The fifth annual Mizucon bills itself as an anime convention, and yeah, there’s plenty to keep the Pikachu crowd entertained. If you’re looking for a partner to share your Sailor Moon DVD collection, the Cupid’s Rush Speed Dating event has you covered (9:30 p.m. Saturday in Panel Room 3). Then…
Playtime is underrated, especially for adults, who don’t get nearly enough chances to relive their younger days. That’s why it’s important to let your inner kiddo out at every opportunity — including the upcoming free P.L.A.Y. (Preservation, Learning, Adventure, Year-Round) day for all ages at the Deering Estate at Cutler…
Girls on roller skates. Doesn’t that sound sweet? Add elbow pads, kneepads, helmets, fishnet stockings, and a couple of bruises for good measure, and you’ve got the baddest new sport in Miami: roller derby. Miami’s Vice City Rollers (MVCR) are a force to be reckoned with. In its inaugural season,…
One simple line from Monster Jam’s website captures its awesomeness: “Cars, buses, caravans, boats, large trucks, and even airplanes may show up on the track as obstacles for the drivers to tackle.” What won’t they smash? Buildings? Tanks? The popemobile? Monster trucks, the 10,000-pound behemoths that trample everything in their…
Are you creative? A decent swimmer? A little bit crazy? Most importantly, are you an attention whore with no fear of heights? If so, Red Bull Flugtag is looking for you. The amateur flying — er, “flying” — competition returns to Miami on Saturday, November 3. That means now’s the…
In “holy crap, we’re old” news, The Legend of Zelda gaming franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2012. The Nintendo franchise is up there with Super Mario Brothers as one of the most recognizable and popular game franchises ever, with its newest entry, Skyward Sword (Wii), becoming the franchise’s fastest-selling…
If there were a Dutch version of Swedish House Mafia, it would be Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano. That’s quite a lofty statement, but when it comes from SHM’s Axwell after he played with the duo in Ibiza, you take notice. It must feel fantastic to be these guys. Just…
Calling all aggressive beat-seekers: Italy’s Nari and Milani are coming to Miami. They’re in the running for DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs of 2012, and you can catch them dropping only the best in deep and thumping techno this Sunday at Set (320 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach). These two have…
You’ve heard it every time you travel. Standing in line, waiting to be screened by the TSA, between chugging the last of your water and clumsily removing your shoes, someone around you always says it, the one infuriating thing everyone else is thinking:”What is the point of this, anyway?”The common…
You know Miami stripper Skrawberry for her rap skills, her political commentary, and of course, her sexy moves on the pole. Now, you’ll also know her for her sound advice. In this weekly column, Skraw responds to readers’ questions about life, love, and beyond. Got a question for Skraw? Hit…
HBO sure got its money’s worth from the Miami Dolphins this past weekend. On Friday night, shortly before kick-off of the first preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team announced that quarterback David Garrard, a free agent pick-up brought in to compete for the starting job, would be…
Last Saturday, during arguably the slowest art walk of the year, one local artist managed to draw a big crowd. 101/Exhibit presented “kn0b0dy,” the first solo show by emerging Miami artist JeanPaul Mallozzi. The show, comprised primarily of a series of mixed media pieces with two oil paintings, was a…
Here at Cultist, we love a “local artist makes it big” story. And those stories are all the more impressive when said artist had to overcome some difficult situations to reach his success. That’s what Miami-born filmmaker Jesse Quinones is doing with his upcoming family drama, Calloused Hands. The filmmaker,…
There’s no denying Miami’s weird-ass ways. So every other week, Welcome to the Future addresses the absurdity of life in the Magic City — in comic art form, naturally…
Kickstarter campaigns have been used to fund everything from albums to video games. It is only natural that Miami natives and long time X-Men fans Miguel Ferrer and John-Paul Bermudez took to the platform to help fund their fan film, RISE. RISE is comprised of three scenes as a way…
Before the HBO series Girls debuted in April, critics anticipated a Brooklyn version of Sex and the City. Then the show actually aired, and it became clear that this story about women in New York was very different — for better and for worse — than the story of Carrie…
Fashionistas, models and designers alike are prepping their party pants for this year’s Fashion’s Night Out, scheduled to strut its stuff in the Design District on September 6. To promote the event, BRPR Group recently released a promo video that can best be described as cryptic. The video is less than…
With all the incessant talk of America’s favorite d-bag Ryan Lochte starring in the next season of The Bachelor, we can’t help but reminisce about the days when reality TV didn’t exist and TV shows used to actually have meaning. Think back to the ’90s when TV was mostly consisted…
One of Miami’s most eligible bachelors will be reppin’ our fine city this winter on a new reality TV series. Ready for Love is NBC’s latest spin on the art of arranged on-screen romance, in which three seasoned matchmakers will try to help three lonely bachelors find a soulmate, all…
Francisco “Pipín” Ferreras of Matanzas, Cuba, is one of the world’s most famous freedivers and spearfishers. He’s known as much for the hundreds of feet below the surface he’s traveled on a single breath of air, as for losing his wife Audrey Mestre to the sport when she was attempting…
See our interview with Amy Poliakoff of Gallery Girls.If you have caught even one minute of Bravo’s TV programming in the last month, you’ve probably seen ads for Gallery Girls. They’re running about 100,000 times a day. Even your DVR can’t ignore it — miniature versions of the ladies occasionally…
See New Art Basel Satellite Fair to Install Swimming Pool in the Miami River.Public art installations during Art Basel are nothing new. (Think: pink snails; pop-up pianos.) But this year, perhaps more than any edition of the art fest in the past, those installations are literally diving right into the…
