We’ve been at war in Afghanistan for ten years. Yet with no draft, rations, or war bond drives, the battlefield might as well be on Mars. Sebastian Junger brings the fight back into our consciousness with War, his visceral account of the soldiers’ life in battle. On assignment from Vanity…
Whenever Fidel and Raúl finally realize their experiment in a totalitarian state has gone horribly awry (it’s been more than five decades, boys, come on!), or after they croak, the invisible wall surrounding Cuba will crumble faster than a warm guava-and-cheese pastelito in your hands. But when that day comes,…
Through his radically wholesome standup, his role as the lovable Dr. Huxtable in The Cosby Show, and, of course, his sweet-as-puddin’ Jell-O pimping, Bill Cosby has chuckled his way deep into the psyche of the past two generations of Americans. A well-rounded family man, the comic has always drawn inspiration…
Make the best of hump day with an international selection of wines and low-priced tapas at the Wine Shoppe, where Wednesday, May 18, and every Wednesday beginning at 5:30 p.m., the Miami purveyor of fine wine and gourmet foods gives reason to celebrate getting halfway through the workweek. Nibble on…
In the olden days—you know, several million years ago—a cheap date was hanging out on the front porch, drinking lemonade and dreaming about getting to third base. Nowadays you probably can’t afford a real front porch, but a (relatively) cheap date can still be had at 660 at the Angler’s,…
Ever been inspired to creepily peer over the fence to check out the lives of your neighbors? Maybe you caught them in a tiff during an afternoon barbecue or cheating on each other in the shrubbery on New Year’s Eve. But there’s really no need to stoop to peeping in…
Choreographer, director, and all-around multimedia artist Yara Travieso got her start dancing here relatively late, at age 13, and not in the usual realms of jazz, modern, or ballet. Rather, the self-described “super-sassy” teen was drawn instead to the flamboyance of flamenco. And though she later attended the New World…
Miami Beach Exxxotica is so close you can practically taste it (we don’t mean that literally, you pervs!) But if you’re having trouble keeping it in your pants till then Bad Girl Miami’s Erica Lynne, who we’ve already reported heavily on, is going to make the wait a little easier,…
Otto von Schirach has a dinner date. But there’s nothing to eat. Lightbulb. Otto gets an idea. In a laboratory, complete with smoking beakers, styling lab coats, and a shitload of equipment, the musician decides to concoct an intergalactic eel. Yes, an eel, a slimy disgusting animated eel, made out…
Women all over the country are packing their batteries, toys, and bathing suits for this year’s Aqua Girl. Party after party of lesbian, bisexual, and trans women celebrate their right to get it on right here in Miami and Miami Beach. Start practicing your “inconspicuous hotel key pass” because women…
Sam Shepard and Patti Smith performed Cowboy Mouth back in 1971. The play follows two sad sacks, Cavale and Slim. She’s kidnapped him at gunpoint in order to make him a rock ‘n’ roll star, but they’re just wasting away in a messy room. Sounds like college a little, no?This…
From blood-soaked slasher flicks to spine tingling paranormal feats, scary movies rip at our souls. It’s the thrill, the unanswered questions, the taboo, the unknown angst that makes us shudder, yet yearn for more. And that’s what makes the genre special- what breathes new life into it. Horror hits a…
It’s awards season around the New Times offices. We’re burning neurons on the Best of Miami issue, on newsstands this June. And as we can already hear your bitchin’ that our winners are random/esoteric/dumb, we’d like to remind everyone that there are dozens and dozens of Best of awards that…
Fashion Breakdown: Hat and shoes by Nine West, dress by INC, bag by Elie Tahari, ring by David Yurman, cuff was a gift, and nail polish Sally Hensen…
Bridesmaids, which opens this weekend, is a high-profile test case. Directed by Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks creator), it’s the first female-fronted comedy produced by Hollywood kingpin Judd Apatow, who has weathered criticism in the past for his brand’s dude-centric point of view. It’s also built around the talents of…
Happiness during bumper-to-bumper, rush-hour traffic on I-95? It’s a lofty, unlikely goal, but one that Argentine street artist Sonni gladly took up during Art Basel 2010. Tasked with turning an abandoned warehouse on NW 6th Avenue and NW 23rd Street into a giant mural to be seen from the highway,…
The instant the statuesque bombshell made her move from posing for the camera to joining the ranks of professional photographers, Bunny Yeager’s male counterparts were left slavering over her natural talents. Yeager, already South Florida’s most photographed model during the late ’40s, knew how to pose a woman better than…
One of the few justifiable recent excursions into 3-D, Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams, which opens at Coral Gables Art Cinema, documents a secret wonder of the world, the Chauvet cave–a subterranean gallery of 300 animal images discovered in 1994 in the South of France.Twice as old as the…
You know you’ve got back when your ass has its own web site. That’s basically how SuperStarXXX, or Star, got started in the porn industry. Her derriere had so many admirers on AdultSpace and the archaic MySpace that Star decided to start up a web site for her fans.”I knew…
We have been shaking in anticipation of Reggie Watts’s performance at the Light Box at Goldman Warehouse this Thursday and Friday. Intersecting the worlds of music and comedy, Watts is truly unlike any “musical comedian” who has come before him. Using his loop petal, Watts completely improvises every performance brilliantly,…
Of all of Alfred Hitchcock’s films, his 1935 classic The 39 Steps would probably be the most difficult to bring to the theater stage. Yet that is exactly what the Actors’ Playhouse is doing by presenting one of Hitch’s first masterpieces. It’s a spy thriller that has it all: murder,…
Forget Starbucks sales. One economic indicator that the economy is actually recovering is the number of ambitious, unreasonable, and expensive design projects popping up. Miami has a history of such lofty projects from tropical ski slops and spinning skyscrapers to the recent sovereign floating island. The ocean must be the…
