Arts & Culture

“Art Encounters: Interstices Between Literature, Cinema, and Graphic Design” Through March 20. CCE Miami, 800 Douglas Rd., Ste. 170, Coral Gables; 305-448-9676; ccemiami.org. Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Some people believe a picture is worth a thousand words, but others swear a well-made poster can more effectively…

Even if you’ve never met the man who built Churchill’s Pub, he’s pretty easy to spot. His name is Dave Daniels, and he’s that dapper 68-year-old gentleman with the great white grandfatherly beard. On a typical night, Mr. Daniels can be found sitting at the far end of the bar,…

Craig Ferguson, who might be the only late-night TV host without an ax to grind with NBC, is bringing his irreverent brand of stand-up to South Florida. The Coral Springs Center for the Arts will host Ferguson’s laugh fest this Tuesday as part of a 24-date nationwide tour. The Scottish-born…

Visions of Daisy Dukes-clad superchongas with hips so heavy they knock jaws out of whack with each step. A shirtless old man, drink in hand, mambos for a cheering crowd. An over-30 DJ spins for a middle school booty dance contest. Rival factions of gangsters-in-training throw fists in the middle…

In 1977, Florida Citrus Commission spokeswoman Anita Bryant got a Dade County referendum passed that made LGBT people second-class citizens. In response, local activists boycotted OJ and created the Pride Parade and Rally. And although it took two decades, they were able to get the antidiscrimination ordinance reinstated and regain…

Lewis Carroll’s literal-minded little Alice was something of a logician; Burton’s is comfortable with adult irrationality, although she’s hardly a hippie chick; neither is his Alice, sad to report, in the least bit lysergic. (Perhaps as a cost-cutting measure, Alice was shot normally and stereofied in post production. The resulting…

Maybe it’s a whole tongue-in-cheek trip, but a guy with a name such as James Husband sounds like he should be playing Captain & Tennille covers at the local retiree lounge on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sunday mornings. Instead, he’s headlining this Saturday’s edition of Poplife at the Electric Pickle. Born…

In an early video, artist Mariko Mori stands in an airport. She wears a platinum Barbarella-style wig and a silver bodysuit with futuristic polythene pillow wings. Her mission: Save the Earth. Mori, as a techno-shamanic being, cradles a crystal sphere before touching it to her lips and lowering the ball…

If only we’d been told as teenagers that drinking cough syrup, playing videogames, and listening to Appetite for Destruction could turn us into art stars, we might have ended up like Cory Arcangel. (OK, so maybe we are leaving out certain mitigating factors, such as talent, imagination, and an Oberlin…

Obama eased travel restrictions to Cuba, but the country 90 miles south still remains an enigma to most Americans. Its proximity and mystery inspired Minnesota composer Sage Lewis to create a multimedia production — The Closest Farthest Away (La Extrañable Lejania) — that would make this paradox of distance visible…

As the Miami International Film Festival winds down this week, there are still some choice movies we think you should see. Why go to a festival screening and not a blockbuster such as Shutter Island? Because the fest films are so new, so interesting, and so different that some of…

Somebody must have poured water on fame monster Lady Gaga, ’cause that gremlin of an entertainer has multiplied. Well, that’s not actually how it happened. Once upon a time, there was a little person named Terra Jole (stay with us), who paid her rent throwing Vegas shows as Mini Britney…

St. Patrick’s Day is one of those blessed holidays, like birthdays. If it falls on a workday, you get to celebrate it not once, but twice. Well, it’s on a Wednesday this year, so save the nightlife drinking debauchery for then. Make Saturday for the festivals, for the family, for…

As the Miami International Film Festival winds down this week, there are still some choice movies we think you should see. Why go to a festival screening and not a blockbuster such as Shutter Island? Because the fest films are so new, so interesting, and so different that some of…

St. Patrick’s Day is one of those blessed holidays, like birthdays. If it falls on a workday, you get to celebrate it not once, but twice. Well, it’s on a Wednesday this year, so save the nightlife drinking debauchery for then. Make Saturday for the festivals, for the family, for…

Miami is not known for its extensive Irish-American population. So this week, don’t expect rivers to be dyed green in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. But in the wake of last year’s South Park-inspired “Kick a Ginger Day,” we should all eat corned beef and drink green beer…

Miami is not known for its extensive Irish-American population. So this week, don’t expect rivers to be dyed green in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. But in the wake of last year’s South Park-inspired “Kick a Ginger Day,” we should all eat corned beef and drink green beer…

There are only two fates for this Friday’s Open Wings, Broken Strings performance at the Knight Concert Hall: It will either be a kitschy tribute to ’90s alterative rock, or it will be a depressing plea for the artists’ relevance in today’s ADD-addled music culture. Headlining this curious show will…

Every time Stephen Colbert goes home to South Carolina, he becomes an elderly black woman named Shirley. At least that was his shtick at Second City’s 50th anniversary reunion show, where he and other alumni got back to their sketch comedy roots. Often called the “Harvard of humor,” the Chicago…

Jeff Foxworthy has authored the best-selling comedy albums of all time. His first two You Might Be a Redneck if… releases went triple-platinum. Triple-platinum! (We’ll give you a moment to absorb that.) How’d he do it? How did he outsell everyone from Bill Cosby to David Cross? Easy. He herded…