DJ Eli-J Suspended in Gaultier and Y-3
Fashion Breakdown: Hat bought at a $.99 store, red suspenders from vintage store, gray button-up shirt from J. Lindeberg, the chain was a gift, Gaultier pants, and Y-3 boots…
Arts & Culture
Showing 18437 - 18458 of 33074Tonight: Project Nim Monkeys Around at MIFF
In his latest documentary, Project Nim, Academy Award-winning director James Marsh traces the extraordinary journey of a chimpanzee raised as a human. The project was the brainchild of Columbia University professor Herbert Terrance, who named the chimp Nim Chimpsky (a playful take on linguist and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky) in…
Tonight: MIFF’s Small Town Murder Songs at Regal Cinemas
Peter Stormare turns in a subdued but outstanding performance as a small-town police chief with a shady past in director Ed Gass-Donnelly’s Gothic character sketch Small Town Murder Songs. You might remember Stormare as the nihilist with a ferret in The Big Lebowski (“We belief in no-zing, Lebowski!”) or as…
Jersey Boys Is “Quite Alright” at Arsht Center
It’s easy to dismiss Jersey Boys as another glossed-over Broadway musical dressed as one of those oldies revivals your parents or grandparents go to. But the show, which opened last night to a packed house at the Arsht Center, has been a huge success since it opened on Broadway in…
Wanda Sykes Had an Off, Unfunny Night at the Fillmore Miami Beach
Oh, Wanda. What can I say? Or, better yet, how can I say it nicely? Last night at the Fillmore Miami Beach, you strutted out on stage, all Saturday Night Fever style, decked out in all white and beaming with confidence. The audience wanted to smother you in adoration. Why…
Teo Castellanos Brings Zen Beats to Focus on World Hunger at Miami Made Weekend
If you’ve been keeping up with Teo Castellanos, “zen” might not be the first word that comes to mind. His solo show NE Second Avenue had nine characters, each a distinct representation of the funky rhythm that is Miami. His last ensemble work, “Scratch and Burn” featured explosive b-boys who…
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Why We Lied to You in Our 100 Creatives
To paraphrase that ray of sunshine Ayn Rand, art is too serious to be taken so seriously. Which is why Devon Lee, who holds the number one spot in our 100 Creatives, is a complete fabrication. We feel the need to confess this in case you were fooled by her…
Beautiful Victims Haunt Liony Garcia’s Clandestine at Miami Made Weekend
A recent graduate of New World School of the Arts, Liony Garcia is a young choreographer with decadent, old-world obsessions. Like Italian giallo cinema, that sexy, creepy genre where masked men wield knives in gloved hand to bloody beautiful young women in black lace. “Giallo is the equivalent of slasher…
Tonight: Chico & Rita Opens Miami International Film Festival
The opening night feature of any film festival is always a good gauge of how the rest of the fest will go, and MIFF could not have chosen a better film to kick things off this year. Chico & Rita marks the first time the festival opens with an animated…
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FLEA Ensemble Makes Wolfsonian Collection into Speakers for Rainforest IV
Imagine walking into a museum and, of all things, a gas mask starts playing music at you. A little creepy? Yes. Totally smart? Yes! There will be a speaker gas mask and other mundane objects transmitting sounds at the Wolfsonian Museum on Miami Beach when Florida International University’s Laptop & Electronic…
Is This the Most Culture-Filled Weekend Since Art Basel? Yes. Here’s a Cheat Sheet
As your New Times calendar editor, it is my duty to implore you to get out this weekend and enjoy your city. There are so many festivals and special events going on, this weekend makes Art Basel look like a wimpy warm-up. Why event organizers couldn’t spread all this goodness…
Ten Things That Pissed Adam Carolla Off at the Colony Theatre
Adam Carolla is an entertaining radio and talk show host. His professional past, from Loveline, through The Man Show, and all the way up to his current, enormously popular podcast, is testament to that. In all of these projects, he’s shown serious on-the-fly wit, doing his best when paired with…
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Microphone Producer Mo Hefzy Talks Art and Politics in Egypt
Award-winning Egyptian film Microphone explores the Alexandria art scene through the story of one man, Khaled, who’s returned home after many years away. It screens in the World Competition program at this year’s Miami International Film Festival. The film received Best Arabic Language Film Award from the Cairo International Film Festival and the…
Jennifer in Louboutin to Vuitton
Fashion Breakdown: Ozcar G hat, Tadashi dress, Christian Louboutin shoes, Louis Vuitton bag, and Cartier watch…
Blood, Guts, and Bodies: Zombie Extras Needed for Play Dead Shoot Tonight
Last week you learned how to play the living dead from the experts, so tonight it’s your chance to show the world what you can zombie with the best of them. On film no less. The Meza-Valdes Brothers are filming the big zombie scene for their upcoming film Play Dead…
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Five Ways Facebook Will Get You Divorced
Keeping in touch with old friends, networking, sharing with family — all are excuses for people to keep running to check their newsfeed every 15 minutes. Since the explosion of Facebook in 2004, the site has grown to include over 500 million users. People from different sides of the globe…
Beastly Author Alix Flinn Talks Teenybopper Movies, Video Games, and Mary-Kate Olsen
Beastly, the latest take on classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast, opens at theaters across the country tomorrow and has all the makings of being this year’s first teenybopper mega hit – hunky dude (who gets ugly), a High School Musical Star (Vanessa Hudgens), and even an Olsen twin. Ordinarily,…
An Open Letter to Hialeah: How to Defend Yourself Against Real Housewives
Hey Hialeah, We know you’re proud. We get it. And you have every right to be, but here’s an idea: If you’re going to defend yourself against a classless comment made by a cast member on The Real Housewives of Miami, maybe you should do it with class.This morning, on…
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Miami Beach Fashion Week Struts Down South Beach Runway
The hills are alive with the sound of… fashion? OK, so there may not be any hills around South Beach, but starting today, there’ll be plenty of fashion talk in the air as Miami Beach International Fashion Week (MBIFW) rolls into town with a plethora of events at the Miami Beach Convention Center…
1. Devon Lee
Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.1. Devon LeeDevon Lee is a Trinidad-born artist who creates visually explosive work inspired by the Internet. After moving to unincorporated Dade in the summer…
Summer Hill Seven Presents Lynch-Themed Poemedy at Miami Made Weekend
You might catch Summer Hill Seven bobbing his head to some hip-hop track one second and reciting a Shakespearean monologue the next. He keeps his urban sensibilities intact while expanding his mind and his repertoire. “All those plays that we lovingly refer to as the ‘dead white men plays –…
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Ten Things Pets Would Do If They Had Thumbs (PHOTOS)
Why do we love Dogs Playing Poker and Spaghetti Cat? Because we think it’s funny when inferior animals try to mimic our superior human ways. Especially when they’re trying to do things that require a thumb — which only us, the mighty homo sapiens (and okay, maybe another smelly primate…