Arts & Culture

Hello, Kitty: I go to the gym at least three times a week, but not for the cardio — my masseur gives me hourlong rubdowns that throw me into ecstasy that I definitely shouldn’t be experiencing in public. I am one of those guys who asks his date for a…

Craft genius doesn’t seem to be in your genes. Your origami snow geese always looked more like snowballs. And remember that Christmas when Grandma sent your family a homemade angel choir? The motley crew was consigned to the patio after scaring the family dog. End the cycle of uncraftiness now…

Ah, today is the first day of Autumn. The Miami summer is technically over, but it is still going to be hot as hell tonight at Transit Lounge. Every Monday is their JAM night, which is an acronym for “Just Another Monday.” Discuss… Hosted by Juan Turros, some of Miami’s…

The grand entrance and Collins Avenue address might intimidate you during the day, but step into the Raleigh Hotel during the wee hours of the night and you’ll find a saccharine-sweet staff and the best croque-monsieur this side of the Seine. And guess what? You don’t even have to drop…

Sweat Records hasn’t found a cultural niche it doesn’t like. The little teal and purple record store that could has a book club, weekly movie screenings, a coffee bar, an associated clothing boutique, and roughly two dozen other things we don’t have space to mention. All of those cultural gaps…

Sweat Records hasn’t found a cultural niche it hasn’t wanted to curl itself nicely into. The little teal and purple record store that could has a book club, weekly movie screenings, a coffee bar, an associated clothing botique and roughly two dozen other things we don’t have space to mention…

No one is sure why Kim Kardashian is famous. Most are sure that they’d rather she not be. When South Florida succeeds in forming its own state/country, are we going to bring St. Lucie county along? Not if they keep getting into fights over Kim Kardashian we won’t. via DListed:…

Practically since Art Basel first came to Miami Beach the local art scene has been buzzing about when it will leave, and what that could mean. Those concerns have been laid to rest for at least a few more years as Art Basel’s North American has announced it will stay…

via Hulu Though Miami was one of the hottest neighborhoods on the dial in the ’80’s, the small screen version of the Magic City has had some pretty boring characters in the past decade. We’ve hosted such shit shows as “Good Morning, Miami”, the by-the-numbers “CSI: Miami,” quickly canceled “Caine”,…

via MySpace Dj Kosta Pirate Radio is the aural equivalent of graffiti. Once in a while, it qualifies as something like art, but more often it’s just blight. Riptide can’t help but emphasize with someone who’s willing to break the law just to bring the world some insightful taste of…

Irvine Welsh Scottish writer Irvine Welsh is best known for his slang-laced tales of existential debauchery in the damp, booze-soaked climes of his native Edinburgh (the most famous of those being Trainspotting). But his latest novel, Crime, heads farther south, to the damp, booze-soaked climes of Miami. Early visits to…

via New York TimesA portion of the Mural outside the Bakehouse Art Complex. Purvis Young’s earliest works were painted with whatever materials he could get his hands on. One of his first public projects involved colorful plywood hung in the windows of abandoned Overtown buildings. Back then nobody worried much…

Kyle Munzenrieder Cuban rapper Pitbull’s Mun2 show La Esquina is always interesting. To prove his point about the reality of Cuban immigration, Pitbull wagers that two of his costars couldn’t even survive in inner tubes in the local pool for a few hours. To confront hip-hop culture’s attitude towards homosexuality,…

From expressive figurative illustrations to abstract geometries to surrealist musings, a new show at the Bass Museum of Art offers a rare look at sketches and drawings by some of the most influential artists of the past century. “20th-Century Works on Paper from the Fundación Mapfre Collection: Picasso, Tàpies, Miró,…

Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967 Through September 7. Museum of Contemporary Art, 770 NE 125th St., North Miami; 305-893-6211, www.mocanomi.org A nearly pitch-perfect twanging of complementary chords, this exhibition explores the deep-rooted and primal alliances between rebellious spirits haunting both the sonic and visual…

Hello, Kitty: I’m a single woman. My job recently brought me to Miami from Saint Louis for a month to start up our Southern branch and I’m having a hard time fitting in. It’s not so much the fact that my hair can’t take the humidity (though it can’t), it’s…

South Florida has long been home to some of the largest and most respected mixed martial arts fight teams in the nation. Though the region is rich in talent, there’s yet to be a high-profile bout held here. That is, until Wednesday night’s WEC Championship Battle between the World Featherweight…

A potpourri of films — ranging from the poignant and political to the truly preposterous — seeks to reconcile Chile’s tumultuous past with the nuance of the present. Film Chile Miami offers a vivid panorama of Chilean culture through the lens of the nation’s burgeoning cineastes. The five-day event opens…

They told her not to open it. She was under strict instructions to leave the enticing box closed. She should have been satisfied with the gifts she had already received – beauty from Aphrodite, music from Apollo, and persuasion from Hermes. But curiosity got the best of Pandora, and thus…

The United States has the highest incidence of breast cancer in the world, and the number of women who fight the disease with heart and vigor is just as high. You see survivors running marathons, speaking at benefits, and even working in the cubicle next to you. And you don’t…