When you hear the words animal tropical, the creatures that come to mind are probably marmosets, macaws, and tree frogs — not a bunch of smartly coiffed indie dudes who smell like pipe smoke. Nevertheless, Animal Tropical is a Miami-based quartet (singer Jose Castello, bassist Jarrett Hann, guitarist Kristopher Pabon,…

From the remote locale of Denver, Colorado, that electronic music hotbed beyond the Rocky Mountain range, one-man gothic/house/dub act Pictureplane is taking off. And by “taking off,” we mean he’s going to the airport, buying a ticket, boarding a commercial aircraft, and flying approximately four hours to Miami. Why? Because…

Contrary to conventional thinking, chicks dig guys who read. But how can the solitary act of enjoying a good book actually get you girls? Do it in public. On the first Tuesday of every month the Bookstore in the Grove hosts the Young Professional’s Book Club. Join up because like every…

It’s entirely possible you’ve never attended a proper art party. It’s entirely possible you’re ignorant to the ways of the average artiste. It’s entirely possible you don’t have a cocktail dress appropriate for schmoozing and losing with brainiac MFAs and their pals. Well, don’t worry. For this week’s Loose Exchange exhibition…

Unless you woo the kind of girl who routinely spends Saturday night watching Faces of Death while self-mutilating with a stove-fired butter knife, Sarah Kane’s Blasted isn’t first-date material. When the play made its 1995 premiere in London, people fled the theater on the edge of puking and Daily Mail…

When Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the battle to end South African apartheid was far from over. Tutu had already endured nonstop state harassment for more than ten years, but many of his comrades had suffered much worse. Activist Steve Biko had been murdered by…

Ostensibly, the “Space as Medium” group exhibition at the Miami Art Museum (101 W. Flagler St., Miami) is a sly curatorial attempt to trace the evolutionary arc of space-based sculpture, installation, and performance art from the 1960s through the present day. However, as the exhibit enters the final two weeks…

For a pixie-ish twin-sister act like Tegan and Sara, the inherent novelty and cuteness of your situation can be both a good and a bad thing. It’s good because two physically identical 20-something siblings writing songs and strumming guitars in perfect unison is an automatic marketing hook. It’s good because…

Born and raised in the Germantown section of Philly, Amanda Blank isn’t just a girl. She’s a whole gang. Or at least she raps like it. Where most hipster spitters might invite a roomful of semifamous friends to guest on their A-side, Blank summons some kind of multiple personality disorder…

​Almost 38 years ago, the playwright and Miami native Sandra Riley took a job teaching and directing drama at a US Army Base in Japan. Immersed in the history and culture of a strange new land, she became fascinated by the emperors, samurai, and geisha of this East Asian island…

There’s a bit of old dogfighting wisdom that says the best battles happen when a trainer pits the tiniest pups from two related litters against one another. But because the fighting of dogs is a disgusting, immoral endeavor and the fighting of men is not, why don’t we see what…

As you hurriedly pack the entire family into your standard-size pickup for this Saturday’s Monster Jam, you’ll inevitably have some last-minute questions, such as: (1) Should Grandma wear noise-canceling headphones? (2) Do babies need tickets? and (3) Is it true Grave Digger is possessed by the souls of the million…