Saturday August 30 The distance between Panama and Haiti just got smaller, since the City of Miami is helping to celebrate both countries’ respective independence days today. At José Martí Park (351 SW 4th St.) on the Miami River, Panamanians will be honoring their patria, while at the same time…
Thursday August 28 Shaaron! Shaaaron! Are you going to give your poor husband a break for a little while? We know you “work,” but most of your shopping sprees at Tiffany and Cartier are probably subsidized by the major moola he makes while on tour. Okay, so it was your…
Saturday August 23 With his stovepipe hat and raspy delivery, singer Bob Malone models himself after piano legends Dr. John and Professor Longhair. Though his look may be familiar, his songwriting and singing style is closer to Billy Joel than the nitty-gritty New Orleans legends. Still, the New Jersey homeboy’s…
Saturday August 23 With 51 of the most beautiful black women coming to town to compete in the Miss Black USA Pageant, we thought we would ask a typical black man for some thoughts about the competition. New Times caught Liberty City’s own Comedian Slo-Motion on his dinner break during…
Saturday August 23 Gearheads, unite! If it’s destruction you like, especially between two cleverly built machines, er, robots, then you surely know all about Battlebots. That’s when one team of geeks, dressed in matching Trekkie-ish shirts, pits its motorized metal creation against the robot of another team of geeks in…
Thursday August 21 Ever witness one of those “only in Miami” kind of scenes and think: “Someone should write a book about this place”? Like the other night, when the angry homeless man chased the glamorous supermodel down a South Beach street, and she was saved by a machete-wielding Haitian…
Thursday August 21 We’ve said it 99 times before, and now we’ll say it for the 100th time. We’ve never seen a fat fireman! The time we got stuck in an elevator with our friend’s dog (who, if you must know, was very calm about the whole matter), the men…
Could there be anything more Zen than standing on the lawn, garden hose in hand, sprinkling water on the thirsty, sunburned grass and attempting to bring it back to life? Uh, yes, you could be standing on the lawn, garden hose in hand, sprinkling water on your new bamboo saplings…
You just can’t help looking up — and looking painfully like a tourist — in any big city you visit. Sure, you might be a seasoned world traveler with a passport that sports stamps from Kansas City to Kuala Lumpur, but in front of tall buildings like the Sears Tower,…
Thursday August 7 Proving that wine coolers and felony charges will not be the end of her, comedian Paula Poundstone is back on the road doing what she does best: breaking up crowds with her particular brand of hilarity. Still sporting her signature necktie, Poundstone is touring for the first…
Thursday July 31 For the past few weeks at the Tower Theater (1508 SW Eighth St.), Miami-Dade College has been previewing documentaries set to air on PBS as part of the series called POV (Point of View). Not only have people gotten the opportunity to sneak a peek at the…
Thursday July 24 As you crunch your way through a box of Goobers while watching 2 Fast 2 Furious, you might mistake that sweat rolling down your temples as the product of too much excitement. Or you might blame it on the air conditioner in the theater being on the…
Following suit, trumping. Sound familiar? Those everyday expressions come straight from the card game bridge. You know, that game your parents or your grandparents might play in their spare time. But who in this age of fast-paced everything — 200 cable channels and video games, movies, and magazines designed for…
Thursday July 17 During the Nineteenth Century the Fisk Jubilee Singers were considered the last word in Negro spirituals, their heartfelt performances enchanting audiences around the world. These days the celebrated National Spiritual Ensemble has been handed the torch, keeping spirituals resonating in concert halls everywhere. Begun in 1994 as…
With a name that sounds like a blaxploitation heroine, author Aphrodite Jones has been energetically kicking publishing-world ass since her first true-crime book, The FBI Killer, appeared on shelves eleven years ago. Among her quintet of compelling best sellers: Cruel Sacrifice, the gruesome tale of four teenage girls in Indiana…
Lighting up inside your own home in fabulous smoke-free Florida is still legal, but be forewarned: It’s only a matter of time. Public puffing on cancer sticks indoors has already been banned. Who knows what’ll be next? Thank goodness for Independence (ha!) Day, when flashy fireworks exhibitions offer one of…
Thursday July 3 Fast, short, and piercing are a few ways to describe the songs of Japanese noise rock trio Melt Banana. The famed eleven-year-old band can often sound just like a hyperactive child of the same age throwing a mini tantrum. Luckily Banana fans won’t be having any such…
The egg, the ant, and the swan. Not a trio of kooky characters in a children’s story but chairs, curvy classics of modern design fabricated in the 1950s by trailblazing Danish designer/architect Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971). The self-described “perfectionist minimalist” was also a “nature-loving botanist.” Inspired by his environment, he produced…
Thursday June 26 What could be cooler than a cultured gathering of young sexy urbanites sipping martinis by a pool after work? The Bass Museum is arranging such a fete when its ArtCrowd, a group of young professionals who donate to the museum and those who love them, sets up…
Thursday June 19 From refugee smuggling to gangland murders to church bake sales, something newsworthy is always happening in Miami. And photojournalists have always been among the first to arrive to document an event. Today the Historical Museum of Southern Florida (101 W. Flagler St.) pays homage to the shutterbugs…
The history of film in America is incomplete if it omits African Americans. Not playing servants or clowns. But actors in every role, directors, writers, and producers, for blacks had a cinema of their own that developed concurrently with the rise of Hollywood. “Close-Up in Black: African-American Film Posters,” a…
Thursday June 12 Day chaos dies as koto sings harmonious release, tortured soul The ancient sounds of the Japanese koto take center stage tonight as the Toho Koto Society of Miami presents Yoshiko Carlton, a virtuoso master of the multistringed instrument. Carlton performs and teaches about the history of this…
