To commemorate the month long celebration of black history, the IFE-ILE Dance Company presents “Tribute to the Waters.” The event showcases an evening of music, art, and dance in praise of Ochun, the goddess of love and fertility; and Yemaya, the goddess of the sea. “Based on the Afro Cuban…
Fans of the stoner classic Dazed and Confused will remember Anthony Rapp as Tony, the sidekick to Adam Goldberg’s Mike — you know, the one who had the dream about “getting it on with the perfect female body … but with the head of Abraham Lincoln.” Rapp went on to…
Film director John Waters shocked audiences with his controversial Pink Flamingos and Desperate Living, and established a unique cinematic voice in the process. He used that voice to its greatest advantage when he created Hairspray, the 1988 feel good flick that won the pencil mustached movie man his greatest success…
During the early, balmy months of the year, festivals in Miami are a dime a dozen. Culinary feasts, film screenings, and alfresco art exhibitions spring up everywhere from Pinecrest to Aventura. Among the highlights of festival season is the inimitable Coconut Grove Arts Festival. For 43 years this outdoor fete…
Strutting around in your underwear and high heels might feel awkward at first. But the Art of Exotic Dancing is here to cultivate your inner vixen with a weekend of workshops guaranteed to make your mate stand up and take notice. On Saturday, February 18, the core workshop from 11:30…
The lush, womanly curves. The glossy, ebony locks. Those famous violet eyes. Elizabeth Taylor’s beauty helped her become Hollywood royalty, a legend from the golden era of film. To Kendall Natvig, she’s the most beautiful woman in the world. Over the past 30 years, he has amassed a collection of…
Mary Wilson grew up in Detroit’s gritty Brewster housing projects. But thanks to the rough honey of her voice, she escaped her humble beginnings. Wilson went on to become an original member of the Supremes — the Motown group that inspired a legion of imitators, from the Bangles to Destiny’s…
Flash back to Churchill’s Hideaway last February: The stench of excitement permeates the fetid club air. Half of it can be attributed to the unwashed stink of road-trip; the other half, the sweaty energy pouring off the musicians. Dozens of geeks slink about with unkempt hair, terrible posture, and disintegrating…
If you are not in the market for a boat — or a man with a boat — you will probably want to steer clear of the yearly clusterfuck known as the Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail taking place this weekend at the Miami Beach Convention Center and…
It is often written of Harrison Ford that he’s the most profitable movie star in history, to the tune of some $3.8 billion in box-office receipts worldwide. Of course, once one subtracts from that total the first three Star Wars movies, the Indiana Jones trilogy, and two outings as CIA…
Let’s get right to the point: If you are the type of person who enjoys seeing attractive naked girls meet a hideously graphic demise, there’s a scene in Final Destination 3 that will wear out the pause and rewind buttons on your DVD remote a few months from now. Megastereotype…
Sporting a prosthetic bulb-nose, a faceful of warts, and a lumpy torso Lon Chaney might envy, the usually elegant Emma Thompson makes for a grotesque presence in this rather dark children’s fantasy — at least until her character’s no-nonsense good works start to score points with the seven unruly brats…
Slam is the World Wrestling Entertainment of the literary universe. It’s a sport like Fox’s Survivor. There’s competition. Someone wins. Someone loses. And that makes Will “Da Real One” Bell, a six-foot five-inch, 36-year-old Liberty City native, the main draw at Miami Art Central for the Invitational Poetry Slam February…
Some things mature with age, others don’t. Almost 40 years after M Ensemble’s latest show premiered off-Broadway, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men still offers a powerfully rich portrayal of a disenfranchised African-American family in crisis. But Lonne Elder III’s classic tale also projects such a clichéd, outdated, and stereotypical image…
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka topped the charts with a slew of hits during the late Fifties and early Sixties; many of them are now considered golden oldies. The twenty-odd Sedaka classics Breaking Up uses to narrate its predictable plot will lure baby boomers and doo-wop…
ArtCenter/South Florida’s latest exhibition, “Advent,” evokes a thought: No matter how much you flog a nag, it will never run like a racehorse. Curated by New York-based artist Lou Laurita, the show seeks to explore themes of “coming into being or use,” yet stalls at the gate, for much of…
Continuum: Peter Barrett’s artwork reminds me of that girl at Poplife wearing the gray-and-brown plaid pants, sea-foam green polka-dot shirt, and bright pink hair. You look at her and think, Well, that doesn’t match at all, but then you’re like, What? But it looks so damn perfect. In his oil…
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (DreamWorks) Not since Finding Nemo has there been a movie so easy to recommend for all ages and tastes. But despite having crafted a near-perfect film, directors Nick Park and Steve Box second-guess themselves constantly on their audio commentary, as well as…
Maybe it’s because we’re hung up on our past more than ever — riding a wave of giddy, nonstop nostalgia and absorbing anything that will help recapture the bliss of the good ol’ days — but Capcom’s Mega Man X Collection feels more fun than ever. The follow-up to last…
Bambi II (Disney) Batman: The Complete First Season (Warner Bros.) The Best of the Electric Company (Shout!) The Best of Youth (Miramax) The Cary Grant Box Set (Sony) Côte D’Azur (Strand) Daltry Calhoun (Miramax) Doom: Unrated Extended Edition (Universal) Elizabethtown (Paramount) Eros (Warner Bros.) Grounded for Life: Season 1 (Anchor…
Since we find it impossible to wait until the weekend for a grand night on the town, the Biltmore Hotel is here to satisfy our Hump Day hankering for an alcohol fueled social gathering. At the What’s Hip Wednesday happy hour at the Biltmore Bar, you can sip half price…
Every weekend for the past decade, Gardner’s Markets has invited farmers from the southernmost areas of the county to sell their bounty of fresh fruits and flowers. To celebrate ten years of good food and the perseverance of local farmers in spite of agricultural adversity, Gardner’s Markets proudly presents the…
