Miami has been in serious need of a poetry revival ever since Vanilla Ice went rolling in his 5.0, with his rag-top down so his hair could blow. And if 2 Fast, 2 Furious has taught us anything, it’s that there’s no quicker way to Miamians’ hearts and minds than…
The University of Wynwood has an epic plan: everyone in Miami is to encounter a poem at least once during the month of April. Their O, Miami poetry festival, devoted to this cause, has a lot to cover. But they believe they are up to the challenge with an extensive…
If someone approached you on the street and asked if they could film you reading poetry, would you say yes? Answer honestly. In fact, don’t bother answering. We already know the truth. Because when Toronto-based How Pedestrian tried to get Miamians to read poetry on film this weekend, about 90%…
O, Miami continues its guerrilla-style tactics, making sure every Dade resident encounters a poem during April. This time, the festival has paired with Miami artist Agustina Woodgate. The Argentina-born creative is revered for her teddy bear rugs — furry tapestries constructed from the pelts of plush toys — as well…
Mommar Gadhafi is way out of line these days. Know who could set his ass straight? The Daleks. You know, those alien fascist space tanks with shrill British accents from Doctor Who? At least Ben Thompson thinks so. And he should know: Thompson literally writes the books on badasses. Part…
O, Miami is bringing poetry to the streets in oh so many ways this April. This week, they’re hosting Abe’s Penny Live, an interactive event that will inspire you to use your literary mind in a public space. The point is to get inspired by Miami artists’ photos at a…
P. Scott Cunningham is the founder of the University of Wynwood and, with a little help from his friends, is launching the first-annual O, Miami poetry festival this month. O, Miami’s goal is simple: to poetry bomb the entirety of Miami-Dade county’s roughly 2.5 million inhabitants every day for the…
Our options for affordable books are disappearing faster than publishers’ willingness to print them. It’s hard enough to find bookstore in some parts of the county, but now Borders is bankrupt and who knows how much longer Barnes and Noble can stay out of the red? The options for cheap…
Looking to let your hair down, ditch the push-up bra, and experience “a life-inspiring, soul-moving, belly-laughing, and rhythmically-healing artistic weekend!” That’s what you’ll get at SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day this Saturday at The Stage, according to local founder Deborah Magdalena. The movement behind the event was created by…
Remember when you read On the Road and you thought “I’m going to be a writer”? So you wrote in your moleskin daily. You poured yourself out over pints and espressos. Sunlight would shift overhead and you’d go lurching for your pen and moleskin as inspiration flooded in.That was then…
A little birdie known as The Heat Lightning let it slip that O, Miami, the inaugural poetry festival, is bringing James Franco to the 305 to read some verse. O co-founder Scott Cunningham told us, “He’s pretty serious about poetry. He’s made a few short films based on poems -…
Beastly, the latest take on classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast, opens at theaters across the country tomorrow and has all the makings of being this year’s first teenybopper mega hit – hunky dude (who gets ugly), a High School Musical Star (Vanessa Hudgens), and even an Olsen twin. Ordinarily,…
Maybe second only to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping in the early party of last century, the abduction and murder of Adam Walsh in South Florida in 1981 was the most infamous case of child kidnapping in US history. It was every parents’ nightmare–one second their child is playing video games…
Arthur Suydam is the undisputed “zombie king” of the comic book universe. Although this writer, illustrator, and musician has worked on such iconic comic books as Heavy Metal, Batman, Conan, Tarzan, Predator, and Aliens, his infamy is due largely to the deliciously hellish covers he designs for the infinitely popular…
If you see bumper-to-bumper traffic on Tamiami Trail heading to the Everglades, it’s because author Karen Russell has made our mucky, inhabitable frontier seem like a thrilling carnival ride. Her debut novel Swamplandia! follows the adventures of the Bigtree gator-wrestling dynasty. Ava takes an Odyssey-like expedition through the swamp in…
We’re always glad to see another publications enter the online domain, especially if they’re local and humor based. Which is precisely why we are so pleased that a cult newspaper that rocked Miami high schools, Misplaced Humor, has revived itself as a website. The founders of the paper, Sebastian Abella…
Miami’s finally figuring out that it’s awesome to get creative with your friends and then share your genius, or whatever, with the rest of the city. Miami Poetry Collective demonstrated this last summer at the inaugural Miami Squares at Sweat Records. The interactive poetry reading was packed with pleased fans and…
Things like the virtual bookshelf for the iPad and the million of other eBooks out there exist for a reason–people still love to read. Sure, there are greats like Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, and Emily Dickinson, but who needs them? It’s 2011 and people like Chelsea Handler, Ricky Martin, and…
Former JFK Secret Service Agent Gerald Blaine is certain that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone on November 22, 1963, when he gunned down the president. But everything that happened since then has been considerably less certain for Blaine and his brethren.When your job is protecting the most powerful man on…
Those charged with protecting the President of the United States know that if it comes down to it they must take a bullet to save his life. But what if that bullet comes from the 6th floor of a book depository? And there’s no chance to even make the ultimate…
A bunch of phonies like saying they read the New York Times. They think it makes them sound smart. Here’s a quick test to measure their Times pedigree. Throw out the name Thomas Friedman and watch their reaction. If you get a blank stare, they’re stinking fibbers. If they nod,…
The Imperfectionists portrays a group of journalists at a declining newspaper and begs several questions: Is it truly the end of the print era? What happens to all the old timers just looking for a scoop? Can they adapt? Or will they rot at the merciless hands of technology? The…
