The holiday season has strayed from its frankincense and myrrh roots and become an ode to Hannah Montana and the latest iWhatever. You should stop being such a damn consumer, help someone less fortunate, and we’ll take that new Nano in pink while you spend the ducats on your ticket…
Super-cycler Lance Armstrong is returning to the Tour de France this year to go for his eighth win and he’s voiced his concerns about overzealous fans who may try to harm him while he’s cycling in his one-balled glory. If we were up for a 2,200-mile ride, walk, or drive…
You only have to watch one hour of Headline News to know that a large segment of today’s youth are lazy slobs who won’t try a sport unless it has the word “Wii” affixed to it. And we don’t blame them; if honey bun-eating were an Olympic sport, we’d be…
This time last year, Miami Dolphins fans were wondering when the pain was going to stop. Most of us longed to run into traffic or stick our heads into a pre-heated oven, or have our nuts slammed into a waffle iron — anything to replace the pain being inflicted upon…
Florida has more mixed martial arts fighters than you can shake a two-by-four at. Although no one’s confusing the blood splattering on the mat for a source of alternative energy, the folks at Mixed Fighting Alliance hope to turn the local stable into a profitable spectator league. MFA’s debut event,…
In the first post-Basel Wynwood arts crawl, a trove of riches remain on display in local galleries sans the migraines of maddening traffic and jostling crowds. This Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery (3550 North Miami Ave., Miami), Hung Liu’s “Cycles” features a suite of paintings of…
Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of man? Pure Imagination knows. From Wisconsin cheeseheads lost in the world of Miami fashion to a man lusting after a woman smaller than a breadbox, the tales read aloud on this quirky Miami radio show rock the airwaves like broadcast storytelling…
Shit is rough right now. People aren’t just tightening their belts, they’re puncturing new holes in the leather and sucking in for dear life. Few are feeling the pinch more than the restaurant industry. Makes sense — when times are hard, the last thing most people want to do is…
Chefs are the new film directors, who are themselves the new rock stars, who are themselves the new actors, who are themselves the new novelists, who are themselves the new painters, who are themselves the new composers, who are themselves the new poets, who are themselves the new cave painters…
During the rest of the year, they’re considered only as real estate for children-consuming witches. But at Christmas, gingerbread houses are a charming reminder of the past. You know, back when folks strung popcorn garlands around their trees, instead of buying boxes of Martha Stewart’s glittery balls at Kmart. Building…
After paying tribute to the work of the legendary Bill Evans on last year’s Something of You, Brazilian-born pianist and singer Eliane Elias returns to her native roots to celebrate Bossa Nova: The First 50 Years, part of the Arsht Center’s Jazz Roots series. Elias will be in great company…
The last time we had a police escort, we started in Miami Gardens and ended at the Dade County Jail. Hey, nobody’s perfect. But the Fort Lauderdale Harley-Davidson Biker Bash offers us a shot at karmic redemption. Now in its tenth year, the four days of motorcycle-inspired festivities will take…
What do Ted Bundy, Slick Willie, and Dubya have in common? They were all born the same year. 1946 also delivered one of our few remaining hardcore saloons. Fox’s Lounge is home to the city’s best martinis and a jukebox that rocks this town. Inside, you can imagine Johnny Wadd…
You already know about SoBe’s legendary News Café — a place with a 24-7 schedule that makes Sunset Strip hookers look like nuns. People turn up at the hotspot at all hours for a cocktail, a coffee, or to gawk at the passersby — but never for privacy. And did…
No more art, please! Our eyes have had enough. Really! Between the fairs, we were tempted to take naps in the car. But thankfully everything is back to normal and we can look back at the art orgy that is Art Basel Miami Beach and the satellite fairs. Yes, now…
Videographer Jacob Katel wandered midtown and Wynwood to capture the energy and excitement the satellite fairs brought to our city. This is the first of a two-part video series…
You know that times are tough when our prima ballerinas are forced to dance to pre-taped music instead of being accompanied by a live orchestra. For the second half of its 2008-09 season the company will drop live music due to declining donations and ticket sales. It costs nearly half…
So Basel, Pulse, Design Miami/ and Scope all had duck inspired pieces, which sort of bewildered us, but that was hardly the biggest ducky art news of the week. Franca Sozzani, the editor of Vogue Italia, was in town to unveil, hey, guess what, a giant resin duck by British…
Way back in the good times of 2005 $50, limited-edition, artist designed t-shirts were practically de rigeur. Now, in the baron economic landscape that is 2008 they seem kind of ridiculous. But ridiculous fashion is always kind of the norm on the beach, so it’s no surprise really that The…
Riptide cares about celebrities in the same way most celebrities care about Art Fairs: We will use them for shallow reasons. Celebrities need publicity and free drinks and, most of all, attention. Riptide needs things of local relevance to blog about. So with out further ado, here is your Art…
NYC artist Gregory de la Haba, who has two young sons, spent five years creating a life-size sculpture of a horse with a two-foot-long schlong, about to mount a mare with a motherin’ vagina. When he chartered a truck that carried a picture of the sculpture to drive around Wynwood last Tuesday, Miami…
Art Basel is here and the galleries of Wynwood and the Design District are packed with beautiful hip people, vying for attention with the paintings on the walls. And of course everyone is out to look their flyest. The beauty industry of Miami is well aware that the influx of…
