At sundown, they come. From all over South Florida and all over the world, they come to hear and see him. They are his loyal subjects and he is their king. He rules over no country, no state, no province. Just a street. A glitzy, noisy, congested, exhaust-choked street. His…
thursday december 4 Elba Ramalho: A superstar in her native Brazil, Ramalho has been called the Queen of the Lambada and likened to Tina Turner. She certainly has a mop of hair, manic energy, shapely legs, and a powerful voice. But don’t be fooled: Just because she’s Brazilian doesn’t mean…
thursday november 27 Santa’s Enchanted Forest: Okay, so the seasons don’t really change so much in Miami. Locals spend winter holidays baking themselves on the beach; it did snow once, but don’t count on a white Christmas. How to capture the holiday spirit? You have two options: Go shopping tomorrow…
thursday november 20 Rose’s Rock On Anniversary IV: Everything is new at Rose’s Bar & Music Lounge — stage, sound system, lighting, decor, lower drink prices, cover charge — except for one thing: Rose’s itself. On fickle South Beach for four years, the club provides a rare forum for local,…
Info: Calendar for the week By Larry Boytano, Judy Cantor, Nina Korman, and Jennifer Osorio thursday november 6 House of Blues Tour: The blues comes to Broward in a big way tonight at 8:00 and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. when the House of Blues presents Dr. John, Charlie Musselwhite, and…
thursday october 30 Naomi Wolf: Naomi Wolf sure knows how to piss people off. A controversial figure among the feminist elite, she discusses her latest book Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood, today at 10:30 a.m. as part of the Jewish Book Fair’s Women’s Day Luncheon. A Rhodes Scholar and…
thursday october 23 Writers Harvest National Reading: Like a good book? Like it even better when the author reads it to you? Then you’ll love this. Tonight is Writers Harvest, the nation’s largest literary benefit. At 600 bookstores nationwide, 2000 of your favorite authors read from their works simultaneously. Attend…
thursday october 16 Guitar Greats: The rock guitar pantheon brings its traveling exhibition of flying fret virtuosity to the Sunrise Musical Theater (5555 95th Ave., Sunrise) for a four-hour rock and blues bash. The promoters of the G-3 Tour, whose uninspired title presumably translates into “three guitarists,” need to check…
thursday october 9 Celluloid Vampires: This lecture sucks — blood, that is. With Halloween just around the corner, the Wolfsonian (1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach) has gotten a bit ghoulish and invited a professor (no, not Van Helsing, Dracula’s nemesis) to talk about vampire films tonight at 6:30. Bill Rothman,…
thursday october 2 Maluala: Oh, what a paradise the Cuba of yore seemed. Except for one thing (no, not Castro): slavery. Yes, Cuba was not always so libre; plenty of Africans were oppressed there too. Regarded by some as the father of black Cuban cinema, Sergio Giral, now a resident…
Tall and solidly built, attorney Richard Friedman is informally attired in an indigo denim shirt, stonewashed jeans, and white leather sneakers. A sliver of white undershirt peeks out from his open collar, bespeaking lawyerly propriety. The midfiftyish Friedman has spent the day moving from his Dadeland Towers office in Kendall…
thursday september 25 The Castro: Castro in Miami? Who could have imagined? Well, not that Castro. This Castro is the neighborhood in San Francisco — once a serene working-class enclave, now a bastion of gay liberation and the subject of a documentary, which will receive its East Coast premiere at…
thursday september 18 Paul George Gallery Walk: He’s baaaack. Miami’s tireless homeboy historian Paul George is renowned in and out of town for his lively, informative tours about the people and places that make this such a weird and wonderful place to live. The professor celebrates ten years of exploration…
