Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Swim Week 2012 came and went (thank God), because I’m swimsuited out. After attending the five-day fashion festival, I really don’t want to see another flaca model in a bikini for awhile. However, I wouldn’t mind seeing more…
And to think some people continue to look up to the New York Times (even after that whole Jayson Blair unpleasantness). Even with legions of Casey Anthonys cavorting in our midst, it turns out the Gray Lady is still of the mindset that graffiti is evil and worthy of entire anti-graffiti…
Fashion Breakdown: Purple bandanna from Beatnix, shirt and pants from H&M, charm necklace from boutique in Lincoln Road, and Adidas shoes…
Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics in 1941, Captain America was among the first American comic books intended as an explicit work of patriotic, political propaganda: The cover of the first edition, available months before Pearl Harbor, famously featured the titular costume hero punching out Adolf…
Rejoice, America! Our long national nightmare of Charlie Sheen not being grossly overpaid to star in a mediocre sitcom is almost over. Sheen has inked a deal with Lionsgate to star in a sitcom adaptation of the film Anger Management. The deal gives Sheen a stake of ownership in the show,…
Back in February, London’s Financial Times reported that Steve Lazarides, the art dealer and Sleaze editor credited with discovering Banksy, was planning a huge art/music/film event in Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach. They even called it his “most audacious move yet.”Paper Magazine also reported that he was indeed sniffing…
By now you’ve probably heard the heartwarming story of Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake agreeing to accompany soldiers to the Marine Corps Ball, a decision undoubtedly made due to Mr. Timberlake and Ms. Kunis being wonderful people and certainly not because they are trying to drum up publicity for their…
Florida continues to be the butt of the world’s jokes thanks to ridiculous moments of stupidity and depressingly dark violence. And the Casey Anthony ordeal is not helping our state’s reputation any. Then there’s Buzzfeed’s viral list of 40 Things You’ll Only See in Florida, cataloging everything from selling hugs…
When Bryan Lorenzo graduated from the University of Miami film program, he already had his next project in mind. As a transplant from Maryland, Lorenzo, though half-Dominican, had initially felt like a gringo fish out of water in Miami’s multi-culti seas. That was a feeling only amplified when he stared…
The International Hispanic Theatre Festival consistently thumbs its figurative nose at all the Debbie Downers who say that Miami has no culture. Starting today and playing throughout the weekend, El Malentendido , based on the Albert Camus play, The Misunderstanding, will make you ponder self, desperation, the repercussions of war,…
Ciao, bella! On last night’s episode, the ladies of Basketball Wives have finally arrived in Rome, Italy. Remember their last trip to Madrid, Spain, which included fashion week festivities, Royce Reed almost dying of a phantom illness, and a midday brawl between Tami Roman and Evelyn Lozada? So we can only imagine…
Many regard Hurricane Katrina as “the big one” thanks to media coverage emphasizing the strength of the storm and the extent of the damage. Comedian, writer, and actor Harry Shearer wrote and directed The Big Uneasy to correct the public’s perception of what happened on August 29, 2005. It wasn’t…
Don’t you just love it when something so distinctly Miami puts the Magic City in the national spotlight, and that something doesn’t involve a collective hatred from the rest of the country for our beloved Miami Heat. Yeah, us too. Luckily, as of late it’s been different all stars who’ve…
I’m no country rube. I own multiple vegetable peelers and know who Stan Getz is. I am Sophisticated Urban Man, and Sophisticated Urban Man only goes to see magicians– or mentalists or illusionists, their allegedly upscale cousins– to laugh ironically at the performer.So over the weekend, I went with three…
When most people look at the Metrorail, they think nothing of the hundreds of gray columns supporting the 22-mile-long structure. When artist Rainer Lagemann looks at it, though, he sees a blank canvas for public art. He calls himself “an artist for the human body.” Born in Germany, he only…
If you’ve never heard the word zarzuela you probably aren’t alone. But in Spain, it’s a popular (typically satirical) form of opera that alternates between speaking and singing. For the first time in it’s 71 year history, the Florida Grand Opera is performing a zarzuela called Luisa Fernanda to kick…
The Miami Survival Guide is Cultist’s almanac on what makes Miami tick. Use this as a means to mastering your surroundings for use in the upcoming Palin presidency apocalypse, or for getting punched in the face, whichever comes first.Miami is as diverse as the bacterial cultures scraped off the genitals…
Fashion Breakdown: Vintage earrings bought at the antique market on Lincoln Road, feather extensions in hair from Control Salon, bracelets her own collection (a vintage mix), rings a few from her grandmothers, skirt Top Shop, Eva clutch from Louis Vuitton, and pumps Christian Louboutin’s Gressimo Gingham Knot…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Night three at Mercedes-Benz Swim Week had us really excited to scope out Mara Hoffman’s collection. Yet, one step backstage and we felt like we were experiencing déjà vu. There were the same tribal patterns, neon hues, and…
Cuerdas (Strings), which opened last night at the Arsht Center as part of the International Hispanic Theatre Festival, is a tightly acted play that wants to tug at its audience’s heart, but ultimately misses the mark. That’s no fault of the fine cast, led by the fiery Richard Viquiera (who also…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Last night, we went to the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, night two at the Raleigh Hotel. And sex, sex, and more sex is one way to sum up a Beach Bunny Swimwear show. If you’ve never been to…
There are a few things that can really make us squirm. One of them is three mom-like ladies smilingly singing songs about their menstrual cycles, which we witnessed last night at the Actors’ Playhouse production See Jane Run!.Okay, so the opening song to the musical was actually about the multifarious…
