Sample more than 50 wines, chow down on an assortment of hors d’oeuvres, shoot the shiitake with cork dorks, and maybe even puff on a stogy at a winetasting set for Wednesday, October 19, at the Doral ABC Fine Wine & Spirits. Ten bucks is all it takes, and they’ll…
Our doctor recently advised us that if we didn’t get more fresh air, we’d eventually turn into a gray polyester office chair. True story. But rather than huff and puff on a jog, we prefer to spend our alfresco time leisurely. However, in these crazy-bad economic times, we almost lost…
The wines of Antinori, the surf ‘n’ turf of Ruth’s Chris. That’s what will be on the table at the five-course wine dinner featuring the vino of Marchesi Antinori at the Coral Gables meatery Thursday, October 20. Courses include wild mushroom risotto paired with Guado al Tasso, and filet mignon…
If you like flamenco dancing and discounted food, head to Tapas y Tintos Thursday for the restaurant’s weekly Spanish-inspired fiesta. Watch fast heels click, fingers snap, and skirts whirl while you enjoy a complimentary rebujito (Spanish wine with soda and a hint of mint) and some great tapas, including baked…
Set in Tehran, Circumstance is Maryam Keshavarz’s earnest, well-intentioned first feature about women’s oppression in Iran. In-love high-schoolers Atafeh (Nikohl Boosheri), a daughter of privilege, and Shireen (Sarah Kazemy), living with her uncle and grandmother after the death of her regime-challenging intellectual parents, dream of escaping to Dubai. In their…
Kenny and his little sister must fend for themselves after their mother dies and their asshole father abandons them for his job and girlfriend. Most of us would probably become deviant little snots if fate dealt us that card. But in A. Rey Pamatmat’s heartrending and controversial Edith Can Shoot…
“Bleau Goes Pink” is the word for the trio of superswell restaurants at the Fontainebleau Hotel, where through the end of October, Scarpetta, Hakkasan, and Gotham Steak are dishing up three-course prix fixe dinners to mark National Breast Cancer Month. Dinners cost $39 per person and are offered Sunday through…
For many, the zoo already contains enough creatures you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley (or perhaps more horrifying, paying full price to see animals that never crawl out from their hiding places). But for the truly brave, there’s always Dr. Wilde’s Creepy House, part of Spooktober at…
If we told you something scary was happening in a mall parking lot at night, it’s understandable that you immediately jumped to the worst possible conclusion (i.e., a crime requiring the special victims unit). But cue a collective sigh, because it’s just an all-ages Halloween event, so the blood spatter…
We don’t have a problem with hair-hoppers, unless they’re sitting in front of us during the Actors’ Playhouse production of Hairspray at the Miracle Theatre. Set in 1962 Baltimore during the height of the segregation and integration conflicts, Hairspray tells the story of racism through one dancing, cake-loving teen’s eyes…
An art installation based on the dying days of a German composer is not something we’d expect from an artist named Enrique Martínez Celaya. But the seed of this creation was planted in the artist’s boyhood. Though born in Cuba and raised in Spain, Martínez Celaya at an early age…
A woman exits the dense, sweaty mangroves and finds the limestone splendor of Vizcaya. She attempts to make sense of the Mediterranean-revival home on Biscayne Bay by caressing the furniture, wandering the gardens, and even trying to dethrone the civilized lady of the house. Such is the fantasy of Miami…
Miami has a lot of catching up to do. It’s been 15 years since the Mark Morris Dance Group appeared here. That’s a whole half-life for this esteemed company, which celebrates 30 seasons this year. With more than 150 works to his credit, artistic director/choreographer Mark Morris is a bad…
“Vanishing Points: Paint and Paintings From the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection,” on view at the Bass Museum of Art, drew our attention because it was guest-curated by Gean Moreno, one of our city’s crack slingers of contemporary art jive. He is an artist, founder of [Name] Publications, and a…
When we first encountered Zack Balber’s work, he was exhibiting photos of hookers at the Spinello Gallery. He’d arranged to split sales with their pimps after paying the streetwalkers $10 for a “date” to pose for him. “Tamim,” his first solo show at Fredric Snitzer Gallery, opens on October 5…
Confronting a messy divorce is a horror. But for Lamia Khorshid, a local artist who teaches photography at the University of Miami, her breakup served as the inspiration for a photo series, “Hotel St. Michel,” which opens this Friday at Curator’s Voice Art Projects. Egypt-born Khorshid shot these self-portraits at…
In “The Fire Next Time,” Humberto Calzada tackles the destructive and regenerative properties of fire. The artist is best known for nostalgic, architectural paintings of Cuba that are freighted with the psychological drama of exile. Carol Damien, the Frost’s executive director and chief curator, says the exhibit is a departure…
Two shows at the Frost Art Museum combine water and fire to transport the viewer to contrasting sensory experiences. Magdalena Fernández’s video installation, 2iPM009, re-creates a kinetic rainstorm that engulfs unsuspecting spectators in a simulated torrential downpour. Perpetuum Jazzile, a Slovenian choir, provides 2iPM009’s haunting aural component. To mimic the…
American kids are hungry. Well, at least 16 million of them. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, that’s how many children are “food insecure,” including Sesame Street’s newest character, Lily. Lily will represent a growing number of kids who don’t know where their next meal is coming from or…
Most women enjoy being a slutty pirate, a slutty princess, or a slutty slut for Halloween. But what about the real sluts? Is it really fair for them to get off work at the boobie bar, in their work tassels, and then throw on a headpiece made of boobs of…
Confronting a messy divorce is a horror. But for Lamia Khorshid, a local artist who teaches photography at the University of Miami, her breakup served as the inspiration for a photo series, which opens this Friday at Curator’s Voice Art Projects.Egypt-born Khorshid shot these self-portraits at the Hotel St. Michel in Coral Gables…
It’s hard out here in these streets, especially on overcast days like today. Dog days of summer, y’all — gray and humid and shit. Everything’s crazy and I’m really going through it. I’m lost like a motherfucker. It’s been two weeks since the shit went down. I lost my bitch,…
