A down-on-his-luck schlub tries to get by while walking a tightrope between sanity and craziness, all while we laugh at his slowly crumbling life. Oh, the hilarity! This pretty much sums up all of Neil Simon’s plays. But that doesn’t mean the story isn’t funny or clever. And it doesn’t…
The idea of a funny doorman isn’t exactly a groundbreaking plot twist. The job, which puts a guy in your line of vision for exactly ten seconds, seems almost designed for the cultivation of witty one-liners. Maybe that’s what playwright Kenneth Lonergan was thinking with Lobby Hero, which opened in…
Sometimes a small, well-conceived, tightly focused show can be just as satisfying as a much larger exhibition. The Norton’s new photography exhibit is not such a show. It’s no more filling, in fact, than an appetizer when you’re hungry for a full meal.The show is made up of 20 new…
In the ’80s and ’90s, Miamians fled the city’s urban core for suburbia, leaving mere shells of once-grand buildings in their wake. The Upper Eastside, which was once a tourist destination for its MiMo architecture and neon lights, began to look like something out of a postapocalyptic George Romero film…
“There’s a whole subculture of people that live with their sex dolls,” says Gary Farmer, cultural affairs program manager for the City of Miami Beach. “(But) I couldn’t present pictures of these sex dolls on public property because that would be too controversial.” With names like Britney and Gabrielle, he…
Even though Ocean Drive is so named because it borders a seashore, we’re rarely thinking about dolphins and seagulls while strolling down the street. Mostly, we’re thinking about how to dodge restaurant hostesses aggressively marketing gigantic mojitos or anyone cradling a souvenir Wet Willy’s cup like a newborn baby. But…
It’s bad enough we constantly have to deal with the addled jabbering of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez without Pete Kirill dragging Kim Jong-il into the picture. But don’t confuse Kirill’s vision of North Korea’s “Dear Leader” with that of that nation’s brain-douched citizens who believe the Dr. Evil wannabe…
There are several European galleries that maintain a second outpost in Wynwood. Usually, the dealers visit their spaces here once or twice a year, primarily during Art Basel. It’s a cheap way to gain a foothold in our art scene and save on renting a booth during the fair. Many…
Reading the biography/history section of the Carpetbag Brigade’s website may cause seizures. The San Francisco group puts on visual extravaganzas using improvisation, acrobatics, music, circus antics, and butoh (explanation below).This Saturday, the Carpetbag Brigade will perform their live show, “Callings,” as part of the much anticipated Sleepless Night, an overnight…
David Sedaris talks dirty. That’s the major difference between his New Yorker and This American Life stories and his live events like last night’s at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Diminutively perched behind a professorial podium, Sedaris talked about the human turds covering China, blow jobs, and shitting in your own…
You might remember Ana Gasteyer, the current star of ABC’s Suburgatory, better as sweater-clad Margaret Jo McCullen, whose NPR spoof show Delicious Dish featured Pete Schweddy sharing his delicious trademark Schweddy Balls and Betty White giving the ladies a taste of her “dusty muffin.” Or if that doesn’t ring a…
”There’s a whole subculture of people that live with their sex dolls,” says Gary Farmer, cultural affairs program manager for the City of Miami Beach. “(But) I couldn’t present pictures of these sex dolls on public property because that would be too controversial.”With names like Britney and Gabrielle, he explains,…
Fashion Breakdown: Bodysuit and high-waisted pencil pants from American Apparel, green-mint platform shoes are Jeffrey Cambpell bought at Nastygal.com, cuff from Forever XXI, and purse from Goodwill in L.A…
There’s nothing worse than having a holiday dinner — or a funeral, or a wedding — to force you to spend an extended and unnecessary amount of time with your family. Unless you happen to be forced to do that by a hurricane, which, in turn, forces you to confront…
At the Nightmare on Lincoln Road, there were tons of costumes, some creative, but most store bought. Famous characters like Jessica Rabbit looked perfect, while Katy Perry and husband Russell Brand played all night by the bar. The Old Spice Sea Captain guy was there too. Kinda cute. The Porta-Papi,…
Because the 99% includes everybody–except of course the blindly über rich–all types of folks are contributing to the movement. Musicians have partnered up to hold demonstrative jam sessions, poets have written endless lines reflecting the 99%’s overall sentiment, and of course, artists have tackled the message the best way they…
So it’s finally upon us: Week Seven — the Halloween episode. But the real scares come as the horror of watching Dancing With the Stars without Chaz Bono. We all knew this day would come, but you can’t prepare for it, you know?So last night, one of the best party…
This Halloween weekend, the rain forced many to stay snuggled together in bed. However, the spirits of the night still came out wearing their best mask and cape. Proof of what we were able to capture during events like the Sketchy Party at the Awarehouse. Heavy rain met its match…
For his latest daring Miami stage experiment, GableStage at the Biltmore’s producing artistic director Joseph Adler presents Red, John Logan’s six-time Tony Award-winning play about Russian-American abstract artist Mark Rothko. Set in 1958, the drama centers on the sometimes antagonistic interaction between Rothko and his assistant Ken as they create what…
With “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” officially over for the U.S. military, many more Americans are discovering that old stereotypes about homosexuality simply don’t pass muster. Nowhere is that sentiment clearer than in Scott Pasfield’s Gay in America, a book chronicling the cross-country journey the photographer took to interview gay men…
Even though Ocean Drive is so named because it borders a seashore, we’re rarely thinking about dolphins and seagulls while strolling down the street. Mostly, we’re thinking about how to dodge restaurant hostesses aggressively marketing gigantic mojitos, or anyone ogling the leopard-print unitard uniforms from Mangos or cradling a souvenir…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.There comes a point in every Miami gal and guy’s life were wearing a Halloween costume loses its gusto. Sigh, it’s a sign of maturity. Sure back in the day, donning the slutty, err I mean sexy, Alice…
