Arts & Culture

Ryan Trecartin’s “Any After” delivers sensory overload at MOCA

Wynwood Second Saturday Art Walk lineup for August 13, 2011

The heat is on at the Coral Gables Whole Foods Market come Wednesday when the two winners of WF’s Fill the Grill cooking competition go mano-a-mano to see whose cuisine really does reign supreme. Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill chef Timon Balloo and Miami Heat top toque Michael Jacobs will get…

Two of Miami’s hippest endeavors have joined supercool forces and created one fantastically curated event: OMG Dinner and a Movie. O Cinema picks the flick, and Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink’s Michael Schwartz plans a scrumptious meal based on the film. It’s pure art in the form of chow. For…

It has been a disappointing season for the Florida Marlins, a team that started out blazing hot, then had a historically awful month, then picked it up once more, only to peter out and limp, almost literally, to the finish line. But the 2011 season has been an even bigger…

Do you love to ollie, grind, and shove it? Is your stance goofy? Does the number 360 seem way too small? Well, we’re not entirely sure what all of that means, but this Sunday, we know where to find a few people who do. Namely, Tony Hawk and his crew,…

Maybe it’s our picturesque sunsets or the sight of the Atlantic Ocean from high above our beaches, but something has drawn aviators to Miami since the Wright brothers built that toothpick with wings. Miamians might know that Pan Am Airlines had its famous flying boat terminal at Dinner Key Marina,…

Think the War on Terror has been a costly boondoggle that’s done little beside spread carnage and suffering? It looks positively efficient and effective compared to the War on Drugs, declared by Tricky Dick more than 40 years ago. It’s hard to say what has caused more grief over that…

It’s difficult to find enough superlatives to describe how good Alison Krauss & Union Station are when it comes to bluegrass. Krauss is simply one of the most gifted vocalists — of any genre — in the world, and she has long surrounded herself with the finest collection of pickers…

In an interview with critic Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Yoko Ono recounted her experience as a preschooler at Japan’s Jiya-Gakuen, which translates to “Learning Garden of Freedom.” At that very young age, the future sound artist, pop star, and wife of John Lennon was learning perfect pitch, harmony, piano chords, and simple…

As beautiful as Miami is, the lack of seasons keeps things relatively predictable when it comes to nature. But Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden has long been proof that we can buck the standard palms and grow some incredible foliage in our back yards. Lesser known, however, is the Kampong, an…

Miami’s late, great girl-punk act A.K.A. was much lamented when it went bust. But late last year, the act retooled with a slightly different lineup: Lori Garrote, Natalie Smallish, and Jordan Calloway. It also debuted an appropriately fresh name: the New. The name clearly signaled good things to come. Just…

Chad Henne was supposed to be the Miami Dolphins savior. The former Wolverine, whose pedigree was as strong as, if not stronger than, Tom Brady’s coming out of college, had all the tools and clichés (strong arm, pro-style offense experience, winning mentality) to bring a once-proud franchise back to prominence…

Actor Paul Tei, whom you might know as Barry the money launderer on Burn Notice, founded the Mad Cat Theatre Company 11 years ago to produce original, off-the-wall plays. You can always count on Mad Cat to extract the marrow from any subject, poke it, prod it, and make you…

Visual and music artist Woff Senatus was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and came to the United States at the age of 2. His American name is Wolfgang Mosaic, which he describes thusly: “I was born Wolf, gang is everybody with me, and mosaic is me piecing together the art.” Check…

Want to ignite the barflies at your local dive bar? Just start talking monster trucks. Suss out other fanatics with the opener, “What are monster trucks to ya?” and sit back and watch. Once you rile them all up, round up fellow fans and head to Monster Jam at the…