When we first walked into Quattro Gastronomia Italiana, we were mesmerized by the stylish bar located in the back of the restaurant. The gleaming mirrors and glass, and the slick black counter and leather chairs had the right amount of swank without being pretentious. As we sat down, our bartender…
We like to have dinner with friends who believe we should love animals, not eat them. Yes, other folks would argue they taste good and that vegetarian is just a Native American word for “bad hunter,” but we’ve seen the photos and read accounts of bad farming practices. Cows, chickens,…
This is it, sports fans, the last game of a season that should be celebrated for its surprising, if relative, success. Today’s 1:05 matchup against the Philadelphia Phillies — a team that spent much of the season just ahead of the Fish in the National League East and in the…
Once upon a time, Charlie Murphy was solely known as Eddie’s look-alike brother. A cultural phenomenon called Chappelle’s Show changed that forever. Now when we think of him, quotes like “I’m Rick James, bitch,” immediately come to mind. Even though the show is over, Murphy is not resting on his…
Now that you have that sporty new chocolate brown and pink bike (complete with matching Timbuk2 messenger bag) for tooling around town, why aren’t you doing it? Yeah, we’ve heard all of your excuses, and we’re not buying any of them, so get off of your duff and gather your…
When we heard Edie Brickell and New Bohemians were going to perform at the Hollywood Beach Clambake, we almost peed ourselves. Seriously. We remembered the time when we were making fun of the long-hair folk singer (who happens to be married to one of our favorite musicians, Paul Simon) because…
Forget Calle Ocho and Christmas: September 30 is National Museum Day! Okay, so it’s not the kind of holiday that makes you giddy with anticipation, but it does get you into two of our local bastions of knowledge for free. Each year museums nationwide follow the Smithsonian’s lead and offer…
They are no Manny, Moe, and Jack, but these three dudes do put the pep in making a little Cuban food go a long way. If you don’t know a chicharrón from a mariquita, Glenn Lindgren, Raul Musibay, and Jorge Castillo will be at Sentir Cubano from 2:00 to 5:00…
Plenty of big names are associated with the 23rd rendition of Festival Miami, the five-week series of concerts (27 of them this year) that celebrates and shows off the University of Miami’s renowned Frost School of Music. Pop celebs such as Albita, Raul Midón, Richard Stoltzman, and Bruce Hornsby will…
As appealing as a rowdy, dressed-down night at a local sports bar can be, sometimes you just want to put on heels and go all out. But even some of the most well-coiffed revelers feel disdain for those impenetrable velvet ropes and ridiculous cover charges. Lucky for you, Global Fridays…
You might say Juan Carlos Zaldivar is a master of reality. When you enter one of the alchemist’s art installations, the outside world suddenly seems very far away. He conjures stuff that makes you stop, rewind, and try to unravel what is exactly different and why. Tonight Zaldivar is unveiling…
They say a sign that you have truly mastered a foreign language is when you begin to dream in that language. We think it is when you can sing karaoke in a foreign tongue. Ooo la la: Tonight you Frenchies can show off at the Alliance Française de Miami French…
Jamie Lee Curtis is Hollywood royalty. She’s the daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, godmother to brooding hottie Jake Gyllenhaal, and wife of Lord Christopher Guest (which technically makes her Lady Haden-Guest). Her filmography is vast and genre-defying. She started out as a scream queen in John Carpenter’s Halloween,…
You know, life would seem a little sweeter if everyone got together, put their troubles aside, and enjoyed some ice cream. We might not bring about world peace, but today at your neighborhood Cold Stone Creamery, everyone can help bring joy to legions of kids. Today the popular nationwide chain…
The fashion season is changing from bright summer colors to the deliciously darker shades of autumn. You can find inspiration in the pages of your favorite magazine or at the most amply stocked beauty store. Even better, combine those options with guidance from the stars at Step Up and Step…
The best thing about Bee Petting — a one-minute short featuring just that, and nothing else — is also what works best about the Short Attention Span Environmental Film Festival: This assortment finds its stride when it’s just what it says it is. The 2-hour mini-fest plays at Miami Beach…
Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker staff writer and author of best-selling social phenomena books like The Tipping Point, was in town recently at the University of Miami, where he illuminated the subject of his most recent book, Blink. It began with a revelatory anecdote. To paraphrase: So, this guy walks…
In yesterday’s Miami Herald, an Associated Press article about a controversial Colombian soap opera contained an altered version of the soap’s title: “Sin [Pechos] no hay Paraiso (Without Breasts There’s No Paradise).” Similarly altered was a quote from the show’s antagonistic character, Jessica. A quick Google search reveals to Riptide…
According to its publicity, bringing Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 novel All the King’s Men to the screen again has always been “a cherished dream” of executive producer James Carville — suggesting a lurking sense of payback frustration with the insubstantial legacy of the real populist Southerner whom Carville himself helped…
Sweet, crazy, and tinged with sadness, Michel Gondry’s new feature, The Science of Sleep, is a wondrous concoction. The tricksy romantic narrative — in which Gael García Bernal plays a hapless, Chaplinesque madman — might be reminiscent of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which Gondry directed from Charlie Kaufman’s…
Just as Arnold Schwarzenegger passed the action-hero torch to the Rock in The Rundown, Muay Thai star Tony Jaa gets the nod here from a similarly qualified veteran making an unbilled cameo. Jaa has the skills for the job and shows them off in numerous fight scenes; it’s just a…
On most nights, one could fire a cannon in the Wynwood Art District and not hit a soul. But when the starter pistol cracked on the season September 9, thousands of art patrons swelled the area’s streets during a gallery crawl that began and ended with a bang. Genaro Ambrosino,…
