Extremities, which opened last night at the Main Street Playhouse, is a play that sheds a light on the perils of the crime of rape. Is the victim partly responsible and inviting violence because of the way she’s dressed? Does the victim have a right to exercise her own brand…
The South Miami Manatees join the infamous list of animals found loitering along sidewalks and public right of ways as part of misguided art in public places programs. The movement may have started with the Chicago Cows, but South Florida has repeatedly lowered the bar with flamingos on Miami Beach,…
Just when Harry Potter thought he was going to reign, when nothing could outdo his finest spells and ghastly encounters, Captain America crashed into his moment of grandeur, sending his epic, final film spiraling downward in a battle at the box office. That’s right: the puny, outdated action hero who…
Miami might actually get an art museum worthy of its visual art scene after all. Despite recession hiccups and a tainted history of Miami development projects, the new Miami Art Museum at Museum Park is well underway. The foundation (above) was just completed for the new space, which will be…
We admit that sometimes we look at the calendars in other cities and pine away at their mermaid parades and secretary-themed club events. We’re only human. But considering Miami feels like a sweaty soup right now, the city is full of wild things to do for this time of year…
We take a perverse pleasure in making fun of all things beauty pageant related. We rattle off reasons why the events are arcane, badmouth seemingly well intentioned pageants in underprivileged areas like Overtown, and generally chastise anyone and anything associated with them (with the exception of New Times’ own Miss…
It’s time to get serious about locking, popping, hip hop, house, and b-boy/b-girl moves at the 2011 Illadelph Legends Hip Hop Festival, from this Sunday to August 7. Founded by hip-hop choreography star Rennie Harris, this festival has been taking place for a dozen years in his hometown of Philadelphia…
Fashion Breakdown: Vintage jacket from 1973, vintage mustard pants, Jordan shoes, fiber-glass wings designed by him and his designer Deadstar, and regular solar system glasses for $3…
How frequently do we describe our mood as “ecstatic”? Between the monotonous doom of the debt-limit crisis, the ticking time bomb of hurricane season, trying to stay alive in traffic, trying to pay the rent, and the unrelenting, absolutely suffocating humidity, we’re lucky if we ever just feel not-lousy. This weekend,…
There are movies that make news and movies that are news. World on a Wire is one of the latter. Suddenly: a virtually unknown, newly restored, two-part tele-film directed by long-gone wunderkind R.W. Fassbinder at the height of his powers.World on a Wire, which opens this week at the Miami…
This isn’t your mother’s community theater. Unless, your mother is a victim turned torturer, that is. The Main Street Players are aiming to stray away from the norm when it comes to traditional community theater with their inclusion of William Mastrosimone’s Extremities as a part of the 2011 season. Skye…
If we had to spend a day in someone else’s shoes, we would choose LeBron James. No, not because we enjoy near-universal hatred whenever we leave the vicinity of Miami, harbor fantasies of seeing a giant version of our face above American Airlines Arena, or enjoy losing the NBA Finals…
With San Diego’s Comic-Con at an end, it’s probably still OK to talk nerd shit. You may be thinking, “but Mr. Winters, you seem like the coolest maternal fornicator around, what could you possibly know about dweeb nonsense?” We’ll have you know I’m an O.G. (original geek) and used to…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Real Housewives of Orange County star Alexis Bellino was in town this weekend to promote her new fashion lines Alexis Couture and Alexis Casuals. The 34-year-old came down with her hubby, Jim, and shacked up in a penthouse…
Sandra Gamarra’s mystical journey at the Bass Museum
Crazy, Stupid, Love isn’t crazy enough
World on a Wire: ’70s sci-fi at Miami Beach Cinematheque
Sarah’s Key exposes a little-known piece of Holocaust history
Masked at GableStage through August 7
Extremities at Main Street Playhouse through August 14
See Jane Run at Actors’ Playhouse through August 14
The Bass Museum of Art has always been a looker of a building, sitting pretty on Collins Avenue. Unfortunately, many locals have never stepped inside the big, beautiful structure. Beats After Sunset lures both art virgins and museum lovers into the space to view art enhanced by free-flowing booze and…
