For the past decade, your number one New Year’s resolution has been to get in shape, and you’ve spent entire Decembers culling piles of diet books and writing healthful grocery shopping lists. But by 12:01, that big glittery ball has dropped, Dick Clark has finished rockin’ your New Year’s Eve,…
For the last couple weeks the New Times has inundated you with year-end lists and wrap-ups. Yet, it’s always more fun to look ahead than back. So, on that note, here are some predictions for the wild year to come, from presidential outcomes to the fate of the Dolphins. 1…
New Year’s Eve will always be one big party and New Year’s Day will always be one big hangover, so why don’t you take a break from the typical party scene. Dare to try something different and new, and hell, if you don’t like it you can always party next…
Slumped on a barren Wynwood sidewalk in the wee hours of a recent Saturday morning, a group of Big Apple bohos in town for Art Basel wondered whether the local scene could maintain an elevated profile the rest of the year. “It seems like everyone we know is here for…
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Warner Bros.): It’s the collector’s-set briefcase that seals the deal, a gunmetal gray case that all but shouts “Completist dork!” Also: There’s damn near every single version imaginable, plus a making-of doc almost as essential as any iteration of the movie itself. Film school in…
Hell of a thing, getting Mike Nichols to adapt the yer-kiddin’-me story of Charlie Wilson, the congressman from Lufkin, Texas, who damn near single-handedly helped the Afghans kick out the Russians in the 1980s. Says right there on page 11 of the paperback edition of George Crile’s 2003 book Charlie…
Tim Burton has taken Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Grand Guignol operetta, hemmed in the narrative, cast confessed nonsingers in the principal roles, and somehow produced something magical — the only one of the new-millennium Hollywood musicals that succeeds both musically and cinematically. Burton breathes new life into the genre…
Best Sleeper Hit: WordJong (Nintendo DS): It might not sell like Mario, but this mishmash of Scrabble and Mahjong hooks you like handheld crack. Already a word-of-mouth hit despite being released only this month, WordJong is perfect for quiet afternoons, loud commutes, or romantic walks on the beach. Best Old-School…
American Pie Presents: Beta House (Universal) The Brothers Solomon (Universal) Eastern Promises (Universal) Galactica 1980: The Complete Epic Series (Universal) The Heartbreak Kid (Universal) Intimate Affairs (Universal) The Kingdom (Universal) Lost and Found: The Harry Langdon Collection (Facets) Shattered (Lions Gate) WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary (WWE)…
Wanna know what to do New Year’s Eve? Read on. You’ll find 170-plus possibilities. So drink hearty and party heartier. Click here to download a printable PDF of all our New Year’s Eve listings…
As of 9 a.m. December 31, you were 364 days sober. But by 10 p.m., you were doing keg stands like an out-of-control co-ed. Well, we say what happened in 2007 stays in 2007, so wipe that shame off of your face and climb back onto the wagon while simultaneously…
Finally! The Dolphins won their first game! Now that their pursuit of anti-perfection is over, it’s officially time for South Florida sports fans to get passionate about their Panthers. And there’s plenty to root for: The Cats have at least one bona fide superstar in Olli Jokinen, and they might…
So you packed your lawn chairs, binoculars, bug repellant, picnic dinner, and companions into the jalopy and headed out to the beach or the Everglades, away from the ambient light of the city, to watch the Geminids asteroid shower, only to end up seeing nothing but cloud cover. Now it’s…
Surf’s up today, dude! Come see popular artist Sean Spoto work his magic at Ron Jon Surf Shop as part of the Lost in Florida tour. The event is proudly presented by Lost Enterprises and features an in-depth look at Spoto painting a unique, custom-made surfboard. Spoto’s boards are distinctively…
A year ago, nada yoga guru Bhagavan Das came to The Standard and sat with us for an unforgettable interview. He reminisced about his transformation from Mike Riggs, laid-back California dude and self-described “freakazoid, weirdo, nerd-geek,” into Bhagavan Das, world-renowned rock and roll yogi with fabulously long dreadlocks and beard,…
In 1984 the ad wizards at the Gillette razor company offered Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, lead vocalists of legendary blues rock band ZZ Top, $1 million each to shave off their famously thick, long, awesome beards. The men Wisely turned down the offer. “We’re too ugly without ’em,” they…
Imagine if this game were being played not in the first few days of 2008, but in the first few days of 1971. Your Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade would be tucked away in an ovary somewhere, 11 years before his birth. Shaq also would be single-celled, fully six months away…
We’re big believers in the adage “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” So who gives a crap if practically every sports team in Miami or Florida pissed itself in shame this season? Just because we’re at the bottom of the championship possibility pile doesn’t mean we can’t party like…
Long before Johnny Depp and Tim Burton made the movie, Sweeney Todd was a tale of 19th-century British folklore: a bloodthirsty madman who goes on a murderous rampage, seeking revenge for … well, we won’t spoil it for you here. After he kills, he does something to the bodies that…
While your liver braces itself for tomorrow’s drinking and carousing, how about you take it easy today and head to the Wallflower Gallery for the Art & Zen Fest? It costs nothing to surround yourself with good vibrations while you get your hands dirty with arts-and-crafts projects, find out how…
Somebody call VH1. There must be a reality show concept in this: America’s beloved TV stars from the Sixties and Seventies are taking to the stage this holiday season in traditional British panto plays. Henry Winkler (the Fonz) and Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky) went all the way to England to…
New Orleans has Mardi Gras, and Rio has Carnaval, but who the heck else has the King Mango Strut? Coconut Grove has been doing Miami’s wackiest parade for 26 years. The event was originally a poop-flinging reaction to the highbrow Orange Bowl Parade. Now the Orange is kaput and the…
