As Duke Ellington said, “Jazz has always been like the kind of man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.” This weekend, WDNA 88.9 FM has dedicated a whole film festival to such characters hopped up on hooch and horns. The 14th annual Miami Jazz Film Festival will open…
There’s an unwritten rule that only plays that have had a run in New York are awarded the Pulitzer. So when word hit that a Little Havana playwright with a story about Cuban cigar rollers was in the running, all of the haterade-sipping theater snobs considered it a long shot…
You can take the lawyer out of law school, but you can’t take law school out of the lawyer. Attorney-turned-artist Ellen Harvey puts art cliché 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…
The last thing you wrangled was probably a TPS report, but it wasn’t so long ago that most Floridians made their living on steeds and heifers. HistoryMiami just opened “Florida Cattle Ranching: Five Centuries of Tradition,” which is infinitely more interesting than it sounds. Turns out Florida was the first…
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When the ancient working stiff was preparing for his journey into the afterlife, little did he know he would spend decades gathering dust in a musty Wynwood warehouse. But that’s exactly where the Egyptian craftsman dating back to the 25th or 26th Dynasty (808-518 B.C.) was found inside a polychromatic…
Hey, Janet, we’ve got something to say. We really love the skillful way you beat the other girls to the preweekend party. Dammit, Janet, we love you! Every Thursday, Dammit Janet at the Electric Pickle becomes a live music and indie haven for the Wynwood set. No Rocky Horror corsets…
What if you were offered the chance to frolic around Spain eating delicious food with a famous actress? You’d say yes. But let’s say that actress is Gwyneth Paltrow. Would you reconsider if you had to listen to Coldplay the whole time? Who knows what music brilliant food writer Mark…
There’s a little nip in the air. It’s slight, and still cloaked in sweltering South Florida heat. But still, if you’ve lived here long enough you can notice it. It simply means fall is here, and that’s a good thing because we need some serious cooling off. We can get…
JJohn D’Agataohn D’Agata loves dogs, but he doesn’t own one of his own. He also loves reading art magazines because he enjoys the way the critics write. These are two interesting facts Cultist learned while corresponding with the poet and essayist who was credited by Annie Dillard as “redefining the…
On last night’s Bad Girls Club, Miss Kayleigh gets back to Miami safe and sound after fleeing Jamaica. When the other roomies arrive home and see she’s still in the house, they’re not exactly pleased. They start raiding the house ensues and chanting how dirty she is. We understand because…
Spotted over on 24th Street and NW 1st Court, this big boy dwarfs the surrounding Wynwood neighborhood. Have a graffiti tip for us? Send addresses and descriptions to cultist@miaminewtimes.com…
Sex, love, relationship advice from a professional dominatrix. Got questions? Drop an e-mail to askadomme@miaminewtimes.com, you naughty boys and girls. Read more about Mistress Lera at Notes From a Miami Dominatrix.Dear Mistress,I’ve been trying to promote the wonders of getting my salad tossed to my friend who is a little…
Cage passing a kidney stone – we mean acting.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. During pre-production on 8MM, director Joel Shumacher (the man who ruined the Batman movie…
[jump] Name: FrenchyOccupation: Hospitality studentDescribe your style: Hippie, funkyFavorite music festival: Sasquatch in Washington …
Long ago, rivers were dredged and swampland was filled. But still we can’t seem to control it all. From the beginning, Miami’s been split and shaped in every way by water. Overflowing and dying out and otherwise warping themeselves, skinny streams and fat, man-made channels snake through the city’s endless…
[jump] Besides celebrating a common heritage, the festival shines a spotlight on Hispanic artists and specifically Cuban artist Cundo Bermudez (1914-2008). “He was like the Picasso of Cuban art,” says Emilio Sauma, Jr., festival founder who worked with Bermudez for more than a decade. The late artist’s estate allowed use…
ArtSpoken’s Yoshvani Medina.When you think about Latin theater in Miami, productions tailored to your parents and abuelitos probably come to mind. Yoshvani Medina, the director of Artspoken, wants to change that. Medina has dared to fully invest himself in establishing a performing arts center in the middle of Little Havana,…
Westchester is known for having the highest percentage of Cuban-Americans in the country, which is impressive, since it even surpasses the mighty Hialeah, albeit by a measly three percent. A tourist destination it is not, Westchester has long been an outpost for souped up Accords and old country ways, where…
Kanako Sasaki’s Yellow LeotardLike Alice in Wonderland fallen down the rabbit hole, artist Kanako Sasaki finds herself alone in beautiful spaces. The Japanese artist is often the subject in her photo exhibit “Wanderlust,” showing through October 30 at Dina Mitrani Gallery. It’s easy to imagine her in pursuit of a…
