The Save Our Sisters (SOS) team is South Florida’s first dragon boat-racing crew made up of breast cancer survivors, and this Thursday, you can do your part for their cause by having a drink with them at the Pink Rocks Fundraiser. Dragon boat racing combines modern-day team rowing with the…
Author Dan Brown might never recapture the sensational magic of his 2003 book, The Da Vinci Code, but the public’s obsession with medieval mystery lives on. After all, who doesn’t like learning about secret codes buried in ancient ruins or, in the case of 16th-century Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da…
It’s time to gear up for what’s going to be one of the most explosive CD-release parties in South Florida this year. Delray-based psychobilly bad-asses Viva Le Vox will unleash their brand-new EP October 3 at Propaganda. Viva Le Vox is famous (around these parts at least) for having one…
Either there’s a glitch in the Matrix, or some government official in Georgia read up on Miami’s Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender colony and thought, What a swell idea!A couple of days ago, it was discovered — presumably by some plucky local alt-weekly — that probation officers had sent nine…
Artlurker caused quite the brouhaha yesterday by publishing a fake interview about an artist who was constructing a “rape tunnel,” in which he promised to rape anyone who made it through. Gawker, who often takes pleasure in punching holes in staged PR events and other media’s inaccuracies, walked through the metaphorical…
Think of Jackson Pollock standing above a blank canvas, holding a jar of paint. Then wave a wand and turn him into a giggly half-Filipino gal from Miami. Her name is Lani and she has big eyes and exceptionally pink cheeks. Can you picture her? She’s pretty, right? OK, now…
It should give you a sense of my early-morning brain-dead-ness that while reading through the “art” section of my Google Reader, I browsed through a post from locally focused art blog ArtLurker about a “rape tunnel,” only to be disappointed to find it was not actually about Miami or a…
The large orange shipping containers that find themselves filled with artwork just feet from the beach every year have become a trademark of Art Basel Miami Beach, but they won’t return this year.As part of a reorganization of the fair, the emerging galleries and artists relegated to Collins Park this…
Move over Jacory Harris, here comes Sven Beckert!In a coup for nerds across Miami-Dade County, the University of Miami announced the formation of its brand-new Center for Humanities this week.If you don’t know what a Center for Humanities does for a university and the surrounding community, think of it in…
Hey, did you know that this is the first weekend of fall? There’ll be no need for that knit sweater and no pumpkin patch tours to speak of, but YES it’s fall! Let’s do autumn Miami-style and revel in the months ahead which will hopefully be filled with low(er) humidity…
Hurricane season has come and gone. But in South Florida, it rains morons all year long. Let’s take a look at the awe-inducing numbskulls who turned our region into the short-bus of the nation this week. 1. The Alleged Teenage Horse KillersHey, we have no doubt that a year ago,…
Flying High: Two Cuban artists take flight at Pan American Art Projects in Wynwood
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Girls with Guns Through October 30. Dot Fiftyone Gallery, 51 NW 36th St., Miami; 305-573-9994; dotfiftyone.com. Monday through Friday noon to 7 p.m. Natalie Silva’s solo show “Girls with Guns” at Wynwood’s Dot Fiftyone Gallery features 14 large paintings inspired by ’60s and ’70s cinema molls. With tongue-in-cheek titles such…
Dutch DJ/producer Laidback Luke cut his teeth on the European house scene in the mid-’90s, and since then, he’s been one of the world’s top DJs. The guy holds the number 46 position on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs list. It’s easy to see why he’s achieved such accolades by…
After Obama fixes health care, pulls out of Iraq, defeats the Taliban, ends the recession, reforms financial regulation, eliminates steroids from baseball, rejuvenates public education, eradicates racism, saves the newspapers, kills all the pythons, humbles Kanye, persuades LeBron to join Dwyane in Miami, and fixes the broken regulator in my…
Think of illustrious musical gypsies of the past, such as Django Reinhardt and Jimi Hendrix. Now imagine a band that’s like a mix between Fleetwood Mac and Jethro Tull. Say it can harmonize like the Mamas and the Papas. What you got? The Coffee House Gypsies. This Wednesday at 10…
One breezy fall day somewhere outside Seattle, residents gathered in the town square and the mayor buttoned himself into his “special occasion” suit, all to celebrate the magnificent bean that tames hangovers and makes sleepy eyes bright. The lil’ brown guest of honor didn’t have much to say, but graciously…
Send those blues packing the last Monday of each month with a free film screening at the lovely, wonderfully hip Standard Hotel. Nestled on that pristine and quiet strip that is the Venetian Causeway, the boutique hotel offers fresh, hipster-ific events, healthful foods, yoga, and, yes, free films. This Monday…
For the past 20 years, John Martin’s Restaurant and Irish Pub has served you karaoke on Wednesdays, a traditional Irish brunch on Sundays, and green beer on St. Patrick’s Day. And now, for its nearly legal birthday (officially September 21), it’s time to celebrate with the restaurant that brings the…
