On the night of Thursday, December 1, 2011, a waxing crescent moon will be hanging, dead and icy, in a jet-black winter sky as the souls of a thousand damned witches scream for mercy while being burned at the stake inside an abandoned house totally consumed by fire. And it’s…
The holidays make us stray, splurge, and sin — and why wouldn’t we, with the new year right around the corner? (New Year = fresh start; note there’s one week left.) But, hell, we got a conscience too, so we offer you an event so cuddly sweet, it’ll put you…
Chestnuts are roasting on the sun-warmed sidewalk, and tiny tots are in their strollers crying like hell. It’s Christmastime in Miami, and even though the weather isn’t quite wintry, the usual holiday detectors are still at play. Sure, Walgreens has been celebrating since 11:59 Halloween night, but it ain’t Xmas…
In contrast to the White Stripes’ siblings-or-lovers mystery, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister advertises its kinship right up front. Led by singing brother and sister Rob and Rachel Kolar, the band also includes a cellist, an upright bassist, a slide guitarist, and even a tap-dancing percussionist. They brought their…
Imagine Cinderella as a young art junkie in vintage glass slippers instead of a disempowered anti-feminist who ruined the acceptance rate of stepparents. This Cinderella would meet her Prince Charming at the Miami Art Museum’s Crash the Ball, held at the Fontainebleau’s Glimmer Ballroom this Saturday. While she primped for…
Society has gotten much more humane. Instead of watching gladiators fight to the death, we witness World Wrestling Entertainment performers pretend to spar. Sure, there’s some excitement lost because the wrestlers aren’t condemned criminals fighting live animals. But they make the same faces as gladiators midslew. And because dying a…
Fans of musical theater and the hit television show Glee are in for a one-night-only treat at 8 p.m. Saturday with Idina Menzel in the Arsht Center’s Knight Concert Hall. Menzel, who received the 2004 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Elphaba in…
After you jog through the so-called high culture of Art Basel at the Miami Beach Convention Center and bask in the glow of curator masturbation material, your eyes and paws will need a break. Your ears, however, could use some stimulation. Cashmere Kitties is a mind-expanding, consciousness-warping Basel satellite music…
Most years, a Miami Dolphins versus Oakland Raiders matchup becomes a contest of who can fail more extravagantly. But this Sunday, the Raiders will come to Sun Life Stadium with the chance — a small chance, but still a chance — of making the playoffs. The Dolphins, on the other…
Compared to Miami’s residents, Art Basel tourists have a limited view of the artwork on display in Miami. Sure, they can wander from gallery to fair to see artists’ finished products. But only locals get the “What in hell are they doing in there?” experience of tracking the festival’s large-scale…
Fountain Miami, which opens Friday and runs through Sunday, contains arguably the most experimental art during Basel. Think entrails worn outside the body, cars set aflame, and piles of discarded trash presented like classical Greek statues. Doors open at noon daily at 2505 N. Miami Ave. in Wynwood. Admission costs…
Among the ever-growing number of satellite art fairs, Pulse Miami stands out for its high concentration of contemporary photography — a much-missed medium since Photo Miami was canceled in 2010. It’s also housed in a kick-ass venue, Ice Palace (1400 N. Miami Ave., Miami), where the hammocks outside are almost…
For a regular Miami nightcrawler, some things are no big deal. A beautiful woman struggling out of a body stocking, a bedazzled performance artist writhing atop a bar, or a living marionette wobbling across a platform? Sure, that’s just Saturday night circa 3 a.m. An experiment to bridge the seated-tickets…
The holidays make us stray, splurge, and sin — and why wouldn’t we, with the new year right around the corner? (New Year = fresh start; note there’s one week left.) But, hell, we’ve got a conscience too, so we offer you an event so cuddly-sweet it’ll put you right…
Attention, lovers of cartoons, fairy tales, and magical realms of adventure. Wouldn’t it be amazing to walk into the world of your favorite stories? Picture strutting into Springfield and hanging out with Homer at Moe’s, or opening a door and having a conversation with the old man from Up. And…
Chambers Stevens sounds like the name of a guy who would write a play about Mark Twain and George Bernard Shaw lunching together. In fact, it sounds like the name of a guy who might have attended such a lunch. The truth is that the playwright of the show making…
The holidays make us stray, splurge, and sin — and why wouldn’t we, with the new year right around the corner? (New Year = fresh start; note there’s one week left.) But, hell, we got a conscience too, so we offer you an event so cuddly sweet, it’ll put you…
Ah, the seasonal job. Plenty of us have rung up orders, chucked boxes, or scanned, scanned, scanned the days away during the holiday season. David Sedaris, however, had the king job of all — working as an elf at Macy’s. Not only did it give him enough cash to stay…
A lot can be said about OHWOW’s quick two-year residency in Miami. In a short time, the gallery-meets-performance space brought us an incredible amount of quality exhibitions as well as unforgettable parties, all coming out of a simple black-and-white warehouse in the middle of Allapattah. Who can forget exhibits by…
Daryl Hall & John Oates are going to Hell, weekly, to pick up their royalty checks. Satan is their CEO, and they’ve made him so much money that last year they earned a sacrificial tabernacle made of platinum, covered in goat’s blood. Sure, now they’re riding high on the waves…
Erwin Wurm, Austria’s inimitable conceptual prankster, has fascinated us with work that plays at the margins of transformations and boundaries. He once wedged a single-family home into the façade of a Vienna museum, and last summer he presented his version of an anorexic house at the 54th Venice Biennale. He…
Whether you’re dropping mad bills on original pieces of contemporary art or simply admiring the work, Basel week can be relatively expensive. From admission fees to parking costs, mixed drinks and gourmet street food, Basel budgeting can be real a bitch. Lucky for y’all, we’ve teamed up with folks at…
