When done right, tattoos are an ancient art form, which can display personality, beauty, passion, and experiences. They can have deep meaning and show a person’s style and expression. And they’re not just for bad-asses anymore. And as the body art peaks in popularity, there are bound to be some…
Andy Cohen’s got the 411. But come April 16th, he’ll also have the 305 when he acts as the Grand Marshal of the Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade and Festival. And in case you’ve already written Cohen off as nothing more than an overly happy, cross-eyed referee for dueling Housewife…
Fashion Breakdown: Floral dress from Urban Outfitters, purse from Steve Maden, boots from thrift store in NYC, and black bow on hair from American Apparel. …
Say it three times fast: Borscht at Dorsch, Borscht at Dorsch, Borscht at Dorsch. Not easy, right? When Miami-centric independent film festival Borscht and Wynwood’s Dorsch Gallery came together to work on a creative project, a divine tongue-tying name was also born. Borscht @ Dorsch is a many layered and unusual collaboration, with a quirky concept…
Two babies cry: one after emerging from a gaping vagina in a hospital, the other a disproportionately large baby mask perched atop a slender 26-year-old woman with chipped pink nails. These are the lasting images after our sneak peak of Jillian Mayer’s “Family Matters,” at David Castillo Gallery. As the…
Holy K-Y Jelly! Joe Eszterhas, the William Fuckner of Hollywood scriptwriting responsible for such sex and camp thrillers as Basic Instinct, Sliver, Jade, and, of course, Showgirls, is back. And his return from abstinence (at least in screenwriting) involves the Magic City as the setting for his next lurid story,…
It’s just before eight o’clock when the creepy, atmospheric music begins echoing up through four stories of darkness. The only sign of life on display inside the Moore building is a young man slumped silently against a pillar. A projector throws yellow light on a blank wall behind him.Suddenly, a…
X-Ray vision. Super-human strength. The ability to read minds. Flying. And, the power to become invisible (especially, in the middle of tax season). We all wish we had superpowers. But we don’t. And that sucks. Like any adolescent geek into comic books and superheroes, Cultist feels your pain. We figure…
Myth, magic, and super powers collided at last night’s production of The Sparrow, which opened at the Arsht Center’s Carnival Studio Theater.The House Theatre of Chicago brought their show (which debuted in 2007) to Miami for a month-long run, and it’s probably the most original production seen on the South…
Tom Hollingworth, his wife, and two kids are about to launch a trip across the continent on a retro-fitted Greyhound fueled by solar power and vegetable waste. And Miami’s art community is sending them off with a carnival fundraiser.Hollingworth, the founder and editor of ARTLURKER, plans to travel from hamlet…
True story: Type “Miami is” into Google and the site’s auto complete function comes up with “Miami is a shithole” and “Miami is a third world country.” Jerks. The site’s auto complete function reflects the most common search terms. So we if we can convince you, Cultist’s legions of readers,…
Agustina Woodgate works with some pretty peculiar materials. “Collectivism,” her fourth solo show with Spinello Projects, includes unusual uses of human hair and the fur of stuffed animals — specifically, animal rugs made of stuffed animal skin, and pictures made with human hair.Woodgate told us, “I am using material people…
If you don’t own a Gold Saturn drug-happy graphic T-shirt (prescription pills in the shape of a peace sign, happy face with weed eyes, pills in the shape of a skull wearing neon green sunglasses) or a turban-and-headband hybrid (the turband) you’re way behind on your trend-hunting. Well, two years…
Kiliwatch Miami: This Design District store is like a mega-fashionista heaven from Paris. With an avant-garde sense of style (at least for Miami’s typical boutique) and French owners, Kiliwatch (38198 NE Second Ave., Miami) is its own breed. It’s a lifestyle concept store managed by owners and siblings Alban and…
This weekend’s Second Saturday Art Walk boasts robot death matches, art made from bodily waste, stuffed toy animal pelts, an exhibit inspired by Bolivian flea markets, and another featuring the works of an artist inspired by her ideas of family and home.You’ll also find a mysterious couple pledging their eternal…
Fashion Breakdown: Earrings Hope Fashion in Wynwood, top J. Crew, belt vintage snake, bag miu miu water snake, shoes reptile skin Balenciaga, skirt BCBG, bracelet bought in Colombia S.A., nails by essie called Hot Pants, and hair by Sheenon Olson at Oribe Salon…
Matt Lauer leaving The Today Show. Katie Couric saying goodbye to CBS Evening News. Oprah ditching her show later this year. What’s going on? How will we ever recover without those familiar faces spewing useless news at us during the morning, afternoon, and night. Eh, we’ll get over it. Miamians…
GableStage’s disturbing and fascinating Blasted swept up five bronze rings this week at the 35th Annual Carbonell Awards held at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.Sarah Kane’s polarizing play that features rape scenes and dead babies picked up awards for Best Director (Joseph Adler), Best Production, Best Scenic Design…
Today is International Beaver Day! And what does that mean? Who cares! As soon as we saw the term “International Beaver Day” we automatically chuckled like Beavis and Butthead because, heh, beavers are a small furry mammal, heh, forever associated with a chick’s heheheheh, uh, Metallica rocks! Heheh. And why…
Remember that old joke in the ’70s and ’80s? That after dinner, families brought out slides from boring vacations, and folks were forced to look at 500 photos of sunburns, ski trails, car rides. We were all documentarians of the mundane.But as The Smiths would say, “that joke isn’t funny…
The New Times sure does write a lot about the Borscht Film Festival. We’ve given them cash money, triple coverage, and more words than a Scrabble factory.But think of what they’ve done for us. Their movement represents more than a single night of local independent film per year. Borscht is…
We’ve just spied the latest trend for Quinceaneras (at least in banquet halls in Dallas and Houston): Dance crews in Mexican pointy boots getting down to tribal music. As the name implies, these kicks come to an exaggerated point and can stick out as far as seven feet. In the…
