In this quirky melting pot of a city, we’ve got a film festival for practically every nationality. Trust us, we’ve covered them all. Underground and mainstream, short and long form, documentary and foreign, gender-focused, theme-focused, or sometimes just unfocused — there’s enough film fest action to satisfy even the most…
When excavators from the year 3012 dig up the remains of our society, what will they find? Will they uncover mountains of plastic Publix bags? Will they be sweeping the earth of sunken-in sofa cushions, trying to figure out what type of creatures sat in them for hours on end?…
If Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is our city’s answer to Central Park (except, um, much less central), then consider the Kampong our very own secret garden. Tucked away along Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, the locale offers lush foliage and breathtaking waterfront views. It’s a stunning place with transportive powers…
Remember when your dad took you to your first ballgame? Remember your fishing trips together, or when he taught you how to change a flat? Remember how excited you were when he asked you to join him onstage to play hillbilly flamenco music? No? That’s because you’re not Nyan Feder…
South Beach may not be the gay party mecca it was in its Nineties heyday, but there are still a few important dates on the M4M calendar: Edison Farrow’s “The Simple Life” party at Buck15 has been running strong for years with its eclectic beer-drinking vibe, and Sundays bring to…
Your girls’-nights-in have been fun, but it’s time for you and your collective of fierce females to take a night out. And this time you won’t need to rustle up dollars for Vince Black and Sage at Goldfellas. Tonight support another group of women by showing up at the SWAN…
Unless you’re deeply steeped in Eastern film history, you might not realize just how bald-faced and brazen the theft — excuse us, inspiration and influence — of classic Japanese film has been in modern Western moviemaking. Take Quentin Tarantino, for example. Without the undeniable influence of filmmaking masters such as…
:“From the slums of Shaolin, Wu-Tang Clan strikes again. The RZA, The GZA, Old Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef, U-God, Ghostface Killa, and The M.E.T.H.O.D. Man.” That’s how most die-hard Wu-Tang fans mentally recall the lineup of the seminal Staten Island hip-hop crew. But what about Cappadonna? Although…
Back on March 19, the Miami Heat and history had a ménage a trois with ineptitude. Without Dwyane Wade or Shawn Marion, Miami scored only 54 points against the Toronto Raptors – the third-lowest point total in NBA history. Ricky Davis and Chris Quinn led the Heat in scoring. That…
Do a quick Google search for Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Hemingway Award-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri, and some remarkable results pop up. First, there are the names of her books – her latest, Unaccustomed Earth, and then Interpreter of Maladies, the short-story collection that made the London-born, Rhode Island-raised author of Indian…
Daring designs and the magic of clay and fire combine in a head-turning ornamental vision during the “Mosaic Arts International 2008” exhibit at the Bakehouse Art Complex. Sponsored by the Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA), the juried event features 64 stunning pieces selected from 372 entries by artists from…
The best minor-league team in the majors faces Pittsburgh. @cal body 1 no indent:It’s easy to be cynical about the Florida Marlins. They’re owned by a smarmy art dealer who destroyed baseball in Montreal, and a not-as-smarmy yet colossally douchebaggy team president. They trade away their star players (Dontrelle Willis,…
Compagnie Thor, a world-renowned Belgian dance company, makes its U.S. debut in Miami today with its latest project, D’Orient. Choreographed by founder Thierry Smiths, D’Orient focuses on the mystic spirituality and strength of Northern Africa and the Middle East. Smiths wanted to combine the area’s rich history with a sense…
Vigilante justice. Man versus the ocean. It’s a tale as old as Moby Dick. The saga continues this weekend, when South Florida fishermen take to the seas during the Miami Billfish Tournament. Behold in wonder as men in baseball caps catch predatory fish larger than their grandmothers and pose triumphantly…
All day you’ve put your brain to task solving problems, filing papers, making copies — and except for that personal call around noon, you’ve been a darn good employee. Now it’s quitting time and we say you deserve to let your hair down and imbibe in a setting that is…
After debuting last year at Pawn Shop Lounge, the crassly named Money Shot party quickly became one of the city’s best Thursday-night events. Many folks were bewildered when the party moved to South Beach’s Love Hate Lounge, a venue far too small to contain the considerable wallop the weekly bash…
Ladies, have your friends always said you have the perfect look for a career serving wings at Hooters, erotic-dancing at a club, or holding briefcases for Howie Mandel, but deep down you know you’re classier? You have actual skills to offer the world, like spelling words out loudly with your…
Helena D. Lewis and Ill-Literacy April 1, 2008 Cielo Garden and Supper Club Better Than: A night at home watching Def Poetry Jam. I admit I’ve always secretly wanted to be a spoken-word poet. Witty, charismatic and thought-provoking; what’s not to love? But the ability to express my deepest feelings…
It seems fitting that Miami would be the city to host the world premiere of Twyla Tharp’s NIGHTSPOT, an energetic work that fit together in a discordant yet stunningly compelling way. Splashes of classical ballet, Broadway, Cirque du Soleil, fight clubs and Latin dance percolated constant curiosity throughout this highly…
Click here to see a slide show of the fashion show. J-Lo’s fashion show was supposed to start at the Setai at 8 p.m. It was the first big event of Funkshion Fashion Week, which is in its 10th year. At 8:05, I scanned the swanky hotel’s outdoor courtyard, which…
Female Nudes: Blake Fisher’s fetching silver gelatin prints are reminiscent of the photography of Bill Brandt and Lucien Clergue, and exude a timeless quality. Some of his models are bathed in soft natural light; others are cloaked in a dramatic chiaroscuro. Fisher’s images are often rhythmic and fluid, his models…
Considering that the war in Iraq has proven to be Washington’s shot-by-shot remake of Vietnam, it’s only natural that Hollywood has followed suit, giving us a series of Iraq-themed films that can be set neatly alongside their Vietnam-era counterparts. Just as the initial wave of angry anti-Vietnam documentaries (In the…
