A little tip for the would-be Indiana Jones profiteers out there: Don’t sell your illegally plundered ancient artifacts on eBay. One seller learned that lesson the hard way last April, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Miami spotted protected Peruvian artifacts on the site and launched an investigation. Turns out…
It’s only June, but it’s already been a banner year for the filmmakers at Borscht. Last month, they showed a short film at Cannes — Day N Night Out, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Lucas Leyva. And one of their films won second place at a contest…
Miami-Dade is finally ready to give the blighted Miami Art Museum $100 million to begin construction of its long-in-the-works home at Bicentennial Park. While the museum has suffered a number of setbacks in the past decade, County Manager George Burgess wrote last week he’s satisfied with the $31 million MAM…
In the last year, a gaggle of Cuban musicians have performed in Miami for the first time in decades. There was Los Van Van, Omara Portuondo, and goateed troubadour Carlos Varela. But when singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez announced two weeks ago he would tour the United States for the first since…
We’re guessing most of you already know about the shower of hip-hop events hitting Miami this long weekend, but allow us to point out some other events worthy of your time and cash. There’s a saucy Fetish party happening all weekend in Broward. If you’re willing to sport a gag…
If you think about it, Memorial Day, which commemorates fallen soldiers, is a bit of a downer. Comedian Mark Curry has the right idea: Send all the jailed gangbangers, crackheads, and pedophile priests to fight in Iraq – and their lawyers too. Curry, that affable guy from Hangin’ with Mr…
Unreasonable Doubt in the Gables needs work
This week in art: Guillotines and mummies
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: Jake Gyllenhaal goes to the gym but can’t beef up this flick
“¡Mira Que Lindas!” is an exhibit of Latin album covers, presented by CCE Miami and the Latin Recording Academy. See the inspired graphic design of trippy Caetano Veloso and Andrés Calamaro covers — and more than 500 other album covers — through June 19. Sat., June 12, 8 p.m., 2010…
In a performance of “Mi Novio Es un Zombi” (“My Boyfriend Is a Zombie”), Spanish pop singer Alaska, looking like a gothed-up Cher, grinds onstage with a Freddy Krueger impersonator. In 1989, she and bass player Nacho Canut formed electro pop band Fangoria, naming it after a horror magazine. The…
Forgo seeing Iron Man 2 in IMAX 3-D for the eighth time; instead head to 4-D. That’s Fourth Dimension, South Florida’s own roots rock reggae band performing live this Saturday at KnightTime Billiards. Best known for its authentic Bob Marley-meets-Steel Pulse sound, Fourth Dimension encapsulates true reggae yet sprinkles in…
The average American’s knowledge of fútbol is limited to the following: “Ole, ole, ole, ole, ole,” an extended “goooaallll” or two, and Zombie Nation’s “Kernkraft 400.” Others might have heard that underwear model and part-time midfielder David Beckham married Posh Spice and moved to L.A. or something. Luckily, there’s still…
The average American’s knowledge of futbol is limited to the following: “Ole, ole, ole, ole, ole,”; an extended “goooaallll” or two; and Zombie Nation’s “Kernkraft 400.” Others might have heard that underwear model and part-time midfielder David Beckham married Posh Spice and moved to L.A. or something. Luckily, there’s still…
We’re always on the lookout for art that seeps outside of the streets of Wynwood. This month, South Florida screen print artist Rocky Grimes is exhibiting and selling his one-of-a-kind designs at “Normal Absurdity,” an art show at Kidrobot in Miami Beach. As far as Grimes, you may know him…
At first, the South Florida Boat Show seems boring. But then you imagine cutting waves from the Caribbean to Key West in a cigarette boat loaded with a couple kilos of kush. You’re trolling for swordfish and sharks at 100 mph. There’s a drunk mermaid on the bow and a…
Here, near the edge of the American continent – latitude 25 47’16″N, longitude 8013’27″W to be exact – the people are always tan, the sun never stops blazing, the hot black streets breed mirages, the water stays perfectly warm, and the beach party is eternal. It’s a subtropical phenomenon called…
This Thursday through Sunday, you don’t want to find yourself sitting in the front row of the Miami Improv. Canadian comedian Ian Bagg will be at the mike, and his whole bit revolves around calling audience members assholes. “Man, there are a lot of old people in here. Did a…
You work hard, but you party hard-core. So it’s not entirely uncommon for your weekend to start 24 hours early with a testosterone- and tequila-soaked Thursday full of degenerate gambling, trash talk, and amateurishly applied guillotine chokes. One thing is guaranteed: There will be blood, broken bones, and battle scars…
Of all the world’s sundry Tiki events, Fort Lauderdale’s Hukilau is one of the holiest. This year’s ninth annual fest will begin Thursday at 5 p.m. with Harold Golen’s “Poly Blend” art show at the Bahia Mar Hotel. At 8 p.m., the party will move poolside at the Bahia Cabana…
Before getting hooked on fake boobs and Viagra, Hugh Hefner was the coolest dude on the planet. He was packing Playboy with nice, natural American girls who liked to talk pop art, the Rolling Stones, and radical feminism. He was hosting shows like Playboy’s Penthouse and Playboy After Dark, bringing…
Head to Miami’s resident English pub – Churchill’s – to watch the USA soccer team play footsie with England in a World Cup match. Let’s hope coach Bob Bradley, midfielder Clint Dempsey, and goalkeeper Tim Howard represent the States well or there’ll be some snooty lymies up in Churchill’s. It…
