Can we bitch for a minute? Seeing movies at multiplexes like Aventura and Lincoln Road is about as enjoyable as air travel. They move us like cattle through roped lines and mega escalators. We half expect them to make us take off our shoes at some point and start touching…
For Robert Battle, artistic director designate of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (he takes the reins in July), Miami isn’t just another stop on the company’s 24-city national tour. It’s home. And starting tonight at 8 p.m. at the Ziff Ballet Opera House you’ll be able to witness his return…
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.11. Andres and Diego Meza-Valdes Miami has its very own version of the Coen and Wachowski brothers, except the Meza-Valdes brothers are more interested in…
Miami has given burlesque a bit of a bad name. So thinks Erika Moon, who has arrived from France to show us a thing or two about how it’s done in a “classy, elegant way,” she says. Moon is inaugurating the Evolution of Burlesque tonight and Friday at the Colony…
In part I of our interview with Andrew Dice Clay, the comedian managed to come across like an egotistical sexist pig who won’t mellow out for anybody. Part II is filled with even more diatribes. Luckily, Clay isn’t afraid to throw a few fellow comedians under his Ford Fairlane or…
Sure, this upcoming March you can giggle at the fluorescent ecstasy-influenced ensembles that sweep across the beach during Winter Music Conference. And you can secretly snicker at the snooty truffle-oil-and-saffron sect with their fancy palates and out-of-state license plates as they throw down ridiculous amounts of flow during the South…
We know that Christmas morning (or perhaps the first night of Hanukkah) comes every year. But for some reason, that special day still feels more special than the year before. For us, that is what it feels like every time we turn on a new episode of any Real Housewives…
Attention nerds, Wizard World Miami Comic Con is coming to Miami Airport Convention Center this weekend. For fans of sci-fi television and film, Comic Con is an opportunity to step out of the proverbial nerd closet and openly embrace your inner-nerd. The headliner, Adam West, the actor who played Batman…
At Lowe Art Museum, a winning trifecta delivers a bit of everything from the relationship between art and politics across the ages to a retrospective of Cuban painter Rafael Soriano to a compelling slice of Americana by photographer Frank Paulin. Curated by students and faculty of University of Miami’s museum…
To age brutishly is Liam Neeson’s apparent career goal — with Taken, Clash of the Titans, The A-Team, and now Unknown, the actor continues to follow the Nicolas Cage path from respected thespian to big-budget ass-kicker. In this tepid thriller from Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan), Neeson is Dr. Martin Harris, who,…
Bhutto111 minutes. Not rated. 7 p.m. Friday, February 18 through February 20, at Bill Cosford Cinema, 1111 Memorial Dr., Coral Gables; 305-284-4861; cosfordcinema.com. Tickets cost $9 general admission, $7 for seniors, students, and UM alumni and employees, and are free for UM students.Duane Baughman’s nonfiction film pays reverential tribute to…
Two Comedies (The Pattern and The Problem)By Brian Harris and A.R. Gurney. Through February 19 at Edge Theatre, 4141 NE Second Ave., Miami; 305-316-5221. Tickets cost $10-$20.In a not-so-coincidental kick in the pants of the Twilight series of books and films, The Pattern, written by Brian Harris, tells the tale…
It’s that time of year again! You know, when you cross MacArthur Causeway and immediately start drooling like Pavlov’s mutts for no apparent reason. Oh, that’s right. Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival is coming to town this Thursday through Sunday ready to rock the palates of culinary…
It’s that time of year again! You know, when you cross MacArthur Causeway and immediately start drooling like Pavlov’s mutts for no apparent reason. Oh, that’s right. Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival is coming to town this Thursday through Sunday ready to rock the palates of culinary…
Comedian Doug Benson has a beard, smokes lots of weed (he even starred in Super High Me), and sits on a throne while interrupting people in the TV show The Benson Interruption. Sounds like a charmer, huh? Well, he kind of is. Just check out some of his Tweets: “They…
The Romani people are a fairly misunderstood culture, shrouded in myth, a semi-self-imposed isolationism, and secrecy. But you wouldn’t know that listening to Gipsy Kings. There’s nothing secret about those salsa rhythms bubbling over with rumba and funk, making bones rattle with pulsating dance vibrations. If you don’t know the…
There are three reasons to watch the Oscars this year: First, there’s a good chance James Franco, who cohosts with Anne Hathaway, might get weird. The actor is part of a performance art duo that includes Kalup Linzy, who dresses in drag and sings love ballads while Franco barks muddled…
Miami sports fans feud with New York sports fans for good reason: Big Apple fans are obnoxious, they infest our stadiums, and Yankees aside, their teams are rarely even good. And after a few years of dormancy, the rivalry has picked up lately, and it hasn’t been too bad for…
Unlike team sports, boxing doesn’t lend itself to the fantasy-sports craze. After all, it’s hard to generate statistics — the bread and butter of the fantasy industry — if each fighter has only a couple matches a year. That may be where the newly formed World Series of Boxing (WSB)…
DJ Heavygrinder is a sexy Japanese schoolgirl who loves Cannibal Corpse, house music, and making people dance (in blood up to their ankles). She’s played in cities from Atlanta to Ibiza, and this Saturday, the L.A. party girl will be one of 60 performers at Spirit of Sound Gathering: Pisces…
Parents get plenty of mileage out of blaming their behavior on kids. Your local cineplex is overrun by non-kiddies enthralled with Shrek’s latest adventure under the guise of spending quality time with the young’uns. Likewise, droves of moms, dads, and child-free adults will flock to Arsht Center this weekend when…
We’re not saying heavy metal is the devil’s music, but if Satan doesn’t have a Pantera tape or two in his boombox, then the world’s really gone to hell. And if your feet feel like they’re already on fire, conquer your destiny this Saturday at the fourth annual Kryptonite Metal…
