Back in May, we told you about a Miami stylist, Shareen Rubiera-Sarwar, who was launching Vintage Mavens, an online shop of vintage and original designs. She just released her first video look book, and not only does it make her threads look good, it reminds us how freakin awesome SoFla’s…
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera has got one kick-ass job. Not that New Times is jealous – after all, we spend most of our time writing about how to smother your boyfriend or have sex with appliances – but the SoBe-based mystery writer seems to having a helluva a good time.In Garcia-Aguilera’s newest…
How awesome would it have been if comedian Demetri Martin were our fifth-grade teacher? Maybe then we would’ve grown up to be entertaining, witty, and interesting. But instead God gave us Mr. Wiener, some bald jerk with a lazy eye who seemed to hate children almost as much as he…
Last night at the Wolfsonian, we arrived fashionably early to hear a book talk by Pamela Golbin, the Louvre’s very own chief curator of Fashion and Textiles. She was in town to discuss her book Madeline Vionnet. The talk began 30 minutes late — thanks in large part to President…
In what in some circles equates to earth-shattering news, the New York Times plans to discontinue use of the term “hipster.” On Tuesday, the standards editor claimed it no longer accurately describes what the American Heritage dictionary defines as “One who is exceptionally aware of or interested in the latest…
Whether you’ve seen her on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Chelsea Lately, or VH1’s oddly addictive I Love the ’70s/’80s/’90s series, comedian Loni Love has been part of your pop culture channel surfing. And Love’s signature, smart-ass stand-up recently landed her a one-hour Comedy Central special called America’s Sister,…
Trying to escape the brutal northern winter, the gorilla juiceheads and the orange trolls with poufs and fake tits decided to pack their hair gels and Ed Hardy shirts, and take a trip down south. Last year, they spent their summer getting trashed in Joisey. “We’re in Miami bitch,” hollered…
According to the nomadic Fifi Projects’ Eduardo Lopez, the snapshot exhibit “Natures Mortes: A Restrospective,” on view at Abba Fine Art, centers on biological and technological decay. “It’s basically a best-of exhibit, featuring conceptual photography by ten artists,” Lopez says. “Fifi Projects has organized shows in New York, Miami, and…
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If you decide to spend your summer vacation in Carl Hiassen’s unbearably sunny, superpastel imaginary South Beach, please remember to protect yourself. You will need to wear sunglasses, a wide-brimmed hat, two condoms, and a bulletproof vest. Why? ’Cause Hiassen’s latest beach book, Star Island, is a lurid literary trap…
From Capone to Scarface to the Cocaine Cowboys, Miami’s history is chock-a-block with criminal legends that blur the boundary between fact and fiction. Too often, the true crime has been so brutal and unreal that it seems lifted from the silver screen. Conversely, blockbusters and documentaries play like the evening…
The lights dim. A couple dressed for a black-tie affair intensely embraces. As the bandoneon hits a sharp note, they quickly turn and gracefully march across the dance floor. It’s easy to imagine that the sensuously elegant dance of tango originated on a high-society ballroom floor in a sophisticated corner…
When advertising gurus retire, they often slip into a life of dirty martinis at noon, six packs of cigarettes per day, and screaming matches with shitty TV commercials. But not Mike Tesch. After decades spent hoarding a half-thousand ad awards, being named to AdWeek’s All-American Creative Team, and creating iconic…
With its countless film offerings, Cinema Paradiso was founded by those who brought us, according to Guinness World Records, the longest film festival in the world: the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, better known as FLIFF. But the art house has never featured a fest dedicated to Florida’s major attraction…
What happens when a famed French New Wave director grows as old as Betty White? He abandons head trips such as Last Year at Marienbad — cinema’s most awkward love triangle — and Hiroshima Mon Amour, a lovers’ spat centered on nuclear bombing. With his most recent film, Wild Grass…
How can delinquent homeowners worry about paying the mortgage when they can’t even afford a moving van? That’s the question Paul Reyes explores in Exiles in Eden: Life Among the Ruins of Florida’s Great Recession, his poetic, pull-no-punches personal account of how the foreclosure crisis has affected his family and…
The last time the Florida Marlins faced the Washington Nationals, rookie outfielder Mike Stanton was busy using Nats pitchers for batting practice. In a three-game series, Stanton collected a total of eight hits and six RBIs. He also joined the likes of Gary Sheffield, Miguel Cabrera, Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla,…
The last time the Florida Marlins faced the Washington Nationals, rookie outfielder Mike Stanton was busy using Nats pitchers for batting practice. In a three-game series, Stanton collected a total of eight hits and six RBIs. He also joined the likes of Gary Sheffield, Miguel Cabrera, Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla,…
The last time the Florida Marlins faced the Washington Nationals, rookie outfielder Mike Stanton was busy using Nats pitchers for batting practice. In a three-game series, Stanton collected a total of eight hits and six RBIs. He also joined the likes of Gary Sheffield, Miguel Cabrera, Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla,…
Thanks to one of those ubiquitous mid-August South Florida storms, the Miami Dolphins’ first preseason game two weeks ago was a wet, sloppy mess. And you were so revved up. You’d been starving for football, and it was finally time to feed the monster. The off-season had been way too…
