The New Century will be a gay one, or so Paul Rudnick seems to suggest. His play’s three central characters — a Jewish mother of three sodomites, the self-proclaimed Gayest Man In The World, and a crafts-obsessed woman from Decatur whose gay son died of AIDS — are old-century in…
You ever have those moments when you wonder, Hey, whatever happened to such-and-such movie star. He does quality work — why haven’t I seen him in forever? You totally do, right? Maybe you’ve thought that about Billy Crystal, who hasn’t had a major onscreen credit since 2002’s Analyze That. Seriously,…
Look what’s on the cover of Vice this week: some FriendsWithYou. The duo stole the show at Scope this year with Fun House, their giant inflatable bouncy house installation. Like all good art, it inspired more art and photographer Dana Goldstien snapped a pic, posted it on her blog, and then eventually…
This year, we bequeathed our first-annual “Best Barely Legal Art Blog” to graffiti “online exhibition” MSGCartel.com. We wrote: Browse the site — named for graffiti crew Miami Style Gods — for a while and it becomes clear it’s operated by, and is a meeting ground for, Miami’s most prolific illegal…
For a movie we’re all probably going to see anyway, the promotion for Brüno is kind of getting annoying and ubiquitous. From landing ass up on Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards, to appearing nude on the latest GQ cover, to showing up in Barcelona yesterday in an anatomically correct…
Under the weight of Miami’s summer heat, Gen Art once again took over the Moore Building in Miami’s Design District for Shop Miami. But like everything this year, it seems 2009’s edition was only a shell of its former self. That’s not to say we regret awarding the event “Best…
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Initially catching a break as an opening DJ for progressive figurehead Sasha, U.K. DJ/producer James Zabiela funneled an interest in acid house’s tightly pitched trills and the instant editing potential of the Pioneer CDJ decks into a blissfully slick sound that’s both sci-fi and hi-fi. Digitally assisted by MIDI controllers,…
Adultnapper is the shadowy alter ego of Brooklyn-based DJ/producer Francis Harris, a philosophy PhD drop‐out, former political activist/hardcore punk rocker, and one of the darker iconoclastic figures of contemporary techno. For a man who once admitted to having originally hated dance music, Harris has emerged in the late 2000s as…
If you’re aware the Miami music scene is made up of more than Trick Daddy, 2 Live Crew, and Pitbull, kudos for tuning into Crossfade, our little music blog. Not that we can take credit for introducing you to absolutely all local singers, rockers, rappers, and troubadours, but — ahem…
Have Miss Cleo and Dionne Warwick destroyed your belief in the supernatural? Do you wake up every day wondering what will happen, what will it mean, and how to avoid it? Well, stop wondering and head to Psychic Night at In Your Skin Tattoo and Art Gallery. For the low,…
Whoever came up with the old adage “Write what you know” must have forgotten about the historical novel. Yet there are also novels that, although they’re based in a time period outside the author’s lifetime, nevertheless benefit from his or her unique experience. One of these is Shanghai Girls by…
Riverdale, New York, present day. A Jewish-American father slowly isolates himself from his family. The culprit? Black-and-white television. What begins as a comic premise in the vein of Woody Allen soon turns into a tightly wound drama in the style of Tenessee Williams in local playwright Jim Tommaney’s The Tarnished…
He brought you into this world, and he can take you out. He’s the SOB who named you Sue, Millhouse, or Richard Width. (Seriously, we knew a guy with that name, and he went by “Dick.”) No dad is ever perfect, but for the ones who are close enough, it’s…
May God bless Hooters, that imitable representation of American sex at its most digestible. For 26 years, the chain of eateries has been dishing out bar food served by saucy gals clad in form-fitting orange and white spandex. And pent up males with indigestion all across the world are duly…
First the French gave us the Statue of Liberty, then our girls learned to grow armpit hair, and there’s the “auteur theory.” The concept holds that a true work of art bears the indelible stylistic imprint of the person who created it. Decide if that’s true at South Florida’s own…
Once the competition bug hits, it’s hard to swat it away. But when the game is for charity we beg of you – please play nice. At the ING Miami Celebrity Domino Night, there shouldn’t be any palms slamming onto tables, and no yelling “Beat these bones!” Proceeds benefit Amigos…
O 1997! Year of the Ox, the summer of fen-phen, McLibel, and a little techno-salsa ditty called “I Like It Like That.” The song was repeatedly blasted across the capacity crowds at what was then Pro Player Stadium as the teal-hatted Florida Marlins, led by a chunky rookie pitcher named…
The tenth season of the Miami Gay Men’s Chorus is coming to a close this weekend, and to commemorate the milestone, the organizers are doing something a little special. Tonight and tomorrow, MGMC presents “Look: Back, Inward, and Forward,” a collection of their favorite music from shows gone by. The…
When it comes to fruit, most shoppers stick to the lowest hanging branch: bananas, apples, oranges, etc. Snore. We can’t think of anything more boring than a banana flanked by a couple of grapes. It’s one thing if you live in Lapland and have to eat that Granny Smith to…
A season of Dancing with the Stars has ended, and you still haven’t followed through on your promise to “get your salsa on.” Don’t let another run of So You Think You Can Dance come and go before you head to the dance floor at Yuca for a little lesson…
The term mayday is a universal distress signal that means “This shit’s gonna blow!” But here in Miami, it’s become a rallying cry to party, thanks mostly to explosive hip-hop sextet ¡Mayday!. After building its name locally, the band first garnered national props in 2006 after the video for the…
