Sneakers were initially designed to make you run faster, jump higher, and dunk harder. But when they started coming in colors like peach sorbet, alligator green, and canary yellow, they were bound to land in the fashion rotations of cool kids everywhere. Now it’s a culture — and sneaker heads…
The chilled-out R&B cup shall runneth over Sunday at The Fillmore, ground zero for the Miami leg of the Art of Love tour, featuring Billboard darlings Raheem DeVaughn and Chrisette Michele. DeVaughn might have the hotter hand at the moment (the single “Customer” from his 2008 album Love Behind the…
We can think of better times of year to visit Miami Metrozoo. During the summer, the sun is a-blazing and the prospect of an afternoon thunderstorm is constantly looming. But here’s the rub: Summertime is when the kiddies are home, waiting and hoping for an afternoon of fun. So give…
There are many training options for youngsters hoping to become professional boxers: Join the local gym or Golden Gloves, get a professional trainer, or be abandoned by your mother at one month old and ritually abused for the next eight years by a family friend. The last option, while undesirable…
Maybe it’s been awhile since you’ve visited the Fruit and Spice Park, but there’s no better time than this lazy summer to stop by our very own natural version of Willy Wonka’s factory. If fruit is indeed the candy of the gods, the hundreds of varieties in the park must…
What’s the difference between a hippie and a politician? A politician lies and steals to get to high places, and a hippie lies and steals to get high. Don’t trust either group? Then this week, rise up when the 76th United States Conference of Mayors comes to downtown Miami. The…
For some time, Major League Baseball has been trying to force-feed us an intrastate rivalry between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays that just isn’t there. Perhaps we can help by concocting our own reasons to hate the Rays (and vice versa). For instance, team names. We have…
If you gaze out your office window long enough, you can almost see it — the spirit of summer vacation. There it is, dancing in the shimmering heat as it rises from the asphalt. Do you remember how sweet it was, having months of nothing to do but play games,…
Who could forget Esther Williams? Apparently just about everyone. Whether spinning languidly through underwater hoops like a well-trained porpoise, kissing men suspended awkwardly in the depths of a pool, or scissoring her long legs, Williams made “bathing movies” what they are today: an amazing but vague memory. For some reason,…
The Wallflower Gallery describes its open-mike night as a “Free Speech Zone” where local bards and troubadours can cut loose with social commentary among like-minded souls. “Ploppy’s Podium usually features spoken-word performances and a band, but this time we are doing something different,” says gallery director Flash. “At 8 p.m.,…
The comfy folds of your couch and the promise of a Law & Order marathon are begging you to stay home, but what would you say if smooth music, cool people, and a bay view were also calling? Think fast, because 4Play Fridays at Barchetta on the Bay does just…
Don’t pinch yourself — you’re not dreaming. Miami is undergoing an invasion of the hugest, hardest bodybuilders and fitness models you’ve ever seen. It’s Universe Weekend, and the gods and goddesses of every fitness magazine, TV program, and fetish video are in town to compete for titles such as Ms…
School’s out for summer, and since the rule is “No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks,” we’re looking forward to the arts in forms that are a little easier to swallow. Monosyllabic beach reads and action-heavy blockbusters: It’s not “dumbing down” — our brains are just…
Can someone please tell Dubya that these sky-high gas prices are fooling with our social lives? The novelty of budget haircuts, dumpster-diving for lunch, and recycling VIP wristbands from club to club is wearing thin. And that economic stimulus check? Yeah, thanks, but all it bought was a few more…
We know, we know — you haven’t been to Coconut Grove in ages, and other than the King Mango Strut, you can’t name one thing that connects the Grove to its bohemian, hippie heyday. Gone are the days of the laissez-faire, anything-goes enclave; at least that’s what we thought until…
Chuck Palahniuk’s newest offering, Snuff, weaves together the perspectives of several participants in a record-breaking gang-bang attempt. Cassie Wright, a faded porn superstar, takes the phrase “going out with a bang” literally and decides to do 600 men for her last porno flick. Surprisingly, Oprah didn’t jump on it for…
George Schiavone A fourth-grade teacher (Sally Biondi) shows her students her newest purchase: a loaded 9mm handgun in Craig Pospisil’s “Guns Don’t Kill.” Note: We’re giving away free tickets to this one—check out contest details after the jump. Undershorts is one hell of a night at the theater. It’s such…
Saturday, June 14, I took off on my bicycle to document the southern core of the Wynwood Art Walk. This doesn’t represent the full scale of the 40-plus galleries that were open, but it offers an overview to the downtown art scene. – Jacob Katel…
Ashley Swanson, Ash and Burn Eddie Izzard answers questions backstage after the show. Eddie Izzard Friday, June 13, 2008 The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre Better Than: All the Best Things Put into Shepherd’s Pie. Miami weather, chickens, cocaine, Ancient Egypt, Wikipedia, evolution, football, the appendix, Scrabble,…
Courtesy of the David Castillo Gallery Since opening in 2005 the David Castillo Gallery has elbowed its way up the Wynwood pecking order with a consistent lineup of provocative, well-executed shows. The young dealer, who’s notched over a decade in the biz, often burns the midnight oil, typically putting in…
It’s been 20 years since Errol Morris made The Thin Blue Line — a found “noir” that served to free an innocent man convicted of murder. Gathering evidence and dramatizing testimony, Morris’s movie circled around a single, unrepresentable event — the death of a cop on a lonely stretch of…
With ruthless efficiency, Lee Materazzi calls to mind a gangland slaying in a Jersey gravel pit. Her c-print Head in Rocks knifes the gut, evoking what could easily have been a scene lifted from The Sopranos, in which the Bada Bing brethren send a nasty message to anyone contemplating singing…
