Maybe it’s the challenge of testing yourself against the best, or perhaps simply the thrill of the unexpected, but humans take a fundamental sort of pleasure in beating people at their own game. And hockey is, without a doubt, Canada’s game. If you’ve ever set foot in that sub-Arctic land,…
Though the Israel of today didn’t exist in biblical times, the wise guys publicizing the new Israel Baseball League tryouts still went to the Good Book to hype the event, noting that the Rebecca of Genesis (24:45) knew something about using a bullpen: “Behold, Rebecca brought forth her pitcher.” Beginning…
Partying, bathing suits, and beautiful women are often considered specialties of Brazil (although Miami comes in at a close second). Tonight you can enjoy all of these things and more at the Blame It on Rio party at the Raleigh Hotel. Get the New Year’s debauchery started early at this…
The Museum of Contemporary Art closes out the year with a night of jazz by moonlight. Tonight’s Jazz at MoCA artist is Brian Murphy, a master of the art of instinctive perfection, a style called spontaneous composition. About his love of this seat-of-the-pants style of jazz, Murphy says, “I like…
For jaded hipsters looking to tear into 2007 with some avant flair, the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts’ bold salute to the new year looks improbably good. Tonight the Big Orange’s miracle near the bay is featuring Mikel Rouse’s The End of Cinematics, cosponsored by Miami New Times and…
Steve Trevino’s path to comedy stardom began like most acts: Winning the second-grade talent show with his jokes made him an elementary school superstar. A bouncer job at the Dallas Improv led to a gig as the house MC, and a touring comedian gave Trevino the big break most struggling…
Sitting cross-legged in the beautiful outdoor courtyard at the Standard Hotel, twirling an ancient Tibetan prayer wheel, Nada yoga master Bhagavan Das looks the part of a wizened mystic. His graying beard is so dense that a nest of hummingbirds could make a comfortable home in it; rivulets of thick…
Oops … you did it again. No, I’m not talking about forgetting to wear panties under your really short skirt. And no, I’m not even going to mention that DUI (dialing under the influence) incident. You skipped dinner, you mixed liquors, and you didn’t drink enough water — or take…
It’s almost midnight, and there is something evil-looking about your hands. Is it the chipped, cheap, hooker-red nail polish? The scraggly, chewed-up cuticles? The pointy daggers you call fingernails? Honey, it is all that and more. Hide those monsters in your Williams-Sonoma oven mitts and rush to get a Midnight…
Dwyane Wade is back to leading off headlines — “Wade’s heroics …” — and was recently named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. But a better example of why the NBA and your Miami Heat are the coolest things going came a couple of weeks ago in a game…
Sony Pictures South Beach has such history Anybody who has seen the new James Bond flick knows that the scenes in “Miami” look somewhat unfamiliar. They’ve replaced the MIA La Carreta with some sort of luxury clothing boutique. The scary Bodies exhibition where Bond hunts Le Chiffre’s henchmen is in…
It took Norman Mailer seven years and 1282 pages to write 1991’s Harlot’s Ghost: A Novel of the CIA, and if memory serves, it took me twelve years to actually finish it. So director Robert De Niro and screenwriter Eric Roth can be forgiven for taking 2 hours 40 minutes…
It is said that a great actor or actress can “bring down the house,” but before I saw (and heard) the 25-year-old American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson in the film version of the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, I couldn’t recall the last time I truly feared for the architectural stability…
Breathe easy: Gary Winick’s new, live-action Charlotte’s Web pic does not screw up one of the seminal works of American children’s literature. In fact the film modernizes this classic tale without losing the gravity and essential dignity of animals grappling with mortality. Winick skillfully undercuts the seriousness of the subject…
City Beneath the Sea: The story of a young girl who saves an underwater metropolis from the powers of evil, played out through sparkling marionette sea creatures, is Pablo Cano’s ninth marionette production at the Museum of Contemporary Art. This musical production consists of hand-crafted puppets made from cookie cutters,…
Tackling “Toffee Armistice: British Art Now” at Lemon Sky Projects’ new space can be vexing. Without a guide, one might be mystified by the intricate labyrinth of cross-references informing this brawny yet intelligent show. Curated by artist/writer Martin Sexton, the exhibit brings together 26 UK artists whose work collectively delivers…
I’m So Much Better than You: Magnus Sigurdarson’s installation features four tons of Miami New Times papers interlocked like bricks to form a curving hip-high wall. It houses a DVD player and monitor where the artist is seen performing a puppet show in Xiamen, China. Sigurdarson, who was born in…
When the Levees Broke (HBO) Spike Lee’s four-part doc, easily the best non-fiction film of 2006, gets a fifth part on DVD: a 105-minute epilogue that reveals just how little has changed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in August 2005. Featuring new interviews with the displaced and displeased,…
Aside from that new ball, NBA Live 07 may be the worst product to bear the league’s name this year. The new basketball game from Electronic Arts is so glitchy that scores of buyers launched an online petition demanding a do-over. Luckily for the rest of us, consumers have a…
Miami’s official celebration of Hanukkah (which began this past Friday night) will take the Festival of Lights to a truly sensory level, featuring a twelve-foot-long, six-foot-high menorah with candles illuminated by showers of Fourth of July-style sparks. Mayor Manny Diaz will be the first of many dignitaries to light a…
Udonis Haslem has a great local-boy-made-good story. The 26-year-old forward from Liberty City worked hard to make it from the trenches of French professional basketball back into the NBA’s good graces, and last season Haslem made his hometown especially proud. The blingtastic NBA Championship ring he’s sporting nowadays is the…
You have the idea in your mind — the perfect shoe to go with your New Year’s Eve ensemble — but you can’t find it anywhere, and you have the mileage on your car and the blisters on your feet to prove it. If you can hold out for a…
