You’ve got to love the Italians that run the Italian International Film Festival in Miami. They’re so…Italian. Never mind that they still haven’t released the full schedule of feature films that start showing from Oct. 7-12–just over a week away–but even better, or worse, good luck finding out what documentary…
Is Rachel Roy the next Kimora Lee Simmons?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…
The closest thing Miami can boast to the Great Wall of China is the old RC Cola Plant at 550 NW 24 Street. Just as the Great Wall can be seen from space, Miami residents have been treated to epic graffiti murals that can be seen clearly from I-95 (or…
Originally a manufacturing plant for the RC Cola company, the abandoned building visible from I-95 has served as a concrete canvas for graffiti artists over the past two decades. The walls surrounding the plant have displayed some of Miami’s (and the world’s) most notorious graffiti artists, including Crook and Crome…
Miami’s an expensive city. Whether it’s jacked up parking prices, costly concert tickets, or the Lobster cooked in foie gras and opium at that new restaurant on South Beach (worth every penny in this writer’s opinion), a weekend out on the town will leave you more in debt than our…
Christy GastAs soon as we type the N-word, most of you are going to skim on by this post. So we won’t type narrative (damn! OK, we won’t type it more than once). Let’s just call it the ability to tell a good story. Anyway, three Miami artists will tip…
Lady Gaga is not afraid but absolutely terrified of being seen as boring or mundane. There’s really nothing else we can assume based on her fashion choices. Who could forget the red lace McQueen number she wore while accepting an award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Award, or the…
File this one in the morbidly ironic and tragic category. James Heselden, who purchased the company that makes Segways–those goofy transports that look like a cross between a unicycle and a circus bike favored by mall cops –died yesterday after apparently riding his suped-up Segway off a cliff and into a…
Through Etsy, DIYers have the chance to make a living from what might have only remained a hobby. Diane Brache is one of those people. Her store, Miss Brache, offers custom-made rockabilly inspired clothing from size to 24. The Miami native calls herself a “one lady sweat shop.” Her…
As parodied on this Saturday’s SNL.In the greatest uproar over public television since Mister Rogers took kids on a tour of his favorite whiskey distillery, Sesame Workshop announced they would pull a segment featuring Katy Perry from future episodes of Sesame Street when parents complained that she was dressed too…
But while Capone’s name and nickname have been thrown around repeatedly in popular culture, rarely does the public have the opportunity to hear from the man himself–especially since he’s been dead for 63 years. Thanks to the 11th Judicial Circuit’s Centennial Celebration, however, Miami will have its opportunity to say…
via FacebookIt is Friday, September 24, 8 p.m. at Books & Books in Coral Gables. Author Carolina Garcia Aguilera is pacing around the bookstore noticeably nervous. Smiling politely she greets her fans, most of whom religiously follow her writing. Just like the author, the readers are anxious. After all, they’re…
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Us saguesera kids usually get left out of all the cool, hip cultural events going on in Miami due to our geographical disability (not living on the East Side). Lucky for us, with the Bird Road Arts District making a comeback and events like the Hell Yeah Open Mic, it…
all adorned with Mike Tyson’s likeness, another wall wearing coats, and still another wearing shorts. Confused? It’s the work of Derrick Adams, founder of the Rush Arts Gallery and Resource Center in Baltimore and recipient of the 2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, in a nuthouse, er, nutshell. Adams brings American…
Flickr CC Richard DrdulSure, you’ve laughed at cyclists’ bulge-hugging Spandex shorts, rolled your eyes when they use the street inches from the sidewalk, and if you’re a certain Latin pop star, you’ve even gotten drunk, hit them, and then driven off with their bike still lodged in your front fender…
Greg Haberny, The Wanker’s BallWe have a confession. We basically launched this culture blog just to have somewhere to write about all the cool shit that happens during Art Basel. And most of it has nothing to do with the official mega art show in the convention center, but with…
Grove Press published Jack Kerouac.Thanks to Barney Rosset, the man behind Grove Press and the Evergreen Review, we all got drunk on the road poetics of Jack Kerouac, blissed out on the ballsy cadence of Allen Ginsberg, and humbled by the witty domestic disputes of Tom Stoppard plays. Tonight, the…
Flickr Suomi StarThe holidays are the best, aren’t they? Think about all those days off from work. After New Years, though, they force you to go back and act like you haven’t just been on a work-free vacation. Just when MLK Day comes around, it gives you that little pick…
OK. So admitting that you were a hostage negotiator at the Branch Davidian ranch outside of Waco, Texas in 1993–where more than 80 individuals ended up dying–is a little like saying you’re a chastity coach at a French cathouse. Then again, when you are dealing with a sociopath like David Koresh…
Fashion Breakdown: LF Stores top, Urban Outfitters vest, thrift store shoes, and Austin reading glasses…
Head for the ShallowContrary to the title of his current show at Wynwood’s Fredric Snitzer Gallery, artist Gavin Perry is far from icy. “Glacier” refers to the decayed, frozen objects which Perry encases in multiple layers of resin. But Perry himself is warm, welcoming, and refreshingly gregarious when it comes…
