Arts & Culture

Take a stroll and illuminate the night with gold, red, and white. For this evening’s Light the Night walk, the South Florida chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society chose these colors to highlight supporters, patients, and the memory of those who lost their lives to cancer. It’s an effortless…

Ladies who love ladies will party hardest, but everyone is welcome to a sultry night of drinks, dance, and music with sexy, sexy burlesque group the Knockouts. The event is a celebration of four years of some of the best party- and panty-throwing in SoBe, courtesy of Siren, the longest…

Oprah Winfrey has always had her own strong and passionate ideas about, well … everything. The best books, the coolest celebrities, the most fabulous food, the smartest weight-loss methods, and the hottest must-have knickknacks all get equally gushing play daily on her TV show, and monthly in O, The Oprah…

If you find yourself shadowboxing with dull-date depression, or feel like hell week at the office has sapped the bliss from your bones, its high time you discovered a funky slice of Oz at the end of that broken brick road. Tonight at 8:00, chuck those soul-withering blues onto the…

The British guy who willed the money that would be used to open the Smithsonian Institution in 1835 decreed it to be “an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” Today women and children are now included, and plenty of knowledge is available at the famed D.C…

This beautiful Sunday afternoon, rather than ending the weekend with a routine trudge through the madding crowd at the mall, or slowly pushing a cart around the grocery store, treat yourself to a concert you won’t soon forget. Tarde Cubana is the second of two incredible performances this weekend at…

Steel yourselves, Dolfans: The men in silver and black are coming to the Magic City. A steadily rebuilding Oakland Raiders football team closes out the first month of the Miami Dolphins schedule today. When the Raiders visit Dolphin Stadium, hometown fans will see a familiar face on the opposing sideline…

The way newspapers and magazines typically try to sell you on classical music is by convincing you there’s something edgy and dangerous about it: Wagner was a Nazi; Beethoven was a philanderer; Mozart had a derriere fetish. But New Times is gonna keep it real with you. Despite the bad…

So Oktoberfest isn’t your cup of tea, huh? If you eschew the brewskis and prefer to get your fall buzz in a more refined manner, have your designated driver motor down south and take your nearest and Deer-est (add groan here) to the Wine on Harvest Moon festival at the…

Early in its life Sweat Records faced trying circumstances that would have crushed a business of lesser tenacity and vision. Hurricane Wilma in 2005 destroyed the indie music store’s home, which led to a two-year residence in a warehouse at the back of Churchill’s Pub. During this time, Sweat regained…

The wedding story is often told like a fairy tale, with images of snow-white dresses and rose petals strewn at the happy couple’s feet. The marriage that ensues is a bit less idyllic, and many unions actually end with a process server showing up at one half of the happy…

Golf tournaments are a dime a dozen in this town. Nine times out of 10 they take place in Doral, and thanks to the “celebrity” factor, the entry fee is damn near astronomical. If we wanted to watch OJ Simpson tool around for an afternoon in the sun — well,…

Just five feet four inches tall, his diminutive size is no secret. But when the spotlight clicks on and his set begins, comedian Kevin Hart makes you forget he’s smaller than a breadbox. Until he brings it up, that is. Because — like any good comedian — he’s self-deprecating. A…

He’s had joy, he’s had fun, and now Argentine-musician-turned-Miami-man-about-town Diego Jinkus is ready to pack up his guitar and take his songs on the road. “Tonight is a farewell and my birthday party. I’m gonna play with my whole band, horn section and all. I leave in October to tour…

Thinking hip-hop fans are feeling their age these days. They refuse to contort themselves into the latest ridiculous dance, “Crank Dat Soulja Boy,” or participate in the basic call-and-response-based “A Bay Bay” brainwashing that’s taken over radio and television airwaves. They refuse to swallow BET’s bitter pill. Music lovers who…

Forget vengeful Batman and freakazoid Spider-Man — the police officers and firefighters in New York City on September 11 and in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina proved it takes a special brand of superhero to protect the lives of strangers. Those brave folks didn’t need Silly String…

The most precious thing in the world is the financial security and well-being of your family. You want to send your little ones to the best schools, and you envision investing in some real estate. You have big dreams, and you are ready to make them all come true. Isn’t…

If you’re like us, you remember when Wednesday nights used to be a time for commiserating with the kids from Beverly Hills, 90210 and the melodramatic residents of Melrose Place. But new episodes haven’t been on the air for years, and we’ve been trying to find a way to spend…

If you’ve been bred anywhere besides the Caribbean archipelago, today’s just another Wednesday for you. But your islander friends have a special gleam in their eyes. For months they’ve been prepping for this upcoming week — working out, buying special color-coordinated outfits, and planning a jam-packed jamdown schedule for Miami…

Ooooh, Steve Almond doesn’t know who he’s messing with. The first chapter of his fifth book — the hilarious, freewheeling memoir Not That You Asked: Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions — kicks off with a series of trash-talking letters to Oprah Winfrey. Yeah, that’s right, Almond takes on the high priestess…