There must be some unwritten rule that you’re not a true comic until you’ve stirred up some headline-worthy controversy. One of the founding Kings of Comedy, D.L. Hughley, was probably aware of this theory when he recently agreed to join the ladies of The View for a stint as a…
Here in the state of Florida, any consumer use of low-explosive devices (i.e. roman candles, firecrackers, skyrockets, etc.) is a misdemeanor punishable by one year in jail. Yet isn’t there something patently un-American about laws designed to destroy fun? Indeed. And so, as you prepare a bonanza celebration in honor…
We all know that the grand old U.S. of A is just as green as it is red, white, and blue. Money is green. Fatigues are green. Sweet kush is green. And believe it or not, the White House will turn green if you look at it long enough. One…
Perhaps the most intriguing exhibit in the artsy nabe can be found off Eighth Street at Estudio Potrony Fine Art. “Yo Soy Consciencia” (“I Am Conscience”), titled after a line from one of José Martí’s poems, is a collaborative group show teaming professional artists with artists who have Down syndrome,…
Not all the fighting cocks peppering Little Havana’s folksy gallery scene are wretch-inducing boils on the landscape. Beyond the lurid fiberglass monstrosities masquerading as public art in front of restaurants and cigar shops on Calle Ocho — some of the fowls garishly clad in chef toques and rainbow-bright aprons, others…
The whirlwind tour of Tap Dogs blows through the Arsht Center with a dizzying celebration of blue-collar labor. Created and choreographed by Dein Perry, a former industrial machinist from Newcastle, the show evokes the small Australian steel town north of Sydney where the dancers grew up. The inspiration for Tap…
Launched in 1986, after Crockett and Tubbs put Miami on the pop culture map, the International Hispanic Theatre Festival celebrates the city’s growing reputation as a hub between the Old and New worlds. “When we started, Miami was becoming the center,” Sánchez recalls. “Europeans came through Miami to go to…
The International Hispanic Theatre Festival kicks off its 25th anniversary Wednesday, July 7, with a month of plays from across the Spanish-speaking world — Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, and, of course, the United States. The festival also explores the world south of the border with Más…
Organized by Teatro Avante’s founder and artistic director, Mario Ernesto Sánchez, this year’s Hispanic festival showcases production’s from Mexico, including Amarillo, which touches on the hot-button issue of immigration. But most of the plays hit on other themes, such as street urchins, professional boxing, and the relationship between a monstrous…
The Summer Groove is every bit as awesome as its name suggests. Once again, Miami Heat legends Alonzo Mourning and Dwyane Wade have banded their collective bad-assed-ness together to bring us this annual five-day jam to help benefit Alonzo Mourning Charities and Wade’s World Foundation. This Sunday, Zo and D-Wade…
The Summer Groove is every bit as awesome as its name suggests. Once again, Miami Heat legends Alonzo Mourning and Dwyane Wade have banded their collective bad-assed-ness together to bring us this annual five-day jam to help benefit Alonzo Mourning Charities and Wade’s World Foundation. This Sunday, Zo and D-Wade…
Are you familiar with Tommy Wiseau’s legendary 2003 movie The Room? A film so bad it has gained cult status for being just godawful. A piece of cinema with no regard for things such as a concise plot, acting ability, or general sense that midnight screenings are still held in…
Of all of Miami’s ’80s-era cocaine cowboys, Mickey Munday is our favorite. Jon Roberts is a little too batshit-insane for our taste. Max Mermelstein adopted a false identity and died broke. And Manny Noriega, well, he’s in France getting reamed by the baguette of justice. Nothing cool about that…
Asked the difference between his characters and Hollywood’s, director Spike Lee answered, “Mine are real.” Lee has made it his cinematic mission to accurately portray being black in America. In one of his first films, Do the Right Thing, he sketched a rich portrait of racial tension in a Brooklyn…
What exactly was Charlie Murphy doing before he got famous for slapping the shit out of Rick James on Chappelle’s Show? “Well, I was in movies. The last 20 years, I’ve been writing movies, being in movies. Between that and just hustling… I was a martial arts instructor for a…
FridayTattoo artists from all over country will descend on Miami’s downtown Hyatt this weekend for the three-day Tattoolapalooza. There’ll be tattoo contests, marauding evil clowns, inking seminars, gnarly bikers, and goth punk bands. If you’re going to get inked, this is the place to do it.Yes, it is genetically possible…
We thought ’80s teen-pop stars were nearly extinct, but apparently they’re actually alive and thriving in the Everglades. Or will be anyway. Former pop tarts Debbie Gibson (“Foolish Beat”) and Tiffany (“I Think We’re Alone Now”) will star as rivals in the upcoming SyFy Channel movie Mega Python vs. Gatoroid.Yes,…
Last night the city of Baltimore was invaded by a strange marching army of “Suzercisers” who startled residents by marching through the streets in matching black and gold lamé outfits with an astute and astounding devotion to synchronized fitness. The army came in peace, and there were no casualties aside…
The cool kids’ table in the cafeteria is inviting you to sit with them. Or at least that’s what it feels like when the Borscht Film Festival announces it’s accepting submissions for next year’s festival. Above is a trailer for their CCCV short series (CCCV is the Roman numeral for…
Just yesterday, BP’s busted oil well went berserk, spitting mysterious goo and gases and forcing the removal of the containment cap. In other words, Deepwater Horizon is back to bleeding 50,000 barrels of crude directly into the Gulf of Mexico every single day. The whole world is sick of this…
Calle Ocho art walk features work not found in Cuban nostalgia shops
Exit Through the Gift Shop: A doc about street art, sort of, brought to you by a graffiti ninja, kind of
