David Sedaris Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami Better Than: Being Engulfed In Flames Near the beginning of his set at the Adrienne Arsht Center, David Sedaris gave a shout-out to the teenagers in the crowd, a thank-you so cynical and absurd — and…
Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum Through November 2. Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Dr., Coral Gables; 305-284-3535, www.lowemuseum.org Not your garden-variety tomb raider or occultist crackpot, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie became known as the father of Egyptian archaeology. Today his discoveries can be found in more…
W. might be less frenzied than the usual Oliver Stone sensory bombardment, but in revisiting the early ’00s by way of the late ’60s, this psycho-historical portrait of George W. Bush has all the queasy appeal of a strychnine-laced acid flashback. Hideous re-creations of the shock-and-awful recent past merge with…
A young woman fights off her brutal husband; a gun goes off; a marble spins on the floor where a toddler sits unattended. From B-movie beginnings, The Secret Life of Bees, a family drama set in the civil-rights-era South, chugs along pleasantly like a television special tailored for the crossover…
The struggle at the center of City of Ember, another treat from the maker of Monster House, is one for the good of all mankind. But what were the denizens of this world running from when they first trekked underground? Two hundred years after their mucky netherworld’s inception, the ever-hiccupping…
Hello, Kitty: I’ve been with my boyfriend for close to two years, and though typical new-relationship woes nearly destroyed us in the beginning, I think we’re stronger now than we’ve ever been. I’m 36; he’s 27. We’re both hardworking and independent, and we’re even blessed to share the same vices…
An actor — I won’t say which one — once told me that Joe Adler doesn’t write down notes on blocking. This is true. Last Saturday, as the crew at GableStage headed into the final week of preparations for David Mamet’s new presidential comedy, November, the actors couldn’t quite keep…
It’s with a heavy heart we deliver the following news: Pac-Man fever is a legitimate mental illness. Earlier this year, the Philadelphia Research Center of Mental Illness Study found “an alarming rate of OCD” in kids who played Eighties videogames such as Q-Bert. You know Q-Bert: the orange fuzzball that…
The Historical Museum of South Florida’s young professionals group (AKA the Tropees), are inviting you (AKA not a member of anything cool) to kick off the stone crab season at Joe’s Stone Crab. Normally dinner at Joe’s would set you back a pretty penny. But tonight you can network with…
Long live authors — architects of the stories that give information, emotional stimulation, and even frustration if you don’t happen to agree with the words inside the books. But whether something causes your blood to boil or your eyes to twinkle, the Miami Beach Historical Association is celebrating those who…
Skilled MCs can blow your mind with a single line. They can impart knowledge while you bob your head to their beat. They can break down a phrase, a word, and sometimes even a syllable with enough swagger to make you smile in admiration. The members of the CunninLynguists are…
Economic crisis or no, there’s a lot of money floatin’ ’round this town. So it’s always nice when Miamians let local rhythms take control and allow their moneymakers to be shaken to the beat of a dignified cause. Such is the case at 7 p.m. Thursday at Bongos Cuban Café…
When we pinch the button in the middle of our face, it blocks the odors of the world’s impurities. And when we fold up one or both of the little boxes on the sides of our head, we shut off the racket that yearns to infect our peaceful solitude. But…
After stumbling out of the gate and losing their first two games of the season, the Miami Dolphins have been reborn. These are no longer the milquetoast, punch-to-the-collective-nut-sack Dolphins of the past. This team has been revived by an unexpectedly obstinate defense and a new offense that features one of…
In 1928, music lovers could tune into The Edison Hour each week for the “Music Map of the World.” Listeners of the broadcast concert enjoyed the sonic pleasures emerging from different corners of the globe. One week, they’d be bobbing their heads to the beats of Africa; the next, line…
Biscayne National Park turns 40 this year. If the nation’s largest submerged national park were a person, he or she would probably commemorate the occasion by deciding which cherry-red sports car to purchase. But it’s not. The landmark is ringing in the anniversary with a month of events. And after…
On February 15, 1933, shots rang out in Bayfront Park. Italian anarchist Giuseppe Zangara stood on a wooden folding chair, held up a pawnshop .32-caliber pistol, and fired at President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. The crowd bumped Zangara’s arm, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak caught a bullet, Roosevelt came out unscathed, and…
For comedians, an election year — and the fertile plain of material that springs from heavily made-up people trying to act as serious as possible — never comes too soon, but it has been awhile since Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet satirized politics. Wag the Dog (1997), which summed up…
Thanks to Susan G. Komen and the “For the Cure” marketing wizards, breast cancer has become an issue almost everyone is aware of. Now the pale pink ribbon is a ubiquitous symbol of hope and perseverance, and supporters of the cause can purchase anything from a roll of paper towels…
Conceptual Gepetto, Pablo Cano can usually be seen trolling his Little Havana nabe searching for discards to lovingly turn into enchanting marionettes. He fashions the whimsical creations from sundry found objects he uses to create amazing puppet theater works that have enthralled local audiences for more than a decade. Saturday…
“There are two rules to remember if you wanna have a good time. Rule number one: Never run out of Colt 45. Rule number two: Never forget rule number one.” Damn you, Billy Dee Williams, for implanting those rules in our heads at such an early age. How could anyone…
There’s an unusual trend we’ve been noticing as the economic outlook becomes increasingly dire: Entertainment options are getting ostentatiously upgraded. There’s a fancy cinema that serves ahi tuna instead of day-old hot dogs at Dolphin Mall; Romero frickin’ Britto designed a kiddy water park near Miami International Airport; and there’s…
