Occupy Miami: Soggy But Peaceful Outside Government Center

​It appears the greatest threat to Occupy Miami’s tent city outside Stephen P. Clark Government Center, at this point, is the rain. After only one night, the dedicated activists are forming a little community complete with a medical tent, security teams, and clean up crews.Between 30 and 40 people slept…

Occupy Miami: The Occupation Has Begun Outside Government Center

​Thanks to unbelievable unemployment rates, two U.S. wars that went nowhere good, and about a million other awful current American realities, what was once comfortable enough has become unbearable.Economic inequality and the corporate influence over governmental affairs have pushed those in New York, Chicago, and DC to give up the…

Surfer Blood, Spam All Stars, and Ketchy Shuby Go DWNTWN, October 14

See the full 32-photo DWNTWN Concert Series with Surfer Blood at Bayfront Park slideshow. Surfer Blood With Spam Allstars and Ketchy Shuby As part of the DWNTWN Concert Series Bayfront Park Friday, October 14, 2011 Better Than: A falafel on a cold night. Under an almost full, waning moon, on…

Tatas of Yore

​Bras can be sexy and they can be cute, painful, or the wrong size. Bras. They’re usually pretty uncomfortable, but western women wear them almost everyday of their lives. Each bra speaks to a stage in our lives. The tiniest were usually first, the largest when we’re pregnant. They’re more…

Prince Royce Talks Usher, Obama, and His Upcoming English-Language Album

​If you’ve never heard of Prince Royce, get used to his name. The Bronx-raised, 22-year-old Dominican kid writes beautiful songs in both English and Spanish. In only three years, Royce has brought a new kind of bachata to the Billboard charts. And recently signed to Atlantic Records, he’s coming out…

Former Klingon Gwynth Walsh Stars in Cups, a Play Guided by Bras

​Bras can be sexy and they can be cute, painful, or the wrong size. Bras. They’re usually pretty uncomfortable, but western women wear them almost everyday of their lives. Each bra speaks to a stage in our lives. The tiniest were usually first, the largest when we’re pregnant. They’re more…

Anoraak With Teen Daze and Millionyoung at Bardot October 13

If you’re into electronica, chances are you’ll be riding that chillwave of excitement into Bardot for the club’s second installment of its Living Room Sessions. The speakeasy’s new Thursday-night concert series kicked off last night with Junior Boys. And now we’re all set to indulge in a dose of superrelaxed,…

Six Best Second Saturday Art Walk Afterparties

Art and music. These days, it’s like they’re dating or something. And it’s kind of cute. The season for Art Walk-ing is back. There’s finally a breeze and a two minute stroll down NE Second Avenue doesn’t leave one drenched in sticky sweat. And thanks to the return of an…

DJ Jonathan Toubin’s Five Favorite Florida R&B Burners

​You might know New York DJ Jonathan Toubin from his Soul Clap Dance-Off parties. He brought Miami’s best and most adventurous dancers to their knees last February just days before the Bruise Cruise with soulful music that kept us dancing all night. Spinning only vinyl, his music comes from a…

Morgan Hartman Shares Sake Tips and Talks United Way’s Sake at Sundown

The obvious complement to a taco isn’t sake, unless, that is, you’re sampling dishes under the tutelage of Miami’s own sake expert Morgan Olivia Hartman. She is leading the spirits discussion at the United Way Miami Wine and Food Festival’s Sake at Sundown this Thursday at Wynwood Kitchen and Bar. Tapas created…

Limelight Shines Light on ’90s New York City: Clubs, Drugs, and Giuliani

Manhattan’s clubland outlasted AIDS, it out-partied Andy Warhol, but it couldn’t survive Rudy Giuliani. In Limelight, filmmaker Billy Corben wandered from his traditional muse, his hometown of Miami, to tell of the tribulations and literal trial of former NY nightclub king Peter Gatien. He was targeted by the feds and…