Since breaking out on the international scene in 2004, Shanghai photographer Ma Liang, AKA Maleonn, has earned quite a cult following and comparisons to America’s David LaChapelle. His fable-driven work is cinematic in nature and has been exhibited in top Paris, New York, and Toronto galleries and featured in a…
We’ve all been there. Things aren’t going well in your relationship. Every time your boyfriend says your name, the hot metallic taste that precipitates vomiting fills your mouth. Or that sing-songy way your girlfriend wishes you “Good mor-ning!” It used to make you feel grateful to be alive. Now it…
The New York-based, all-male Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s comedy doesn’t stop with the gimmick of ballet-in-drag. Nor does it rely solely on the novelty of heavy things trying to be light or the inherent humor of classical ballet’s unnatural manners. Using thorough research, artistic director Tory Dobrin and…
Housing galleries and studios, ArtCenter/South Florida is situated on a bright and bustling corner of Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road. Inside, passersby can watch artists creating in their studios and purchase work from the makers directly. The gallery/studio space offers plenty of foot traffic and visibility year-round, and it attracts thick…
In Mike Cahill’s Another Earth–a multiple prize-winner at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and one of two titles co-written by and starring the festival’s biggest break-out, Brit Marling–both hope and anxiety follow the discovery of Earth 2, a planet on which each resident of our globe has a doppelgänger living…
Written by award-winning playwright, Leslie Ayvazian, High Dive, which opened this past Saturday at New Theatre, is a light comedy about the indelible task of overcoming one’s greatest fears while finding the absurdity in them. The story tackles one woman’s fear of heights while she chronicles her misadventures of past…
So very much went down on last night’s Basketball Wives episode, we’re not sure where to start. First, it is kind of insane that Shaunie O’neal and Gloria Govan hate each other so much. Well, Gloria hates everyone, but the mother of the pack, Shaunie, seems to be cool with…
The World Erotic Art Museum (WEAM) is a local treasure. There is no better city to combine art and eroticism, and no better erotic art collection than what is housed in this obscure space nestled in the heart of South Beach on Washington Avenue. When visiting the WEAM, you may…
In honor of our Artopia party on February 10, 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.24. Aurora Natrix When the budding British pinup model Aurora Natrix first walked into South Miami’s…
Fashion Breakdown: Black racer jacket from Zara, leopard print dress from Consigna, Argentina. Black shoes from Out of the Closet, purse from Argentina, heart lock necklace gift from a friend and heart shape earrings from antique store in Coconut Grove…
Valentine’s Day is two weeks away. Good luck getting dinner reservations this late in the game. And those online gifts you bought, chances are they won’t arrive until February 15. But before you buy roses and cheap chocolates like every other amateur Casanova, Cultist is here to help stoke the…
Liony Garcia is a mess. He’s collapsed with his head down on a table, his eyes brimming with tears. The song “Cheer Up Charlie” from Willy Wonka taunts him. Standing behind him in an elegant suit, Octavio Campos pulls a roll of Scotch tape from his jacket pocket, yanks Garcia…
Half the country will watch the Super Bowl on February 6 to see if the Pittsburgh Steelers kick the cheese out of the Green Bay Packers. The other half? They watch to see the commercials. And to see whether the $24 million Anheiser-Busch is spending for its 8 30-second commercials…
In honor of our Artopia party on February 10, 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.25. Gean MorenoArtist and writer Gean Moreno is helping to shape the Miami art scene. Recently,…
Chris Riley, AKA the Miami Heat President’s wife, said being a basketball wife is harder than being an actual player. Well, if that’s true, we wonder what its like to be a basketball girlfriend. Maybe it’s like the saying, “all guts, no glory.” You get the money and fame but…
Juan Carlos Valdivia’s Southern District (Zona Sur), which won Sundance awards for directing and screenwriting, opens at the Coral Gables Art Cinema tonight. It’s is a subtle film that comments on Bolivia’s dissolving upper class seen through the seemingly scattered lives of an affluent La Paz family. Matriarch Carola is…
These days the most $20 will buy you is a pizza, around six gallons of gas, or a maybe small house plant. If you’re an art lover and willing to troll the aisles of your local thrift shop, a pair of sawbucks might even snag you an old poster or…
Yes, you read that headline correctly. According to Fashionista.com, Lady Gaga of the land “Telephone,” has her own perfume in the works. Apparently, she’s aiming for some seriously corporeal aromas and not the good kind (like babies). Rather, her eau de toilette will smell of blood and semen. We suppose the…
Fashion Breakdown: Dress and boots from Filthymagic.com, black vest from Zara, purse from Diane Von Furstenberg, vintage chain necklace, glasses from Forever21, and hat from Urban Outfitters…
Oh, Billy Yeager. You had us going with your claim about dropping that Steinway in Biscayne Bay. Admittedly, we were a bit cynical when you said your slight wife managed to lift the piano off a barge and onto the sandbar. A couple other claims (like when you said man…
In honor of our Artopia party on February 10, 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.26. Yaddyra Peralta”My ambition is for my poetry and fiction to exude the sweet muck of…
Roa is a Belgian street artist famous around the world for his animal graffiti. There’s even an entire Flickr group of thousands of images dedicated to documenting his work. This past December, he killed a football field worth of wall at Biscayne and 37th St for Primary Flight 2010.You gotta…
