Singers and dancers from the Danmar Academy of Performing Arts (DAPA) in Texas will be at the Gusman Center of the Performing Arts this Saturday and Sunday to perform America Latina: A Mosaic of Cultural Expression. The show could easily be subtitled Miami the Musical. Billed as “a 90-minute show…
Does the banality of your work week and the dearth of spontaneity in your life ever have you questioning the existence of free will? Suddenly you look around and think you might be but a dancing marionette, controlled by some greater power that you can’t quite place your finger on–the…
Tonight, at one of Miami Beach’s slickest bars, it’s the last call for the Miami Art Museum’s New Work Miami (NWM) 2010. The Gansevoort South’s decadent nightspot Louis will host MAM’s special preview of experimental video artworks by 12 Miami artists.There’ll be videos from Sam Borkson & Bert Rodriguez (Rodriguez…
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The Office of National Drug policy describes marijuana as a “mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds and flowers of the hemp plant.” Stems and seeds, man? A more accurate description would’ve been rip-off; hood weed doesn’t equal good weed, silly stoner.In 2009, Gallup surveyed 1,013 American adults, ages 18…
Is it too soon for a Greg Giraldo joke? Sure he’s only been dead for a day, and accidental drug overdoses are nothing to laugh about–they’re a real downer– but Giraldo was a comedian, a damn good one. Rather than hanging our head down low and crying about the passing…
It’s almost October and that means one thing–the invasion of those silly Dolphin and Hurricane banners stuck to car windows by South Florida’s angry motorists. Luckily, the Fish and Canes have gotten off to decent starts so road rage incidents are likely to drop. But if talk of pigskins and…
Flickr CC GillianIt’ll cure what aills ya’!Everybody wants to be on the cutting edge of what’s funny. He or she with the best viral video is the cock of the walk of their particular domicile. But what about those who don’t have the time or under demanding desk job that…
Flickr CC veggiefrogReady to pre-game for Halloween? ‘Cause the 2010 Zombie Walk Miami is this Saturday. Lest you think we’re just trying to trick you into smearing blood all over yourself and heading out to Lincoln Road, consider that there are already 1,200 people confirmed to attend on Facebook. And…
Courtesy of Ellen Harvey”The Nudist Museum” 2010, 54 paintings: oil on gesso board with used framesAttorney-turned-artist Ellen Harvey puts art clichés on trial. She infamously took the idea of landscapes to task when she painted oil pastorals among NYC’s graffiti tags and concrete pylons. Next she cross-examined portraits when she…
How can you go wrong with a musical that promises to tell you the story of all the “dreamers, scoundrels, bigots, saints, politicians and millionaires” who have made Miami Beach what it is today? Unlike the novels Diary of a South Beach Party Girl or South Beach: The Novel, which…
MAC Cosmetics is known for their bold colors, haute hues, and edgy looks. Their latest Venomous Villains collection, a years-long Disney collaboration set to launch today, is no different. While most brands would choose to get their inspiration from the bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked princesses, it seems only natural that MAC would…
How did Cinco de Mayo, a historical date relevant to only one small town in Mexico, get confused with the country’s real independence day? Perhaps because Dieciseis de Septiembre didn’t fit as easily on a beer label. It’s all the more reason to catch the Miami debut of Tania Pérez-Salas…
Whether you first spied the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, stumbled upon your parents’ copy of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, or just play a lot of Guitar Hero, you can grasp the greatness that is John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Decades later, these four British…
MAM’s Thom Collins offers perfect mix
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Jack Goes Boating is superb
We thought Kimora Lee Simmons was so cool when she showed off her floor-to-ceiling closet on national TV, and showed us all just how hard it is to be the fashion designer behind Baby Phat on Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane. We wanted to marry a rap mogul, divorce…
Referring to a pre-Castro Cuba, the Smithsonian’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 everyday life. And for a mere $50 roundtrip ticket, regular Joes were also able…
How do you make an Alton Brown? The basic recipe includes 2.5 ounces of nerdy yet delightfully quirky wit, a tomato, an evil twin brother named B.A., a dash of sodium chloride, and a hosting gig on Iron Chef America. Mix well, store in an airtight container, and while you…
The NBA has always been about marketing itself to the world, particularly in European and Asian markets. So what better way to showcase the league than by having the Miami Heat — led by Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh — play a foreign team and beat the crap…
Miami-Dade and Broward can hardly stomach each other most of the time. They’re up there and we’re down here, and mostly that’s the way we’d like to keep it. But when it comes to watching scantily costumed ladies dance to reggae, calypso, soca, and other steel-drum-heavy Caribbean music, well, that…
