While most tenderfoot galleries are staking a claim in Wynwood, veteran dealer Natalie Uribe has packed up the Conestoga and headed west to christen her new digs. Uribe, who has been in the business for more than 25 years, has opened Uribe Brown Fine Art at the Westend Center in…
Chai or Earl Grey? Sugar or Splenda? Milk or honey? Milk and honey? Choosing the elements of the perfect cup of tea can be a bit daunting. In a perfect world, the spot-on spot of tea would come in a mesh bag available in a grocery store near you. In…
When you’re refilling your drink and someone feels the need to tell you, “But it’s still half full,” usually you politely tell them to shut the f up and continue with your pour. But at The Glass is Always Half Full Tuesdays at the Pelican Restaurant, keep the expletives to…
Baseball teams are like children. When they’re small, they’re kind of cute to look at, but they walk funny, they talk funny, and they make messes for other people to clean up. When they get just a smidgen older, they can actually, you know, do stuff — and still be…
From the food to the music, Latin culture is ubiquitous in Miami. Empanada stands dominate street corners downtown, while the tropical sounds of salsa and reggaeton can be heard thumping in clubs. Yet there is still a rich reserve of Latin culture that is, for the most part, untapped here…
Every film festival wants to be mentioned in the same breath as Sundance. After spending five years trying to earn the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) the kind of global recognition it takes to attract the best in world cinema, festival director Nicole Guillemet now leaves the MIFF closer than…
I see blue people It’s a roady’s wet dream: massive, pyrotechnic multimedia displays, a hard-rocking band with no less than three drum sets, all manner of technical doodads (like mic’d PVC pipes), electrified outfits, and no end of scrolling screen imagery. The Blue Man Group rolled into town last night…
Note the Rust painted by the old salt Dirk Verdoorn does not just like to paint little boats — non, monsieur! He is a — how do you say, a Peintre de la Marine — an official marine painter. It’s an old and unique distinction — “It exists only in…
Local beach blanket reggae musician Fitzroy, a.k.a. Jason Jeffers, dredlocked Barbados transplant, ex-Miami Herald reporter, and man about town, has posted his first music video on YouTube. The video is shot in Barbados and Jeffers says it is the first in a series telling the story of the album. He…
Head Vagina Head Vagina L Powers is very concerned about women’s issues. Very, very concerned. Ask this theatrical activist about the state of women’s issues here in Miami, and she can easily talk about the dangers of date rape for a good eight minutes straight. “You see, there’s a big…
In 2003 Mark and Michael Polish made Northfork, though just barely. The brothers, also responsible for art-house fave Twin Falls Idaho (about conjoined twins who fall for the same woman), lost funding for the project just before shooting began, and had to beg for money to finish their reverie about…
The Number 23 grips hold of one stupid idea and runs so far with it, in so many directions, to such little purpose, that it nearly won me over from sheer berserkoid effort. In a nutshell, this nutso movie observes what happens to a man (Jim Carrey) under the impression…
Reno 911!: Miami Norbit has nothing on Niecy Nash, who proudly parades her prosthetic ass along Miami Beach, lowering oceanside property values with each thunderous step. The joke here is that the snooty pastel metropolis needs to be taken down a few rungs by Nash and her law enforcement crew…
He’s been at this for a while, but even after more than 50 years before the public, there remains something weird and wonderful about Merce Cunningham’s dance pieces. His troupe rehearses without music. And whatever music ends up being made for the works — everything from John Cage’s still-shocking sonic…
Early in the day on February 3, 2004, Jaime Rodrigo Gough was murdered in a bathroom on the second floor of Southwood Middle School in Palmetto Bay. Though he’s still awaiting trial, it is almost certain that then-eighth grader Michael Hernandez was responsible for the slaying. The events of that…
In his knee-weakening show at the Dorsch Gallery, Arnold Mesches presents a foreboding vision of a world shrouded in gloom, delivered with a sideshow carny’s flair and a wizened old devil’s sure hand. “Coming Attractions,” his 124th solo exhibition, is fermented in an Insane-Clown-Posse-meets-Edgar-Allan-Poe vibe, and may be one of…
“Merce Cunningham: Dancing on the Cutting Edge Part I”: MoCA’s institutional toast to the legendary choreographer’s career marks the first U.S. museum show since 1997 to focus on Cunningham’s collaborations with visual artists, and features costumes and decor actually used in his company’s productions. The exhibit includes works by Sandra…
Will Scorsese win best director, and if he does, will he pluck his eyebrows? Can Penelope Cruz overpower Helen Mirren for best actress? Anything can happen when South Florida’s longest-running improv troupe parodies Hollywood’s biggest night of the year. Laughing Gas presents its third annual Academy Aweirds show at the…
Duffy’s Tavern is the perfect place to make a sudsy pit stop after work, scarf a juicy burger on a lazy Sunday afternoon, or get pleasantly trashed to Metallica or your Irish jig of choice (there’s a reason we gave them Best Jukebox in last year’s Best of Miami issue)…
Each year, while the Northeast and Midwest are cold-chillin’, the Winter Party Festival swoops down on Miami with a massive heat wave fueled by hot parties and hot bodies. Native Miamians take 80-degree days for granted, but for the more than 10,000 people flooding in from around the world, this…
On a purely surface level, haters might try to take umbrage with the Shelley Novak Awards. The annual South Beach drag queen awards ceremony gives accolades to cross-dressers in such categories as Best Latin Drag and Most Glamorous, all presented by a stocky dude with an irrepressible Bostonian accent who…
It’s been a few months now that Movies by the Bay has been entertaining local audiences at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater, and finally, Miamians get it. Duh, Movies by the Bay isn’t a one-time event – it takes place every day! And with its stunning outdoor venue, it provides a…
