While thousands of people willingly make fools of themselves auditioning for American Idol, the rest of us reserve that kind of embarrassing spectacle for the car or shower. There it’s safe to pretend we’re the lead singer of our favorite band crooning to an adoring audience. Without the critical ears…
Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi puts her money where her mouth is when it comes to creating art with a message. The Colombian-born artist uses broken dolls, old photos, beads, fabric, assorted thrift shop detritus, and found objects to convey her vision of the social, cultural, and religious ills contaminating the contemporary world…
Ever since you murdered your mom’s six-foot-tall rubber ficus, we’ve been thinking that your two thumbs might be some shade of brown. And your constant desire to douse everything green and leafy in salad dressing just kind of proves our theory right. Lucky for you, Miami is home to one…
After a summer afternoon of baseball, who can say no to ice cream? Today the Florida Marlins host the second annual Ice Cream Festival. Edy’s Ice Cream will provide the good stuff, while Marlins players and managers serve as the festival’s celebrity scoopers. There will be a bounce house for…
The story of Celia Cruz is the story of salsa music itself. From her earliest forays into Cuban nightlife with La Sonora Matancera, to her international acclaim (complete with Grammys and the National Medal of Arts), Cruz took salsa around the world and gave the power of azúcar to the…
Soft rock. To some it’s an oxymoron. To others it’s the soundtrack to happiness. The Carpenters, Air Supply, Captain & Tennille — their songs, as squishy and vanilla as Wonder Bread, were superpopular in the Seventies. The rock music umbrella has spread out quite a bit since the heyday of…
So let’s say you woke up this morning and thought, Today I’d like to humiliate myself beyond all comprehension, in front of millions of people. How do I do this? We have the answer. Today, you masochist, the Miami auditions for American Idol are at the American Airlines Arena, and…
When you were younger, hotter, and more carefree, you loved to stay out dancing all night. Man, those were the days. Whether you swayed seductively to attract the cutie across the room, or abandoned all inhibitions and got your Jennifer Beals “Maniac” on, breaking it down like there’s no tomorrow…
This has been the summer of the R&B concert, and if you’re like us, you’ve been loving every minute of it. The concert circuit has seen everyone from Mary J. Blige to Joe, with a little blue-eyed soul from Robin Thicke added to the mix. But when was the last…
We love that old Florida Cracker saying “I’m up to my ass in alligators.” Miami has many canals and waterways where the saying could be scarily true. Not to worry — you’ll have the pleasure of mingling with gentler critters on the Matheson Hammock wading tour, during which you’ll learn…
Latin America is rich in the vestiges of grand traditions and vibrant with modern cultural creativity. Unfortunately, indulging in a visit to enjoy such offerings involves only two choices: staying on the bus in tourist-trampled “representations” (like Tourist Town in Belize), or traveling to indigenous outposts where you’ll be tortured…
While developers continue to litter Miami’s airspace with overpriced piles of pseudo-Modernist garbage, the rest of us have realized we’re living in the age of renewal. Property owners with a gift for smart renovation are the ones who will be maximizing profits and bringing Miami back to the forefront of…
Since the Seventies, Lou Gramm has wanted to know what love is. He wants us to show him. We’ll get a chance to do just that when the longtime Foreigner frontman brings his powerhouse vocals to Gulfstream Park tonight, assuming of course that Mr. Gramm won’t be nursing a fever…
When you see Christian Finnegan, you’re probably reminded of how many times he has made you chuckle on VH1’s pop-culture commentary show Best Week Ever. When we hear his name, we giggle at the memory of his stint as Chad in the Mad Real World sketch on Chappelle’s Show, guffaw…
Ugh, you music snobs are all the same. Take you out to a club and it’s “This music sucks” all night long. We’re sick of hearing you bitch and moan when the DJ throws on yet another T-Pain song. Put up or shut up at Fallabella at the Albion Hotel…
If you’ve ever looked at the contemporary crop of celebretards and pined for the good old days when we had entertainers who could act and dance and play music equally well, there’s one man who proves that real talent hasn’t gone the way of the teetotaling starlet: Andy Garcia. This…
As we roll through another hurricane season, the memories of the last major weather disaster come flooding back. Horrific images of a Katrina-ravaged New Orleans seared themselves into our collective memory in 2005, and for many of the once-stunning city’s denizens, the wounds have not yet healed. Upper Ninth Ward…
You might not have been able to watch a daytime soap since you submitted to the nine-to-five grind, but we’re sure you’d recognize Victoria Rowell, a Young and the Restless beauty. Until her departure from the show this year, she had gaggles of Drucilla-obsessed fans tuning in daily to see…
The tried and true classic date combo remains a favorite for Miamians looking for something to do. But it can be a pain in the butt if your favorite restaurant has a line out the door and your movie theater of choice is swamped with parents who really shouldn’t be…
Ryan the Wheelbarrow makes a T-shirt into art Lucy Orozco DIY:MIA, a non-profit organization driven by creative expression, held an art show on Saturday at the Miami International University of Art and Design. It’s interesting to note however, that the University itself does charge over $40,000 for it’s students to…
The Oracle Jamie Puntumkhul I’ll admit it, I watch Oprah. And although it’s nothing more than an hour long commercial, I especially like her “Favorite Things” shows in which unsuspecting audience members shift from mild to manic when surprised with super-swag like free Pontiac sport sedans. Being legally blind, however,…
I hate reality TV….so I left the room and started washing dishes last night when my wife switched to the debut of em>Bounty Girls Miami – on Court TV. I could heard from the kitchen as they introduced these women – dressed in lycra and leather — talking about bringing…
