If anybody interpreted the recession as an opportunity to expand, it was definitely the party promoters of Poplife. Over the past several months, the crew — consisting of Aramis Lorie, Barbara Basti, and Jake Jefferson — has been getting hounded by Miami Beach megaclubs desperate for bodies to fill dance…
HBO is still at work on a fictional adaption of Cocaine Cowboys, but the cable giant’s latest project takes on the life of another infamous villain from Miami-Dade’s past: Anita Bryant. The beauty queen turned popular singer turned Florida OJ pitchwoman turned raving anti-gay activist will get the biopic treatment in…
The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning, and unlike last year’s fantastic Mickey Rourke resurgence, there’s no strong local hook in this year’s horse race. But this here alt-weekly devotes an entire section to movies, and naturally our critics had something to say about each film. AvatarTake one part Smurfs, one…
The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced its program of films even though you, the general public, won’t be able to buy tickets until February 19. As usual, the ten-day festival has a strong Ibero-American focus, featuring many big-screen creations from Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The program of…
Art Miami was showing contemporary art in fair format long before Art Basel rolled into town, and now they’re expanding with a second yearly fair focusing on fine art and antiques, according to ArtInfo. The Florida International Fine Art Fair will kick off next year in the same tent space in…
We’ve long known Cincinatti wide receiver and Miami native Chad Ochocinco has a somewhat colorful personality — we were sort of tipped off when he legally changed his last name to a bad Spanish translation of his jersey number — but he seems to be really coming into his own…
This week, we cheated a little. In amongst the free yoga, free art and free parties is one event we actually think you should shell out dough to attend. Intrigued? Read on. Monday: Show off the resilience of your liver by going out on a Monday night. The party Duchess…
In most cities, mini-golf almost qualifies as anti-culture, but Miami’s Upper Eastside Garden somehow blended putt-putt with art, movies, and music so well it seemed completely natural. Sadly, though, all good things must come to an end, and Upper Eastside Garden will host a closing party tomorrow night. The Garden will say…
Yes, that’s right. Weekend’s here. Time to drink so much you forget Monday is a mere 48 hours away. We kid! Put down the bottle and go out and get cultured.FridayYou won’t see this too often: The freakin’ rodeo is in town until Sunday. over to the Homestead Championship Rodeo…
Now this isn’t sensationalist at all. No, the Brevard-based sexual predator watchdog group Protect Our Children (POC) is being entirely reasonable. If you disagree, you’re most likely a pedophile — or Roger Daltrey.The Who’s Pete Townshend will come to South Florida to perform at the Super Bowl. In 2003, the…
In most countries, a murderer who took part in strangling an old lady wouldn’t be leading a get-down-and-boogie party propaganda machine sent around the world to spread goodwill. He’d be on death row or doing life behind bars.But Los Van Van leader Samuel Formell, son of the band’s founder Juan…
Hidden down a narrow, semi-secluded Design District street that’s not much more than a backalley, Swampspace Gallery (3821 NE 1st Ct., Miami) is the appropriately tiny exhibition and gathering place that fronts artist Oliver Sanchez’ studio. Unlike most Miami art spaces, this one is the size of your living room…
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Endgame, about the covert negotiations in the ’80s that helped bring down apartheid, follows Michael Young (Jonny Lee Miller), a public affairs director for a British gold-mining firm. Miller secretly assembles talks between African National Congress representatives led by Thabo Mbeki (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and powerful Afrikaners like philosophy prof Will…
For better or worse, there isn’t a human experience that French director André Téchiné can resist lathering into a tone poem. Tackling a 2004 incident whose sociopolitical ramifications can hardly be ignored — a young Gentile woman set off a media storm by falsely claiming to be the victim of…
At Edge Zones in Wynwood, three photographers search for hidden patterns in the everyday
Forgo chocolates ‘n’ roses and spend your budgeted Valentine’s money on some quality time together. Well, the two of you and a pod of dolphins. The Miami Seaquarium is offering Dine With the Dolphins, the chance to dine waterside this Valentine’s Eve at a candlelight dinner for two overlooking the…
It’s the night before Valentine’s Day. Don’t get sad; head to the Love Rx show at the Respectable Street Café (518 Clematis St.) in West Palm Beach. The girls of the Modernesque Burlesque troop — Ms. Ardis, Audry Rose Lautrec, Isadora Bull, Francean Fanny, Lady Phoenix, and Pixie Deville —…
For peeps of a certain age, the memory of middle school makeout parties in dimly lit basements will be forever soundtracked to the sweet and sticky slow jams of Mr. Keith Sweat. Thanks to the sensual whining of “Nobody” and words like “Who can sex you like me?” the summer…
Perhaps you don’t have a Valentine this year. Perhaps you’d rather pledge your love and devotion to the characters on the big screen; they never broke up with you via text message. With the money you’ll save on not buying someone flowers, you can get a ticket for the New…
