In 1989, back when the M in MTV stood for music, the network debuted a groundbreaking show called Unplugged. Industry geniuses, from Bob Dylan and R.E.M. to Jay-Z and Lauryn Hill, graced the stage for acoustic sets that transformed their studio albums into living, breathing, dynamic pieces of art. Now…
Surfing and skateboarding: Both call for balance, astounding tricks, and a cool-cat mentality. Now the two sports have yet another thing in common. This year International Surf Day and Go Skateboarding Day will be celebrated today, meaning that slopes of land and sea alike will be proudly claimed by long-haired…
It was 2005 when we began to hear rumblings about the latest Brit to sail across the pond. Reality series Strictly Come Dancing had been given a new name that left no room for stupid American misinterpretation — Dancing with the Stars — and packaged for our pleasure. What was…
When people visualize a dance performance, many begin with the legs: the strong stems of a ballerina flexed en pointe, the dip-and-kick motion of traditional Russian and Irish dance, the slender gams of the Rockettes moving in unison. But being a dancer isn’t all about leg work. If Sidiki Conde…
The musical, cultural collective known as Monkey Village is a local treasure and a beautiful concept. The band plays together, some of the members have lived together, and they all unite in large, sprawling groups at cool venues like Transit Lounge. Watching the band fan out onstage makes you wonder,…
If work is a long tunnel of stress and tedious tasks, then happy hour is the shining light at the end. Most of us love an ice-cold drink after work, but at Yoga Grove you don’t need alcohol to relax during the Happy Hour Lotus Power yoga class, which takes…
So far your quest to dream up a good reason to leave work early on Fridays has been a bust. Your migraine excuse is getting old, and the diarrhea one? Even older. But we’ll give you an alibi that even your boss will back you up on. It’s the newest…
Hurry up and get thee to Wynwood — tonight opens the one-weekend-only run of The Death of Kings: An Encyclopedia at Circa 28 . The Death of Kings is a nouveau-artsy parable about the impact of 9/11 on humanity, as told by the character of a Harlequin (an omnipresent literary…
Bona fide bodybuilders take years to perfect their craft – and their craft is their physique. Carving bulging biceps where arm flab used to be, sculpting a six-pack from the remainders of a beer belly, and turning a badonkadonk into buns of steel takes persistence, unshakable confidence, and — of…
Imagine a place where bouquets and garters are thrown on the hour, every hour. Where the cake isn’t a cake without an inch-thick layer of rubbery fondant, and a broken record is playing “You may now kiss the bride, you may now kiss the bride, you may….” It might sound…
If you’re a world traveler, your passport is filled with colorful stamps that represent all the exotic places you’ve visited. If you’re a gourmand, those stamps remind you of the delicious grub you’ve devoured on your globetrotting adventures. Ah, bittersweet memories of that to-die-for Szechuan in Shanghai. But the bangers…
The best thing about stores like Forever 21 — besides the fact that you can avoid a Carrie Bradshaw-size tsunami of debt — is that by the time your trendy clothes become faux pas, they’re already torn or faded. A resourceful few might take these trashy threads and transform them…
Still painting the town red! Friday night, in Coconut Grove, my friends and I had just polished off our fair share of beer, vodka, Amaretto, and Jack Daniels between Mr. Moe’s and Waldo’s Sports Bar & Lounge when we were captivated by the human activity generated at Christabelle’s Quarter, the…
Look — don’t touch! Judging by the crowd on a recent Saturday morning, the Miami Children’s Museum has no trouble attracting visitors. I just wonder how many return a second time. While innovative interactive, “hands-on” kids’ museums have been opening around the country for a few decades now, MCM’s visionaries…
People have spent the last four decades speculating about the Kennedy assassination, but an online magazine editor may have written the most comprehensive book on the subject to date. David Talbot of Salon.com fame recently published Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years. The book begins on the day…
Eli Roth is obviously a poseur, but on the evidence of Hostel: Part II, he’s also kind of a pussy. Anyone can string a naked woman up by the ankles and slit her throat, and though I admit it takes a little extra something to position a Eurotrash villainess beneath…
In what could be construed as a very expensive home movie, the Shues (siblings Elisabeth and Andrew, of the proud glares and somewhat less reliable acting ability) rally to tell the story of how soccer saved a family in the wake of an eldest son’s death. Directed by Davis Guggenheim…
Mr. Brooks — in which Kevin Costner plays a respectable Seattle businessman who kills for thrills, thanks to the goading of an imaginary friend who looks a lot like William Hurt — is stunningly tepid, neither the clever and poignant metaphor for addiction it strives to be nor the darkly…
Not every trip to the theater needs to end with an earth-shattering, paradigm-shifting, consciousness-expanding lesson, but Summer Shorts does. And here it is: Paul Tei is far and away the most exciting director in South Florida. Summer Shorts allows folks the rare opportunity to see a very great many artists’…
In his childlike yet profoundly freighted pieces, Eduardo Michaelsen conjures through the fog of memory a world where Afro-Cuban myths, Cuban folklore, the intoxicating rhythms of his homeland’s music, Cuba’s architectural and tropical splendor, and kaleidoscopic hallucinations richly combine to buffet the viewer in a wildly inventive storm. In a…
Glastonbury (THINKFilm) Only a Julien Temple concert doc would get the R rating — for nudity (male, mostly, and not terribly flattering at that), drug use (weed, mostly — yawn), language, and sexual content. Also dig the overwrought BBC narration, in which Glastonbury is described as a former refuge for…
Blood & Chocolate (Sony) Breach (Universal) The Cecil B. DeMille Classics Collection (Passport) Deadwood: The Complete Third Season (HBO) 52 Pick-Up (MGM) Ghost Rider (Sony) The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries: Season Two (Universal) Hellboy: Blood & Iron (Anchor Bay) James Stewart: Screen Legend Collection (Universal) Jesse Stone: Night Passage…
