The future looks dangerously bright for Drew Spears. Right now, the 21-year-old standup comic is chasing a double major in Motion Pictures and English Literature at UM. Translation: He can look forward to near-certain unemployment, probable starvation, and an almost 50-percent chance of homelessness. “The school of communications makes you…
There’s a very different type of big top in town at La Fee Verte, and we aren’t talking about the tent variety. (Although there’ll probably be enough wood in there to pitch one, har har.). Tonight, Thursday, Rainbow Circus is bringing its Sexy Circus Sideshow to the burlesque club. And…
The hardest part was making the 7 a.m. call time. Since I’d been working from home, my out-of-sync circadian rhythm had me going to bed at 6 a.m. and waking up at 2 p.m. or later. I’d signed up to be an extra on Burn Notice. And I understood I…
When Miami marionette master, Pablo Cano, got a pistol stuck in his ribs a few years back he reconsidered his approach to unearthing the found objects he employs to create his unusual puppets.”After I got held up while dumpster diving I stopped combing through trash heaps as often as I…
As we write this, tropical storm Bonnie is banging at our back door, and our cars will soon be roof-deep in sewage-tainted floodwater. But there’s culture to be had out there, dammit! So we built a boat out of discarded pizza boxes and empty bottles of Proactive. (We’ve been watching…
Fashion breakdown: Vicky wears Jem-like, cotton-candy wig, purple strapless top, hot pink mini, purple soccer socks, and high-heel sandals. Kirsten pairs up her wig with a hat, and dons a turquoise necklace, gray-and-white stripped tank, black jeans, and red heels. …
On Tuesday morning, a 20-year-old cyclist named Michael Lum was seriously injured in Coconut Grove when he was hit by a car. Since then, he’s been at the Ryder Trauma Center, undergoing surgery and beginning his recovery. As of yesterday, Lum was listed in critical condition. Help Lum and his…
It’s the 1940s. You jump out of your Cadillac convertible to lay out on el Varadero, sip some mojitos, and get some sun. Nicole Di Rocco has made such time travel possible with her funky line of Cuba-inspired bikinis. It’s not just the cuts that are Cuban retro – some…
You know those post-apocalyptic RPGs where some kind of catastrophic event transforms the world into a toxic cesspool where the air is poison and the panicked masses are forced to build underground compounds just to survive? That pretty much describes summertime Miami. The insufferable July fire that reigns down upon…
If you want to see an independent film in Miami, you have to venture to Miami Beach for the Cinemathque, Tower Theater in Little Havana, or South Miami for Cosford Cinema on the University of Miami campus. For most of us, that means jumping on I-95, which can lower your…
If you have any nagging doubts about Miamians’ commitment to the environment, climate change, acid rain, tree hugging, and The Issues, then you should have attended Tuesday night’s Lexus salon, the Darker Side of Green. The crowd was quiet, contemplative, and engaged. It was a total eye opener. Just joking…
For those of us needing a glamorous dose of drag while Rupaul’s Drag Race is on hiatus, or for those of us who are still recovering from the shock of Tyra being crowned last season’s winner (everyone knows that Raven should have won), there’s a fierce and fabulous drag competition…
He was accused of instigating a culture of political terror teetering on the brink of civil unrest. He sought to align two nations by breaking ties with a communist country. He delivered speeches so controversial and empowering that his government censured him. The former leader of the opposition party and…
Restrepo: A South Florida soldier and his comrades, vérité-style
Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington go to war for Restrepo
Salt: Angelina Jolie’s contradictions buoy the otherwise rote movie
Miami Art Museum’s “New Work Miami 2010” showcases breadth and scope of local talent
Dolphins, marlins, manatees, and ibises are the go-to symbols for Miami. But considering we’re the only place in the continental United States with coral reefs off our shores, it’s curious that these creatures get little attention. Colin Foord and Jared McKay are trying to change that through Coral Morphologic. For…
When the Vietnam War was raging, American hippies tried to defeat the military-industrial complex through free love, random nudity, and countercultural agitprop. Although those longhairs lost the battle, that doesn’t mean their master strategy was totally bunk. Maybe it’s time we retest the battle-readiness of boobs. Running until August 31…
With the exception of The Jetsons, the future pretty much always gets a bum rap. Sci-fi books and films usually prophesy our doom in a dystopian wasteland ravaged by foreign invaders, plagues, and zombies. Or, even better, zombie plagues. Meanwhile, the past, even in its more traumatic moments (Inglourious Basterds,…
Japan is a tiny island, but it’s filled to the brim with some of the world’s most interesting culture, including curious cuisine, which to most Americans’ palates is more intriguing than appetizing. You won’t be seeing McSushi at our drive-thrus anytime soon (thank God). But rest easy, fatty. Thanks to…
Summer is in full swing, which means Miami Spice is just around the corner. The foodie favorite begins this Saturday at 7 p.m. when the Greater Miami Convention & Visitor’s Bureau hosts a culinary extravaganza at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Participating restaurants include A Fish Called Avalon, Philippe Chow,…
