Arts & Culture

In one of Frank Paulin’s most iconic images, a boy wearing a gas mask stands on the periphery of a playground, where carefree children run around monkey bars. The photojournalist began snapping bombed-out European cities during World War II, when he was employed to take Army ID photos. He moved…

William Shakespeare was actually an author collective comprising imaginative Zimbabwean midgets. OK, that’s a stretch, but there’s plenty of evidence that the Bard wasn’t who we think he was. The same goes for Stieg Larsson, credited with penning the best-selling Swedish Millennium trilogy, which begins with the popular The Girl…

As president of Def Jam Recordings, Jay-Z will be remembered for his Empire State Building peaks and his subway-level lows. He’s launched debut albums by Young Jeezy, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, and our very own Rick Ross, but also albums by failed Brit rapper Lady Sovereign, as well as low-selling (though…

Although your favorite team might have exited the World Cup tournament, there is still plenty of great soccer to watch. Visit our World Cup Soccer Bars Directory World Cup Soccer Bars Directory for a list of venues where fans will gather to watch the games. This past Tuesday, the Netherlands…

With a dramatic, added-time goal in their final first-round game, the USA has qualified for the knockout stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The team’s next match, versus Ghana kicks off at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Please see our World Cup Soccer Bars Directory for great places…

As if exhibiting quarters armed with razor blades wasn’t provocative enough, the Museum of Contemporary Art is supplementing its Claire Fontaine exhibit “Economies” with films that influenced the French artist collective. Next up is Reassemblage, Vietnamese academic and filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha’s 1982 film about rural Senegalese women. This is…

The rest of the globe might be still obsessing over the latest World Cup scorecards, but we Miamians will get our own dose of international intrigue this weekend. Sarazino, an Afro-Latin-reggae-Arabic-hip-hop-funk band, encompasses the worldliness of the soccer competition via music. It’s led by Lamine Fellah, who was born in…

Sequins? Jazz hands? Bawdy show tunes? Nope. The inaugural Out in the Tropics performing arts festival is all about the kind of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender theater that steps beyond stereotypes. And this Wednesday, the fest will begin with “Queer Culture, Global Culture,” a panel discussion at the Shore…

Sequins? Jazz hands? Bawdy show tunes? Nope. The inaugural Out in the Tropics performing arts festival is all about the kind of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender theater that steps beyond stereotypes. This Sunday, the fest will wrap with Sarah Felder’s June Bride, a vaguely vaudevillian one-woman act about lesbian…

Sequins? Jazz hands? Bawdy show tunes? Nope. The inaugural Out in the Tropics performing arts festival is all about the kind of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender theater that steps beyond stereotypes. This Saturday, The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac will bring the eponymous actor and his R-rated antics, gender politics,…

Sequins? Jazz hands? Bawdy show tunes? Nope. The inaugural Out in the Tropics performing arts festival is all about the kind of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender theater that steps beyond stereotypes. This Thursday and Friday, Carlos Diaz and his Cuban theater troupe will perform German New Wave filmmaker Rainer…

Sequins? Jazz hands? Bawdy show tunes? Nope. The inaugural Out in the Tropics performing arts festival is all about the kind of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender theater that steps beyond stereotypes. This Thursday and Friday, Carlos Diaz and his Cuban theater troupe will perform German New Wave filmmaker Rainer…

Thirty-year-old English singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum is the latest and greatest in a minirevival of the old blue-eyed crooner tradition. Think, perhaps, a hipper Michael Bublé, with an appreciation for hip-hop and an ability to marry supermodel Sophie Dahl. While Cullum’s originals are thoughtful, smooth, and flexible in genre, he truly…

You keep having this dream where George Washington is chillin’ in your crib. “I love you so much, Boo,” he says, “I want you to have millions of dolla dolla bills, with my beautiful smiling face on every single one.” Speaking of sweet dreams and beautiful nightmares, Club Dream is…

The great irony is that pelicans secrete a little oil to waterproof their plumage. But the recent tarring of their feathers by BP’s oil spill will be one of the great tragedies of the decade. No longer able to regulate their temperatures, the birds could freeze to death, and every…

With its swank beach resort setting, colorful cast of partygoers, and sultry soundtrack, Sunday’s IndepenDANCE Pool and Beach Party at the Doubletree Surfcomber South Beach Miami Hotel is the hallmark Fourth of July event for South Beach club rats. This year, the party’s organizers have booked Armin Van Buuren and…

If you believe tribal legend, Miccosukee Indians fell from the celestial skies into a Florida lake and had to swim ashore to build their village. In 1992, those same skies released the wrath of Hurricane Andrew, downing their Australian pines and thatched-roofed huts. The tribe members looked for help, but…

If you’ve been praying for a celluloid remedy to your box office flu, seek solace in Lourdes, a haunting new film by Cannes-wining director Jessica Hausner. In it, Christine, a physically disabled and emotionally awkward young woman, sets out on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, where the Virgin Mary allegedly…

Your face is forever changing. As time passes, a network of fine lines creeps across your forehead, around your mouth, under your eyes. You gain weight and your jaw line droops. When you’re happy, your face is open and bright, seeming to broadcast inner states of being. But darker moods…

Miami’s Venezolanos — or anybody looking for a fiesta — will be hard-pressed to find a more lively celebration than the Independencia de Venezuela concert this Saturday at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Of course, thanks to wack-job dictator Hugo Chávez, Venezuela isn’t really free these days. But hey, they’ve been…

How furious are you about the 50,000 barrels of crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico every day? Pissed enough to make a protest poster? Well, Atlanta-based provocateur Greg Mike already did it. Titled “Thanks, BP!,” the 28-year-old studio artist’s smart-ass PSA stars a maniacally smiling, oil-slicked soda-can character that’s…