All week, everyone was talking, “Michael Cera’s here, Michael Cera’s there. Where’s Michael Cera?” On the morning of the final day of South by Southwest, we headed to a little Mexican restaurant called Mi Madre’s. After ordering breakfast tacos, there he was. Finally, Michael Cera, chatting with a young lady,…
The final hours of South by Southwest ended in, what else, a musically induced riot. Maybe it was the supermoon, or perhaps it was that Death From Above 1979, who hadn’t performed in five years, played an unannounced show at Beauty Bar’s back patio, making their fans completely insane. I…
When, like at South by Southwest, a billion bands are playing in the same city at the same time, it’s hard to decide which ones you want to hear and the endless others you want to miss out on.As the week winds down, the music continues to blast through East…
When you visit a city other than your own, it’s always important to explore that place’s unique treasures. And one of Austin’s gems is Roky Erickson. He is to Austin what Luther Campbell is to Miami. Or … He is to Austin music what the beach is to Miami. You…
Austin continues to be a land of great things, even during the madness of South by Southwest with a bazillion bands blasting their music at the same time. Austin’s so great that the madness isn’t even madness. For instance, a massive line of hundreds of people waiting for a wristband…
Colorful. Patterned. Flashy. These are just a few of the words listed at the top of RidiculousSweaters.com. Natasha Lopez de Victoria is proving that bold and flamboyant vintage wear can leave the realm of bad jokes and enter into a world of looking good. Her online store offers fun fashion,…
The Wu-Tang Clan and PBS darling Suze Orman can agree on one thing: CREAM, or cash rules everything around me. Living in an uninsured and impoverished post-Bush age, we’re almost getting used to being broke. Only someone as passionate about money as Ms. Orman has the power and the answers…
Did you ever wonder when the day would finally come when you, yes you, would be able to make kimchi from scratch, by yourself? Perhaps not, but for some foodies and aspiring chefs, the spicy Korean condiment sounds like a welcome challenge in the kitchen.Spring Break, the nomadic culture project…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 73…
Brendt Barbur started the internationally renowned, grassroots Bicycle Film Festival after getting hit by a bus in New York City. He took a crappy situation and did something positive for bike riders by promoting biking through arts and movies. After only ten years, the festival is now established in 27…
The Wynwood art walk has been sort of a nightmare for a few years now, especially in the summertime with the heat and cheap wine. But lately, even in the winter, it’s really a waking nightmare. The whole second Saturday thing has gone from uncomfortable to completely unmanageable. Last month,…
Everybody has a personal life that no one else has access to or cares to notice. Like our “to do” lists or old credit cards. When someone dies, the world gets a peek into those private matters and a fuller picture of the person is revealed.Catalina Jaramillo used this new perspective…
Todd Terry’s InHouse Records PartyThe VagabondWednesday, March 9, 2011Better Than: WMC on South Beach.Upon first arriving at Vagabond for a night of house music, we were greeted with a few dancers grooving to an MGMT remix. And the main room’s doors were still blocked off for another hour or so…
For the second year, the Bicycle Film Festival, running this Thursday through Sunday, screens fast-paced and intelligent cycling flicks in Miami. After getting hit by a New York City bus while on his bike, founding director Brendt Barbur decided to do something positive for cyclists and created the festival. And,…
The Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup, or BTTR, is quite a spectacle! About thirty food trucks meet each Tuesday on the Johnson & Wales campus (127th and Biscayne Blvd.) bringing together all sorts of people in their love of mobile meals. There’s live music, plenty of space to pop a squat,…
Speakeasy and small live music venue Bardot has really brought the ‘burbs and the beach to Midtown since it opened a few years ago. North of Space and west of South Beach, it’s right off the highway, so Winter Music Conference partiers will find their way there easily, with or without the…
As we count down to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, see our other choices. 77. Raspberry Flatcakes at…
Jipsy, otherwise known as Nefarious Girl, began documenting the world around her as a child on her trusty Fred Flinstone camera. Since then, she’s taken thousands of photos of Miami’s club and bar scenes and produced a huge, unique, and valuable body of memories. “Just As You Were” is her first solo…
A recent study, published in the Behavioural Processes journal, says that “cat-human relationships are nearly identical to human-only bonds,” especially cat-women relationships. This means that you and your cat are linked not just by feeding times and poop clean-up, but by social relationships and non-verbal communication. Basically, you guys really…
Bar is like an everybody-knows-your-name-art-gallery where you can buy beer and booze. But they never seem to have PBR for some reason. And for a fairly compact watering hole located on the edge of Overtown, the place has hosted a string of impressive musical names like MIA, Ariel Pink, Diplo,…
Every March, Miami welcomes electronica-crazed masses eager to sweat and do drugs all over our Winter Music Conference. This year, Camarena Tequila will be feeding both the conference tourists, art walkers, and the food truck-crazed locals with tequila-infused tacos.You heard right. Tacos with tequila in them. The booze company’s food…
Imagine walking into a museum and, of all things, a gas mask starts playing music at you. A little creepy? Yes. Totally smart? Yes! There will be a speaker gas mask and other mundane objects transmitting sounds at the Wolfsonian Museum on Miami Beach when Florida International University’s Laptop & Electronic…
