Arts & Culture

Magic City Kitty: Personal Lubrication Education

Palley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Arts Ongoing at the Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Dr., Coral Gables; 305-284-3535; lowemuseum.org. Open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Public funding for local culture might be sinking, but philanthropists Myrna and Sheldon Palley…

Art Walk in the Miami Design District and Wynwood, Anyone?

If there is one thing Headliner Market Group is known for, it’s having parties packed with celebrities. And we’re not talking about reality-show rejects and D-listers (yes, you, Brooke Hogan); we’re referring to real celebrities: Kanye West, Amber Rose, Michael Jordan, Lil Wayne, Flo Rida, Dwyane Wade, Ludacris — a…

Glass Candy sounds like it’s on a space shuttle mission to the deep, dark recesses of the Galaxy Disco, copiloted by Lydia Lunch and Giorgio Moroder. Well, Glass Candy’s synth-disco duo, Ida No and Johnny Jewel, will temporarily land the shuttle B/E/A/T/B/O/X at the Vagabond September 11. Sweat Records, which…

Tomorrow night you might have planned to see LA Guns at Culture room, but that show has been moved to November 13. Instead try local dub legends in the making Spred the Dub at Kahuna Bar, Jr. Drinkwater Blues Band at The Back Room Blues Bar, Panic Disorder at Briny…

 The last thing the world needs is Hugo Chávez’s ego to get even bigger. Unfortunately, Venezuala’s president might have been the biggest diva to walk the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival this past weekend. From the Telegraph:Mr. Chavez, who was accompanied by 50 bodyguards, played to the crowd, throwing a flower,…

Jose L. Carrera, 38-year-old artist, family man, and founder of OchoPlacas Tattoos, died of natural causes this past Sunday morning. Carrera was an immensely talented artist who began his career in the street and first cut his teeth on body art while incarcerated, eventually opening the thriving tattoo shop on Eighth Street.According…

We hope you have Monday off for Labor Day, but if you don’t, you might as well act like it. Punish your company for having the balls to make you labor on Labor Day by rocking the fuck out this weekend. Dreaming in Stereo will play the Apple Store at…

Miami native Crissa-Jean Chappell teaches creative writing and cinema studies at Miami International University of Art and Design. Her first YA (‘Young Adult”) novel, Total Constant Order, was published by Harper Collins in 2007 to universal acclaim, garnering a Florida Book Award medal, A VOYA “Perfect Ten”, and inclusion on…

This profile is part of the Culture Blog’s series on young Miami artists. For more, stay tuned to Riptide 2.0. Lily Erlinger was born in Munich, Germany, but moved to Miami when she was 6, attending the Cushman School, Ransom Everglades, and, briefly, the Design and Architecture Senior High School…

When was the last time you did something nice for someone else in bed? How about in front of 15,000 screaming spectators? Put away the cookies and shut off the TV set, Miami, because after six years of hitting the snooze button, the Great Grove Bed Race is making its…

If you haven’t traveled to Clubland (AKA Miami Beach) in the past 48 hours, you might not be aware there’s a new party genre in the offing. It’s a little something called “neo-hippie cyberpunk kiddiecore,” and to “get it,” envision a computer-generated Woodstock set in the Neuromancer universe all about…

Walk into Pip and Duane Brant’s new exhibit at ArtCenter/South Florida, and you might feel as if you’ve just stepped into a classic Steppenwolf tune — off on a magic carpet ride, whisking through clouds of sound. “The Flying Carpet” will unfurl this Saturday night at 7 and features a…

Amid a deep recession, financial instability, and rising foreclosures, there is very little that seems funny these days. And that means it’s a perfect time for a comedy show. This Saturday at the James L. Knight Center, the annual Miami Nites Comedy Reunion will return to the stage with a…

Pin-up girls are commonly valued for their aesthetics — their curvy figures associated with everything from tattoos to rockabilly album covers and floozy Halloween getups. But what about the realities of the pin-up girl? In his series “Deconstructing Pin-Ups,” Ahmed Gomez hopes to bring a new perspective to those near-nude…

Planet Earth is a really mean place, and sometimes just stepping out the door can scar sensitive human beings like us. That’s why we need music. It lets us share our feelings while helping to identify the people who aren’t total assholes, such as local bands the Humdrums and the…

According to UFC President Dana White, there are only four or five fight teams in the nation capable of producing a champion, and South Florida’s American Top Team is perhaps the best of them. Boasting a roster of mixed martial arts fighters that includes world featherweight champ Mike Brown, Thiago…

If you detest a good surprise, you might not want to go on a MoCA Mystery Date, one night of elegant dining and a private art showing at the home of a local collector. But since your mama warned you about the perils of instant gratification, meet patrons and lovers…