When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected President of Brazil in 2002, many thought the Marxist revolution had begun. A notorious advocate for worker’s rights–he lost a finger in a factory accident at 19–Lula nevertheless proved to be rather moderate as a leader, prompting some of his constituents to…

Despite the fact that the Israelites were blaspheming, making the Golden Calf always seemed like a lot of fun. Tired of waiting for God to reveal Himself? Make your own statue–it only makes sense. MOCA’s occasional art workshop for adults, titled “Arts for All”, takes a spiritual turn this Wednesday…

Jump the Shark – Used to describe the moment when a TV show or other cultural phenomenon has outlived its usefulness or creative steam, e.g. Phil Hartman’s death stalling NewsRadio.Land it in the Hudson – A sentiment of encouragement, usually given in the midst of a crisis, based on US…

The current season of the hit culinary show, “Hell’s Kitchen,” features two Floridian chefs going head-to-head for the crown: Danny Veltri, Executive Chef at Flip Flops Chill and Grill, and Paula DaSilva, Chef de Cuisine at 3030 Ocean. Well, the latter’s feeling pretty confident because she’s hosting not one, but…

On May 29, 1913, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring debuted in Paris. By intermission, the police had been called in break up the riot that was going on in the aisles of the Theatre du Champs-Elysees. The dissonant harmonies, combined with the pagan narrative of a girl dancing…

It must have been alienating for all of those foreign kids in the 1990s to grow up in a world where their own language bore no relation to the global culture around them. Well, now those kids are in the U.S. too, because English has been replaced by programming code…

What are you doing this weekend, Broadhurst? I’m going to the Best of Now!, Sebastian. The best of when? This Sunday at 7 p.m. The best of this Sunday at 7 p.m.? No, the Best of Now! The best of now or the best of now when now is Sunday…

Michael Pollan, the anti-Jenny Craig, has a very important seven-word message for you: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Pollan’s slogan has become the rallying cry for the anti-diet revolution, which is really to say it’s an anti-revolution revolution. His 2006 James Beard Award-winning masterpiece, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, carefully…

The “Cirque” name has become closely associated with daring athleticism and show-stopping performances, and word on the street is that the newest incarnation, Cirque Dreams, is no different. Taking on the dual themes of jungle and fantasy, the show combines the breathtaking displays of human strength and flexibility you’ve come…

“People describe me as a little dirtier,” comic Jessica Gross says. “[But] I like the word edgier better. Dirtier sounds like the hidden part of the video store.” Gross, and that is her real name, is just one of a dozen or so stand-up artists that Daniel Reskin has recruited…

For American audiences, Roman Polanski’s directorial abilities have largely been obscured by the ongoing legal mess he created when he was arrested in 1977 for drugging and sexually abusing then-13-year-old Samantha Geimer, and subsequently fleeing the country before the trial’s sentencing. Further tarnishing his image was the far lesser crime…

It’s been a long time since Wassily Kandinsky argued in 1909 that color could be its own justification. Since then, abstract painting has gone through alternating periods of favor and disfavor, with disfavor being the preeminent feeling of the moment. But if so, someone needs to go over to the…

This Saturday, May 2, at 5 p.m., the guys over at Miami World Cinema Center (450 NW 28th St., Miami) will host their good friends from the Borscht Film Festival for a meet-and-greet, and if you’re a local filmmaker, want to be a local filmmaker, or just want to date…

The Audi Corporation has left their Bavarian A-frames and come to South Florida to pimp their new ride, the Audi Q5, to our admittedly car-obsessed population. To do so, they’ve taken over a large swath of the parking lot at Gulfstream Park to set up a test-drive course that you…

This Saturday the guys over at Miami World Cinema Center are hosting a Meet & Greet for the 2009 Borscht Film Festival, and if you’re a local filmmaker, want to be a local filmmaker, or just want to date local filmmakers, you should probably head over there. The occasion is…

The Miami Book Fair is obviously the 800-pound gorilla in the local literary scene, but did you know that Miami-Dade College also puts on a pretty awesome little writer’s conference at the end of every Spring? This year’s Writer’s Institute, organized by the Florida Center for the Literary Arts, features…

Pretty much the only thing we need to say to convince you to go see DBR & the Mission, the newest incarnation of Haitian-American composer and musician Daniel Bernard Roumain, is that the title of one of the works he’ll be performing is “Sonata for Violin and Turntables.” Never mind…