You won’t find signs of umbilical discord at the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, where a mother and child reunion explores stories of family life through photography, video, and folk wisdom. “Progeny” pairs Deborah Willis and her son, Hank Willis Thomas, in their first official collaboration. The result is a seamless exhibit…
What a brooding pleasure it is to return to Christopher Nolan’s Gotham City — if pleasure is the right word for a movie that gazes so deeply and sometimes despairingly into the souls of restless men. In The Dark Knight, the continuation of Nolan’s superb 2005 reboot of the Batman…
I’ve always enjoyed ABBA — not in that post-hoc, so-bad-it’s good hip way, but innocently, the way I like Phil Spector. To this day, howling along in my car to that echoing, cascading, heavily overdubbed wall of sound makes me feel like a member of some dippy but joyous cathedral…
If you’re an eight-year-old boy who’s never heard of E.T. or Liar Liar, then Meet Dave might be your new favoritest movie of all time. On a mission to save his dying planet of miniature aliens, the captain of a human-shaped spaceship (both played by Eddie Murphy) flies to Earth,…
VOOM PORTRAITS Robert Wilson Through August 3. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7062, www.bassmuseum.org This sensational exhibition features 26 moving images on large-scale HD plasma flat-screens, including celebs such as Isabella Rossellini, Johnny Depp, and Brad Pitt. They also show images of a frog, a panther,…
If the name Robert Kelly sounds familiar, it might be because the famed bump-and-grind singer and alleged child urinator was all over the news fighting charges of soliciting a minor for pornography. He believed he could fly; that he did — right out of the courtroom, as a free man…
If there was ever a day for the Florida Marlins to take control of the NL East, it’s Super Saturday. Mainly because the title of the day is apropos to the play of Hanley Ramirez, whom we’re pretty sure is a native of the planet Krypton. The division-leading Philadelphia Phillies…
Your whole life has been dedicated to the thrill of competition. You shed blood, sweat, and tears over your sport of choice, and rack up medals and trophies in your ongoing struggle to be stronger, fitter, faster, and better than the rest. Finally, one day you make it to the…
The people of Planned Parenthood get a lot of shit for their efforts. For more than 90 years, the organization has specialized in educating the public about safe sex and the risk of STDs, as well as protecting women’s health and safety. PP often comes under fire from anti-abortion activists…
Remember your high school world history teacher? He was the white man with an appearance reminiscent of a Muppet, only without charm or wires. A man so uninteresting that if he jumped out the window during class, none of the students would notice. Try to banish those memories. History has…
Ari Gold is one of the premier gay pop stars of the new millennium. He’s Jewish, he’s handsome, and his R&B dance record, “Transport Systems,” is climbing the charts. Somewhere in the universe, aliens are jiving and snapping their fingers (or otherwise evolved digits) to his hit “Where the Music…
“Just remember one thing: We are loved in Belgium and in Italy,” Matt Dillon bragged in Cameron Crowe’s seminal Seattle-music-scene flick Singles. Lots of bands will tell you the same thing: When stateside airplay doesn’t materialize, they turn to Europe, where apparently rock-starved fans gobble up their warmed-up sonic leftovers…
For fitness, for fun, or just because you can — there are so many reasons to lace sneakers on your feet and get out into the sunshine for some exercise. Here’s an even better one: for charity. One of the most popular marathons is looking for a few good Miamians…
You have your electric-pink yoga mat, but it’s been stashed away in your trunk for the past six months. And those pricey winter-white leggings with the matching top? Yeah, they’re collecting dust somewhere in your dresser. We know the excuses to not exercise outweigh the ones to get up and…
I first saw Guttermouth as a teen in Austin in 1994: public nudity, fist fights, and yes — crowd surfing (hey, it was ’94), all led to the show’s cancellation, mid set. But it’s a conundrum, isn’t it? How can such a poppy band instigate so much angst? Similar to…
Level Magazine takes a look inside Latin life, and tonight, the Segafredo Brickell and Spazio Nero family welcome the mag to Miami with a flurry of cocktails and a night filled with surprises. The shindig starts at 8 p.m. Please RSVP at, http://www.levelmagazine.com/eventsConf/RSVP-LaunchWeb.php. Wed., July 23, 2008…
If rainy days and Mondays always get you down, leave it to Tuesdays at the Improv to bring your spirits up. Tonight, comedian Lester Bibbs aka Memphis Redd will be hitting the stage with the goal of making you laugh your ass off. Bibbs is currently featured on the Starz…
Her name is Janelle Monae and every music mag worth its salt knows that this songstress is one to watch. And since she possesses a unique style and a fearless musical personality, we must agree. Tonight she’ll fill the Rat Pack-ish Florida Room with her sounds of music. The show…
Many a drunken straight man has stumbled out of SoBe’s 11th Street Diner and found himself in gay man (and their hags) paradise, also referred to as Twist nightclub. But once you’re inside, the hypnotic thump of electronic music paired with oodles and oodles of visual stimulation can make anyone…
Ever since watching Dirty Dancing, you’ve been dreaming of the day you’d get to gyrate across the dance floor with a Patrick Swayze-esque partner. If only you didn’t have two left feet and an odd fear of sparkly costumes. Luckily for you, there is Miami Dance Magic, a weekend-long dance…
Not quite breakfast, not quite lunch, entirely delicious — brunch is just what your body’s calling for on a lazy Sunday. It can cure what ails ya, whether you woke up with a killer hangover from the previous evening’s debauchery, or you have a case of the blahs and just…
In the mid-Nineties, DJ Derek Plaslaiko made a name for himself on the Detroit rave scene with what promoters describe as “clinical … sophisticated sets.” A residency at legendary club Motor soon followed, as did high demand on the Midwestern party circuit. Plaslaiko toured, sharing the stage with Acquaviva and…
