Just last week, investigative journalist Gerald Posner complained to the New York Post that no one in town would throw a party for the release of his new book detailing the cocaine-fueled history of Miami Beach, Miami Babylon. Not even Tara Solomon, who would throw a party for anything.Well, there might…
Atomik, a hot-tempered graffiti bomber, shakes a can of yellow spray paint and nods toward a pair of toothless Haitian men. “These guys won’t mind if I tag their dumpster,” he says and then scribbles his moniker onto the rust-blasted box. In an alley near NW 71st Street, the onlookers…
For some (like us), it’s just another Friday, but for you lucky guys and dolls, it’s the beginning of a three-day weekend, and that means an extra day of debauchery. Or catching up on The Young and the Restless, whichever is more your style. Miami Carnival jumps off today,…
Ah, autumn. There’s no indication of it yet in the weather, but ’tis the season to be viewing new art. Here’s what we’ll be making a priority at the Second Saturday Art Walk in Wynwood and at Art + Design Night in the Design District. “The Machine in the Ghost”…
As you read this, Miami-Dade cops are making another arrest in relation to the rampant horse killings that have made headlines for the last year. Agriculture Crimes detective Mario Fernandez, a lead investigator of the phenomenon, tells Riptide that the squirrelly fellow on the right, 33-year old Eddy Lucio Guerra,…
Inside North Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), a flashy, truck-size work by Paris-based collective Claire Fontaine beckons visitors to discover more high-wattage displays. Titled Please Come Back, the dazzling piece uses fluorescent tubing to spell out that exact phrase in a darkened room. Situated behind a black curtain, the…
IV = 369 (Luna) Earnest Corpse Through October 17. Kevin Bruk Gallery, 2249 NW First Pl., Miami; 305-576-2000; kevinbrukgallery.com. Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday noon to 5 p.m. Jesse Bransford’s stellar solo show at the Kevin Bruk Gallery will likely leave spectators howling like loons…
The zombie movie — that evergreen vessel for all manner of social and political allegory — gets stripped down to its “Holy shit! Zombies! Run!” chassis in this fitfully amusing romp directed with little ambition and even less distinction by first-timer Ruben Fleischer. Set in a not-too-distant future (Roland Emmerich’s…
Magic City Kitty: Once, Twice, Three Times a Creep
The ushers at a packed screening of Michael Moore’s latest movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, came proudly decked out in T-shirts bearing slogans such as “Make Love, Not Capitalism” and “Capitalism, We Have a Problem.” The shirts and the movie are brought to you by those filthy Reds: Overture Films…
With New York, London, and Milan out of the way, it’s time for the real star of the fashion-week show: Miami. Wishful thinking, perhaps, but that doesn’t mean Funkshion Miami Fashion Week is anything to scoff at. The week begins with a colorful bang courtesy of former Heatherette designer Richie…
Remember that Urbania Fine Art Frames store at 11 NE 39th St. in the Design District? Probably not, but you will soon. In bit of clever re-appropriation, a group of Miami artists has taken over the vacated space and turned it into an ad hoc show opening this Saturday. Called…
The Biltmore is a well-known time capsule of elegance. From its sweeping grounds to its majestic architecture, the 83-year-old hotel radiates beauty from every corner. So it should never be subjected to dances such as the cabbage patch, running man, or stanky leg. If you’re going to get down at…
Now that the Miami Dolphins’ mission to get to the playoffs has officially gone tits up, it’s time to focus on the new task at hand. Namely, to completely eradicate the New York Jets, their loudmouth head coach, and their overhyped quarterback. Not to mention shutting up the most obnoxious…
You’ve been living with gnarly nails, a vapid visage, bushy brows, and matted muscles because you think springing for a spa treatment will suck your rent fund dry. Now is your chance to stop looking like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Spa Week is back with its $50 deals. At…
If Shakespeare had been a tweaker, he might have set something up like the Naked Stage’s 24-Hour Theater Project — a veritable meth lab of creative collaboration and ad hoc performance. Lest you believe, however, that any original play conceived, written, rehearsed, and performed in a 24-hour period will be…
It’s officially fall. The weather is cooling to 80 degrees, mosquitoes are dying, and everyone is beginning to talk about the Miami Heat. So much has changed, though. Tim Hardaway’s number is being retired, Alonzo Mourning is the VP of player programs, and Quentin Richardson is now on the team…
Brazil is the Ferris Bueller of nation-states. Everyone loves Brazil, wants to party with Brazil, doesn’t care if Brazil doesn’t show up to the G20 meetings, and just hopes Brazil hasn’t dropped out or moved to some other planet. Seriously, Brazil, just hang here with us. We need you. Why?…
Miami New Times was surprised to learn today there’s an actual sailboat race happening during the Columbus Day Regatta. We wholeheartedly apologize for assuming the point of the regatta was to get as drunk as possible on a personal watercraft in the middle of Biscayne Bay while wearing as few…
This Saturday at precisely 9 p.m., a troop of pissed-off papio ursinus — those animals commonly known by the name “baboon” — will be set free to run amok on the streets of South Beach. Why? For your entertainment, of course. And upping the fun, the normally ferocious, red-assed beasts…
Paul Pfeiffer is the master of the head fake. He creates video installations that juke spectators right out of their shoes. The award-winning New York-based artist’s provocative works explore the role mass media plays in shaping consciousness. He uses game footage of professional boxing, basketball, and hockey and digitally removes…
As with Playboy, we know you pick up Miami New Times for the pictures. From inside the little red stands, the covers grab you by the eyeballs week after week. Remember Jesus with the ball gag in his mouth? Happy birthday, Fidel? Natacha Seijas, Wicked-style? This Saturday is your chance…
