Thirteen years after construction crews working at the mouth of the Miami River stumbled upon some odd circular markings in the dirt which turned out to be one of the most important archaeological sites in the state, the public finally is able to see what all the fuss is about…
Who doesn’t all want another excuse to go drinking and misbehaving during the work week? Such is the allure of kickball leagues in Miami and across the country. That and finding intelligent women! The sport is thriving and there are several leagues in Miami-Dade sponsored by World Adult Kickball Association…
Despite what we’ve seen on Mad Men, the Sixties were not all about capitalistic greed. In fact, the decade witnessed the explosion of counterculture movements, social revolution, and most importantly the birth of the hippies. Enter Phil Ochs. The anti-Don Draper. Ochs was an important folk and protest singer who…
Plenty of Miamians badmouth the city’s putrid local music scene (oops, there we go again). But South Florida Bluegrass Association, which holds monthly concerts, has played music in the backwoods of Miami-Dade for a third of a century. Badass bluegrass, in the form of banjos, fiddles, mandolins, and upright basses,…
Parents get plenty of mileage out of blaming their behavior on kids. Your local cineplex is overrun by non-kiddies enthralled with Shrek’s latest adventure under the guise of spending quality time with the young’uns. Likewise, droves of moms, dads, and child-free adults will flock to Arsht Center this weekend when…
Unlike team sports, boxing doesn’t lend itself to the fantasy-sports craze. After all, it’s hard to generate statistics — the bread and butter of the fantasy industry — if each fighter has only a couple matches a year. That may be where the newly formed World Series of Boxing (WSB)…
Listen. We get it. The Coconut Grove Arts Festival, though it has a long history (48 years), is not exactly Art Basel. It’s more about the arepas and Budweisers than fine art. The real talent is walking down the street more than inside any art booth. But still, organizers might…
It’s not like there weren’t enough cool wedding venues in South Florida already, but adding another one to the list never hurts. There are plenty of Bridezillas out there. And this one, the new Thalatta Estate Park in Palmetto Bay, is sure to become among the most popular in South…
Sex in Miami is a lot like the city’s heavy humidity. It’s omnipresent, suffocating (if done right), and always leaves you sweating. So when we found out that local porn studio Reality Kings filmed a porn movie on Monument Island, home of the Henry Flagler Memorial — well, we weren’t…
These days the name Zero Mostel hardly registers in celebrity circles. But once upon a time, in the 1940s and 50s, Zero Mostel was one of the most successful actors in showbiz. Then came the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and there went Zero–he was one of those actors blacklisted…
The old boating refrain “the two best days of a boat owner’s life are the day he buys a boat and the day he sells it” needs some updating. You can probably add to that list several more days, this Thursday through Monday to be specific, the dates of this…
Haulover Beach always brings out exhibitionists and voyeurs, but this Sunday, crowds of gawkers will flock to the other side of Collins Avenue to watch appendages of a different kind. We’re talking about the 18th annual Kite Day Kite Festival at Haulover Beach. Instead of flying their freak flags, enthusiasts…
Fisher Island is Miami’s mansion-on-the-top-of-the-hill. You can see it from a distance, but most of us will never get close enough to observe those who live there — and that’s a good thing. Who wants to keep battling traffic on I-95 when you know the type of luxurious life that…
Less than a month after announcing the world premiere of Miami-based Rakontur’s Square Grouper: The Godfathers of Ganja would be shown at South By Southwest Film Festival, Wagner/ Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures announced that it had bought the film rights in a statement Tuesday. Terms of the deal include a…
What do you get when you cross Miami’s self described raunchiest female comedy duo, Babyhairs, with Jonathan David Kane, one of the city’s up and coming directing talents (and one of our 100 Creatives)? If you said “Titties Free” you’d be right, and something of prophet and pervert. You’d also…
In honor of our Artopia party on February 10, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.19. Jose MertzArt is not about college degrees. More often than not, it is about reproducing…
Even those of you who are not degenerate gamblers have probably heard by now about the slew of annual proposition (prop) bets surrounding Sunday’s Super Bowl. They’re stupid we know, but truthfully, they add some color to what more often than not is a drab sporting event beset with enough…
Making a new marriage work is hard enough. Add a reality show to mix, and chances are you probably won’t even reach 8 years – the average length of first marriages. But we’re sure that won’t stop throngs of engaged couples from flocking to the Country Club of Coral Gables…
Some animals are real freaks in the sack. Take bottlenose dolphins. They like to get it on — real nasty-like — in large, same-sex orgies and marathon coitus sessions that have nothing to do with making baby dolphins. They do it for pleasure, the pervs. And they’re not even as…
Romance does not typically bloom amid 12,000 souls jam-packed into BankAtlantic Center. But if you put on Romanza, the first greatest hits album by Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, well, that’s a different story. Sure, practically anything Italian comes across as sexy. But when those dulcet tones emanate from the voice…
Some songs make you recall your youth with such incredible clarity that it seems past decades happened only days ago. “December 1963 (Oh What a Night),” the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons disco-era song about losing your virginity, is like a play-by-play account of a night nobody ever forgets:…
Actual performances at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center are about two months away from taking place. The venue, the first of its kind in the southern stretches of Miami-Dade, is a couple of years late in opening but still expected to be a cultural and economic catalyst for an…
