Arts & Culture

Miami art this week: Man Ray, Roberto Matta, and Wifredo Lam

It’s one of the biggest food and wine events of the year, the 17th annual Bali Ha’i at the Kampong at Coconut Grove’s Tropical Botanical Garden. Set for Sunday, the bash features edibles from more than 30 of South Florida’s best restaurants (among them Azul, 1500 Degrees, Michy’s and Nobu),…

Cool nights and hot jazz, plus World Tapas from Delicias Del Mundo, will share space with more than 1,000 rare and exotic tropical plants on Saturdayat the coming Jazz at Pinecrest Gardens. Director, arranger and composer Stephen Guerra brings his 16-piece big band to the event, which begins at 6:30…

A walk past the boutiques on Ocean Drive would lead anyone to believe South Beach fashion is represented by mannequins with triple-D implants donning jewel-encrusted Lycra covered in glitter vomit. But lest we give up and relegate ourselves to the back of the (Brazilian stretchy jeans sale) line, Funkshion: Fashion…

Comparisons between Gabrielle Hamilton’s acclaimed food memoir Blood, Bones, & Butter and Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential are easy to make. Both contain the seedy underbelly of a gourmand’s life, from maggots in the kitchen to the chef’s predication for a white powder that is not flour or sugar. Like Bourdain,…

Though Murs got his start in L.A. in the early ’90s, his message has always been anti-gangster, thumbing his nose at the violent outlook of gansta rap over beats that are just as infectious. His delivery is strong, clear, and honest, whether he’s making social commentary about race and violence,…

This weekend, you’ll have the chance to shoot everyone on South Beach. Slow down, NRA members — we’re not talking to you, but to all the shutterbugs out there. This Sunday marks the seventh annual South Beach Photomarathon, where folks are invited to scour the streets for compelling visuals and…

Oye, Miami. The Bird Road Art Walk is back again, and you’re invited to eat, drink, and tour the working studios of Southwest Dade’s artists. Luis Fuentes says, “There’s something very Cuban, very Latin, about papier-mâché. I’ve got a new sculpture called Twisted Café, a big Cuban coffee pot that…

Sure, the Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo begins a couple of days earlier and has farm animals and contests. But really, it can’t hold a steer to the Miami International Agriculture and Cattle Show at the Ronald Reagan Equestrian Center at Tropical Park . The show is like the major…

If the Denver Nuggets seem eerily familiar to Miami Heat fans, it’s because half the team used to play for the New York Knicks. Just shy of a month ago, the Nuggets traded star forward Carmelo Anthony to New York in exchange for a bounty of good, but not great,…

Since Art Basel Miami Beach launched in 2002, the Magic City art scene has exploded. There’s a Cuban art scene in Little Havana and an artistic renaissance in Coconut Grove. But just north of downtown, local art and culture have been steadily pushed aside by dealers and hipsters flocking to…

Leave it to the French to bring their stylized filmmaking to the online gaming world. In Black Heaven, directed and written by Gilles Marchand, 21st-century gamers are not nerdy. They’re cool and sexy — kind of like the film. The movie begins with a doughy teenage couple answering a call…

Ever been to a big music festival and after hours of booze, junk food, and blazing sun, felt like you needed to get your chi in check? In the past, you might have drunkenly laid atop a tie-dyed blanket hoping to savasana your way back to sanity. But at this…

It’s easy to mock the world of professional modeling from behind the comfort of our laptop screens and the forgiving waistbands of PajamaJeans. (Pass that bag of Late Night All Nighter Cheeseburger Doritos, please.) But every day, professional clothes hangers, we mean models, must face grueling denial, physical fatigue, and…

Remember munching on turkey legs and elephant ears while waiting in line for the Doppel Looping? Remember trying to make out while spinning in the Gravitron? The Dade County Youth Fair was a rite of passage for kids the county over. Every spring, the fairgrounds at Tamiami Park became Disney…

You love your brother. He’s your best bud. Your bond is thicker than blood. You and your brother are like two peas in a pod. And then the inevitable happens. Your brother gets a girlfriend. And not just any girlfriend — “the one.” Soon enough, she’s included in the activities…

President Reagan had his picture snapped at Vizcaya, as did Pope John Paul II. The grand old manse has made cameo appearances in movies such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Money Pit and in the photo albums of giddy newlyweds and quinceañeras. “When people seek a theatrical setting…

Drink your art at Miami’s Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, where the street artists who helped create the artsy restaurant’s interior and outdoor murals have inspired a new array of equally artful cocktails like the David Ellis (151 liquor, squid ink, hot sauce, olive brine and horseradish). On second thought, maybe…

Add a little spice to your life (and maybe your sex life too) at the new “Indian Nights” dinners taking place every Thursday at Café Sambal at Miami’s posh Mandarin Oriental. Guest chef Jayaseelan Mariadoss will be serving a family style meal made up of dishes for all over the…

If there’s one upside to the Winter Music Conference/Ultra Music Festival split, it’s that instead of one week of solid partying, Miami now gets two. The constant hangovers will be rough, but that’s why we have children later in life, no? And just as you were coming down from your…

For the second year, the Bicycle Film Festival, running this Thursday through Sunday, screens fast-paced and intelligent cycling flicks in Miami. After getting hit by a New York City bus while on his bike, founding director Brendt Barbur decided to do something positive for cyclists and created the festival. And,…