Arts & Culture

Although the calendar says we have a few more weeks of spring left, locals know summer is already here: the spirit-zapping heat, the clothes-drenching humidity, and the disappearing snowbirds and tourists — yes, we have the whole sticky town to ourselves. Now that the festivals and fairs have waned, it…

A scan of team names in the Independent Women’s Football League reveals how sweetly feminine the chick version of the NFL is: the Crush, Chaos, Demolition, Rage, Scorchers, Predators, and Miami’s own Fury, to name some of the 31 franchises. This Saturday at 7:00 p.m. our girlies bust up the…

Although the Miami area’s heritage is associated with Native Americans, Anglo-American settlers, and Cuban culture, Caribbean contributions have been numerous over the years. This weekend you can celebrate the cultural impact of the first African-American settlers in the Magic City at the 30th annual Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival, one of the…

Your best bud Barkley has discriminating taste when it comes to television. Flick on VH1, and your beloved pup turns away with a derisive sniff. Switch to HBO, and he will not even wag his tail. Animal Planet is the channel your doggy adores, and at today’s Animal Planet Expo,…

One often associates Haitian art with bucolic scenes where nature and man coexist in a wild splash of color, but you won’t find a sugar-coated vision of life in a tropical paradise in Edouard Duval-Carrié’s works. His perspective unfolds a view of Haitian history that appears suspended in mythic timelessness…

You can hardly miss the bureaucratic blunders pervading nightly newscasts, but if you are looking for more babble, we have another option. Tonight the Arts at St. John’s, in conjunction with Fantasy Theatre Factory, will present readings of Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano and The Lesson. When Ionesco began learning…

Slide into just about any bar in Miami and you can order a plate of delicious tapas to accompany your cerveza. Although the little plates have become wildly popular stateside, this high-end bar food originates from Andalusia, a region in southern Spain renowned for its beaches, agriculture, and unique gourmet…

Yoga in the Park, the free exercise program held weekly in the Tina Hills Pavilion at Bayfront Park, is what Martha Stewart would call “a good thing.” The breathtaking waterfront location of this invigorating Ashtanga session inspired us to give this class one of our coveted Best of Miami awards…

Anyone bewitched by the fiery passion of flamenco can get his or her gypsy on during an intensive series of workshops by Timo Lozano. Lozano is considered the “King of Bulerías” for his mastery of one of the most popular and dramatic dance forms. Presented by Clarita Filgueiras and her…

Do you have a boat? Well, you would be a lot cooler if you did. Pick one up this weekend at the thirteenth annual South Florida Boat Show. More than 20,000 visitors will shop for their dream boat from among hundreds of beautiful, new powerboats (up to 40 feet) priced…

If it is Swan Lake you seek, stay away from Florida International University’s VH-100 Theater this weekend. But if it is a slice of the avant garde you crave, then the performance Falling Up, which promises to be far from your usual toe-twirling experience, may be just what the dance…

Now in its tenth year, the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami is marking its anniversary by rolling out a kaleidoscope of brilliant films, many of which are showing for the first time in the States. There is a little comedy, some love, and a lot of drama to entertain even…

Go ahead. Admit it. We know you still enjoy reading a good young adult novel even though you are well into your thirties. But you don’t have to hide your copy of The Princess Diaries inside that Philip Roth dust-jacket decoy around us; we understand how cool Meg Cabot is…

In the conflicted conceptual gristle of Mateo Argüello Pitt’s deceptively childlike paintings, the way one confronts the pitfalls of domestic drama or oppressive alienation defines the meat of a man. At least that is what the artist telegraphs in many of his thirteen mixed-media-on-board pieces that dominate “Enigmatic Figures,” which…

Astral Cumulo Uber Express: Kenny Scharf’s exhibit at the Kevin Bruk Gallery harks back to the Fifties. Scharf has tricked out a 1960 Cadillac coupe, one of the most iconic designs of the era, in a giddy fusion of modern design and contemporary art that pokes fun at duck-and-cover classroom…

Yet another Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has come and gone, and this one was the biggest yet. Exhibitors know all too well that a strong showing at E3 — an event heavily covered by both industry and mainstream press — can turn a great product into a blockbuster and a…