When it comes to South Florida, what we lack in hills and valleys we make up for in stunning scenery. So why not take in a bit of that blue-skied beauty with a Key Biscayne Bike Adventure? This two-wheeled jaunt will give you an up-close and personal glimpse of our…
Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, turned 100 years old this baseball season. The ballpark is essentially a giant cathedral of sports geekery, with its Babe Ruth history, its famous broken curse, and its towering outfield wall nicknamed the Green Monster. The city has been condescendingly applauding itself…
Bill W. at O Cinema June 7-10
Dubstep was popping up in Miami venues long before it was usurped by the likes of Skrillex. In fact, back when British pioneers were experimenting with the genre, they frequently crossed the Atlantic to pay the 305 a visit. But its point of dominance came when Shake, the Thursday-night party…
Wine: It’s how classy people get wasted. That’s what we’ve always believed anyway. So if you’re imbibing wine at a museum, that’s about as classy as you can get without inviting the Queen of England to join you. Throw in drinking for a good cause, and you have a win-win…
Stage plays about the Cuban exile community and the uncertain search for freedom is nothing new in this town. In fact, it can be must-see theater when it’s done right. But Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz’s A Bicycle Country, opening Friday at New Theatre at the Roxy Performing Arts Center…
Ridley Scott’s Prometheus Boasts Impressive Horror but Lackluster Ideas
Peace, Love and Misunderstanding: Jane Fonda Deserves Better
Where Do We Go Now? at Tower Theater June 8-14
It is hard to believe that Marilyn Monroe would be 86 years old today if not for her mysterious death in 1962. After all these years, the world’s fascination with the life of the blonde starlet lives on.Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Marilyn’s death, film director, author, and photojournalist…
Bad news for artsy insomniacs: Sleepless Night Miami Beach, the all-night arts bacchanal that’s taken place concurrently with similar celebrations in cities around the world, has been called off for this year. And there’s a chance that the 2011 edition could be the city’s last. The city of Miami Beach…
Miami’s local fashion scene has evolved far beyond burgeoning. New boutiques, fashion galleries, and chain retailers are popping up daily (we’re looking at you, H&M), designers are setting up shop, and the masses are loving every minute of it. Can you blame us? Cue: Touch Boutique, the latest in a…
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…
Feel like buggin’? Then this Thursday promises to be a special night in Wynwood. Lester’s is hosting Dave Tompkins, national musical journalist, and author of How to Wreck a Nice Beach, who will present a multi-media slideshow on what else, the history of the vocoder. The vocoder, created by AT&T’s…
Looks like the rumors are true. When Iron Man 3 debuts in May next year, we’ll be able to see Tony Stark soaring his way through Miami. The Miami-Dade County Film & Entertainment Office has confirmed that Iron Man 3’s production team will touch down in the 305 this summer…
Every five years, Ragnar Kjartansson unites with his mother to enact a weird ritual involving saliva.At the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, Kjartansson’s video trilogy Me and My Mother, 2000-2010, depicts the artist standing next to his mother in her book-lined parlor. In them, his mother, an actress,…
Though a giant UFO hovers over most of the action in Nacho Vigalondo’s new film Extraterrestrial, the Spanish director, who first made a name for himself with the twisted time travel thriller Timecrimes in 2007, admits he has little interest in flying saucers. “I’m not interested in UFOlogy,” he says…
After what feels like six years of watching Basketball Wives season four, it has finally come to an end. And what better way to say goodbye to another dramatic season than with a reunion? Nothing too fancy, of course. Just a small get-together in front of a live studio audience…
Years from now, your great-grandchildren will look up at you from their mini-hoverpods and ask, “Who was Michael Bay, you crazy old crone?” And you will be able to tell them that not only was he a successful movie director with about a bajillion dollars (which will not sound very…
Hurricane season is officially upon us. And just because we’ve lucked out every year since ’05 doesn’t mean we’ll escape 2012 unscathed. In fact, Mother Nature is probably jonesing to hit us with a little corporal punishment.As a South Floridian, you’ve no doubt been inundated with how-tos on storm preparedness…
How about that Magic City season finale? The little premium cable show that could (the one about our fair city, anyway) wrapped up quite nicely, by which we mean everyone is miserable. Good job, very dramatic. Sure the Miramar may be saved by its new investor Meg, but can it…
Tony Stark belongs in Miami. There’s just no argument — what better place for a stupidly rich playboy from New York? He’d be among his peers. He’d be surrounded by beautiful women. That pasty Pepper Potts might even get herself a tan.It’s only a matter of time before Stark Industries…
