Art can inspire many people to do incredible things, but can it motivate a community to help a man walk again? The Tree Top Collective — local artists who joined forces to create a support system for each other outside of the gallery system — thinks it can. The collective…
The world is full of novelists from varying backgrounds. But when one is shorn from the pages of Forbes, you’d expect his or her books to cover corporate conspiracy or some other calculating subject matter. Somebody forgot to tell that to Richard C. Morais. After a 25-year stint at Forbes,…
Ask a Domme rocks. Lera Gavin, the author, penned a feature for New Times earlier this year called “Notes from a Dominatrix” that provided an astute look into a lifestyle that any sane person wants to know about. For the last few months, she has provided weekly advice, satire and,…
Photo by Peter Kramer/NBCThe Sandman wants you to be his extra.As an aspiring fame monster, you could move to Lala land, pose for a nudie mag, and snag an agent. Or you could roll up to some random university in Fort Lauderdale, star in a sea of extras, and wait…
Photographed by JipsyFashion Breakdown: Alexander McQueen shirt, Gucci pants, (not in the states yet) YSL shoes, Dior bracelet, and Karun Kirac ring…
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 Rick Falcon99. Rick FalconWhen artist Rick Falcon’s body of work comes…
Jersey Shore isn’t the only house of monkeys we can think of that is featured in a reality television show. Bestselling author Sara Gruen has written into her new book, Ape House, the story of an actual group of primates on primetime. Best known for her 2006 novel Water for Elephants, a…
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. We honestly cannot understand why anyone would enjoy watching a bunch of guys doing stupid things such as having a bowling…
Courtesy of FriendsWithYouThe Rainbow King.We were sort of jealous when local art collective FriendsWithYou put on its interactive display “Rainbow City” at Toronto’s Queen’s Park during the Luminato Festival. Sam Borkson and Arturo “Tury” Sandoval really haven’t done an interactive display in Miami since “Fun House” debuted at Scope Art…
Film is probably one of the least cultivated arts in Miami. Locals who want to become filmmakers move to NYC or LA to seek their fortune and fame. Fortunately, homegrown talent Alexandra Codina decided to come back. After years of freelancing in New York, Codina returned home to work with…
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.Courtest of IngridBIngridB surrounded by her gang of Soulcialites.100. Ingrid BazinIngrid Bazin adds…
Referring to a pre-Castro Cuba, the Smithsonian Museum’s website states, “Havana was then what Las Vegas has become.” Frequented by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, and Ernest Hemingway, Cuba was indeed a self-indulgent escape from the monotony of everyday life. And at a mere $50 roundtrip ticket, soon…
Jack-O-Lanterns are springing to life, volcanoes of candy are erupting at Publix, and hoochie mommas are frothing at the prospect of dressing like naughty nurses, un-chaste cheerleaders and vampire vixens. Yup, Halloween is around the corner. And in case you haven’t noticed, haunted houses are popping up like candy corn…
If you’ve ever been to a Wynwood Second Saturdays Art Walk, you’ve probably met the Miami Poetry Collective. They’re the ones behind makeshift tables — littered with vintage typewriters and half-empty cups of beer — selling custom poems for a couple of bucks. The project is called Poem Depot, and…
Courtesy of Design Miami/With Art Basel Miami Beach rolling into town soon, news is coming hard and fast of everything that will be happening that week. Already revealed: Design Miami/’s new home for this year’s edition, which will not be taking place in Miami’s Design District. Instead, it will move…
We hope some gallery with primo real estate at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach will take the cover of W’s upcoming art issue, which features a naked Kim Kardashian with her more titillating bits covered by Barbara Kruger’s iconic but increasingly tired, word-art aesthetic, and blow it up so…
Flickr See-ming LeeIt’s National Coming Out Day! And with all the recent sad news about gay teens being bullied into suicide, we wanted to remind one and all why it’s great to be gay. Why? Because the last thing this world needs is less gay people. Yes, teen pricks are…
In about 50 days, Miami art fair week (AKA Art Basel) drops on the city like a Haiti freighter in the Biltmore pool. Wynwood will glory in the treading of a million tourist footsteps on her concrete tits. Right now, though. the hood’s a local’s playground with an intense creative…
Saturday night was “Virgins Get in Free” night for Area Stage’s production of My First Time, a play adapted from the true-life virginity-losing stories that have been submitted to myfirsttime.com since the ’90s. Being the intrepid reporters that we are, we decided to test the veracity of this claim. We…
For every Rick Ross, there’s a Rudy Mage. That means a creative professional hustling work in the County of Dade. For Mage, that means running Inked Productions, a graff writer-founded printing company that started out of an efficiency apartment selling “dead rapper tees at the flea.” Now the company does…
Flickr CC JingDianMeinvWho you calling big-boned?A lot of us look like pears. We have thin torsos, wide hips, and thighs that can crack a walnut. That’s because our bodies are full of pears, walnuts, and, on occasion, alright, we’ll admit it, peanut M&Ms. And burritos. For those of us who…
Flickr CC RoopyfooWait till you see ’em race.Think that chihuahuas are nothing more than yappy little mutts? Think again. Sure their image has been co-opted by celebutantes stuffing them into purses for the better part of a decade, but those dogs can move. And this Saturday, the Seminole Casino Hollywood…
