Evidently, professional SAT test-takers make a hell of a lot more money than overworked Cultist bloggers. Sure it’s illegal, but boy is it lucrative. A 19-year-old Emory University student was hired by six Long Island high school students to take their SATs between 2009 and this year. Sam Eshaghoff was…
That’s Disgusting is a new video series in which interviewing is only half the fun (trying not to vomit is the other). All interviews take place in a disgusting, Miami environment from public bathrooms to the underbelly of urban living. The below episode features comedian Johnny Trabs, one half of…
After spending the last decade in Mexico, Tobias Ostrander arrives in Miamis as chief curator and deputy director of curatorial affairs at the Miami Art Museum. He’s landed at a critical juncture: The museum is moving into new digs on the Bay, scheduled to open in 2013. Ostrander cut his…
If checked out the New Times sex survey, you know that Miamians are either the horniest, sluttiest lot on the planet or a bunch of no-good liars. As you may remember, 71 percent of the 2,000 people surveyed admitted they think about fornication many times throughout the day. Which is probably…
Cultist doesn’t follow many rules, but we are adamant about one: under no circumstances will we participate in more than one zombie walk per year. Needless to say, October 2011 is going to be quite stressful. Two kickass zombie events are happening next month. Zombie Walk Miami is going down…
Karen Rifas is a local artist known for her adroit use of materials to convey concepts of volume and space. Her solo show “Strung Out,” currently on view at the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, features several large floor-to-ceiling and corner wall sculptures. They’re made using various colors of cord stitched into…
Shows at CIFO and the Bass test your art lingo
50/50: Cancer memoir meets Seth Rogen comedy
The Tree at Miami Beach Cinematheque, Cosford Cinema, and Tower Theater beginning September 30
Alma en Boca at the Colony Theatre October 1 (one night only)
Swimming in the Shallows at FIU’s Wertheim Performing Arts Center through October 2
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at Actors’ Playhous through November 19
If you’re all about the pig and the brew, Pubbelly’s special Oktoberfest menu might make you squeal with delight. From September 27 through October 2, feast on weisswurt, spatzle with pork belly, and wiener schnitzel von schweim, paired with a special selection of German beers. Sept. 27-Oct. 2, 11 a.m.,…
Jeff McInnis might be best known as the towheaded hottie on Season 5 of Top Chef, but the man has also shown his culinary chops as executive chef at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach’s Dilido Beach Club and, most recently, as chef de cuisine at midtown noodle bistro Gigi. With deep…
If the success of films such as Revolutionary Road and Closer has proven anything, it’s that we love to watch people treat each other like shit. So for those yearning for some sharp barbs and clever insults, check out Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure, a new documentary opening…
Somewhere along the line, an evil-genius music producer discovered that applying the boy-band formula to the opera music style is an easy way to make a buck. And now’s there’s pop opera — all the voice with none of the distracting story line or acting. Suddenly, teenage girls (and their…
The tikis are coming! The tikis are coming! Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for South Florida’s premier rockabilly event, year: Revenge of the Tiki III. The folks at Kreepy Tiki Tattoos and the Monterey Club promise to make this year better than the first two editions. With more than a…
High heels and red jeans or a Christian Dior evening gown? Deciding what to wear to Daniel Bernard Roumain’s Symphony for the Dance Floor might be tricky. The Margate native has created a performance that melds nightclub and classical music elements. The show mingles choreography, lights, photography, film, and Roumain’s…
The Gold Coast Derby Grrls, ranked ninth in the South Central region, are based in Fort Lauderdale but boast hard-core skating babes from Dade, Broward, and West Palm Beach. From their outrageous outfits to their breakneck speeds and elbow-throwing bravado, the Derby Grrls could easily scare the crap out of…
Like the rugged (and recently romanticized) favelas that sit on the edges of shiny, fancy gated communities in Brazil, Daniela Mercury’s music is an intense collision of cultural forces: lowbrow, highbrow, no-brow; Bahian axé mixes of samba, reggae, rock, and Caribbean percussion; MPB (música popular brasileira — that is, sparkly…
Jürgen Klinsmann was always too Hollywood for Europe. The German goal-scoring machine led Germany to the 1990 World Cup. But despite his distinguished career in international soccer, many fans associate him with faking injuries and taking dives to simulate fouls. So it made sense when Klinsmann moved to California —…
What’s it take to get art banned in Germany? Abortion, homosexuality, rape, child abuse, and suicide — at least in 1891, when Frank Wedekind wrote the play Spring Awakening. More than a 100 years later, the 19th-century play is now a rock musical and winner of eight Tony Awards. The…
