Most successful comedians carefully straddle a line between being politically correct bores and finding humor in uncanny situations without taking stereotypes and controversial issues to offensive extremes. And then there’s Jim Jefferies. The Australian performer’s jokes unapologetically involve “retarded people,” burn victims, AIDS, and the Holocaust. He refers to both…
Spend a couple of hours in Italy without being molested by pervy TSA agents or spending 14 hours in an aluminum sausage. Get to SoBe’s De Luca Food & Wine, where this Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m., chef Tracey McIlwain and De Santis Selection Imports will dish and pour…
Wine, cheese, meats… High school was never like this. One of the few advantages of being all grown up is that now you can attend classes like the ones held by wine maven Henry Barrow, who’ll spend two hours filling your head with info about the wines of the world…
The layperson might know Brazil for nuts, waxes, and Carnival, but Brazil is a country with a banana hammock full of A-listers, starlets, and cutting-edge cinema auteurs. If you don’t believe us, take your uncultured bumbum to the 15th annual Brazilian Film Festival of Miami, beginning Friday and running through…
You meet the same types of people throughout your life, and they can all be compared to characters from Star Wars. If a dog matches the appearance of its owner, perhaps the products one purchases at Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery’s “Stitch Wars Strikes Back” exhibit might match the…
Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, U.S. authorities designated the rubble of the World Trade Center a crime scene. All except law enforcement officials and rescue workers were denied access to the site. New York artist Joel Meyerowitz became the only photographer granted the right of entry to…
After making seven studio albums, Felix da Housecat can’t be blamed for trying something different. This year, when he released his eighth album, Son of Analogue, he did so via the April issue of Mixmag — a first for both the DJ-producer and the publication. Mixmag has always featured a…
Now that the Harry Potter series has ended, leaving a generation of eager readers (or eager Harry Potter readers at least) and billions of dollars in its wake, it’s only reasonable to assume that movie studios will be frantically digging through bookstores searching for the next big thing. However, as…
We’re not shy about our love of MOCA’s annual showcase of video art, the Optic Nerve Festival. Heck we even voted it our Best Film Festival in Miami this year. From Coral Morphologic’s glowing sea creatures to Christy Gast tap dancing on the rim of Lake Okeechobee, our city is…
With his full, luxurious red beard and matching hair, comedian Matt Zigan is one recognizable character. A Florida native, he grew up Cocoa Beach where he says, he hopes “to never return.” A fan of death metal, the funny guy even has his own band Matt Zignan’s Crappy Death Metal whose…
The Summer Olympics is the time when countries feverishly compete to see who comes in second place behind the United States in total medal count. From its modern origins in the late 19th century to today, it has become the world’s greatest spectacle of athletic competition. It comes complete with…
Fashion Photography: Pants from Raverready.com, scarf from street vender, rest of outfit from Play Things. …
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.I’ve heard of Miss Universe and Miss America, but Miss Cuba? Que? I’m sorry, but “es- q-me,” this Cuban Americanita has never heard of that pageant title until I recently met this year’s reigning queen Cutler Bay resident…
At the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in North Miami, Ryan Trecartin evokes comparison to a wired wizard of id. In “Any Ever,” an epic series of videos that make the head spin, the ferociously inventive artist shuffles through identity shifts faster than a Vegas poker dealer. Trecartin, who has…
If you grew up in Miami, you’ve been assessing derrieres since elementary school. You’ve checked out more rumps than your average proctologist. You’re an ass expert. Thankfully, Miami’s got its share of great butts thanks to its proximity to the Caribbean, where near perfect tushes have been cultivated for generations.Since…
Can you believe we made it to the season finale of Basketball Wives? And most importantly, can you believe that we have been watching this mess for that long? Well, here we are and in true VH1 style, this episode started off with the ladies doing what they do best:…
Fashion Breakdown: Glasses a gift from a friend (no name brand), shirt is a vintage Pierre Cardin, vest by Guess, pants and shoes from Urban Outfitters…
When you get props from someone like Hilary Rodham Clinton, that’s some serious shiz. Yoani Sánchez, commonly referred to as the “Cuban Blogger” for her illegal reporting of life in Cuba directly from the island, seems to have impressed our Secretary of State who said, “She has used technology to…
It seems that the 305 has been sprouting spoken word nights like crazy in recent years. We recently wrote about Words & Wine (New Time’s Best Open-Mike Night) and we just keep hearing of more events to check out involving freedom of speech. Well, Speak! Fridays came to our attention…
Brit Marling, the lithe, stunning co-writer and star of Mike Cahill’s Another Earth, plays Rhoda, a 17-year-old who is celebrating her acceptance to MIT on the same night that a new planet is discovered. Called Earth 2 by the denizens of Earth 1, this planet will prove to house a…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com. When it comes to sunglasses in Miami, they can tell a lot about who you are in the 305. Just ask 24-year-old Jeremy Andre the owner of Glasiz. While hipsters in the Magic City, are rocking Ray…
Comedian Pam Bruno has a particularly quirky way of delivering jokes: a little awkward, with not too much enthusiasm, like she’s telling a story at the dinner table. But her stand up is solid, and she knows how to get the audience right where she wants them.As her tagline says,…
