There are plenty of good reasons to see David Arisco’s production of Oliver! at Actor’s Playhouse, the most obvious being that the play finds the director returning to his natural habitat — the classic, conservative musical — and kicking all kinds of ass. Arisco is a wizard with a show…
When the guys first landed on planet Miami a couple years back, People From Venus were sort of the dark horses of the local scene. They started off slowly, preferring to perfect their blend of British glam-influenced power pop in the studio rather than trotting it out endlessly on the…
Miami art this week: Black Square Gallery catches dreams
The Fighter is based on the true story of Lowell, Massachusetts light welterweight champ “Irish” Micky Ward, but, starring Boston working-class hero Mark Wahlberg, it plays as a Rocky-fied fairy tale for our time: Consigned to Palookaville, a sweet, unassuming boxer with more heart than brains steps up — all…
A brave, odd duck of a romantic comedy from James L. Brooks, How Do You Know strays as far from a barrel of laughs as a writer-director formed by network television can get without losing his grip altogether. Reese Witherspoon stars, in fetchingly scanty frocks, as a pro-athlete newly cut…
Wednesday night, Dutch DJ Afrojack (AKA Nick van de Wall) will do a solo DJ set at Mansion. What’s with the name? Van de Wall does not currently sport an Afro, nor is he particularly jacked. Nonetheless, his talents have been called upon by superstars such as David Guetta (who…
There was a time, in the Nineties, when the Miami Heat and New York Knicks were the biggest rivals in the NBA. Of course, most of their games were brutal, physical, low-scoring affairs, which usually ended with a Knicks player flipping the bird at Heat fans, or a Knicks coach…
Between Art Basel, Miami’s beaches, and SoBe’s endless stream of meticulously sculpted bodies, it may seem your senses are bombarded with nothing but aesthetically pleasing stimuli every minute of every beautiful day. Well, soon the Arsht Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House will offer you the chance to stare at a…
Throw away the TV. Kids these days are into Saturday morning Internet, the post-millennial cartoon pipeline. They can access interactive content from around the world. There’s no need for cartoon networks; they program their own. And unless you’re a security expert, they’ve probably already figured out how to subvert any…
What was the best way to get the U.S. government’s attention in the Sixties? Pay a visit to Fidel Castro. That’s what Buffalo Tiger did in 1959, and three years later, his tribe, the Miccosukees, were recognized by the federal government. Tiger was born in 1920, right before the Tamiami…
What’s the worst thing that happened this year? Oil spill in the gulf? Tea Party becoming a national force? Pot legalization flaming out in California? No matter your answer, sprinkle some comedy on it, add a dash of satire, and finish with a flourish of revelry. You’ll have this year’s…
The Miami Dolphins have been absolute road warriors this season. They’ve gone into hostile territory and won six out of seven games, including those played in Green Bay, Minnesota; Oakland; and New York. And yet, at home, their record has been abysmal. Is the really amazing weather to blame? Perhaps…
Christmas music sucks. Silence is cheap. Be economical and quit whining. Chip Davis knows what we’re talking about. The man behind American Gramaphone, one of the most successful independent record labels ever, first learned the value of popular song through the radio biz. He and an executive at a Nebraska…
’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the casa, not a creature was stirring, caramba, que pasa? Or so goes the old Cuban version. And do you know what else Cubans (really, all Latinos) have their own version of? Christmas in general. Because if it’s the night before Christmas,…
Ole J.C. might have a conniption if he were to see what’s become of his birthday. It’s hard to say which of the mortal sins — greed or gluttony — is more rampant over the Christmas holiday. Commercialism, debauchery, and overall excess is the new Holy Trinity. But leave it…
A camera follows as a man and woman finally reach Chichen Itza, the Mayan ruin in the middle of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But they still have to make it through Nogales to reach the light at the end of this dark tunnel, the U.S. It’s not what you think. This…
The best thing about vaudeville is you never know what to expect. But if it’s December and Shameless Burlesque’s Holly Peño is involved, we’re guessing there will be an outfit of nothing but red pumps, fishnets, and a fringed lampshade. Her signature routine as the leg lamp from A Christmas…
Marvin Dixon, who has appeared on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, is a stand-up comedian with promising entrepreneurial ideas. “I’m gonna have a club for just wheelchair people. It’s gonna be called Club Ramp… You all laughing. I’m gonna blow it up.” This weekend, you’ll have a chance to see Marvin…
Sure, you knew he once swallowed a goldfish live and then threw it up back into its bowl. And that he got the world’s dumbest tattoo (a self portrait with two thumbs up captioned with the words: “Yeah dude, I rock!”). But did you know Jackass’s Steve-O graduated from Ringling…
Parce, for those not versed in Colombian-speak, is akin to papo, if you’re Cuban, papi for Puerto Ricans, tigre to Dominicans, Mexicans’ guey and … Well, you get the picture. However, P.A.R.C.E. is also the title of Juanes’ just dropped, highly anticipated sixth studio album. It’s been a full three…
On Christmas Day, the gentiles wake up to tear open presents. But the city’s Jewish populace, and Latino contingent hungover from the previous night’s Noche Buena festivities, hit the local movie theaters to catch whatever tolerable blockbuster gets released on Jesus’s birthday. That’s all good and well if you’re riding…
Though people often access memories through words (love letters, diaries, etc.), a physical recollection of images, smells, and sounds packs a more powerful emotional punch. Graphic memoirs are unique in that they allow readers the intense experience an author’s memories through rich illustrations. In the vein of the American Splendor…
