Despite what the fitness industry tells you, transportation is still the best workout, provided you leave the automobile in the garage and use your feet. And what if every time you jogged to the grocery store, former Miami Heat point guard Tim Hardaway trotted beside you? Well, you’d be participating…
If it weren’t for United Airlines, Americans might remember George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” for what it really is — a definitive American classic — instead of as a psychosomatic feeling that your legs are cramped and you’re eating honey-roasted peanuts. Post-’80s babies fortunately don’t have that problem, but for…
Books & Books has, perhaps unwittingly, created a perfect pairing of authors to headline Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Both writers live in Florida, but that’s where the similarities end. J.J. Colagrande is a Miami native whose debut novel, Headz (BlazeVOX Books), is a kaleidoscopic romp through modern-day America’s music festival…
Books & Books has, perhaps unwittingly, created a perfect pairing of authors to headline Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Both writers live in Florida, but that’s where the similarities end. J.J. Colagrande is a Miami native whose debut novel, Headz (BlazeVOX Books), is a kaleidoscopic romp through modern-day America’s music festival…
The Miami Heat’s Michael Beasley clearly has a lot of emotional problems, which were well-documented even before a bunch of people thought they saw some weed in a self-taken Twitter photo this past weekend. How extensive these problems are I can’t possibly speculate. But only a very sensitive person with a…
Two days ago in 2009, a crack cultural commando unit was formed to protest a crime they didn’t commit. These men and women sought to escape the death sentence the Mayor’s Office handed down in the form of $11 million worth of proposed budget cuts by rising out of the…
No, this is not a joke, and you’re not reading The Onion. There is actually a cultural nonprofit in Miami that is looking for applicants for a full-time position. If I had professional-grade fireworks, I’d be launching them off the roof of the Miami New Times building right now. Instead,…
In the 17th Century, haiku master Matsuo Basho wandered across feudal Japan in search of inspiration, writing directly from firsthand experience with the swiftness of a sword slicing a melon in two. In the 21st Century, master of nothing Alex Fumero wandered across modern Hialeah in search of inspiration, typing…
In almost every kindergarten class, there’s a kid who eats glue, a kid who shows everyone his genitalia, and a kid who, instead of playing with toys, catalogues and interprets their arrangement. That kid is the future curator, and if she’s lucky, she’ll be half as talented as Maria Lind,…
If there really were an explosion this Saturday at Cinema Paradiso, this is what the authorities would find in the rubble: artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, performers, beer bottles, and movie candy. Organized by Under Lab Studios, a self-described “emerging artist movement,” The Auteur Explosion is a monthly event that seeks…
What’s red and tastes like ketchup but is made of corn? That’s right — Heinz ketchup. If word hasn’t reached your nuclear fallout shelter yet, most of the food we eat was concocted by scientists at a handful of agricultural conglomerates, a practice that has led to skyrocketing obesity rates,…
As Cypress Hill used to say, here is something we can’t understand. If you were born in Long Island but have lived in Lighthouse Point since the late ’70s, you are not a New Yorker. You are a Floridian. So by all means, wear your ugly New York Mets jersey…
The battle to save the liveability of Miami-Dade County continues tonight.If you haven’t heard, the Mayor’s office has proposed $11 million in cuts to the county’s arts programming budget, which would put roughly 400 arts organizations out of business.Miami Today reported that the idea of a dedicated funding stream for…
If you’re excited about the prospect of Brad Pitt as a Nazi-killer, you should be excited about this: An Inglourious Basterds release party tonight at Fame Fridays inside downtown nightclub Parkwest.According to the invite, the dress code is “military chic,” which I guess could be just about anything when you think about it,…
Michael Bay could really use a new screenwriter, and I think it’s up to Miami to give it to him. You could sign up for an L.A. or NYC screenwriting class (L.A. writing lab, Robert McKee, mediabistro, etc.) with an online component, but there’s no substitute for face-to-face instruction. That’s…
Artists have Basel. Filmmakers have MIFF. Geniuses have the Book Fair.My inner nerd (well, maybe it’s outer, too…) did the running man this morning when it saw PR-extraordinaire Lisa Palley’s email announcing the Author List for the 2009 Miami Book Fair. (November 8 – 15, 2009)The fact that last year…
Despite their recent 5-0 loss to Mexico, the U.S. soccer team is surging. In July, they defeated World Cup champion Spain, stopping the squad one victory short of setting a new record for consecutive unbeaten matches by an international team. Then two days later, they took Brazil down to the…
After a 2003 New York Times article criticized Bill Clinton for not showing his face enough in the neighborhood around his Harlem office, Jamaica-born, New York-bred artist Dave McKenzie donned a suit, tie, and Clinton mask and paraded along 125th Street while blasting Louis Armstrong’s rendition of “We Shall Overcome”…
Here we go, Dol-fans! Or should we say Parrotheads? Forget the $7 million that owner Stephen Ross could have had if he’d given LandShark Stadium naming rights to MetroPCS instead of his man-crush, Jimmy Buffett. Let’s concentrate on the state of the football team, which frankly hasn’t been this positive…
As Arnold Schwarzenegger, AKA Mr. Freeze, says in Batman & Robin, the definitive database of cold-weather-related puns, “Tonight’s forecast: A freeze is coming.” Tonight being Thursday, that forecast refers specifically to Ice Bar at Hotel Victor, where at 8 p.m., it’s time for Frost Bite Thursdays. Give the hipster scene…
Caddyshack golf legend Ty Webb never kept score, so when Judge Smails asked him how he measured himself against other golfers, the six-foot-four Webb replied, “My height.” Club 50 should have a similar answer if it’s ever asked how it measures itself against other Miami bars and lounges. Perched atop…
Beginning tonight and lasting through Sunday night, the Bank of America Tower (formerly the CenTrust Building), will be lit up black, gold, and green to commemorate the 47th anniversary of Jamaica’s independence and celebrate the Jamaican diaspora’s cultural contributions to South Florida.According to Jamaica’s Consul General, Sandra Grant Griffiths: “To see the…
