The City of Miami Beach SoundScape Cinema Series’ showing of Some Like It Hot won’t be the first time we see drag queens cavorting outside a Miami Beach building at night, but it might be the classiest. As part of the Arts in the Parks Program, the film will be…
Though making weird faces is commonplace among singers, awkward facial contortions and bizarre muecas are critical elements of Albert Vargas’s creative process. On his website, the Miami-based, indie-alternative singer/songwriter describes how he writes his music: “Making weird faces, whispering out the side of my mouth, saying what’s in my head,…
A sad, dormant woman who just lies around, waiting to be brought to life by a knight in shining armor? That never really flowed with our feminist tendencies. So it’s refreshing to see somebody questioning Sleeping Beauty and radical passivity. In a dreamlike re-imagining of the classic fairytale, director Julia…
What’s the best thing about Christmas? Is it the family gatherings or the roast meats? Is it the presents or that it’s Jesus’ birthday? God forgive us, but no. Friends, it’s the Christmas lights. Those wonderful glowing buds of hope that light our way in the darkness of winter and…
Whether they are conveying notions of humanity’s tyrannical appetites or highest aspirations, Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz know how to deliver an unforgettable show. The conceptual collaborators are two of the Big Mango’s most successful talents, whose room-engulfing installations, created from discarded clothing, evoke hot-button topics affecting contemporary…
Like your drunk uncle slurring “Jingle Bells” and your nieces and nephews whining over whose turn it is to mess around with the new Wii games, Ebenezer Scrooge’s iconic humbugging is an irreplaceable sound bite from many Americans’ Christmases. But what would Scrooge’s tale of rebirth be without the ominous…
Remember Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? It’s the movie that made every child of the ’80s fantasize about being an unwitting science experiment — even if it meant having a father like zany scientist Wayne Szalinski — so they could camp out in discarded Lego blocks and battle vicious scorpions…
What would Andy Warhol think of our society today if he were still alive? Through his work, Warhol explored our fascination with commercialism, blurring the lines between the iconic Coke can and Marilyn Monroe. Both were sellable commodities with little value beyond the superficial. It’s as if Warhol was warning…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — everywhere except South Florida. But who’s complaining? We’ll take mild temperatures over a snowstorm any day. But if there’s one thing that has always made us jealous of northern weather, it’s ice-skating on a frozen pond while the stars twinkle above…
Our mama always told us that great things come to those who wait. Those girls over at 16 & Pregnant have already shown us what happens to those who don’t, but Vh1 is teaching us a hefty lesson as well.After only making us wait a couple of months between seasons…
It took a lot of movie magic (mainly plywood, paint, and CGI) to turn Miami’s gritty 14th Street and North Miami Avenue intersection into Hollywood’s ideal Sunset Strip — you know, the place where homeless teenagers and crack cocaine users aren’t seen. And after seeing the trailer for Rock of…
Fashion Breakdown: Leopard see-through camisole from my friend Mona, biker jacket from Lucky Exchange, shoes from Payless, bandana from Thief graffiti artists in jail…
Each Kwanza, you swing by the movie theater to grab your film fanatic bestie a gift card. It’s easy, requires little thought, and sometimes you even get invited to the movies with them. That’s a good friend — them, not you.The thing is, the film fan in your life would…
Holiday travel sucks. When you’re traveling around Christmas, all the tired airport cliches come true: the screaming babies, the toddlers kicking the back of your seat, the rude TSA agents and the total and utter lack of personal space on any aircraft in operation. We’re not going to sugarcoat it…
Ah, wintertime. It’s the season of giving, the season of joy — unless you’re a film buff, in which case it’s the season of bemoaning awards snubs and studying up for your Oscars picks. The Academy Awards aren’t until Feb. 26, of course, but you’ve still gotta know about film’s…
The Knight Foundation Arts Challenge has a simple mission — to bring the community together through the arts. With a goal of transforming Miami into an arts mecca, the challenge has funded a series of groundbreaking and crucial arts projects in South Florida. All in all, the challenge — which…
Where I’m from, winters are frigid, depressing things. The morning sky is gray and it just degrades to a darker shade of gray by evening. When you step outside, the wind whips your fingertips blue in a matter of seconds. They quickly go numb, but like when the dentist drills…
In addition to luggage, American Airlines has now added its own sense of humor to the list of shit they’re losing. Last week, Alec Baldwin was kicked off a flight because the actor allegedly refused to turn off his mobile phone while the plane sat idle. He tweeted, “Flight attendant…
The holidays are the perfect time to wear ugly garb. Usually, you’re just waking up to hang out with the family and eat their food. Who cares if they think you look cute? The same thing goes for your close friends. They’ve seen you slathered in sweat and smeared makeup,…
Miami New Times has published me at least a couple hundred times these past few years, and you’ve been kind enough to read along. Here’s hoping you can sit through another interview, because, while this might be the biggest asshole I’ve interviewed yet, I confess I’ve grown rather attached to…
Miami New Times has immediate openings for writers for the Night&Day calendar section and online culture blog, Cultist. For N&D, ideal candidates should be able to pen an event preview that is as enjoyable as the event itself. For the blog, we’re looking for any cultural coverage that showcases quality…
OK kids, we did it. We made it through 11 weeks of Tough Love Miami. We have seen laughter, tears and a lot of hot messes, but it all comes down to this: the finale. Last week, we got to watch those lucky bitches cruise to the Bahamas with their…
