You snooze, you lose, right? Well, not in the case of the The Red Thread, a new production opening at the kid-friendly PlayGround Theatre. When artistic director Stephanie Ansin snoozes, she creates. She wrote The Red Thread after Fernando Calzadilla, co-writer and production designer of the play, read to her…
As kids, we dreamed about swinging on a trapeze and twirling through the air from the minute we showed up at the circus until leaving the big top. As adults, we’ve accepted that we have to forget about such silly pursuits. But as it turns out, we still have a…
Florida International University has helped produce so many art stars that it makes sense to bring the talented alumni back. In his Aesthetics & Values seminar, professor John Bailly shows non-art majors how to curate their own exhibitions. This year, the young scholars worked with big names in the biz…
When we last reviewed Agustin Bejarano’s work in May of 2007 at a show titled “Rites of Silence” at Wynwood’s Pan American Art Projects, many of his paintings depicted a solitary figure riding on horseback into a desolate landscape or clinging for his life on a capsized dinghy.In some of…
P. Scott Cunningham is the founder of the University of Wynwood and, with a little help from his friends, is launching the first-annual O, Miami poetry festival this month. O, Miami’s goal is simple: to poetry bomb the entirety of Miami-Dade county’s roughly 2.5 million inhabitants every day for the…
Our options for affordable books are disappearing faster than publishers’ willingness to print them. It’s hard enough to find bookstore in some parts of the county, but now Borders is bankrupt and who knows how much longer Barnes and Noble can stay out of the red? The options for cheap…
Last night’s 90 minute season finale of the Real Housewives of Miami begins with a glimpse of Elsa’s fabulous purple socks which temporarily blinds us with their utter awesomeness. Then we move into a scene where Cristy claims that Adrianna is an attention whore when Adrianna takes the attention away…
Malibu’s most wanted, Jamie Kennedy, loves the 305. And on Friday, the veteran comic kicks off a three-day, five-show engagement at the Miami Improv. He’s out supporting his latest Showtime comedy special, Jamie Kennedy’s Uncomfortable, but promises fans at the Miami shows will get to hear new material. “(The special’s)…
Words & Wine, one of Miami’s strongest weekly poetry and artist gatherings, is back on at the American Legion following a two-week hiatus. Organizer and founding poet Nikki Rodriguez confirmed that the open microphone is staying put. “We considered other venues, but in the end, we really wanted to stay…
What exactly is an X-Factor? An unknown factor in our algebra II class that was only slightly less infuriating than y? The spot on a map where a pirate’s booty is buried? An element a starlet has to take into consideration before dating John Mayer? Or is it something that…
Ultra is a post-apocalyptic world where a bottle of water costs more than a gallon of gas, grass is scarce, and everyone is fenced inside a city. Not only are there no responsibilities, there’s no judgment, which means you can dress however the freak you want. When you are under…
We l-o-v-e Kathy Griffin, we mean it. We have loved that tiny little ginger through it all. We loved Griffin pre-nose job when she was occasionally on Seinfield. Even Suddenly Susan, The Mole, Celebrity Mole and yep, even when she told Jesus to suck it, we adored her and even…
Whether you spent your teen years applying mascara only to cry it off or boozed it up with cheerleaders, everyone loves talking about their youth. Those transformative years may not have been a ball, but it’s fun to complain or reminisce about them. If you grew up in Miami in…
Since the beginning of civilization, every culture has exhibited ways of keeping alive the memory of the dead. The ancient Egyptians believed that statues of the dead, once animated through ritual breathing, could appear at various locations. Other cultures created wax or plaster death masks and displayed portraits of the…
Have you ever dreamed of popping your junk to live performances by Dionne Warwick, Pharrell Williams, and Pittbull’s “Gasolina”? All while wearing seven different layers of clothing including a pair of Tinkerbell wings you’ve awkwardly wrapped around your chest in an artsy-attempt at makeshift shall? And have you ever dreamed…
Don’t look a gift-Frost in the mouth. We understand. Still, news of Phillip and Patricia Frost’s latest multi-million donation –$35 million to the future Miami Science Museum at Bicentennial Park — got us thinking. Where else could Miami’s most giving couple drop some of their endless ducats? We don’t presume…
Stop the presses: Lady Gaga went shopping on Lincoln Road yesterday. (And you thought the big news of the day was the passing of the U.S.’s first female vice presidential candidate, Geraldine Ferraro.) We don’t 100% believe that this understated lady with over-processed blond hair is actually the fame monster…
From dancing dildos to swollen scrotums, from scrapping artists to vandalized paintings, not to mention truly thought-provoking artwork, this year’s ArteAmericas is turning out to be the most memorable ever.By mid-afternoon, Convention Center security and Miami Beach cops stood at the Miami Art Museum booth, examining four canvases by Miami…
Trend alert! Faux movie trailers. We’re hooked. Last week we pointed to SXSW’s film bumper Super Mario Bros., a Nintendo adaptation that looked like it was directed by Miranda July. This morning, we’ve spotted a movie trailer for Angry Birds the movie – if it were directed by Michael Bay…
In Insidious, which opens this weekend, there is a great deal of prowling motion: a recurring sideways dolly outside an ominous house, a trench-coat-clad cacodemon pacing outside a second-story window. It’s the restless motion of a movie stalking its prey–you, dear viewer. A married couple, Josh and Renai (Patrick Wilson…
With all the parades, protests, rallies, and new legislation, we’re sure you’re quite aware that it’s still Women’s History Month, right? While this year’s theme is Our History Is Our Strength, this mural reminded us we could also go old-school and find lady power via swords, hemlets, and claymores (not…
Artist Antonia Wright recently participated in the Florida International University Honors College’s “Aesthetics & Values” exhibition. She found it to be a “phenomenal experience.” The students, none of which are art majors, curated a show which is currently up at FIU’s Frost Art Museum. Wright enjoyed working with the students…
