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…
Award-winning Egyptian film Microphone explores the Alexandria art scene through the story of one man, Khaled, who’s returned home after many years away. It screens in the World Competition program at this year’s Miami International Film Festival. The film received Best Arabic Language Film Award from the Cairo International Film Festival and 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 of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 80…
LeBron James’s Miami Heat takes on Dwight Howard’s Orlando Magic at the American Airlines Arena tonight in a game likely to prove whether the Heat can actually play with the big ballers. The team lost to the Knicks this week and is developing a habit of losing to top teams. How can Dwyane,…
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.1. Devon LeeDevon Lee is a Trinidad-born artist who creates visually explosive work inspired by the Internet. After moving to unincorporated Dade in the summer…
Davila 666 With Love Handles, Snakehole, Heartstrings, and Ticks Churchill’s Pub Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Better Than: Christian Bale’s Masshole accent.The (and we mean the) Puerto Ricans who rock ‘n’ roll, Davila 666, last night performed at Churchill’s Pub for the second time and got pretty much everyone in the place…
