If you haven’t heard about CrossFit, what treadmill have you been hiding under? It’s the fitness craze that has members slamming heavy balls against the floor, scaling ropes, lifting, sprinting, squatting, pressing, pushing, and thrusting, sometimes crying, and then coming back, begging for more. (Is anyone else turned on right…
It turns out the perps who plucked el gallo cubanoamericano from his Little Havana perch last Friday are a bunch of frat-house peckers from FIU and not the savior we prayed for to liberate us from unsightly public art. The hijacked cock was returned to Pablo Canton last night stripped of…
“Modify, As Needed,” a new exhibit at MOCA, showcases artists who use found materials
Abduction’s Taylor Lautner sheds his fangs and goes for the action
In Moneyball, the formulas work
The Last Circus at O Cinema September 22-25
Night Train to Bolina at the Ring Theatre through September 24
The Fantasticks at the Pelican Playhouse September 25
Moon Over Buffalo at JCat Community Theatre through September 25
Treat your honey to an evening of gilt-y pleasures at Downtown’s uber luxe Marquis Residences, where on Saturday chef Michael Shikany will kick off a fancy-schmancy winemaker’s dinner series with a 10-course orgy of food and Laurent-Perrier champagne. Presented by Gilt City Miami, the feasting begins poolside with munchies and…
Dear Tamara, Ever since the first time I laid eyes on you, I knew one day the celestial gods would bring us together. Every time you twist a knob or scratch a record, it’s as if you are gently caressing my body with your skill and knowledge. We become one…
Across the street from Maurice Gibb Memorial Park, this long running local’s bar is a late night institution for dancing, drinks, and ladies. On Monday nights, if you want reggae, dis be de place. Jean Pokito is the bandleader for JP Jams, a world beat rockin’ band playing “deep roots”…
Don’t panic — it’s organic! That would be the kickoff dinner for Conscious Bite Out, a group of local foodies dedicated to healthful, local, sustainable, and, yes, organic eating. This Thursday, chef Mark Zeitouni of the Standard Miami will cook up a Mediterranean-inspired menu that includes good and good-for-you dishes…
Allow us to introduce you to a little-known film genre called sharksploitation. One example is the 1976 drive-in classic Mako: The Jaws of Death, in which a weird, nature-loving guy in South Florida discovers he has a psychic link with sharks. He becomes very protective of his finned friends and…
British ethologist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is famous for his contributions to our understanding of natural selection and evolution, both as they pertain to biology and to ideas. His 1976 book, The Selfish Gene, popularized the gene-centered view of evolution. It also introduced the concept of the “meme,” which…
We’re big fans of the Moth, a storytelling series with the tag line “True Stories Told Live.” Everyday folks — as well as acclaimed performers and writers such as Margaret Cho, Jonathan Ames, Ethan Hawke, Gay Talese, and Moby — have been enthralling us with tales from their lives on…
It’s ironic that the Overtown Music Project would choose to throw its Epic event at LIV at the Fontainebleau Hotel. Although great musical entertainers such as Count Basie, Etta James, and Billie Holiday were hired to play there and other swank oceanside clubs, it was illegal for African-Americans to stay…
Latinos are caliente, and gays are fierce. What happens when you combine the two? You get Celebrate Orgullo (which means pride in Spanish). The first-ever Hispanic LGBT pride event will kick it this Saturday in Hialeah. Kidding! Of course it’ll take place in Miami Beach, silly. The event’s organizers —…
Our city does crime like nobody’s business. Pick a part of town, any part, and chances are it’s steeped in some dirty, violent, or otherwise nefarious activities. Take Bicentennial Park, home of Miami’s annual New Year’s celebration. In 1933, it was the site of the attempted assassination of Franklin Delano…
Call us shallow, but our desire for Miami City Ballet only really flared up after news that the troupe was garnering standing ovations in Paris. Our hometown pirouetters, under the direction of Edward Villella, recently spent three weeks in Europe for the Les Etés de Danse Festival, performing 14 ballets…
Rising from the shadows of Southland Mall, not too far from the southern terminus of Florida’s Turnpike, is the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. It’s like an oddly angled phoenix bringing performing arts to the dirty, thirsty south. The venue — complete with a 966-seat, state-of-the-art main stage, Black Box…
Clarence Reid remains one of the great undersung musical legends of Miami. As the lore goes, in 1952, at the age of 13, he hitched a ride to the Magic City from his native Georgia. There, he was already infamous for passing the time while working cotton fields by singing…
