryan Idol! If that’s not enough to bring in the big audiences, there’s the script, which provides plenty of laughs; and the…
thursday august 13 He’s witty, charming, intelligent, and a snappy dresser. He’s also grossly indecent. No, not your ex-boyfriend but trendy it-boy Oscar Wilde. Although he’s been dead for a good number of years, people can’t stop talking about him; tales of the tart-tongued Irish playwright are everywhere these days…
thursday august 6 The most popular characters on kids’ TV are no longer turtles, purple dinosaurs, or color-coordinated crime fighters. They’re babies, stars of Nickelodeon’s Emmy Award-winning cartoon Rugrats, and they’re tops with the grade school set. The show’s star, Tommy, a brave, diaper-clad one-year-old, leads the talking tots through…
thursday july 30 When famous writer Wilkie Walker is stricken with depression, devoted wife Jenny takes him to Key West for a change of pace. What follows is pure chaos as the couple mixes in with local loonies. So begins Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alison Lurie’s latest offering; her other works…
thursday july 23 “It’s always merengue, merengue, merengue,” laments Miami-based Dominican artist Charo Oquet, who is bent on letting local audiences know there is more to her native culture than that hyperactive Latin-radio sound. The third annual Dominican Youth Arts Festival features a performance by musicians from the Dominican Republic…
thursday july 16 Difficult to believe, perhaps, but wooden, one-note actor Sam Shepard is considered to be among the most influential playwrights of his era. The author of works such as The Tooth of Crime, Buried Child, Fool for Love, and True West, Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize in 1979…
