Arts & Culture

Magic City Kitty: She’s too skinny for my sausage

If you’re sick of the usual SoBe dress code of Ed Hardy and skintight hooker ball gowns, the Fashion Monsters party aims to bring the style back to nightlife. Having developed a reputation in D.C. for high-energy, fashion-forward nightlife extravaganzas, now it’s Miami’s turn. The dress code is not mandatory…

Contrary to what you may be thinking, Boxwood is not what male boxes wake up with in the morning. Or it may be. But that’s not what this post is about. The Boxwood in question is one Jose Ferrer, and the artistic name for the one-man-band came from little more…

No one would ever accuse Chris Palko, the New York rapper who goes by Cage, of coming across as warm and cuddly. From the beginning of his career on the circuit, he’s mined his own set of personal traumas for musical gold. He’s long discussed his fucked up childhood to…

It’s inevitable … Sometime this Saturday-night-slash-Sunday-morning your half-drunk ass will find itself wandering, like a partied-out zombie, through the near-abandoned labyrinth of weird, winding roads that buffer Transit and those temporary Miami Music Festival tents from the banker-bustle of Brickell. But wait, before you pass out and puke on that…

Plenty of things to hear in Broward and Palm Beach this weekend, one of them will even make you feel good about yourself! Tonight, the Help Mend A Heart Benefit Show is happening at The Talent Farm. The $10 cover charge goes to the Maureen Waters Medical Fund (read all…

Hopefully, you were going to find out about this show tonight, when you head out to The Talent Farm for the Mend A Heart Benefit Show. But just in case your heart is made of stone and bile, here’s your heads up on an ultra heavy show happening at the…

Nothing makes Santa happier than enjoying a frosty adult beverage after his exhausting work delivering presents. And hey, shouldn’t you be rewarded for your gift giving too? From now until December 22, bring an unwrapped toy at least $10 in value to La Marea at the Tides Hotel and get…

This past June 6, Miami Dade College French professor Bob Michel was walking across the Wendy’s parking lot on Biscayne Boulevard at 79th Street. “I hear this incredible screeching, and before I know it, this thing was on top of me,” he recalls. “All I saw was this big grille…

We get a lot of irate missives from readers complaining about everything — dirty politicians, bad drivers, mixed-race relationships, UFO abductions making them late for work — but Ms. Ruth Freeman’s recent howl against the sidewalks along a stretch of Lincoln Road stands out for its quality. Note how she keeps…

There’s a large envoy of exquisitely dressed French nationals in town this week, so perhaps it would be best if brothers Leon and Simon Falic lie low. The brothers will retain control of French couturier Christian Lacroix, but the business will live on in name only.Gone are the lavish couture…

On the front page of the Miami Herald today is a photo of Sylvester Stallone,  posed in front of an abstract red painting. The article goes on to cite “the star power” at Art Basel this year. It explains the rich and famous are spending more money than last year, and that…