From the Nicholas Brothers to Gregory Hines, Savion Glover to the Alvin Ailey dancers, some of the world’s most influential hoofers are of African descent. The origins of their incredible movements can be traced back to their motherland, where tribal dances are performed in traditional ceremonies to this day. There…
Improv dates back to the Renaissance, and the Harold back to the Sixties. Del Close, a member of the Committee, created the Harold in an effort to heighten the level of improvisational company. It’s a difficult form in which three scenes are created and then advanced over and over. Okay,…
Although Kramer was beaten for choosing not to wear a ribbon in the AIDS Walk episode of Seinfeld, you will be safe as long as you show up with a full pledge sheet for today’s eighteenth annual AIDS Walk Miami. Last year about 1500 walkers raised nearly $250,000, according to…
Few sights can unhinge the male peepers as effectively as those rump wagging peelers fishing for greenbacks at a strip joint. When confronted by a curvaceous exotic dancer shimmying in her unmentionables, most men drool for the attention of these beautiful women. What’s a poor mope to do? It’s a…
Vincent van Gogh captured the beauty of the night sky with blue and yellow paints and sweeping strokes in Starry Night, but today astronomers and artists alike use high tech cameras and telescopes to produce deep sky images. The celestial photos not only enhance the mysterious beauty of star clusters…
The inspiration for Georgia designer Anne Barge’s latest line of bridal gowns partially came from Fabergé eggs. But rather than wanting to make brides appear oval, Barge looked to the ornate, regal designs of 1870s Russia. “I wanted a very ladylike, dressed up feeling. I started thinking about the Russian…
Catch the fever! Catch an opportunity to help kids! Catch tonight’s CATCH 84 inaugural fundraiser! Hosted by the Chris Chambers Foundation and sponsored by MOS Imaging Systems, the event includes dinner and a silent auction at Shula’s Steak 2. The evening features former Miami Dolphins great and current sideline reporter…
Andy Garcia’s upcoming film, The Lost City, can be described only as a labor of love. The movie is lush and intoxicating, a drama that captures the romance of old Cuba and the strength of family ties amid the chaos of political change. Despite the compelling plot, it took seventeen…
You have no doubt heard of The Vagina Monologues, but did you know Eve Ensler’s off-Broadway play now spearheads a movement called V-Day? The intentionally provocative moniker stands for “Victory, Valentine, and Vagina” and symbolizes an effort to prevent violence against girls and women. Ensler created V-Day in response to…
Spring fashion is here and the boho chic look is so 2005. Ladies, put those tired tiered skirts away and get ready to step into something new. According to all the stylish magazine mavens, trousers are the new hotness. But what’s a girl to wear? Palazzos or gauchos, boot cut…
“You want an easy job, go join the Red Cross,” someone says well into Thank You for Smoking, a gleeful farce about capitalist mendacity based on Christopher Buckley’s 1994 best seller. The implication, made drummingly plain in the film’s every bon mot, is that our ethical barometers skew lazily toward…
What an age of wonders we live in when we can say, “Oh, another roller-skating black teen dramedy.” But here is ATL, hot on the heels of last year’s Roll Bounce, revealing that this genre may already be tapped out. The movie often sounds great (which is to be expected…
This is one instance when the story behind the scenes upstages the action in the play. David Caudle’s family drama The Sunken Living Room, now receiving its world premiere at New Theatre, has been through quite a real-life saga. It was scheduled to open at the acclaimed Southern Rep in…
Umoja should be presented with two disclaimers. The first: May cause serious fatigue. Meaning this 36-member troupe emanates more energy than a hyperactive four-year-old hooked up to an intravenous caffeine drip. And during Wednesday’s electric opening-night performance at the Gusman Center, an enthusiastic crowd barely kept up. From tribal snake…
Balm in Gilead: Lanford Wilson was a master of realistic dialogue in which monologue, conversation, and direct address to the audience overlap. Written in 1965, this work was the playwright’s first full-length play. The drama takes place in Frank’s Café, a seedy all-night diner in New York City’s Upper Broadway…
For a modest gallery, dishing out a “major painting survey of current international trends in the media” is no picnic. Without the proper ingredients, fettuccine Alfredo hyped as a melt-in-the-mouth experience can risk playing out like a soggy plate of ramen noodles smothered in Wishbone Creamy Italian dressing. After digesting…
Borrowed World: The exhibit is split into two distinct viewing spaces, with sculptural works on one side and Paredes’s performance photo pieces on the other. One of the more interesting Cibachrome prints, Gnome, depicts the nude artist in a vibrantly hued emerald forest clearing. Her body, painted white, sprouts a…
Ellie Parker (Strand) This extremely raw portrait of an actress trying — and failing — to make it in Hollywood showcases Naomi Watts in a wrenching and sympathetic performance. Writer-director Scott Coffey shot the movie over nearly six years, beginning in 1999, before Watts was a household name. Though they…
With scrappy warblers like Kellie Pickler and Bucky Covington trying to out-twang each other on American Idol, country music is hotter than a corn dog at a county fair. One reason is that almost anybody can sing it. Even mopes who argue that NASCAR isn’t a real sport have been…
Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (Lions Gate) The Dark (Sony) Death Cab for Cutie: Directions (Atlantic) Deep Blue (Miramax) Dora the Explorer: Dora’s First Trip (Paramount) 18 Fingers of Death (MCA) The Greatest Game Ever Played (Disney) Laugh or I’ll Shoot Collection: The Naked Gun, Airplane!, and Top Secret! (Paramount) The…
If future generations attempt to reconstruct a sense of Miami today, Glexis Novoa’s drawings and installations — rendered in graphite on marble, painstakingly painted on canvas, or etched on a wall — might serve as blueprints for understanding how our metropolis changed. His meticulously drafted cityscapes reveal urban settings where…
Easter is here, bringing with it a weird hodgepodge of holiday symbols to enthrall the little ones. While your children are still young enough not to question why a bunny would bear chocolate eggs nestled in a basket of plastic grass, bring them to the Great Metrozoo Egg Safari. Today…
