Several celebrities have shown their support for the 99% by showing up at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration. When it happens, Fox News is quick to point out dumb shit like Kanye West showing up in a $355 designer shirt or Alec Baldwin raking in “big bucks for starring in…
At the 55th Station, only the most curious and quirky stores take root. And between a tattoo parlor and a sushi spot, the newly opened Betru flourishes. It’s an ethnic and contemporary inspired fashion store, filled with tiny little gadgets, locally made soaps, crystal charms, mochilas, and beads. It even…
This year marks the inaugural Recent Cinema From Spain Festival, and with Spain’s Goya Awards (the Spanish version of the Oscars, except without any grating Billy Crystal musical numbers) celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Miami International Film Festival and the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts are about to help…
and the recent live-action Transformers reboot, got his ass handed to him earlier this week by big-n-hairy shirtless guy. The story is classic: LaBeouf was drunkenly bumping into patrons at a bar, one of them lost patience and told him to “watch out,” and Shia responded, appropriately, with “What are…
Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte Celia and AlexisAlexis Rodriguez-Duarte still chokes up when he talks about his fifteen year friendship with La Reina de la Salsa, Celia Cruz. “Celia was an inspiration for me, she was the light. Watching Celia perform live was a gift,” the New York-based photographer whispers after pausing to…
If Miss Piggy taught us anything, it’s that animals are horny. Lions lick their own balls, puppies hump your leg, and visiting Monkey Jungle is like walking into an orgy. Birds do it, bees do it, and bunnies do it like rabbits. Hell, even kinky-ass cats do it doggie style…
Wynwood Art Fair’s down-home hoedown October 21-23
Paranormal Activity 3: How far can the franchise go?
Ferran Adria doc El Bulli: Cooking in Progress at Miami Beach Cinematheque, O Cinema
Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them at New Theatre through October 30
Get out of those dirty polyester seats and kiss that stale movie-theater air goodbye, because the interactive Rocky Horror Picture Show will now be performed. Inside. A. Bar. Enter the dancing-and-drinking ($3 “Frank-N-Furter” shots) world — the smoky-aired castle Respectable Street. Really, Rocky Horror Picture Show was meant to be…
Been zombie-drunk before? That feeling where you’re nowhere and everywhere at once? It’s not the spinning effect — that means you’re going to throw up. It’s like your brain is dead — in a good way. With shoulders hunched over, you might be drooling. All that’s cool — when you’re…
Most love stories follow a familiar narrative. Boy meets girl, boy loves girl, then boys wins or loses girl. Samuel Beckett however, was known for turning common situations on their head. In First Love, Beckett writes a tale about a homeless man in love with a prostitute, and MDC Live!…
In the ’60s, when Diego El Cigala was a child helping his Spanish gypsy parents make a living from tablao to tablao (flamenco clubs), Bebo Valdés was long past his heyday. By that time, the legendary Cuban pianist had played backup for Benny Moré, led two big bands, and even…
South Florida’s most haunted house is undoubtedly the Deering Estate at Cutler. The League of Paranormal Investigators’ aura cameras, pendulums, and recorders captured major evidence of paranormal activity there last year. This Friday, the ghost hunters invite you to spend the night with them at the historic house for Spookover…
Never mind the fact that the Drums hail from the concrete jungle of Brooklyn. The trio’s best songs are the kind of brisk, breezy indie-pop perfectly suited for Florida’s coastal air. Of course it doesn’t hurt that the band’s breakout hits include obvious odes to waves, such as “Let’s Go…
Miami City Ballet comes to Broward County this year with a show that condenses the best of 20th-century dance. It opens with Square Dance,George Balanchine’s acclaimed 1957 ballet and one of his most popular light confections. Next up is Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, a duet from 1953 about…
In 2004, thriller novelist Ridley Pearson and South Florida funnyman Dave Barry teamed up to write — of all things — a children’s book. And to make matters even more improbable, the unlikely pair embraced the kid-lit genre whole hog by tackling one of its most enduring heroes: Peter Pan…
No Halloween weekend would be complete without a couple choruses of “Dammit, Janet” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Join the sing-along with a live cast of Miami musicians, artists, and actors including Otto Von Schirach and Monica Lopez De Victoria at O Cinema this Saturday at 9 p.m. and…
Last year, the cool kids at Super Market Creative threw the Gatsby Gone Goth bash, encouraging ’20s attire at their annual Halloween event. This year, the theme is Jack the Ripper — yes, the 19th-century British serial killer. Don your Victorian best — corsets, petticoats, and bustles or suits with…
Monday, the Miami Beach Cinematheque will open its Cin-e-maze, a walk-through installation in which classic scenes from German expressionist horror films are projected all around you. After you survive the visual onslaught in the lobby, watch a restored version of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, with showtimes all night long…
Every profession has its gold standard. The tech industry had Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan set the bar in the NBA, and David Sedaris is top dog when it comes to cleverness. At 54 years old, this Grammy-nominated humorist, author, and radio personality has an incredibly keen eye for the hilarity…
