If you’re excited about the prospect of Brad Pitt as a Nazi-killer, you should be excited about this: An Inglourious Basterds release party tonight at Fame Fridays inside downtown nightclub Parkwest.According to the invite, the dress code is “military chic,” which I guess could be just about anything when you think about it,…
Michael Bay could really use a new screenwriter, and I think it’s up to Miami to give it to him. You could sign up for an L.A. or NYC screenwriting class (L.A. writing lab, Robert McKee, mediabistro, etc.) with an online component, but there’s no substitute for face-to-face instruction. That’s…
Artists have Basel. Filmmakers have MIFF. Geniuses have the Book Fair.My inner nerd (well, maybe it’s outer, too…) did the running man this morning when it saw PR-extraordinaire Lisa Palley’s email announcing the Author List for the 2009 Miami Book Fair. (November 8 – 15, 2009)The fact that last year…
The Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Arts Glimmers at the Lowe
Nela Ochoa: Genetic Portraits Through August 27. Frost Art Museum, 10975 SW 17th St., Miami; 305-348-2890; frostartmuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. “Nela Ochoa: Genetic Portraits” features an intriguing collection of complex pieces referencing the genetic code of human and plant…
Speed-the-Plow By David Mamet. Through September 13. GableStage at the Biltmore, 1300 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables; 305-446-1116; gablestage.com An early Mamet masterpiece that once almost made a Broadway star out of Madonna, Speed-the-Plow hits the Biltmore this weekend, featuring Greg Wiener and Paul Tei. No critic has seen this production…
Caddyshack golf legend Ty Webb never kept score, so when Judge Smails asked him how he measured himself against other golfers, the six-foot-four Webb replied, “My height.” Club 50 should have a similar answer if it’s ever asked how it measures itself against other Miami bars and lounges. Perched atop…
The aliens have already been with us for 20 years at the beginning of South African director Neill Blomkamp’s fast and furiously inventive District 9, their huddled masses long ago extracted from their broken-down mother ship and deposited in the titular housing slum on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Unlike the…
In the same week that the South African import District 9 gives us a Johannesburg beset by alien invaders, the latest film by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki envisions a small Japanese port town turned upside down by visitors from the bottom of the sea. Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s…
Credited as the first “action figure,” G.I. Joe came to life in 1964 as Hasbro’s answer to Mattel’s Barbie doll. There were actually four Joes — one for each branch of the armed forces — and in the imaginations of boys everywhere, they fought Nazis. Forty-odd years later, the Joes…
Magic City Kitty: Blowjob Layoff
Hard-core partiers like to hit four or five spots in one night. But a place that serves cocktails, dinner, and music is the 7-Eleven of luxe nightlife. The Bancroft Supper Club takes the convenience and vast selection of the Slurpee purveyor, omits the hot dogs, adds some style and panache,…
As Arnold Schwarzenegger, AKA Mr. Freeze, says in Batman & Robin, the definitive database of cold-weather-related puns, “Tonight’s forecast: A freeze is coming.” Tonight being Thursday, that forecast refers specifically to Ice Bar at Hotel Victor, where at 8 p.m., it’s time for Frost Bite Thursdays. Give the hipster scene…
No band has risen more quickly to the top of Miami’s indie scale than Radioboxer. The relatively young group seemingly came out of nowhere in 2008 and amassed a following that would make most veterans of the local music scene jealous. With the release of its first full-length, Radio Drama,…
It was 1969 when a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, transformed into the coolest place on Earth. To think that a spot where cows chewed cud and got their utters yanked would be the site of rock ’n’ roll legend must have seemed insane. But 40 years later, concert…
Here we go, Dol-fans! Or should we say Parrotheads? Forget the $7 million that owner Stephen Ross could have had if he’d given LandShark Stadium naming rights to MetroPCS instead of his man-crush, Jimmy Buffett. Let’s concentrate on the state of the football team, which frankly hasn’t been this positive…
In South Beach, nightclubs come and go faster than Alex Rodriguez picks up new girlfriends. But a few good ones have stuck around for a while. This Sunday marks the 11th anniversary of Score, the venerable gay institution. Everything happens faster in the gay world, so 11 years is a…
Just before the deadline, the Florida Marlins traded for Washington Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson. When the Fish trade for a player, he’s usually some useless aging relief pitcher with Styrofoam for ligaments in his throwing shoulder. But this time, the Marlins landed a much-needed bat in hopes that his…
If you’ve been itching to tap your tootsies down memory lane, hoof it to the Mayfair Antique Market, where you might score some classic vinyl LPs. The monthly confab is a virtual fortune hunter’s paradise and features dozens of vendors with unusual items for the serious collector or weekend browser…
Given the area’s vibrant Latin vibe, South Florida is an unlikely location to celebrate soul music, but that’s exactly what Vintage Soul will do this Saturday. Coming together to pay homage to James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Aretha Franklin, talented local singers and songwriters will simultaneously look toward…
Jazz, Latin, and Afro-Cuban bands anchored by a window-shattering voice have produced countless superstars: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Celia Cruz, Sarah Vaughan, and, if you feel the rhythm getting stronger, Gloria Estefan. Miami’s Michelle Manzo aspires to put her name on that list. The vocalist first heard the syncopated rhythms…
In 1896, William Selig founded the first film studio in Hollywood, California, then a sleepy farming town, in order to escape Thomas Edison’s Eastern cartel. But what he created was a commodity factory that far exceeded Edison’s New Jersey black box and didn’t always stay true to its artistic roots…
