With the fanboys eagerly eying Zack Snyder’s Watchmen adaptation, Frank Miller’s version of The Spirit sneaks into theaters almost unnoticed Christmas Day — good thing too. Miller, comics-writing icon turned director, has rendered comics-industry revolutionary Will Eisner’s crime fighter Denny Colt a grim shade of dull — all talk, no…
Hello, Kitty: My girlfriend and I are lesbians with a wonderful sex life — or at least I thought we had one before last week, when she told me she wants to experiment with a dildo. We already play with feathers and blindfolding, but that’s about as far as we…
Russian Dreams … Through February 8. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530, www.bassmuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Bass, this selection of cutting-edge works by contemporary Russian artists — which includes painting, photography, video, and…
Bars and clubs come and go in Miami Beach, and then there’s Mac’s Club Deuce. Opened in 1926 as a restaurant and nightclub, it remains an oasis of permanence, affordability, and realism in an overpriced tourist trap that often feels like a mirage. On a Friday or Saturday night, if…
I don’t think they were shot here, but Dolce & Gabbana’s latest ads for the Cruise ’09 collection shot by Steven Klein were supposedly inspired by Miami Beach. I think it might be the most true to life inspired-by-SoBe shoot ever. Too bad they didn’t do some double branding with…
The official White House Christmas tree this year is festooned with ornaments from more than 369 artists chosen by senators and representatives. Conspicuously absent are any ornaments selected by our local dream team of Cuban-American Republicans. Did they not get the memo? Even disgraced sex fiend Tim Mahoney participated. Certainly…
Cocaine Cowboys, the locally produced doc about the early days of Miami’s cocaine trade, is being turned into a television series, and just like the subjects it covers it’s not settling for any small time stuff. This thing is going to be A-list. That’s what you get when you’ve got…
Sad is the day when no one wants to pay millions and millions of dollars for dissected animals in formaldehyde cubes or diamond encrusted skulls. Portfolio is citing Art Basel Miami Beach as the proof that infamous British artists Damien Hirst’s bubble has burst. The man’s work used to go…
The glass doors opened to the sight of dozens of kids, teens, and tweens buzzing around the lobby. I instinctively scanned the room for a bar, but remembered that it was daytime, that this afternoon was meant to be wholesome. So I settled for a sugar cone stuffed with smooth…
For so major a movie star — at least, once upon a time — Jim Carrey seems to make a lot of awfully minor films, several of them over and over again. Isn’t Yes Man, in which Carrey’s self-absorbed Debbie Downer green-lights every bad decision in an effort to reinvent…
The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Abridged By The Reduced Shakespeare Company. Through January 16 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949-6722, www.arshtenter.org According to the advertisement, those who like Shakespeare will like Shakespeare (Abridged), and those who hate Shakespeare will love this version of his plays. And…
Tourists visiting Miami, allow us to clear up a popular misconception. You might imagine yourself sitting under some kind of colorful striped umbrella, sipping a cocktail at some kind of beachfront restaurant while you gaze at a tranquilly lapping ocean. That ain’t gonna happen if you visit Miami Beach. In…
“Every organ is different,” says Luis Cuza, and he should know. The FIU student is getting his bachelor’s degree in music with a concentration in the organ, a passion he has translated into this Saturday night’s choral concert of Christmas favorites — A Holiday Dream — at St. Stephen’s Episcopal…
You might get seasick stepping into the bathtub, but our city has a longstanding love affair with the high seas. A large portion of the community reached these shores by boat, and we don’t even want to imagine what our weekends would be like if our drugs didn’t get a…
Your office Christmas party is likely a slightly buttoned-down affair. After all, your boss is gonna be bellying up to the bar beside you, so you don’t want to say or do anything too embarrassing. Besides, in these rough economic times, do you really need a reason to go job…
Miami knows riots. Our volcanically inclined metropolis has erupted in bloodshed on more than one occasion. Sometimes the cops start it, sometimes the people, but either way riots tend to yield little more than destroyed communities and dead bodies. That’s why some thrills are best felt vicariously. As much fun…
If you’re like most people, you probably wouldn’t like it if you were driving your car around a tight corner and you started going sideways, especially if there were another car beside you, also moving sideways, and going really, really fast. But most people don’t have the guts or the…
The joint is tucked away on SoBe’s 17th Street, past the busboys’ cigarette spot and a strangely ubiquitous heap of the Delano’s daytime trash. Admission is an “I belong” smile to the stone-faced security guard. On Tuesday nights, a stroll down the steps, through the glass doors, and along a…
You know shit is wicked rough when luxe retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom are offering deep discounts, and piles of Coach purses and Prada wallets are popping up at TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Ross. Recession time, and the living ain’t easy for many a retailer. If the big…
Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade has been playing like a man possessed. D-Wade is averaging 29.5 points per game — tops in the NBA — and is among the league leaders in steals, with 2.3 per game. While the Heat has been floundering to stay within three or four above…
On any given day, Miami is chock-a-block with bruisers ready to start a brawl, so it makes sense the state-sanctioned mixed martial arts organization Revolution Fight Club is capitalizing on our pool of local talent. The group produces regularly scheduled professional MMA events and championship fights as well as live…
Clubbing is typically a selfish exercise in overindulgence. I wanna party! I wanna do shots at the bar! I’m gonna shake my ass all night long! I think I might go home with a stranger! It’s all about me, me, me. This weekend, as you hit the hotspots and guzzle…
