Jump the Shark – Used to describe the moment when a TV show or other cultural phenomenon has outlived its usefulness or creative steam, e.g. Phil Hartman’s death stalling NewsRadio.Land it in the Hudson – A sentiment of encouragement, usually given in the midst of a crisis, based on US…
Ghetto Fab at MoCA in Wynwood
Because I Say So Through August 16 Frost Art Museum, 10975 SW 17th St., Miami 305-348-2890; thefrost.fiu.edu Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Because I Say So” is an exhibition featuring selections from the collection of Debra and Dennis Scholl that challenges the…
Magic City Kitty: A Cure for the Common
Mauritius By Theresa Rebeck Through May 17 New Theatre 4120 Laguna St., Coral Gables 305-443-5909 new-theatre.org Mauritius is a play about overvalued bits of paper and the way people screw each other over in order to get them. We’re talking about stamps, but also money — both figure heavily in…
It’s been a long time since Wassily Kandinsky argued in 1909 that color could be its own justification. Since then, abstract painting has gone through alternating periods of favor and disfavor, with disfavor being the preeminent feeling of the moment. But if so, someone needs to go over to the…
To date, the porn industry presents the most compelling argument for discarding the oft-repeated rule about not mixing business with pleasure. If Hef had followed that rule, we wouldn’t have Playboy, and there’s no existence bleaker than one without tastefully raunchy spreads featuring top-heavy Bunnies. Support America’s cash cow —…
If there’s a banana seat imprint on your bum and handbrake marks on your palms, the world will think you’re a badass. Because nothing will stop you from riding your bike. There’s a name for people like you. Rad. And you, rad, should join the cruising pack of cool kids…
The Florida Marlins began the season focused and determined every game. Lately, however, they just seem to be scanning the bleachers for hot girls and roaming the field for lost contact lenses. Just as the team was off and running with the league’s best record, chopping opponents down with its…
For American audiences, Roman Polanski’s directorial abilities have largely been obscured by the ongoing legal mess he created when he was arrested in 1977 for drugging and sexually abusing then-13-year-old Samantha Geimer, and subsequently fleeing the country before the trial’s sentencing. Further tarnishing his image was the far lesser crime…
Damn the sticky floors at your local megaplex. Club B.E.D. hosts a movie experience you’ve seen only in your caviar dreams. The loungey spot has teamed up with SoBe staple and foreign flick mecca New Concept Video to bring feature films and prix fixe tapas to a Thursday night near…
If you want to see Miamians get all glossy-eyed and nostalgic, mention Miami Marine Stadium. Back in 1963, this Virginia Key landmark was built for powerboat racing, but its legendary floating stage soon became the place to watch concerts, boxing matches, the annual Easter Sunrise Service, and even an episode…
“People describe me as a little dirtier,” comic Jessica Gross says. “[But] I like the word edgier better. Dirtier sounds like the hidden part of the video store.” Gross, and that is her real name, is just one of a dozen or so stand-up artists that Daniel Reskin has recruited…
The “Cirque” name has become closely associated with daring athleticism and show-stopping performances, and word on the street is that the newest incarnation, Cirque Dreams, is no different. Taking on the dual themes of jungle and fantasy, the show combines the breathtaking displays of human strength and flexibility you’ve come…
If your morning ritual begins with trimming your bonsai while you scan page after page of manga, and ends with martial arts practice and sushi, you’re probably what they call a Japanophile. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. As a matter of fact, the consulate general of Japan wants…
Michael Pollan, the anti-Jenny Craig, has a very important seven-word message for you: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Pollan’s slogan has become the rallying cry for the anti-diet revolution, which is really to say it’s an anti-revolution revolution. His 2006 James Beard Award-winning masterpiece, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, carefully…
The Lingerie Football League is the kind of thing no sane person would believe is actually real — rather, that it’s some Big Brand Beer marketing exec’s wet dream come true. But, no, the league of half-naked female athletes is as real as can be — which is more than…
If the thought never crosses your mind the other 364 days, the second Sunday in May has been designated as the 24 hours you should lavish gifts upon the woman (or the more nurturing of two dads) who raised you. What recession? Even the biggest douchebag could find it in…
What are you doing this weekend, Broadhurst? I’m going to the Best of Now!, Sebastian. The best of when? This Sunday at 7 p.m. The best of this Sunday at 7 p.m.? No, the Best of Now! The best of now or the best of now when now is Sunday…
Ten years ago, Alison Burgos and NYC’s Shescape gathered 800-plus gal pals from around South Florida for a one-night dance party benefiting breast cancer. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender event was such a huge success — raising $15,000 — that, year after year, the get-together grew, eventually becoming Aqua…
It must have been alienating for all of those foreign kids in the 1990s to grow up in a world where their own language bore no relation to the global culture around them. Well, now those kids are in the U.S. too, because English has been replaced by programming code…
Kate Gilmore knows how to make a smashing impression. In her visceral videos, the New York-based artist appears fetchingly dressed while swinging a sledgehammer or kicking through drywall in heels. Gilmore has become known for turning female stereotypes on their heads by parodying the limits of physical endurance against bright…
