Photojournalist Sarah has just returned to her Brooklyn home after being injured in a roadside bomb while on assignment covering the Iraq War. Her boyfriend James, who is a foreign correspondent, joins her at home. James is a man wracked with guilt after having left Sarah alone in Iraq to…
Last month, Pictureplane (AKA Travis Egedy) left Denver, his home since 2003, for the big (um, bigger) city of New York. “I feel like it’s sort of been my second home the past few years — I go there so much,” Egedy told our sister paper Westword. South Florida can…
No matter what your drunk roommate says, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day. In fact, it’s a small regional holiday primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla. But much like St. Patrick’s Day, the holiday’s true meaning has been diluted into a boozy affair that helps places like…
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Science is generally considered the realm of geeky, pocket-protector types; the arts stereotypically attract free-spirited conformity-haters covered in paint splatter. But there’s plenty of art in science, and plenty of science in art, as “Images of Science” at the Miami Science Museum (3280 S. Miami Ave., Miami) demonstrates. The exhibit,…
Peter London teaches choreography at the New World School of the Arts, where he mentored Robert Battle, recently named director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. But long before that, the Trinidad native studied classical ballet and became a principal dancer in the Martha Graham Dance Company. Then he…
For the third year in a row, the dancers of Dance Now! will interact with art at the Bass Museum (2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach) for The Ekphrasis Project: Art From Art. The name Ekphrasis references the Greek word to describe a dramatic expression of a visual work, but it…
Y’know what’s great about having tons and tons of money? You can buy really expensive things without ever having to use them. Take celebrity-by-circumstance Khloe Kardashian and her husband, NBA player Lamar Odom, for example. The couple has reportedly purchased and is renovating a mansion in Miami. But don’t start…
Is it just coincidence that Cinco de Mayo and the “supermoon” arrive on the same exact day, May 5, as the upcoming Coconut Grove Gallery Walk? Or is it some weird Grove conspiracy to turn City of Miami officials into werewolves, infect them with Montezuma’s Revenge, or both — thereby…
Who cares about May flowers when it’s time for Sapphic sisters to rejoice? Once again, bisexual, transgender, and lesbian women get to indulge their baser natures with the arrival of Aqua Girl.Organized by the Aqua Foundation for Women, Aqua Girl offers five days’ worth of events for women who love…
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…
So what’s it really like inside Submission, South Beach’s monthly fetish party at Treehouse? Everything a fetish party is supposed to be — and plenty more. Lots of leather, chains, ropes, belts, and most importantly, people who know how to use them.Party organizer Robert Frost gave us a full tour…
A death stare. Looks that could kill. Stink-face. There are plenty of ways to make a person feel crappy, just by looking at them.But what about a love stare? Why can’t we all get some more of that?Well, Miami is about to get just that. Locals are signing up to…
One of Miami’s trendiest boutiques, the Webster, is creating a capsule collection for an unexpected national chain: Target. “Target had been canvassing the globe to uncover distinctive shops — stores with a story — that offer something surprising and unexpected for our guests,” says Target spokesperson Jessica Carlson. “We look for shops…
Admit it: The first time you saw heard about Kim Kardashian’s sex tape with Ray J, you wondered, “What would Blanche, Rose, Dorothy, and Sophia have to say about this video, which I hear exists but certainly have no interest in seeing for myself?”Sadly, you’ll never know, because original Golden…
Here we are at episode 11 (do they ever end?), and somehow the center of the wives’ daily controversy is still the fight between Evelyn, Nia, and Jennifer. Look, we get it. It was a biggie. Mean things were said. Vases were compromised. But here’s what we know for sure:…
It was the pinnacle of suspense in an all-around suspenseful show. Dennis Watkins, as Harry Houdini, hung upside down from his feet, descending slowly into a tall glass box filled with water. The audience had been warned repeatedly that silence was paramount to the actor’s successful escape.But Death and Harry…
It was only a matter of time until Gladys Knight’s charming yet awkward run on Dancing With The Stars came to an end. Like an older relative on a social network, it started cute, then became sad, then morbidly fascinating, and finally unbearable until we hit the proverbial “hide posts”…
Cinco de Mayo is an American holiday. Not true, you say? Consider this: While we gringos spend May 5 chugging margaritas and ironically donning sombreros, most Mexicans commemorate Cinco de Mayo by doing, well, not a whole lot.In fact, most Americans will go through Cinco de Mayo believing that they’re…
Fifty years later, the ’60s still reign supreme as the decade of free love, free drugs, and freedom from authority. Sadly, the rebelliousness of that bygone era is little more than a memory, and these days, “the man” has most of us by the balls. But former flower children can…
You don’t need to be a smoker to know how difficult it is to quit cigarettes. Studies suggest nicotine users fail or relapse at rate of 75 percent, the same as alcoholics and heroin addicts. With more people than ever trying to quit smoking, numerous stop smoking aids have been…
