Local vampires who have been sidelined from South Beach clubs, rejoice. This Saturday, you may enter Lux via an invitation to Theatre of the Vampires Halloween Ball. For those skeptical of whether vampires truly exist, consider ancient India’s vetalas, Greece’s striges, and Madagascar’s ramanga (who supplement their blood diet with…
The folks at Naked Stage are always trying to one-up themselves. First, they held their innovative fourth annual 24-Hour Theatre Project, in which local thespians had 24 hours to write, rehearse, and present a play. They followed with the recent premiere of Flashlight Tales — an open-mike night for scary…
With Art Basel looming and legions of collectors, curators, and museum honchos preparing to sack South Florida, local dealers have begun breaking out the big guns and marshaling their forces. Wynwood’s Pan American Art Projects has mustered Luis Cruz Azaceta and is unleashing the human howitzer during “Trajectories/Trayectorias,” a major…
Climb your own magic beanstalk and see some thought-provoking art in an unlikely place. In early October, artist Agustina Woodgate gave a one-night-only performance at the Miami-Dade Main Library’s Auditorium. In Jack and the Beanstalk, Woodgate used materials found in the library’s collections to give the English fairy tale a…
What happens when you combine F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel and a dash of ’90s Marilyn Manson? Well, a mess. But under the watchful eye of Michelle Leshem and Jose Ortiz, Gatsby Gone Goth, an All Hallows’ Eve celebration this Saturday, will combine roaring-’20s hedonism with plenty of black…
The Market SoHoYou expect to find open-air markets in walking cities such as London, Paris, or New York, where you can search through handmade trinkets and vintage tchotkes and accessories at your leisure. Luckily for Miamians, Launch Arte wants to give you a Brooklyn Flea experience smack in the middle…
West Perrine is rough. From the Circle Plaza Projects to Dada 5000’s fight compound, choppers, yard boys, and black flags rule. Every Sunday, on 168th street, the scream of amplified steel rings out from the Church of the Living God as Keith Dominion tries to save their souls. The church,…
We’ve never had an STD, but seeing Natalie from season four on last night’s Bad Girls Club episode is what we imagine it feels like when herpes comes back. She was annoying the first time she was on the show, and she is annoying the second time around too. But…
Over the years, Miami has served as the backdrop for hundreds of Hollywood movies. In Celluloid City, we spotlight some of the classics shot right in our own backyard. Most of us fell in love with Isla Fisher when she played the hilarious, albeit insane, wild girl to Vince Vaughn’s…
In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens November 25, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.Courtesy of Nektar de Stagni94. Nektar de StagniDesigner Nektar de Stagni is an…
Fashion Breakdown: Black vest from friend’s closet, skinny pants, and converse…
via russellandrews.comDirector Russell Andrews”Yeah, I bet I disgust some of you black women out there, but every boy out there on them streets wants to be just like me. A player. An entrepreneur of bodies.” That’s a line from the pimp character in the Diary Of Black Men: How to…
Courtesy of Lowe Art MuseumWegman’s Mowing Alone, 1997Henri Cartier-Bresson described photography as the “simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.” And so he gave us snapshots of life’s fleeting prefect compositions: figures jumping over puddles and shadows kissing other shadows. On the other…
It’s nothing new to see celebrities make bad decisions. Some times, the decision-making is so poor that it becomes etched on the tablets of pop culture: Britney shaving her head and showing her Britney bits, Lindsay failing her drug test yet again, Paris going to jail, and Kanye dissing Taylor…
In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens November 25, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.95. Anthony SpinelloAt only 27 years old, gallerist and curator Anthony Spinello inspires…
Subversive art on display at Frost.Arnold Mesches was tailed by the Feds during the Hoover years for what they considered to be subversive paintings casting President Eisenhower’s America in a corrosive light. When the painter obtained his FBI file in 1999 under the Freedom of Information Act, it contained close…
Aleloop’s “Say Hello to My Little Friend”While most people leave their childhood fantasies of superheroes, cartoons, and comics at their 10th birthday party, artist Aleloop has made it her life’s work to create as many quirky characters as possible. Designing with a mixture of urban contemporary and pop surrealism, Alejandra…
MySpace logo is a waste of space.You have to feel for MySpace. The company that basically started the social networking revolution continues to fall out of social relevance. Last week’s embarrassing announcement that they changed their logo to “my _____” -a Helvetica font for “my” and a blank space for…
Photo by Logan Fazio Richie RichFunkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach, which starts this Wednesday, is sure to draw out a certain Miami breed. These gals look for any reason to squirm their way into their tightest, lowest plunging neckline dress and their tallest, strappiest heels. They’ll wander around with clutch…
Flickr CC CheciapTrapped by technology? We feel you.We hope the few brief hours that Facebook was down last week gave you some perspective in tech-consumed life. Maybe you read a few more pages in Franzen’s Freedom. Or finished that paperwork you neglected all day long. Or even saw The Social…
In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens November 25, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.Photo courtesy of Vanessa Garcia96. Vanessa Garcia If she hadn’t become a vegetarian…
photo via tiswango FlckrOK, ladies, we get it. Halloween is the one time of the year when you can dress like a hooker and actually get insulted when someone offers you money for sex. It’s all good. You’re entitled to express your sexuality any way you see fit. The only…
