:“From the slums of Shaolin, Wu-Tang Clan strikes again. The RZA, The GZA, Old Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef, U-God, Ghostface Killa, and The M.E.T.H.O.D. Man.” That’s how most die-hard Wu-Tang fans mentally recall the lineup of the seminal Staten Island hip-hop crew. But what about Cappadonna? Although…
Unless you’re deeply steeped in Eastern film history, you might not realize just how bald-faced and brazen the theft — excuse us, inspiration and influence — of classic Japanese film has been in modern Western moviemaking. Take Quentin Tarantino, for example. Without the undeniable influence of filmmaking masters such as…
If Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is our city’s answer to Central Park (except, um, much less central), then consider the Kampong our very own secret garden. Tucked away along Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, the locale offers lush foliage and breathtaking waterfront views. It’s a stunning place with transportive powers…
In this quirky melting pot of a city, we’ve got a film festival for practically every nationality. Trust us, we’ve covered them all. Underground and mainstream, short and long form, documentary and foreign, gender-focused, theme-focused, or sometimes just unfocused — there’s enough film fest action to satisfy even the most…
Art Basel and Winter Music Conference. What do these two hugely popular Miami events have in common? They both attract throngs of ridiculously wealthy tourists, they both seem to be a siren call for Europeans and the scantily clad women who love them, and they’re both heavily concentrated on South…
Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has proven to be the rarest kind of cultural phenomenon – a literary work beloved by adults and children alike, one that has transcended adaptations from novel to stage to film and sustained popularity for more than a century. If you ask…
If there’s any truth to the old adage “You are what you eat,” we gotta admit we’re a little scared of the culinary outlook at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition. Sure, there’s the usual stuff — elephant ears, funnel cake, corn dogs, and turkey legs. You know — fair…
Women’s History Month is just about over, but hang on a minute! The last gasp of the month is bringing us two of the biggest fem-centric events in the city. So uh … what took you so long, ladies? Instead of complaining, we’re just gonna let it all hang out…
Want a good way to sort out your real longtime local-and-proud-of-it Miamians from your newly replanted, stick-to-their-enclave residents? Ask them if they’re ever had (or heard of) Frankie’s Pizza. The 50-plus-year-old pizza joint has lasted through hellish hurricanes and rapid development, weathering torrential storms of competition from national half-hour-delivery chain…
You can’t find Chinese worth a damn, and forget landing on an Indian restaurant everyone can agree on. The good Caribbean and soul food is mostly on the north end of the county. Lucky for dwellers south of Dadeland, today is a brilliant day for binging, thanks to the Deering…
Boys and their wrestling – so adorable, am I right, ladies? Your man might be a 33-year-old doctor with intelligence and cultural savvy to spare, but once he sits back to watch Monday Night Raw with a fresh brewski in hand, watch out. The inner 10-year-old is about to emerge,…
It’s Friday night and finally another week of excruciating employment has come to an end. All you wanna do is kick back with a couple of cocktails, the stronger the better. If you’re looking for the kind of venue that will recharge your beaten spirit, hit up Uva69. Let the…
They hover above the aqua waters, charmingly interrupting the horizon on the mud flats near Key Biscayne. Locals often gaze at Stiltsville in wonder from the shore or from boats as they cruise by. The history of the offshore community is as rich as the now-crumbling houses are beautiful. History…
Technically Easter is the most important religious feast of the Christian calendar, but we all know it’s so much more than a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Nothing against our main man J.C.; we’re just reminiscing about Easters of yore. Mom and Dad might have forced us to…
You’re a two-time foosball champ and can beat any fourth-grader in a game of arcade hoops, but your athletic prowess pretty much ends there. People like you are the reason some guy invented no-sweat versions of the classic sports, and we love you for it. Besides, no one can say…
It’s in your soda. It’s in your snacks. It’s in your spaghetti sauce, syrup, and salad dressing. If you eat a hot dog or hamburger, it’s in the bun, the meat, and the ketchup you slather on it. It’s corn. And we’re wondering: WTF is the deal with this basic…
Winter Music Conference blows into town tomorrow. It’s going to tantalize you with a flurry of sights and sounds (and drugs) and then leave you shaking in the gutter fiending for more. We’re totally looking forward to that feeling, but you might be into something with a bit more longevity…
You sign up for the military because you’re a patriot, because it seems like a great way to pay for tertiary education, because you know in your heart it’s the right thing to do for yourself, your family, and your country. Then you get sent off to war. You grow…
It’s Sunday, and you’ve got your usual weekend chores. Shopping for groceries, doing laundry, and catching up on sleep await, but who are you fooling? Today’s the Calle Ocho festival, meng! You know where you’re bound to inevitably wind up – strolling down Little Havana’s main thoroughfare with a million…
This year’s Tropical Baroque Music Festival has been pleasing Miami’s most erudite ears since March 1, with classical music and opera resounding from churches and galleries throughout the city. This evening marks the fest’s finale, and oh what a joyful noise there will be! To breathe life into the festival’s…
It’s one thing to visit a museum of African-American history and lament the loss of the brothers and sisters who were felled along the passage of time. It’s quite another to actually step foot on a plantation where the soil ran red with the blood of slaves, to stand beneath…
We admit it — our initial attraction to comedian Patrice O’Neal was a little silly and a lot self-absorbed. But ever since we laid eyes on the six-foot-five, 300-pound lug, we’ve grown to realize there are plenty of reasons to look out for Patrice O’Neal, same-named-ness aside. The big man…
