Arts & Culture

Jesse Bransford moons Miami at Kevin Bruk Gallery

Dolos Steam Through October 3. Gallery Diet, 174 NW 23rd St., Miami; 305-571-2288; gallerydiet.com. Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nina Johnson opened her season with “Dolos,” by Chicago-based artists Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger, as part of her ongoing invitational series. She also featured “Steam,” by Hills…

This fall and winter, the recession and immense cuts to arts funding threaten to short-circuit Miami’s recent extraordinary progress in art, theater, and music. But the city is not surrendering. This year’s Miami New Times expanded fall arts guide proves not only the theater, arts, dance, and literary scenes but…

Magic City Kitty: Got semen? Spit or swallow?

We aren’t ones to brag about hanging out with quasi-famous people, but on Halloween 2006, the Sounds played a secret show at the now-defunct Studio A. Afterward, they spun at the Redroom at Skybar located inside the Shore Club. There couldn’t have been more than 50 people there, and we…

If you believe in astrology, people born under the Libra moon are the most art-loving, attention-craving, charitable, and detail-oriented of the bunch. Sure, not every person born between September 24 and October 23 is supercool, innovative, and giving, but Tigertail Productions sure is. Thirty years ago, when downtown’s art scene…

Next time you hear a guy complain about the lack of hyper-intellectual conversation in Miami, ask if he’s free this Monday night. If so, tell him to head to the Lincoln Theatre at 7 for Inside the Music. If you don’t already know, Miami Beach’s New World Symphony is the…

Where are the future masters of American literature? Maybe they’re living in caves until they must say goodbye to the wolves that raised them. Or maybe they are expatriates living in Prague, surviving on goulash and begging for a living. We’re not sure, but at least some of them are…

Are your chakras not quite open? Does your karma needs some working on? Head to the new-age equivalent of Jiffy Lube for the first annual Acufest this Sunday between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Held on the grounds of the Biltmore Hotel, Acufest was designed to help the average joe…

Before last year, the Miami Dolphins hadn’t beaten AFC East rivals Buffalo Bills for several years. But that futility was pre-Bill Parcells. In the two games since Tony Sparano took the helm, Miami’s defense has allowed only 19 points to Buffalo, while linebacker Joey Porter delivered what could only be…

Great young men have graced the gridiron for the Hurricanes and the Sooners. Legendary dudes, NFL-grade athlete meat, the cream of the coed crop. Envision a night with all the Dick Enberg toupée hoopla of the Orange Bowl. Now toss in a resurgent Hurricanes team with perennial Big 12 beast…

As unique as people are, we certainly have one thing in common: a constant lust for food. Even a plant, actual vegetation, once demanded, “Feed me, Seymour.” And after years of slumming it at the corporate trough, real food — no matter the genre or nationality — is what counts…

Old-school salsa crooner Oscar D’Leon will parachute into town this Saturday, and he’s ready to turn the Big Mango into his personal rumbarrio. Beginning at 8 p.m. at the James L. Knight Center, D’Leon will put the fire under your feet with his sizzling salsa repertoire spanning more than 60…

We might not have the luxury of seeing falling leaves to signal autumn’s arrival, but we can look to the moon to provide the season-changing drama. In case you hadn’t noticed, the full moons of September, October, and November rise 20 minutes earlier than usual, giving us more light. And…

If the late, great choreographer Merce Cunningham has a legacy, it’s that there are no limitations in dance. And nowhere is that axiom truer than right here in South Florida, thanks to Karen Peterson and Dancers, who will debut their 20th season this Saturday at the Byron Carlyle Theater. The…

Attention, fellow nerds! As of today, it is now safe to leave our mothers’ basements. Animation Supercon has returned to the DoubleTree Miami Mart. Multiple cast members from Pinky and the Brain — that Orson Wellesian tribute to evil genius — and Matt Groening’s greatest creation, Futurama (which surpassed The…

If you’re a fan of orchestral maneuvers in the dark, head to the opening night of the 26th annual Festival Miami, the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music’s shindig that runs October 2 through 30. This Friday at 8 p.m., UM’s Frost Symphony Orchestra and faculty will celebrate the…

What do Wolverine, Wale, and Hillary Clinton have in common? Nigeria, and not because they fell victim to email fraud. Whether it’s getting visited by ex-first ladies, appearing in Hollywood films, or producing up-and-coming rappers, the African nation is hot right now. This year marks the country’s 49th year of…

While politicians bullshit and news pundits engage in mudslinging, real social change takes place in the arts. Artists such as Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi rearrange the banalities of everyday life into meaningful social statements. The Colombian native fuses found objects, antiques, and even Barbie dolls into commentary on gender, politics, and religion…

Anyone who’s been driving home late on a weeknight, scanning the radio dial for something that matches one’s mood, has found comfort in WDNA-FM (88.9). The forward-thinking jazz station, with a rightful emphasis on Latin jazz, often feels like the soul of the city — intelligent, vivacious, playful — obscured…