Wear white after Labor Day? Thousands of gay men and women will commit that (admittedly outdated) fashion faux pas this week for the annual White Party, the largest and oldest HIV/AIDS fundraiser and LGBT circuit party. It began in 1985 as a benefit for Care Resource. And for the next…
Francophiles and fans of furniture-as-art will rejoice in “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity,” a new exhibit at the Wolfsonian. Centre National des Arts Plastiques in Paris generously loaned 150 objects, including furniture and elements of industrial design, to Miami’s museum of thinkism. On view this Friday through March 26, the exhibit…
The infamous Nevin Shapiro scandal threatened to take down the University of Miami and even had some critics crying “death penalty” for the once-great football program. But head coach Al Golden vowed to clean up the mess, get his players focused, and keep them from accepting gifts of any kind…
While other South Florida bands to break out big have drawn endless rains of haterade (ahem, Surfer Blood), the Jacuzzi Boys can pretty much count all of Miami as their personal cheering squad. If Miami scenesters like anything, it’s an underdog, and the Boys didn’t exactly burst out of the…
The mysteries of the G-Spot will finally be revealed — and by none other than Miami’s own queens of hipsterdom and psycho-pop flair: the TM Sisters. Interested? You should be. Exploring the G-Spot will make you sweat, leave you panting, and keep you more informed than your friends. By the…
First you loved him on Saturday Night Live; then it sucked for a while, so you hated him. Then you loved him on 30 Rock; then he said some unflattering things about homosexuals, so you hated him yet again. Now it’s time to fall back in love with Tracy Morgan…
Face it: You will not see everything during Art Basel. Five days to experience 15-plus art fairs? Not to mention the all-night parties and general people-watching? But a few of the satellite fairs open a day early, so you can eke out more art gawking and beat the badge-wielding crowds…
Face it: You will not see everything during Art Basel. Five days to experience 15-plus art fairs? Not to mention the all-night parties and general people-watching? But a few of the satellite fairs open a day early, so you can eke out more art gawking and beat the badge-wielding crowds…
The miniature locker room off to one side of Mosaic Theatre’s stage looks every bit like a museum piece, festooned with Super Bowl pennants, Green Bay nameplates and scuffed cleats, and preserved for transfer to the NFL Hall of Fame, where waxen Packers will stand chiseled in pregame ritual. This…
Taking inspiration from a Chinese folktale called The Magical Embroidery, the PlayGround Theatre, which prides itself on staging unique and innovative stories for all ages, presents an encore performance of The Red Thread, a moving and fun journey into myth and fantasy, for the holiday season. It’s a tale steeped…
What’s the difference between art and design? This wasn’t always a question that hung heavily on Miamians’ minds. However, we’re living in a new South Florida where people are actually wandering around contemplating the complexities of visual concepts. So while watching a culture of friends blurring the lines between art…
From now until the new year, we all tend to overindulge. Eggnog latte with whipped cream, anyone? And all of that turkey and pumpkin pie can’t be good. So perhaps it would be wise to squeeze in some exercise. After you’ve received your annual Black Friday trampling and beating, head…
Years before Mark Handforth rocketed to international fame, in 1996 he was the first local artist to have a solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art. As MOCA celebrates its 15th anniversary, the artist returns to the museum with a vengeance. And this time MOCA isn’t big enough to…
As luxury retailers like Louis Vuitton and Hermes ready themselves for the move into Miami’s Design District, Craig Robins and Dacra seem to have big plans in store for the area. The most shocking so far seems to be the removal of the iconic pedestrian bridge that connected two buildings…
Shulman and Associates, an architectural firm located in the Design District, kindly offered their outside walls as a well-situated installation space to up-and-coming artists during the past two Art Basels. Last year, Jessy Nite created a storefront mural that brought glam and bling to those waltzing around 38th Street. “We’ve given free reign to the artist…
Adam Mansbach’s children’s-book-not-for-children Go the Fuck to Sleep reads like The Very Hungry Caterpillar according to Lenny Bruce. A taste: “The owls fly forth from the treetops. Through the air, they soar and they sweep. A hot crimson rage fills my heart, love. For real, shut the fuck up and…
Walking down Lincoln Road recently, we saw a quote tattooed on a girls body that said, “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies – Aristotle.” And we thought to ourselves, “Calling it now, that bitch is single.”We think this way not because we grew up with older…
It would be easier to begrudge Téa Obreht’s extraordinary success at such a young age if her writing weren’t so damn good.Her debut, The Tiger’s Wife — published last year when she was just 24 — is the hauntingly beautiful tale of Natalia, a young Yugoslavian doctor, struggling to understand…
Fashion Breakdown: Dress is by maje (French design house but will open it’s first U.S. stores this fall in NYC), large clutch by Anthropologie, head piece from Nordstrom, and shoes and necklace borrowed from her friend…
Last year, dozens of storm troopers surrounded an abandoned building on Miami Beach, guns blazing. They were joined by a giant Albert Einstein, holding a sign that read “Love Is the Answer.” The mystery lasted for about 30 seconds until word got around that street artist Mr. Brainwash was behind…
We’re living in tumultuous times, people. Look around you. Everything is changing, nothing is sacred and people are taking to the streets demanding answers. We’re a nation plagued with questions like, what’s really happening with the Arrested Development movie? Is Courtney Stodden really in love with that old guy? The…
In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens November 24, Cultist presents “Miami Backstage,” where we feature some of the city’s behind-the-scenes culture makers. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.Dana KeithAlthough Miami now has a handful of independent cinemas,…
