What happens when you put Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy, and Jay-Z in a blender? No, not a flesh-and-guts gazpacho that only Hannibal Lecter could love. You get comedian, master mimicker, and Saturday Night Live cast member Jay Pharoah. Nailing his first impression at age six when an audible copy of…
Before the Internet was such a big thing, if you were a creative kid with passion to burn and a knack for stealing photocopies from Office Depot (um, or not), you turned to publishing a zine. These totally do-it-yourself publications were unapologetically tactile. And Subjects spanned anything from handwritten tortured…
Every little girl dreams of living in their favorite dollhouse. Sisters Veronica and Andrea Gonzalez made that dream a reality when they created their South Miami boutique, Veronica’s Dollhouse. Self-proclaimed Disney-lovers, the sisters first spotted their dream model at Epcot. They later found a replica at an estate sale and…
White people. That was the first thing that went through my mind. I’d been in the 3-0-5 for the last nine months. After taking a trip to Arkansas, I remembered that most of America is filled with white people — beautiful, passionate, cordial, yet sometimes ignorant, white people. America is…
Having the Dallas Mavericks win the NBA Title probably seemed like a good idea for the rest of the country, at least for a couple of days. Heck, Dirk Nowitzki even became a household name, kind of. But the truth is, when the Miami Heat lost on Sunday, America was…
Miami artists Pioneer Winter and Jared Sharon’s upcoming performance contains partial nudity — but which part? Visit the Bass Museum of Art to view 42: A Stonewall Prospective Tuesday and find out. There will be an open bar sponsored by 42Below vodka to help you settle in for an evening…
As a founder and former artistic director of the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Magaly Suárez has staged many a ballet classic in Florida. Her new company, Florida Classical Ballet, opened last December with her production of The Nutcracker. FCB presents two evenings filled with romantic and classical ballet excerpts…
Ryan Trecartin has been called the first YouTube art star. Rather than simply go online to see his hallucinatory flicks, it’s a lot more fun to view the movies spooled together at the Museum of Contemporary Art, where videos, sets, and props for Trecartin’s opus will be on display for…
Before the days of Tumblr, those with a love for postmodern aesthetic and oversharing of feelings had to turn to real-life media. Before the Internet was such a big thing, if you were a creative kid with passion to burn and a knack for stealing photocopies from Office Depot (um,…
In Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain writes, “Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn… life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.” Though we can definitely imagine a…
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It’s alive! It’s alive! Your food that is. Or at least it’s raw. Learn how to, uh, uncook raw foods at the South Beach Whole Foods Market Tuesday, June 28. “Healthy-eating specialist” Jordan Wolfe will conduct the free session, which will run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign up at…
Spit in the eye of that snobby sommelier at Chez L’Attitude and intimidate your friends with your new-found wine knowledge by taking the Wine Appreciation Fundamentals course offered by the Wine University of Miami. Learn how to taste like a pro, how to pair wine with food, how to read…
Sample the drinking man’s Mediterranean diet at Aventura’s Wine & Spirits Warehouse, where Saturday, June 25, from 6 to 9 p.m., they’ll taste wines from Italy, Spain, France, and Greece, as well as Bohemio rums, Prosecco, flavored sodas, Greek olive oil, and balsamic vinegar from the balsamic capital of the…
New York-based contemporary artist and BMX bike enthusiast Ryan Humphrey is bringing his “Fast Forward” exhibit to the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. Set against a backdrop of crisscrossing bike ramps, the main draw is a large-scale, floor-to-ceiling installation featuring BMX bikes protruding from the gallery wall. The show…
Historically, fashion mavens are not exactly salt-of-the-earth types. More like caviar of the sea. They’ve been known to raze the land for cotton and rape the animal kingdom for hides and furs. They don’t exactly mind taking advantage of mankind either, with sweatshop workers slaving away so we can have…
Flinty fighters of both sexes will beat on each other at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for the Bellator 46 Fighting Championships. Bellator sponsors sparring in mixed martial arts, in which the fighters are trained in the likes of judo and jujitsu. Their methods might be more refined…
Hecklers, beware. Comedian Martin Lawrence is a knockout performer, and he’s physically capable of kicking your ass. The former Golden Gloves boxing contender is famous for his eponymous hit TV show, his more than 25 film roles, and his lifetime ban from Saturday Night Live, but he also throws a…
Miami’s got more than 15 rounds of boxing history in it. The Greatest, Muhammad Ali, trained at the erstwhile Fifth Street Gym in South Beach, while the Orange Bowl hosted the Battle of Champions pitting legend Alexis Argüello and Aaron Pryor in 1982 (later named the fight of the decade…
Have you ever sat down and listened to your gramps talk for more than two minutes when he didn’t go off on a tangent about the price of milk in the old days and how nobody did “Mack the Knife” better than Bobby Darin? Have you ever done the same…
