Last night, costumed and Mad Hatted partygoers celebrated RA Sushi’s one year anniversary with sushi, sake, and the magical hookah at the Mad Hatter’s Sake-Tea-Ni Party. Guests were encouraged to get dolled up in their craziest chapeau, and while everyone didn’t participate, some of those who did are after the…
Riptide just doesn’t know how some people find the time. Take Claude Vorilhon, for instance. The French “sports-car journalist” changed his name to Raël and in 1974 founded Raëlism, a religion based on his personal encounter with aliens who created the Earth, which of course had nothing to do with…
Two days ago in 2009, a crack cultural commando unit was formed to protest a crime they didn’t commit. These men and women sought to escape the death sentence the Mayor’s Office handed down in the form of $11 million worth of proposed budget cuts by rising out of the…
If anyone has been obviously hurt by the recession, it’s been Gen Art. When things got tough, sponsors became scarce, and as a nonprofit, Gen Art depends on them. This is perhaps why we’ve seen its diminished presence in Miami. Its local office was closed earlier this year, with business now being…
No, this is not a joke, and you’re not reading The Onion. There is actually a cultural nonprofit in Miami that is looking for applicants for a full-time position. If I had professional-grade fireworks, I’d be launching them off the roof of the Miami New Times building right now. Instead,…
DJ/producer Tim Green is on fire. The young London prodigy has enjoyed a meteoric ascent from bedroom producer to internationally acclaimed artist since 2006, when his funked-up banging techno productions began to garner the attention and praise of top industry players such as Pete Tong, Ritchie Hawtin, John Digweed, and…
In the Magic City humidity, a Bacardi mojito is the ultimate refreshment. Why? Because besides mint, rum, and club soda, the concoction hosts some historic ingredients: a shot of old Havana, two dollops of romance, and a dash of the Malecón, all garnished with the roots of Cuba. If your…
British fashion photographer Rankin made a name for himself conjuring edgy images of Kylie Minogue, the Spice Girls, and Queen Elizabeth II. Now he has turned his lens toward Scotland for the Macallan Masters of Photography collection. True to its name, Rankin’s exhibit is an intoxicating suite of Polaroid snaps…
As Cypress Hill used to say, here is something we can’t understand. If you were born in Long Island but have lived in Lighthouse Point since the late ’70s, you are not a New Yorker. You are a Floridian. So by all means, wear your ugly New York Mets jersey…
Take off that shiny shirt and wash the Nice ‘n’ Smooth from your hair, because Mondays are for no-fuss partying. Hell, it’s bad enough you had to interrupt your weekend debauchery to show up for work. This Monday night, bring your beginning-of-the-week angst to Love Hate Lounge for its newest…
What’s red and tastes like ketchup but is made of corn? That’s right — Heinz ketchup. If word hasn’t reached your nuclear fallout shelter yet, most of the food we eat was concocted by scientists at a handful of agricultural conglomerates, a practice that has led to skyrocketing obesity rates,…
If all firefighters were as hot as the ones in South Florida, pussycats and cougars nationwide would have a great time finding reasons to get stuck high in the branches of their local foliage. Don’t try that with a royal palm, local kittens, because this Saturday at Macy’s in Aventura…
If there really were an explosion this Saturday at Cinema Paradiso, this is what the authorities would find in the rubble: artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, performers, beer bottles, and movie candy. Organized by Under Lab Studios, a self-described “emerging artist movement,” The Auteur Explosion is a monthly event that seeks…
When Victor Margueritte released his 1932 novel, La Garçonne, a story about a girl who chose a life of free love after being duped by a cheating fiancée, the public balked at the lesbian themes in the story. The thought of a woman having multiple sex partners — both male…
In almost every kindergarten class, there’s a kid who eats glue, a kid who shows everyone his genitalia, and a kid who, instead of playing with toys, catalogues and interprets their arrangement. That kid is the future curator, and if she’s lucky, she’ll be half as talented as Maria Lind,…
Saturday is a night of destiny, and thus there are many choices you must make before attending Summerfest ’09 featuring Flo Rida, T-Pain, Ne-Yo, and Akon at the American Airlines Arena. Will you wear the Apple Bottoms jeans and the boots with the fur? Them baggy sweatpants and the Reeboks…
Remember when the Miami Dolphins were the laughingstock of the NFL? When opposing teams penciled them in as an automatic win every season, and it was excruciatingly embarrassing to admit you were a fan? Yeah, neither do we. Well, maybe a little. But knowing the Fins are entering this season…
The Everglades is a natural treasure of ecosystems where visitors can share close encounters with wildlife, ride airboats, and take trams through Shark Valley. But if you’ve ever visited the River of Grass during the summer, it can feel more like walking into a mosquito melee than communing with nature…
Don’t call him a shitty driver just because he crashed a rare Enzo Ferrari while taking a practice spin during a 2007 charity racing event. Er, he meant to do that. Call it comedic license or someone-should-revoke-your license, but comedian Eddie Griffin wasn’t harmed in the expensive accident, so it…
In the 17th Century, haiku master Matsuo Basho wandered across feudal Japan in search of inspiration, writing directly from firsthand experience with the swiftness of a sword slicing a melon in two. In the 21st Century, master of nothing Alex Fumero wandered across modern Hialeah in search of inspiration, typing…
After courageously conquering hump day, we all deserve a freaking huge party, but for some reason the Man refuses to acknowledge our massive midweek achievement, insisting that everyone keep grinding full-force till Friday evening. Well, we call bullshit on these arch-capitalist scare tactics and shout, “Slackers unite!” It’s time for…
You’d have to be a truly naive soul to believe Alice in Wonderland was anything less than an amazing tale of one girl’s psychedelic trip. No one has ever taken the time to write a book about it, but we met that same hookah-smoking caterpillar in a dream, and between…
