It’s certainly not news that our continual misuse of natural resources has put our planet in danger. We’ve all heard about sweating polar bears and football-field-size holes in the ozone, but learning the different ways to cure Mother Earth’s ills is a lesson we could all use. The Redland Evening…
If you see a felt-covered table with six deep pockets, a set of colorful balls, and a pair of cue sticks, prepare to be hustled. Not that every billiards game played in smoky bars and musty basements across the country pits an undercover pro against a hapless amateur, but, uh,…
If you’re anything like us, you’ve learned how to cope in a shitty recession and your dollar bills are sporting some brand-new stretch marks. Throw day-old bread in the toaster and you have bakery-fresh goodness, and throwing those Vicky’s in the sink with some Woolite will certainly knock a few…
Miami Book Fair International is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and unless you’ve been hiding in a cave for the first 10 months of the year, you already know the literary luminaries are coming out in numbers. Many of the fair’s celebrities have been visiting our shores for the past quarter-century,…
A rose-colored fantasy of the perfect vacation in the islands includes sun, sand, surf, and sweet music. The beautiful thing is, you don’t have to book a flight or borrow a boat to enjoy that kind of experience today. The International Caribbean Music Festival is touching down at scenic and…
It’s safe to say Miami Dolphins fans have the psyche of a plumber who has had too many toilets explode in his face. This season the team is a legit contender for not only a playoff spot but also the AFC East title. Midway into the season, the Fins are…
Smart Miami fashionistas haven’t splurged of late. In fact they’ve marked their calendars a week before Thanksgiving — and no, it has nothing to do with holiday shopping for the family. Shecky’s Girls Night Out is all about you, honey. Savvy shoppers know there are girlie shopping events and then…
It’s still very early, but it seems like this is going to be an up-and-down season for the Miami Heat. Sure, the team is replete with talent (Dwyane Wade, Michael Beasley, Shawn Marion), but it is lacking an experienced ball-handling point guard, has no real center, and includes too many…
While everybody else waits around for Halloween to slap a coat of paint onto an otherwise mundane party life, revelers at SushiSamba Dromo have been doing it every Tuesday for the past two years. 600 Lincoln Rd. transforms into Tokyo’s Harajuku district, with Miamians dressed to the nines emulating both…
Sikumi is a 15-minute murder drama shot on the frozen Arctic Ocean off Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point in the United States. You gotta love the Miami Short Film Festival — which is now in its seventh year — for bringing such diverse programming to the bottom of the map…
’Tis the season for us to eschew the light grilled fare we associate with warm weather for foods that will warm us from the inside out. A few weeks ago, a cup of soup would have caused sweat beads to form on even the coolest forehead, but nowadays the dropping…
How does one describe a Cirque du Soleil show to a person who has never seen one? Close your eyes. Imagine a spectacle unfolding before you — acrobats twisting and contorting their bodies into surreal poses, trapeze artists swooping and drifting on delicate wires, and clowns pratfalling and mugging to…
Gourmands hardly need an excuse to visit the venerable Norman Brothers Produce. The distinctive green barnlike building in Kendall has been a food mecca for more than 20 years — known for organic, fresh produce from our local farming community. A visit to Norman Brothers is a gourmand’s fantasy, complete…
Fallingwater is a plié. Anything by Frank Gehry is the tarantula. Beige houses in suburbia? Interpreting those would require the stylings of a catatonic. Once one gets started, it is easy to see the connection between architecture and movement. In his new production, Rammed Earth, dancer Tere O’Connor explores this…
Americans are from one of two camps: the “NASCAR is for rednecks and women who use too much cheap hairspray” camp, or the “Screw you, Yankee — NASCAR is the cat’s meow” camp (though we suspect no self-respecting race fan would ever utter the phrase “cat’s meow”). Either way, the…
Fran Lebowitz. Woody Allen. Leo Rosten. Not to stereotype, but it’s pretty safe to say the Jews have given us many hilarious storytellers. However, the world might need an update of Woody’s quip “I was raised in the Jewish tradition, taught never to marry a gentile woman, shave on a…
Showtime, the non-HBO pay cable channel, redecorated the rooms in a Gramercy Park town house to fit the themes of their original shows. Dexter, the serial about a Miami-based serial killer who serial kills other serial killers, was the inspiration for the kitchen and dinning room. Designer Amy Lau takes…
Surely you remember the classic film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and what about the screen gem Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham? Well the producers of those two blockbusters bring us their latest film, Dostana. It’s the first ever Bollywood movie to be filmed completely in Miami, and it hits Indian screens…
Mitchell Kaplan is one of Miami’s most beloved figures. As the owner of Books & Books, he already had established a headquarters for a then burgeoning literary scene. When he co-founded the Miami International Book Fair 25 years ago, Kaplan helped to further cement the city as a mecca for…
What in the Lord’s name is going on with religion in this country? Some Christian leaders have decided that The Bible is subtitled “Jesus Christ’s Guide To Sex,” and are spending all their time on the pulpit preaching about what you should do with your noo-nees and hee-haws. On the…
Gohar Rajabzadeh, a student at Miami International University of Art & Design’s fashion program, was named the winner of the Humane Society’s punnily named Cool vs Cruel fashion design competition with her animal friendly faux fur coat. As part of the prize she’ll win a trip to New York and…
Edna Buchanan Every corner of the country worth a damn seems to have a signature author painting its streets in the darkest shades on the palette – from Tony Hillerman hiking the parched Navajo desert to Dennis Lehane lurking in Boston’s grimiest allies to James Ellroy plumbing LA’s bloodiest past…
