After a long week in the office, you might think the last thing you need is another half-ass joke made by some amateur about Fidel Castro or Hillary Clinton. But greater jokes are in store for anyone in search of a real laugh tonight. After nine years of living a…
You’re wondering what to do this weekend. Your lady’s thinking, We should rent The Lake House and make apple-tinis. You’re thinking, We should drink beer and watch cars get crushed. When she suggests the absurd Sandra Bullock sapfest, you hold the line and remind her of last Saturday’s IKEA marathon…
If you’re a religious sort of person, you know the Lenten season is fast approaching. If you’re a Catholic, you just might be ready to sacrifice your favorite vice for the 40 days and nights after Ash Wednesday. If you’re a hedonist (and you probably are — you’re reading New…
It’s Tuesday night in the Grove. You’ve made a left at Wet Willie’s and you’re greeted by a mood-lit plaza where, inexplicably, an eager crowd is queued up and ready for a night of guffawing, chuckling, and cackling. Because these people know that after they step through the glass doors,…
It would seem a simple task for the Miami Heat to get a winning streak going. Put the ball in the basket more times than the other teams do. Ding! Winning streak. But apparently it’s a tall order for this group. A roster filled with guys like Smush Parker –…
We love Ricki Lake. Ever since she made her name as Tracy Turnblad in John Waters’s original Hairspray, she sang, danced, and shook her fabulous fanny all the way into our hearts. Even when she was giving a televised platform to reluctant baby daddies and plastic-surgery junkies on her eponymous…
Cesare Santos must have missed the memo on the requisite suspense for the unveiling of his poster for this year’s Miami International Film Festival. Instead he walked to the podium, with the assembled dignitaries, and – oblivious of the planned countdown – calmly pulled the black curtain off his piece…
What do you get when you cross Dancing With the Stars, downtown Miami and Bollywood? The first-annual Bhangra Competition, that’s what. While salsa may be the dance and music of choice of the Magic City, the rest of the world has gotten hip to all things Punjab; Bhangra is the…
If you notice an increase in the amount of estrogenic energy in the downtown area tonight, it’s not your imagination. The Supper Club at the Bleu Moon Restaurant is the newest Friday night spot for the ladies who love ladies and the ladies who love them. Icandee Productions, the group…
Youth Without Youth, Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed return to the fray, is a curious project — well-crafted, personal, and movie-movie old-fashioned even in its vanguard aspirations. Simply put, it’s a Faustian romance about the reversal of time and transmigration of souls that, shot mainly in Romania, adds a soupçon of…
Live! Nude! $6 T-Bones!: Setting up shop in temporary digs following the fire that devastated his new gallery a dozen blocks north, Harold Golen features works by Mitch O’Connell, Kirsten Easthope, Derek Yaniger, and Ewik (Eric Rider). O’Connell’s work has been featured in Newsweek, and his tattoo designs are a…
What I want to say about the death of Heath Ledger is … nothing. No speculation about why he committed suicide, if he committed suicide. No comment on the chronology, the circumstances, the known facts or lurid details of his passing. No outrage at the ghoulish gathering outside his SoHo…
You’ve done yoga in a sweaty gym and on the floor of your apartment. You’ve even struck some poses in bed after a random one-night-stand or two. As far as scenery goes for your workout, you’re pretty diverse, but have you ever done Yoga by the Sea? Each Wednesday at…
Pockets still aching from your holiday shopping? After paying for all of those gifts for family and friends, your bank account might be looking anemic, but still, why shouldn’t you be in line for a belated holiday treat? At the Miami Beach Garden Club’s second annual Taste of the Garden,…
The closest George Bizet ever got to Sri Lanka was Rome, where he studied for three years in his twenties. Naturally this didn’t stop him from using it as the locale for his opera, Le Pecheurs de Perles (The Pearl Catchers). Romantic-era European composers loved to write for foreign places…
David Robinson, you might recall, was the future NBA Hall of Fame center (and man with the most chiseled arms ever) who anchored the San Antonio Spurs for most of the Nineties, until he tweaked his back and later broke his foot (against the Heat, no less) in the ’97-’98…
Today through Sunday, make sure you take time out to tilt your head back, point your nose skyward, and enjoy the sweet smell of the World Orchid Conference. We’ll have you know this isn’t just any old orchid show. The prestigious event is fondly referred to as “the Olympics of…
Tonight the University of Miami brews a potent coffee and drum medley for a Celebration of Afro-Cuban Culture, a pair of events honoring the island’s rich cultural history. At 6:30, the Lowe Art Museum serves up steamy shots of Pilon cafecito during a coffee reception for “Afro-Cuba: Works on Paper,…
Many of us made resolutions to become a little more culturally and spiritually aware this year. Perhaps we felt our minds, bodies, and souls becoming numbed and dumbed down with an overabundance of Britney headlines, supersize triple-bypass burgers, and the usual nine-to-five crunch that keeps food on our downtrodden dinner…
Indulge vices and break resolutions at Fairchild. You might have heard something about diamonds being a girl’s best friend, but the truth is, it’s chocolate. After all, a chick can gain only temporary satisfaction from staring into a box of jewels, but a box of truffles can bring hours of…
January is the perfect month for the ING Miami Marathon. After all, it’s practically the only month suitable for any kind of strenuous outdoor activity. Following the holiday hubbub, the city’s streets are once again becoming safe from snowbirds, and comfortable temperatures waft along on pleasantly surprising gusts of …..
We watch them pass on, year after year, little by little, pieces of Miami’s soul dying from lack of interest. The pari-mutuels (horse, harness, and dog racing; jai-alai) have been fading since the Lotto and Indian gaming stole their once mighty thunder, making it easier to list the few venues…
