Have you felt the urge to break into verse this month? Have you participated in any creative pursuits or stumbled upon any lyricisms? April is the time to do it, you know, and not only because it’s National Poetry Month. For the third year running, ‘tis the season of O,…
Simple hand shadow puppets like birds and butterflies aren’t going to cut it at this week’s Manual Cinema collaboration with O, Miami. The Chicago-based company brings an entire cinematic show of shadow puppetry—created from paper and beamed onto walls and screens at Little River // Miami with vintage overhead projectors—to…
Tigertail Productions will present Ivory Coast dancer and choreographer Nadia Beugré in a solo performance this weekend at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, as its month long FLA-FRA festival approaches its end. And what a finale this will be. Beugré has been described by the New York Times as “wild like…
Miami-based artist Barron Sherer is no stranger to work in film and archiving every day, rudimentary film/video. As a curator and producer of many film-related events in South Florida, he has a unique perspective when blending different aspects of the cinematic tradition with artistic conceptualizations and presentations. “This is a…
When a then fresh-faced Molly Ringwald first appeared on the scene in the 1980s, she had no idea the sort of cultural impact her films would make and how quickly she’d become a house-hold name for decades to come. Now, at age 47, Ringwald is still very much actively acting…
The Tennessee-based company Ballet Memphis will be serving up quite a feast, with a three-part program featuring works by exciting North American choreographers Trey McIntyre, Julia Adam and Matthew Neenan this Saturday at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, presented by Culture Shock Miami. The company was founded in 1986…
One of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s first exhibitions since the very public dispute between the City of North Miami and MOCA’s former board, “Alternative Contemporaneity: Temporary Autonomous Zones” presents works by more than 50 of Miami’s established and emerging artists. The show seeks to create a temporary autonomous zone…
No one likes the idea of growing older, and anyone who claims as much is lying, either to you or to herself. The anxiety of aging actors is particularly acute, not necessarily because they feel the passage of time…
Austrian writer-director Jessica Hausner has an unerring talent for examining, skeptically but never cynically, grand notions about destiny: What we perceive as — or have convinced ourselves to be — the workings of fate, whether religious or romantic, is ultimately better understood as arbitrary or coincidental occurrences. In Lourdes (2009),…
Ex Machina is an egghead thriller with a scary selling point: Unlike Liam Neeson shooting up half of Boston, this actually could be taking place right now. It’s a smart film about the shrinking divide between man and robot. It’s also a hoot, an anti-comedy where all of the jokes…
It’s nearly impossible to convince the average American citizen, especially if he’s a straight man, that haute couture has a reason to exist. The phrase isn’t just a catchall for “really expensive clothes…”
Did you know there’s a new family-audience feature film that implies God nuked Japan because one plucky American moppet dared to dream? That’s no exaggeration.
The second annual Wynwood Life Festival is gearing up to get underway this month from the 24th to the 26th and this year’s celebration of art, food, and fashion is expected to be an even bigger event than its inaugural predecessor. This time around, the stages will showcase the likes…
This Sunday women across America set their alarm clocks for the wee hours of the morning to wait in long lines at Target. No, it wasn’t black Friday, it was the launch of Target’s Lilly Pulitzer line. The retail chain had been promoting its collaboration with the Palm Beach fashion…
‘Fess up, stoners. You spent all your paycheck prepping for 4/20, and we get it. Keeping your kush and pantry stocked ain’t cheap. Thankfully, we’ve compiled a week of free fun for you to enjoy once the smoke clears. Monday Musicians’ Forum at New World Center: Hear the Symphony Fellows…
Another hard week has come and gone. Don’t you deserve a little fun in the sun? Don’t you want to kick back on a giant float, sipping a tasty beverage while slowly rocking in the gentle waves of Miami Beach? Don’t you want to meet some sexy strangers who also…
Lately, it seems that scary movies want to do more than just make audiences jump in their seats or squeal when something pops out unexpectedly. The studios want to make the scares from silver screens into real life terrors. When The Purge Anarchy was released last summer, we tried our…
The NPR personal story telling program, The Moth, made its Miami debut in January. Hailing from New York, the radio hour dates back to 1997, the creation of poet and novelist, George Dawes Green. He wanted to recreate the feeling of his childhood, of summer nights in spent in Georgia, where…
Known for his awkward guest pairings, boozy on-air games, and a whole lot of wine throwing, Bravo’s Andy Cohen has managed to carve out a unique niche in cable’s late night landscape with Watch What Happens Live. Unlike most of his competitors, the cable executive has no performance background yet…
Finally, the weekend is here. This weekend offers a diversity of choices for the residents of this fine town: poetry, museums, music and musicals. Whatever you could possibly want to do, you can do it this weekend in Miami. So get out there and enjoy your 48 hours of freedom,…
While the Design District may be Miami’s hottest spot for luxury brands and high-end sports cars, it’s also staying true to its artistic roots. The neighborhood is hosting a series of arts and culture events, and there’s one on the schedule this Saturday. Co-hosted by the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art),…
This year’s Miami Dance Festival features an afternoon of new works this Sunday, covering a variety of dance forms during PAN (Performing Arts Network) Choreographers at Work. For instance, there’s Nina Martin’s tribute to Marcel Marceau. And there’s Colleen Farnum’s original work In Everything I See You, a dance piece…
