Occupy Miami protesters took a break from camping out at Government Center this afternoon to fight an ill all too familiar to the Magic City — mortgage fraud and a foreclosure suffered by one of their own.Angela Samuels, a longtime community activist with One Miami, local unions, and Occupy Miami,…
”He is one of our coworkers, a friend, and a loyal patron,” says Mamushka’s bar manager Javier Sanchez, describing former Bar employee Dylan Nunn, known as Crunk. Currently in a dangerous coma-like state, Sanchez says, “He’s battling for his life and we want to show his family support.” You might…
Since the Occupy movements started pitching tents and politically motivated fits alike, the rest of the world’s been asking, “What the hell do you expect to achieve from sleeping under the stars and smelling like last week’s lunch?” Futurist Jacque Fresco and his partner Roxanne Meadows, creators of The Venus Project, are…
Maybe you didn’t know, but master Miami beatmaker Otto Von Schirach is a great friend of gallerist Brook Dorsch. “I remember meeting Brook. It was love at first sight!” Otto beams. Dorsch is a lover of fantastic art, experimental music, and fun. So when one of Wynwood’s awesomest art spots,…
Brook Dorsch is one of the most likable and well-respected guys in the Miami art scene. This Saturday night, along with the openings of solo shows Martin Murphy: Modern Trance and Mette Tommerup: Full Salute, he is hosting Dorsch Gallery’s 20th anniversary party with a long list of musical acts…
What’s the difference between art and design? This wasn’t always a question that hung heavily on Miamians’ minds. However, we’re living in a new South Florida where people are actually wandering around contemplating the complexities of visual concepts. So while watching a culture of friends blurring the lines between art…
Troy Kurtz’s Majorthreat at Mamushka’s every Wednesday
Shulman and Associates, an architectural firm located in the Design District, kindly offered their outside walls as a well-situated installation space to up-and-coming artists during the past two Art Basels. Last year, Jessy Nite created a storefront mural that brought glam and bling to those waltzing around 38th Street. “We’ve given free reign to the artist…
Deaf Poets is a Miami music duo starring Nicolas Espinosa and Sean Wouters. These two duded sound like the Black Keys making love with early Kings of Leon in a ’60s garage. And yet they’ve got their own sort of sexy, spirited vibe that’s impossible to ignore. This Thursday, Deaf…
For such a pretty young woman, it’s surprising that Taylor Swift appeals less to horny 16-year-old boys than sweet 12-year-old girls. But compared to most pop tarts (read: Britney Spears) out there, this country siren isn’t a bad role model. She keeps it classy, never trashy. So last night, when…
Immortal Technique might have been a little late to yesterday’s promised appearance at the Occupy Miami site. But once there, he was very generous with his time. He offered press, protesters, and superfans individual attention and thoughtful commentary. The outspoken, politically active hip-hop artist is visiting Miami to promote his…
Immortal Technique (AKA Felipe Andres Coronel), the politically outspoken Peruvian-American hip-hop artist, gave Occupy Miami a shout out at his Grand Central show on Tuesday night. He announced that he’d be making an afternoon visit the next day to the campsite where protesters have been living outside Stephen P. Clark…
In Spanish, an arboleda is a grove of trees. Grace Castro and Francine Madera chose the term to name their vintage and handmade crafts festival — which lands in the Design District this weekend — because to them, the word represents “Mother Nature and her incredible power to create.” Inspired…
Taylor Swift at the American Airlines Arena November 13
In Spanish, an arboleda is a grove of trees. Grace Castro and Francine Madera chose the term to name their vintage and handmade crafts festival — which lands in the Design District this weekend — because to them, the word represents “Mother Nature and her incredible power to create.” Inspired by Etsy,…
When Bar closed, a whole group of broke party people were disenfranchised. They’d lost their favorite hangout. And after 2 a.m., many went home to bed, sad and confused, while a few house parties burned into the night, ruining couches and kitchens. This town was made to rage till sunrise…
The word’s out! That bump you first saw on Beyoncé at the MTV Music Awards is the current home of an unborn baby girl. Bee’s bigmouth Destiny’s Child pal Kelly Rowland spilled the beans. She blabbed to Us Magazine that all she’s getting the newborn is love, since her dad’s…
We should be hosting a parade in honor of Churchill’s Pub owner Dave Daniels’s birthday. Like, a bizarro, Little Haiti musical version of Mango Strut with Rat Bastard as the Grand Marshal and kegs of Strongbow lining the streets. But Mr. Daniels is a humble man. So when this local…
Sleeping in tents and marching the streets with Occupy Miami has been more pleasurable than painful, thanks in part to the protesters’ spirited musical showcases. In contrast to a slew of other more serious events designed to dilate your political mind, the second Occupalooza Music Festival planned for tomorrow evening…
Sporting a Freegums T-shirt and creating a belt out of teddy bear parts, Miami’s own Brian Burkhardt made his national debut as a top-of-the-line designer on Lifetime’s i>Project Accessory. The show, a spinoff of Project Runway, premiered last week. Burkhardt works with his wife Trisha Brookbank on Triian jewelry and…
Last month, a remake of one of America’s most cherished musical films was released. Of course, we’re talking about Footloose, the movie about one young man’s struggle with authorities to express his overwhelming desire to dance! The remake is now screening all over the country. And aside from a few…
It’s a proven fact that the hottest thing in rock ‘n’ roll is a woman on drums. So Crossfade is superstoked that Tom Tom Magazine, the only print publication focused on female percussionists, will be bringing a notable showcase of lady drummers to Churchill’s Pub for Art Basel Miami Beach…
