Not only is the Dalai Lama scheduled to speak at the University of Miami campus in the Gables on Oct. 26, but the City of Coral Gables announced yesterday that they are giving away 500 free tickets to see him. The only catch: you have to live in the Gables…
You’ve got to love the Italians that run the Italian International Film Festival in Miami. They’re so…Italian. Never mind that they still haven’t released the full schedule of feature films that start showing from Oct. 7-12–just over a week away–but even better, or worse, good luck finding out what documentary…
File this one in the morbidly ironic and tragic category. James Heselden, who purchased the company that makes Segways–those goofy transports that look like a cross between a unicycle and a circus bike favored by mall cops –died yesterday after apparently riding his suped-up Segway off a cliff and into a…
OK. So admitting that you were a hostage negotiator at the Branch Davidian ranch outside of Waco, Texas in 1993–where more than 80 individuals ended up dying–is a little like saying you’re a chastity coach at a French cathouse. Then again, when you are dealing with a sociopath like David Koresh…
There’s a little nip in the air. It’s slight, and still cloaked in sweltering South Florida heat. But still, if you’ve lived here long enough you can notice it. It simply means fall is here, and that’s a good thing because we need some serious cooling off. We can get…
Maybe it’s a coincidence. But maybe, just maybe Mickey D’s heard loud and clear when Miami New Times complained less than a month ago that we were tired of being McRib-teased to death. Whatever the reason, Ronald McDonald relented and now it’s official–the McRib is coming back.Starting November 2 the…
[jump] Besides celebrating a common heritage, the festival shines a spotlight on Hispanic artists and specifically Cuban artist Cundo Bermudez (1914-2008). “He was like the Picasso of Cuban art,” says Emilio Sauma, Jr., festival founder who worked with Bermudez for more than a decade. The late artist’s estate allowed use…
Like watching Burn Notice or reading a Carl Hiaasen novel, part of the fun of living in Miami is trying to distinguish what rings true in the fictional depictions of our city (out of disrespect, we won’t even mention Nip/Tuck). Enter the latest Lupe Solano mystery from local novelist Carolina…
Improvisational theater, the kind doled out by Chasing Tales at Just the Funny Theater, isn’t simply about comedy. Sure, it’s funny. But that’s mostly circumstantial. The point is to tell a story. And getting the gist of the story is the real fun of improv. At least that’s how member…
Nothing says Hispanic culture like old-timers in guayaberas playing dominoes under a thick cloud of cigar smoke. Throw in some Hispanic folk music, paella, and other Latino delicacies, and you have a certified celebration. Now you just need a reason to celebrate. Luckily, it’s Hispanic Heritage Month, and that’s more…
A terrorist, hijacker, or kidnapper picks up the phone, and magically there’s a law enforcement officer on the other end: “What are your demands?” Then the dance starts. The bad guy gets mad and orders a pizza. The negotiator plays good cop/bad cop and eventually utters, “I just want everyone…
At the risk of sounding like major-league homers, we’re not sure how the last So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD, the longest acronym in television history) ended up without any South Floridians in the finals. Remember androgynous Billy Bell and chongo b-boy Jose Ruiz? They represented SoFla with flamboyance…
Photo by Dan Forer via gusmancenter.orgGusman’s starry-skied, gilded interior.The old lady needs some help.The historic Gusman Center for the Performing Arts is in a real bind. And it’s up to the City of Miami (gasp!) to get it out of the fix. Or maybe it’s the City of Miami that…
This is Miami. There’s a level of gratuitous sex that’s part of everyday life. Whether its bumping and grinding (and let’s face it, dry humping) in a club or coming dangerously close to being groped by a frisky group of tranny street-walkers on the Metrorail, there’s no escaping the lewd…
OK. Now we get it. We’ve been trying to make sense of what goes on at South Beach dance floors for years. Finally, we have an answer, and it’s come from all the way over in England. A group of evolutionary psychologists from Northumbria University just released the results of…
If you’re reading this blog there’s a good chance you are NOT ready for some football and we dig that about you. Still, the season starts this weekend and you’ll have to live with large segments of the population going vegetative for most of Sunday and parts of Saturday. But…
They’re going to build a international-level performing arts center where? South Miami-Dade County? Yes, specifically in Cutler Bay, formerly Cutler Ridge (before that known as the sticks or boonies). That’s right. It’s coming. And even if the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center is several years behind schedule, county officials are…
Last year it was peanut butter. Last month it was eggs. Who knows what food-borne illness outbreak will hit us this month. Seems like outbreaks are coming at us faster than New Jersey-based reality TV shows these days. But besides satisfying morbid curiosity by checking out what’s cooking on the…
There was a time when Miami was more likely to host a festival called Farts for All than Fall for the Arts. But the stink of being a cultural wasteland is gone. In its place is the sweet aroma of performing arts, and the Arsht Center has become the epicenter…
Madonna swears by it and invested $1.5 million in it. And Coke and Pepsi have acquired companies who sell it. But if you’re looking for coconut water, you don’t need to go any further than Allapattah and JCS Reggae Country Style Brand’s Jelly Coconut Water (with pulp). The Kingston-Miami Trading…
Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s almost gone. And if you’ve never eaten at Burger Bob’s on the Granada Golf Course in Coral Gables, then we know two things about you. 1) You know nothing of the Gables and 2) even less about greasy spoons.But don’t kick…
First, Leonardo DiCaprio started driving a Prius, then M. Night Shyamalan wrote a movie about trees killing people, and now the green movement has finally invaded Miami moviemaking. The cinephiles that founded the Borscht Film Festival are pledging to go green when they start filming their shorts this winter, which…
