What happens when a love-crazed Miami club promoter spends a few days in Las Vegas, hits a small jackpot in a roulette table, and then ties the knot at a kitschy wedding chapel complete with an Elvis-impersonator minister? For Oski Gonzalez, Tobacco Road’s resident DJ and head promoter, that wild…
Miami City Ballet’s Program III will deliver tragedy, comedy, and romance — in pointe shoes, dress shoes, high heels, and even bare feet. This installment of the company’s 25th anniversary season features MCB’s premiere of Promethean Fire, considered to be choreographer Paul Taylor’s response to the events on September 11,…
Purchase a seat at the Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works (RHAW) showcase, but don’t expect to sit in it; the young adult and teen hip-hop company has been known to move audiences to their feet. With boundless energy, passion, and commitment to form, RHAW dancers contribute individual talents to a variety…
Art, when successful, should open up our senses, show us things that are lost if not looked for, give us sounds we never really listen to, or help us forge connections between ideas we never pair. Art gives us a new way of experiencing our world. On February 10, Miami…
“Gran Torino: Italian Contemporary Art” Through April 17 at Frost Art Museum, 10975 SW 17th St., Miami; 305-348-2890; thefrost.fiu.edu. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday noon to 5 p.m. At first blush, the crumpled 55-gallon oil drum spilling its contents onto the gallery floor gives the impression…
The antithesis of both Marley & Me cuddliness and Cesar Millan militance, J.R. Ackerley’s 1956 memoir about his recalcitrant German shepherd, My Dog Tulip, is one of the finest, most insightful chronicles of inter-species devotion. A complex love story, his book plumbs the inner lives of hounds: “I realized clearly…..
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson’s followup to his Iraq War gut-twister No End in Sight, is a documentary that inspires sickening ire — 20 minutes into this lucid yet stupefying account of the 2008 global economic meltdown, my vision was clouded by the steam wafting from my ears. Inside Job makes…
The concept and plot of Leslie Ayvazian’s one-person play at New Theatre, High Dive, are certainly original and creative. The play features a neat audience participation gimmick and a solid, engaging performance from five-time Carbonell-nominated actress Barbara Sloan. But in the end, the concept and performance fall victim to a…
Jahfe are one of the hardest gigging bands in South Florida. They are also one of the best reggae bands to call Miami home. To see them play is to feel the room form a resonating chamber of positive vibrations. They call their style rock reggae dub hop, and their…
There’s a reason Lil Wayne shouts out Mondays at the King Of Diamonds in a new song on the radio. It’s because when you want to experience that true Miami nightlife, KOD is where it’s going down. Get it how you live, live like you ball, and prepare for a…
In 1983, French artist Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude wrapped 11 Biscayne Bay islands in Pepto-pink, polypropylene fabric. Resembling a creepy, futuristic HAZMAT quarantine, the installation, Surrounded Islands, required ten permits and seven public hearings. Wildlife rescue teams remained in constant vigil in order to keep nesting ospreys and grazing…
José and Rosa are very much in love. They’re working in Spain — he as a construction worker and she as a housekeeper for an elderly couple, Señor and Señora Torres. But Rosa learns that dating José is like going out with the Hulk. When he gets into a heated…
Chances are you’ve never heard of Swedish band Waterloo. But we’ll bet our bedazzled bell bottoms you’ve heard of ABBA. Well, on Friday at 8 p.m., you can experience the group that’s “the closest to ABBA you’ll ever get.” Waterloo (named after one of the iconic pop group’s hit singles)…
Not that New Times needs an excuse to throw a party, but this Thursday marks our third annual Artopia shindig, a celebration of the creative talent fostered in Miami’s humid air. This year, see live art by Lebo and eco-art fashion (e.g., gowns made from trash bags and discarded footballs)…
Joey’s Italian Café in Wynwood is presenting a three-course dinner for $80 per person from 6 p.m. to midnight, which includes a half-bottle of champagne per couple. Among the dishes on the menu will be bay scallops with a cherry balsamic reduction, lobster ravioli with shrimp and pink sauce, veal…
At 1500 Degrees in Miami Beach, TV toque Paula DaSilva is preparing a four-course meal for $95 per person. It starts with a choice of tuna crudo with togarishi vinaigrette or garden green salad, moves on to either Hawaiian mero or olive oil-poached salmon, slow-cooked short ribs with huckleberry sauce…
At the oh-so-romantic Wish in SoBe both the regular menu and a three-course, $75 per person menu will be offered from 6 to 10 p.m. Begin with hamachi sashimi with yuzu-lime gelee and cilantro dressing, then choose between butter-poached Maine lobster with bacon vinaigrette or pan-seared beef tenderloin with red…
What exactly is the Smiths’ Steven Patrick Morrissey’s into? Is he gay, straight, or just celibate? Regardless, his fluid sexuality appeals to hoards of lusty and forlorn lovers, who find syrupy solace in his melodic Brit voice. On Tuesday, the day at the dreaded Valentine’s Day, Dangerfun is hosting Hated…
For the less adventurous, the idea of roller skating in hot pants while loaded on bourbon could seem like a harrowing agenda. Especially for a Tuesday. But you aren’t one of those strait-laced types. You piss into the wind. You attend knife-sharpening parties where kegs and children are present. It’s…
Some songs make you recall your youth with such incredible clarity that it seems past decades happened only days ago. “December 1963 (Oh What a Night),” the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons disco-era song about losing your virginity, is like a play-by-play account of a night nobody ever forgets:…
“I was driving my car/ I crashed and broke my spine/ So yes, there are things worse in life than/ never being someone’s sweetie,” sings Morrissey in his 2008 single “That’s How People Grow Up.” The British singer continues to deliver the same indulgent, lovelorn lyrics from his days with…
Culinary swashbuckler Anthony Bourdain now occupies the enviable position of making more money talking about food than actually cooking it. Still, his charisma and wit were both too big to be contained behind the line, and it’s Bourdain we can thank for ushering in the era of chef-as-rock-star. His 2000…
