Arts & Culture

Guy Gerber is that rare breed of electronic dance music producer who’s always done his own thing. And “Stoppage Time,” his 2004 breakthrough hit on John Digweed’s Bedrock label, was a slice of epic big-room techno that became a global club anthem and continues to sell by the truckload. Today,…

Thish ain’t yer daddy’s schpelling bee, schweetheart. This is the Drunk’n Spelling Bee, this Sunday at 10 p.m. at SoBe’s funky and exceedingly well-lubricated Purdy Lounge. Throw your name into the ring and see if you remember anything from third-grade English class. For every word you spell correctly, you must…

You should know what to expect from a Guttermouth show. If the band’s name doesn’t spell it out, its reputation certainly should — there’s a reason the guys were banned from Canada, after all. Guttermouth is amazingly adroit at crafting Nineties-American-style punk rock in the vein of bands such as…

Fashion’s Night Out officially kicks off New York’s Fashion Week. But in actuality, it was created to revive consumer habits in a sleepy economy. Profits must have been good, because now cities such as Miami are enjoying their own FNO with an annual evening of celebrity designer appearances, extended store…

Pictures might say a thousand words, but Vicki Goldberg is the one who says them aloud or writes them. The former photography critic for the New York Times, as well as a scribe for the Village Voice, Goldberg is widely considered among the most knowledgeable, influential, and succinct minds in…

The world has come to an end and nobody knows what will happen next. Will zombies begin crawling across the earth? Will asteroids crash into our homes? Do we need to go into survival mode? Instead of worrying about such mundane problems, our friends at the Fetish Factory have a…

Paul Isaac, of local New Wave-inflected foursome People From Venus, is best known around town as a rock frontman. But close followers of the band might have noticed that his and the other members’ artistic aspirations have always seemed to extend beyond music. Everything People From Venus does is usually…

It’s official. Art junkies are about to revel in a mainline dose of unrefined adrenaline. The season-opening Second Saturday Art Walk this Saturday promises a steady IV drip of new shows to mush the eyes into creamed corn and leave the noggin spinning. On tap at Praxis International Art, Nina…

You don’t get to be one of the most respected and recognized singer-songwriters in the Latin pop world without putting in the time. Of course, Venezuela’s Franco De Vita certainly got off to a good start. His self-titled solo debut released in 1984 went platinum and featured three hit singles:…

The past 30 years can be easily divided into pre-9/11 and post-9/11, but the terror-filled turning point is now a dulled, muted memory from ten years ago. Granta, a quarterly British literary magazine, has turned its latest issue into an exploration of how the world has changed since the four…

Don’t beat (up) your own meat — give it all the tender loving care it desires. (That’s steak, perv.) At 1 p.m. Saturday, September 10, Shula’s Steakhouse chef Patrick Lapaire will be at Bloomingdale’s giving a cooking demo, imparting all of his steak-house secrets to keep you from beating your…

Is anyone else feeling freaked out by East Coast earthquakes and Europe-size hurricanes that reach all the way to Canada? Not to be alarmists or anything, but we think maybe it’s time to stuff our belongings into our hybrids, pack a year’s supply of organic trail mix, and navigate through…

Sometimes the best move is not making a move at all. Apparently, that’s what the Miami Dolphins think about bringing in a new quarterback, even though the position has been a gaping black hole of incompetence in recent years. After pooping himself repeatedly during a host of crappy performances last…

Ever feel like no matter how much news you consume, how much you surf the Internet, or how often you use social media, you’re never quite in front of trends? Well, chances are you’re not. Truth is, there are not a lot of ways to get an inside look at…

This week, Miami’s British pub located in the heart of Little Haiti is hiking up its international cred a tad. Tuesday, local, underpaid globetrotters looking to rock can go on an aural journey to Greece and Canada with Acid Baby Jesus and Hell Shovel at Churchill’s Pub. Take in Hell…

Cab is King in California wine country, and come Tuesday, September 13, at 6:30 p.m., Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse in Coral Gables will feature three of Cali’s most royal Cabernet Sauvignons: the 2006 Napa Valley and 2006 and 2007 Silver Oak Alexander Valley from the acclaimed Silver Oak Cellars. Along with…

Whether or not homosexuality can be compatible with Christianity is a touchy subject (to say the least) in most churches and one tackled head-on in the coming-of-age indie film The Wise Kids, which will have its Florida premiere at the Miami Beach Cinematheque Wednesday. The story revolves around a group…

A daughter does some household chores and prepares to give her mother a manicure when she suddenly and indifferently notifies Mom that she’s going to kill herself in a few hours. It might sound like an obscure B-side ’90s Springsteen song, but it’s actually the plot to ‘Night Mother. Alliance…

On Sunday, the museum will screen Images of the World and the Inscription of War, a 1989 movie by European filmmaker Harun Farocki. The film, deemed an “austere cinema poem” by the New York Times, considers aufklärung — the German word for both enlightenment and aerial surveillance — during World…

Plenty of artists have been struggling with novel ways to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11, looking to voice a range of emotions about the country post-2001 in a broad range of styles and media. But some art speaks about American culture without being directly influenced by the anniversary. For…