Screw graduate degrees and career ladders. Everyone knows the best way for a lady to make real cash is to dress tarty and swindle her suitors. But leave it a writer from The Simpsons, David Mirkin, to make this classic plot device more perverse. In his 2001 film, Heartbreakers, a…
Oprah recently made a plea to Jay-Z to stop using the N-word. Jigga Man refused, and comedian Eddie Griffin has the rapper’s back. When it comes to the comic’s very R-rated comedy, you can’t help but notice his love for the term. But when someone is making you laugh that…
Now that our school days are long behind us, our memories are weak. Dates and names become more difficult to remember. To help retain some semblance of brainpower in a vapid, Jersey Shore world, catch the latest event hosted by the University of Wynwood, an organization devoted to advancing contemporary…
There’s nothing quite as unsettling as a pair of nuts in a pink thong. Well, nothing except two pairs of nuts in two pink thongs. Miami comedy duo, A Pair of Nuts, bravely showed America their man parts while appearing on VH1’s Money Hungry. The sketch duo — Yamil Piedra…
Look at you. All this time, you’ve just been subtly snapping at your waiter when impatient for the check. Back in the 90s, though, there were actual video tutorials, complete with slow-mo shots, to teach folks how to take snapping to the extreme. And by extreme, we mean snaps named…
Whether you’re a shady politician or a pot-smoking running back, you have to hustle in Miami to a make a name for yourself. Sometimes it’s for money, other times it’s for a shot at fame, but how often do you meet someone just hustling to be happy? The concept may…
via feleciacarlisle.comFlash OrchestraTinker with something just a little and big things can happen. The Miami Art Museum has done just that, keeping their doors open later than usual on Thursday, ushering in a new wave of night owl art aficionados. As the sun sets, Miami transforms into place a little…
Kristen gets sloppy in Jamaica.Yay! Bad Girls Club Miami is back! How we went a week without this show, we have no idea. The ladies headed out of town in last night’s episode. Why did no one send any of the Bad Girls to Hedonism II before? Sluts + encouraged…
A Japanese caligraphy and graffiti mash-up by Shinique Smith.You hear celebrities from all corners of the arts and culture world saying things like “I can’t believe I’m in the same room with such-and-such.” The sheer thought of working alongside names such as Nan Goldin, Carl Andre, On Kawara, and Lawrence…
Sex, love, relationship advice from a professional dominatrix. Got questions? Drop an email to askadomme@miaminewtimes.com, you naughty boys and girls. Read more about Mistress Lera at Notes From a Miami Dominatrix Recently, I found out that this woman, my boyfriend’s best friend, has been talking trash about me behind my…
[jump] Name: Christopher PerezOccupation: HairstylistDescribe your style: Myself. I dress like however I feel in the morning. How many closets of clothes do you have? 3What’s the meaning of your tattoos? I tatt’ed after my grandparents. My grandfather was a carpenter that’s why the pencil on my head. …
Here’s something to chew on: Know why the murder rate took a sudden dip in the 90s? No, it wasn’t stricter gun control laws or more police presence. The lower murder rate was a direct result of legalizing abortion in 1973. According to the authors of bestseller Freakonomics, criminals are…
Photo by Dan Forer via gusmancenter.orgGusman’s starry-skied, gilded interior.The old lady needs some help.The historic Gusman Center for the Performing Arts is in a real bind. And it’s up to the City of Miami (gasp!) to get it out of the fix. Or maybe it’s the City of Miami that…
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Hayley Williams of Paramore wearing hand jewelry by local model/designer Anna Mixon.Most young girls who arrive to Miami in hopes of being the next Gisele Bündchen or Naomi Campbell usually end up partying too hard and burning out before the age of 20. Just go to any South Beach nightclub…
Who the F@#k is Eric Cloutier? Where the F@#K is Wynwood?Eric Cloutier first showed up on the New Times radar back during the Wynwood Art Walk of June 2008. He was running Chrome Art Gallery and appeared in a video interview for the blog. Since then we’ve seen him pushing…
Bummed out that tennis superstar Venus Williams canceled her Miami Book Fair appearance? Oh hey good news! The multiple Grand Slam champion will be signing her book Come to Win at the Books & Books at Bal Harbour Shops on Wednesday, September 15. So instead of waiting in line for…
via faceboookLost and Found OrchestraPandemonium is the symphonic equivalent to Glee. Instead of teenie-boopers breaking out in spontaneous Broadway musicals, this show has pedestrians blowing on traffic cones like they were makeshift French horns. We’re giving away two tickets to opening night of the U.S. premiere of Pandemonium, but you’re…
This is Miami. There’s a level of gratuitous sex that’s part of everyday life. Whether its bumping and grinding (and let’s face it, dry humping) in a club or coming dangerously close to being groped by a frisky group of tranny street-walkers on the Metrorail, there’s no escaping the lewd…
Rat-a-tat-tat! Crash! Boom! No, it’s not a ten-car pileup on I-95. It’s the latest ear-candy extravaganza from the creators of Stomp, who have put together another show full of inventive uses for everyday stuff. This time, instead of using regular objects to make beats, they use regular objects to create…
[jump] Name: MinniOccupation: Bartender at Electric PickleDescribe your style: Audrey Hepburn on AcidFavorite music? MowtownFavorite shop in Miami? C.Madeliene…
Photo by JipsyThe man called Typoe.On Saturday, Miami’s jokester graffiti artist, Typoe, debuted his second solo exhibition “Bang Bang,” following last year’s “I Want Typoe So Effin Bad,” at the Spinello Gallery in the Design District. Few artists like him have the juvenile humor-meets-intellect that was pioneered by masters like…
