Plenty of Miamians badmouth the city’s putrid local music scene (oops, there we go again). But South Florida Bluegrass Association, which holds monthly concerts, has played music in the backwoods of Miami-Dade for a third of a century. Badass bluegrass, in the form of banjos, fiddles, mandolins, and upright basses,…
Have you heard of the hottest new club in Miami? It has everything: schizos, kite enthusiasts, an entire room of high-diving Muppets, and human backpacks (you know, short people who climb on your back and hold your drink and purse). Competition among Magic City nightclubs is pretty stiff, and now…
George Lopez is a successful Mexican-American comedian and actor with his own late-night talk show on TBS. But his most outstanding talent is an understanding of the nuances of race relations. “When white people get E. coli, the whole world fucking stops. ‘I have E. coli. I couldn’t go to…
If you see bumper-to-bumper traffic on Tamiami Trail heading to the Everglades, it’s because author Karen Russell has made our mucky, inhabitable frontier seem like a thrilling carnival ride. Her debut novel Swamplandia! follows the Bigtree gator-wrestling dynasty in a mythic version of the river of grass. Orphaned by cancer…
In a culture where unconventional families have become utterly conventional, The Other Woman inspects the idiosyncrasies and repercussions of one modern, improvised union. Natalie Portman plays Emelia, a recent Harvard Law graduate who falls in love with and soon marries her boss Jack (Scott Cohen), an already-married father of one…
Kids today want to be rap stars, but back in the ’60s, it was rock and roll that beat in the hearts of bored teens. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons personify mid-century rock’s rebellious spirit, which inspired American teens to morph from straight-laced innocents to love-struck badasses. The group’s…
Some musicians are known for their instrumental genius, others for their interesting voices. T-Pain is famous for taking a cue from Cher and bringing Auto-Tune to radio stations all over the nation. Not that we mean to disrespect a man once known as Tallahassee Pain (yes, he’s a Floridian). We…
Long before Pam Anderson bounced down the beach in Baywatch, the original purveyors of jiggle TV were filming beautiful women running in Charlie’s Angels. And as bouncing bossoms never really go out of style, the lady crime fighter series is currently being remade by ABC. This time, however, the drama’s…
The 35th annual Carbonell Awards nominations were announced today. And while the big news is that Actors’ Playhouse and GableStage garnered the most nominations, the bigger news is that Actors’ Playhouse’s production of Miss Saigon earned 11 nominations. It’s the South Florida theater scene’s Avatar! Only without the cartoonish plot…
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.12. Beatriz MonteavaroThis Hialeah home girl rocked out to Kiss and the Go-Gos while her age still registered as a single digit. “My musical interests…
Listen. We get it. The Coconut Grove Arts Festival, though it has a long history (48 years), is not exactly Art Basel. It’s more about the arepas and Budweisers than fine art. The real talent is walking down the street more than inside any art booth. But still, organizers might…
IBM’s Jeopardy! playing super computer Watson has had us glued to the TV screen the past few evenings. We are drawn out of curiosity: we wanted to see if human contestants can beat a computer and if this is what finally pushes Jeopardy past the Wheel of Fortune in the…
Attention nerds: The Wizard World Miami Comic Con is going down February 26 and 27 at the Miami Airport Convention Center. For fans of comic books, sci-fi, professional wrestling, and all sorts of other guilty pleasures, it’s an opportunity to step out of the proverbial nerd closet and openly embrace…
Fashion Breakdown: He: Shit Burberry, jeans Levis, shoes Chucks, watch Swatch, eyewear Raybans. She: Bag Dooney & Bourke “Scottie”, Raph Lauren Top, jeans not sure, shoes Urban Outtfitters, earrings Antique Shop in West Palm, sunglasses Forever 21, ring a true antique from the turn of the century…
The 135th Annual Westminster Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show is being held today, and in case you’ve been living under a rock or never bothered to watch any of Christopher Guest’s mockumentaries, it’s a two-day, all-breed poochpoloza held at Madison Square Garden, showing off the best in each breed.Sure,…
According to the Bruce Weber-penned obit in this morning’s New York Times, the “Trash Film King,” producer David F. Friedman, died yesterday on Valentine’s Day. Horror fans are wringing their ketchup-soaked hands as Friedman and director Herschell Gordon Lewis created the first ever splatter film, Blood Feast, filmed and set…
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.13. Timothy BuwaldaSpending his youth in Christian schools deeply impacted the philosophies of artist Timothy Buwalda. “This was a very Dutch Calvinist childhood, based on…
If you are lucky enough to have the sensational and spicy LOGO TV channel on your television set, the show to watch on Monday nights is Ru Paul’s Drag Race. Now in its third season, the show combines creativity, artistic expression, personality, and comedy. It puts all other competition reality…
Remember Andrew Dice Clay? No? C’mon! You know, the Dice Man — he’s the Brooklyn Jew who dresses like Mr. T except with the gall to wear sunglasses indoors. He was the only comedian in history to sell out Madison Square Garden two nights in a row! And he’s got…
At the 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…
It’s Valentine’s Day. Who cares? Sure, we guess a lot of sappy couples who have been hoodwinked by corporate America must give a fuck, but what about those of us who have been recently dumped, cheated on, trifled with, and otherwise shit upon? Exactly. We’re not really in the mood…
“You ever been to Pleasure Island? I hear its a swell joint. No school, no cops, you can tear the place apart and nobody says a word. Plenty to eat, plenty to drink, and it’s all free…”- Lampwick in the Disney cartoon movie PinnochioWynwood at a fever pitch feels like…
