THUR 9 June is already proving to be an eventful month for Jude Papaloko Thegenius. For five years his Jakmel Art Gallery (currently at 2301 Biscayne Blvd., Miami) has brought vivid culture to a bustling downtown thoroughfare. Now he suddenly has to move to a new location in Little Haiti…
It’s summertime in Miami, and those of us who remain in this sultry city are here because we have to be. There’s no house in the Hamptons or lakeside cabin in Minnesota for us to escape to. But that’s no reason to sulk. It’s time to embrace the heat and…
A fiesta for flamboyant trees SAT 6/11 All hail the mighty poinciana, one of the world’s most majestic and beautiful trees. Behold its gorgeous, flame-colored blossoms and spreading canopies at today’s Royal Poinciana Fiesta. For 68 years locals have gathered to pay homage to this shade-providing floral wonder, making this…
SAT 6/11 The astronomy nut formerly known as the Star Hustler, Jack Horkheimer, promises “an absolutely spectacular month” for viewing the planets Mercury, Venus, and Saturn. If you head outside just after sunset tonight and look toward the northwest, you can spot the bright orbs hanging around a beautiful crescent…
Celebrating masterpieces of the mentally ill FRI 6/10 ince 1988 the National Art Exhibitions by the Mentally Ill (NAEMI) has striven to discover and promote the work of mentally disabled artists while seeking to help them gain credibility, self-esteem, and independence. Many artists have gone on to earn national acclaim,…
The Capulets and Montagues revisited THUR 6/9 To do the Bard or not to do the Bard: That is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous … criticism, or do a traditional interpretation of the famous playwright’s works instead. The question…
It’s time for a walk FRI 6/3 The main thoroughfares of downtown Coral Gables are liberally studded with fantastic restaurants, funky pubs, great theaters, and art galleries. Cruising down Miracle Mile in a car doesn’t give you an inkling of the fun to be had in this chic neighborhood. Let…
Tom Petty isn’t dead WED 6/8 After 30 years in the game, Tom Petty remains as defiantly rock and roll as ever. This Florida boy has had a long list of hits. In 1976 he gave us the sing-along song “American Girl.” Damn the Torpedoes featured “Refugee” and “Don’t Do…
Jules Feiffer’s memory play about Brooklyn in the Fifties resounds as a cautionary tale for the United States in the 21st Century. Now at GableStage in a terrific production directed by Joseph Adler, A Bad Friend is ambitious and intimate, a provocative series of family snapshots that evokes the history…
For complete up-to-date South Florida stage listings, click on Culture on the navigation bar to the left, scroll down to the Listings Search and “Category” pulldown, then select “Stage.” House and Garden: Alan Ayckbourn’s two comedies share one large cast of characters and myriad plot lines comprising failed marriages, adultery,…
Julie Kahn’s “Swamp Cabbage” has to be one of the best events I’ve seen lately at Locust Projects: a multimedia exhibit (accompanied by a printed catalogue) featuring a panel discussion among scholarly experts, followed by a food tasting at TransEAT/Food Culture Museum. Kahn creatively combined the different elements to carefully…
For complete up-to-date South Florida art listings, click on Culture on the navigation bar to the left, scroll down to the Listings Search and “Category” pulldown, then select “Art Galleries” or “Museums.” Anne Chu: This exhibition begins with a wide tabletop full of short human figures based on funerary guardians…
Ten is a magical age, when children are old enough to make articulate statements about their experiences and young enough to express their feelings without shame. In a couple of years, excitement will go the way of the bag lunch and become uncool, and acceptable poses will dwindle to a…
Lords of Dogtown is an odd, disorienting commodity — a fictional version of a documentary (Dogtown and Z-Boys) about the birth of skateboarding in 1970s Venice, California, that was written by the man who directed said doc, in which he was a central figure. Stacy Peralta, whose Dogtown and Z-Boys…
“We’re here! We’re queer! Get used to it!” the marchers shout as the Springfield Gay Pride Parade rolls past the Simpson house in an episode of The Simpsons. And little liberal Lisa Simpson shouts back, “You do this every year! We are used to it.” If only everyone could be…
THUR 2 The last time prolific fiction writer Chuck Palahniuk came to visit, he was on tour supporting his morbid novel Diary and reading a truly ghastly short story, Guts, that made audience members faint in horror, much to the author’s delight. Now the book that includes Guts is complete,…
According to Tina Croll and James Cunningham, their innovative dance/theater work From the Horse’s Mouth is “living history.” These survivors from the downtown modern/postmodern dance scene of Sixties/Seventies New York City developed the idea behind the Horse’s Mouth to include other aging legends and friends from the era plus a…
FRI 6/3 Turns out it is the size of the boat and not the motion of the ocean that matters. Strap on a life jacket, skipper, and head over to the South Florida Boat Show to pick up a new summer toy. Along with all the big names in boating,…
A collage of art and academics THUR 6/2 It’s time to put down your No. 2 pencils and bust out the paints, clay, and glue. While many schools are bumping art classes for FCAT drills, Arts for Learning/Miami (A4L) is dedicated to promoting the importance of arts in education. A…
Few new plays are this important and this beautiful, and fewer still are done this well. Jonathan Lichtenstein’s The Pull of Negative Gravity won the top prize for new writing at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is now premiering for American audiences simultaneously off-Broadway in New York and at…
For complete up-to-date South Florida stage listings, click on Culture on the navigation bar to the left, scroll down to the Listings Search and “Category” pulldown, then select “Stage.” The Good German: David Wiltse’s 2003 drama depicting a German couple who shelter a Jewish publisher during Hitler’s era features plenty…
What happens when you assemble teams of artists in alien surroundings and then simply leave them alone to make art? Placemaker Gallery and the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation conducted such an experiment, the fruit of which is now on display. New York native John Bianchi lived at the Placemaker Gallery…
