Whether you got whacked in the head with a pillow this weekend or saw Sir Paul McCartney rock an arena, we’re guessing you still don’t want to spend a lot of dough this week. Monday: Miami’s gonna make you sweat again. Temperatures are back in the 80s, so if you…
Eight cops are lined up like a troop of soldiers on a gum-stained sidewalk across from Club Space. Wanda Mendez, a City of Miami Police officer with perfect posture and short brown hair, hollers assignments over the thump of car stereos. “We’re all gonna back each other up!” she says…
FridayAs if five days of torture, we mean work, weren’t enough, today is the opening day of the “Instruments of Torture Through the Ages” exhibit at the Freedom Tower (oh, the irony!). One look at the spiked collars, knee splitters, and genital mutilators, and you’ll realize you don’t have it…
Hot on the heels of that adorable/disturbing staged elementary school parody of Scarface, South Park last night decided to do an homage of its own to Miami’s favorite movie. Though it was a bit more subtle. The show didn’t even spoof the “Say hello to my little friend” line, which,…
“Where Do We Go From Here?” Through May 30. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530; bassmuseum.org. Wednesday through Sunday noon to 5 p.m. If you haven’t visited the Bass Museum in a while, a new exhibit will likely leave you scratching your head. Gone are the…
Ajami: An Israeli Arab and Israeli Jew come together to make cross-cultural crime drama
Alliance Theatre Lab’s Orphans gets loving treatment
Miami events devoted to quality hip-hop may take a little digging to find, but they’re there. If you’ve found them, you’re probably already familiar with the circuit of weeklies and one-offs put on by IAmYourVillain. If not, get schooled on Wednesday, April 14 at the Standard, when the loungey-cool hotel’s…
It’s the sort of fame trajectory that every party DJ covets. Josh Young and Curt Cameruci began spinning in Chicago in 2006 as the DJ duo Flosstradamus. Their Get Outta the Hood party was so popular it burst the seams of their local bar, forcing them to take their sound…
A man in a suit sits tied to a chair, his face hidden under a hood. Out of the shadows, a woman with knotted blond hair and dirty street clothes emerges. She silently circles the man, moving in slow, tight loops like a Predator drone fixing on its target. She…
Just yesterday, while waiting at the bus stop with $2 fare in hand, we spied an ad for a new spa on the Beach. A woman, hair wrapped in a towel, lies prostrate on a bench. Purple orchids surround her, and two hands sink into the muscles of her shoulders…
For 56 years, James “Jimbo” Luznar has operated a bocce ball, beer, and smoked-fish shack on the northeast edge of Virginia Key. Named basically by default, it’s known to ex-shrimpers, hippies, and frat boys as Jimbo’s Place, a lawless yet low-key hideaway from the urban shitstorm of mainland Miami. A…
Are you ready to get your cochleas ruptured? To pop your ears over and over like you’re in an elevator to auditory heaven? Then grab your black tie and strapless dress, because this Saturday, eight-time Grammy-winning composer Michael Tilson Thomas will conduct a noise parade of music by that crazy,…
Growing up, there was only one place to find a rare toy to complete the Mos Eisley Cantina scene for our bookshelves. Tate’s Comics was and still is a mecca of South Florida geekdom. Originally no larger than a long hallway, the store has not only grown in size over…
Politicians can’t seem to keep it in their pants. John Edwards is the latest poster boy for infidelity, but he certainly wasn’t the first. Frankly, we’re a little surprised the White House doesn’t include mistress quarters. Italy’s Benito Mussolini was such a badass that he flaunted his mistresses while hiding…
Throughout his 50-year career, Brazilian superstar Roberto Carlos has been the biggest-selling artist in his native country. Starting out as a bossa nova crooner in the early ’60s, he first achieved recognition when he led a group of scruffy rockers who called themselves the Jovem Guarda (Portuguese for “young guard”),…
Straight out of Springboro, Ohio, via the virtual reality of the Internet, Mitchell Davis is a 20-something kid who has cornered a certain kind of pseudo-celeb status with the Gen Z set. That’s a convoluted way to say: He’s a YouTube star with nearly 72 million video views to his…
This season, the Eastern Conference has been all about the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Orlando Magic. But no team is entering the postseason hotter than the Miami Heat. Sure, they’ve been able to benefit from a cakewalk schedule, but that doesn’t mean they can’t dent a few asses in the…
It’s more than just a sticky present left by your cat. Curated by Tomm El-Saieh, “Hairball Cosmology” is a group exhibition of emerging artists who examine “todayness.” There will also be a video and sound performance by Charlie Astro. Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m. Starts: March 25. Continues through May 1, 2010…
A slapstick spoof of a propaganda film that’s slapstick to begin with — albeit unintentionally — Reefer Madness is a tricky little play. It’s also a very good one. Writers’ Studney and Murphy’s best idea was to allow their funny little musical to remain as scary to modern audiences as…
You probably haven’t seen The Bartered Bride before, and you probably shouldn’t let this opportunity slip by. Bedrich Smetana is an overlooked but wonderful composer whose music swoops and soars like the winds blowing off the Sudetes Mountains near his hometown of Litomysl, in the Czech Republic. The plot of…
The City of Miami Beach is throwing a beach party, and you’re invited! This Saturday, the Miami Beach Gay Pride will flood South Beach with tens of thousands of revelers watching the parade, dancing to the music, and celebrating how great it is to be gay. Although last year’s inaugural…
