It takes big cojones to put together a reggae festival called Best of the Best. With a name like that, it had better come correct — Caribbean people are quick to criticize any concert that doesn’t deliver a complete experience; Trinidadians and Jamaicans are known to hurl a roll of…
Even if you were born and raised on the sport, cricket can be confusing. What’s a test match? Why do they call that little rectangle on the field the “pitch”? Why on Earth does a match take three to five days? Why are the announcers so freakin’ boring? (Answer: Because…
In the Sixties — decades before he starred in a Victoria’s Secret commercial — Bob Dylan was a generational spokesperson, a warrior wielding an acoustic guitar, using razor-edged lyrics to cut away at the social issues of the day. Then, in 1965, he pissed off a whole lotta hippies by…
He wrestled his way into our hearts in 1989, clad in multicolored Hammer pants and a cut-off sweatshirt that was so cropped it made Jennifer Beals blush. He was A.C. Slater, and he always wore a killer smile, premium muscles, and a mini Mexi-fro with a finesse that made you…
There are plenty of reasons not to see the Florida Marlins play. It’s hot (no, really, it’s hot!), it’s rainy, they play in a football stadium, and they field minor-league players until one of them emerges as a superstar and then gets traded to another team for more minor-league players…
Avant theater icon Roger Wilson has raised the curtain on the future of portraiture in his skull-staving series of works at the Bass Museum of Art. “VOOM Portraits” features 25 high-def images of people and animals presented on large-scale HD plasma flat-screens. His subjects range from Johnny Depp to Princess…
If you walk down Lincoln Road this week and notice a plenitude of sporty gay men with perky, um, assets bouncing down the street, fret not. The world is not turning gay before your eyes. The North American Gay Volleyball Champions (NAGVA) have taken over the Miami Beach Convention Center,…
We see those nipple tassles tumble out of your blouse when you reach for the Wite-Out at work, but we’re not judging. And that time we overheard you talking dirty into your cell phone, we knew it was just a side effect of your narratophilia, so we didn’t tell anybody…
If you’re familiar with Jordanian-American author Diana Abu-Jaber’s typical genres, chances are you come to her work expecting sensitive portrayals of Arab Muslim protagonists, and a fresh perspective on the corners of the world that are so often demonized in action movies. Thanks to Arabian Jazz, Crescent, and The Language…
When you hear the word social being used to describe a get-together, you start getting all kinds of weird expectations and questions. Perhaps there will be ice cream and/or boxcars at this retro-themed event? Would a hoop skirt and petticoat be in order? No need to worry about carrying a…
For the past couple of months, your Mondays have been moody, miserable, and muddled. More than once you’ve wondered, Where have my sexy vibes and happy feelings gone? You’ve even found yourself in the midtown area, looking for the cool kids who used to run to the District for a…
As the clock nears quittin’ time, some begin to crave the comfort of their La-Z-Boy, while others start salivating for a cocktail to enjoy. And we mean really enjoy, like being able to throw back a glassful of liquor without the burden of the next day’s eight hours of work…
Gun rights opponents always point out the violent quality of firearms, but do they ever stop to think that the Second Amendment is just as important in preserving creativity as the First? Firing an AK-47 at Italian marble in order to create relief sculptures is all the rage in Wynwood…
Check the most important things in your pants. First, your wallet: Do you have a couple of crisp Benjamins for bottle service and a few crumpled dollar bills for a little something else? Okay, good. Then consult your genitalia and ask if they’re into the thought of some tanned female…
Simon Hare and Amber Hawk Swanson Earlier this week, Amber Hawk Swanson spent her final day on South Beach with her sex doll.The dark-haired 27 year old lounged for one last photo shoot with Amber Doll, the 115 pound-plus silicone figure that was molded from her face. The sisterly pair…
So long to the last watchable contestant on American Idol: FIU’s own Syesha Mercado. And so long to my dignity, because I’ll probably keep watching the show anyway. Syesha charmed us early in the process, belting out Aretha Franklin with her busted vocal cords at the end of the Hollywood…
No adult has ever been able to codify what separates a good movie from a classic. In kid terms, though — those favored by Son of Rambow, a chipper tribute to the cinema as both supplier and repository of dreams — a good movie merely sends you bounding home from…
“Things never happen the same way twice.” Thus boometh Aslan the lion (Liam Neeson), alias the Son of God, briefly popping his computer-generated shaggy head into The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian to pep-talk a bunch of discouraged Brits into fighting the good fight again. As in life, so in…
If you read reviews the way I do, you’ve already started by checking out the score, and now you’re back here to see what the hell my problem is. Peace, brother. Grand Theft Auto IV is a fine game, with tons of content and all the great moments you’ve come…
In his two-channel video installation at CiFo, Amilcar Packer sits naked on a wooden chair in a dimly lit space. At first glance, it appears he is waiting to be interrogated by someone off-screen. Video # 15 features two simultaneous, symmetrically opposed video recordings that collar viewers from both ends…
Wifredo Lam in North America More than a quarter-century after his death, Cuba’s greatest artist is getting his due in the first large-scale solo exhibition. The beautifully encyclopedic show features more than 60 paintings and drawings spanning the breadth of Lam’s prolific career. The exhibit is beefed up with nearly…
Every now and then, a movie comes along that looks so spectacularly, cosmically bad that you fear for the sanity of its producers. What Happens in Vegas …? Nothing surprising. It’s a clunker of a title, and the film’s premise — career woman Cameron Diaz and laid-back, laid-off Ashton Kutcher…
