For those of you who think that Miami is all about sunbathing and matching bikinis, think again! We’ve got culture, class, and a little something for everyone — even the classical piano-lovers. Yup, this month marks the tenth anniversary of the Miami International Piano Festival: Discovery Series. To commemorate a…
In terms of artistic interest, the battle between heaven and hell has been more one-sided than the Harlem Globetrotters versus the Washington Generals. What’s the best book in the New Testament? Revelation. The best character in Paradise Lost? Satan. And does anyone even remember Dante’s Paradiso? The world-famous choreography team…
To you and I, Samantha from Bewitched might have been just a blond broad with some mean allergies, and Jeannie the “genie” little more than a subservient vagabond. But occult expert and Wiccan High Priestess Rev. Sandra Cheryl Richardson felt a kinship with these sitcom characters. “I always had a…
Maibaumfest, or Spring Festival, is the traditional German celebration to end winter and celebrate the warm and green season. This is the first time that the German American Social Club of Greater Miami will host the free event for the public. The celebration takes place today and tomorrow, starting at…
May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Who knew? Well, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz did; she’s the politician who spearheaded the campaign to designate May as such. Thanks to her efforts, the Jewish Museum of Florida (301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach) can present “Making America Harmonious: Jewish Contributions to the…
While we won’t tell a soul that you got that fabulous necklace at Claire’s for seven bucks, the tell-tale blush that rises in your cheeks when someone compliments you might give your shopping secret away. Here’s a tip from one fashionista to another. Making your own trinkets is the way…
There’s a preponderance of frizzy hair in Miami. Thanks to a unique combination of multiethnic residents and high humidity, local ladies have some of the most off-the-meter Rosanna Rosannadanna hair in the nation. Today, there’s hope on the horizon for those with the bad hair day blues — the Activate…
The Miami City Ballet is not only one of the top ballet companies in the US — it’s also a school for the best and brightest of South Florida’s up-and-coming dancers. And this weekend the kids are putting on a student showcase of their own. It’s like a ballet high…
Not so long ago the appeal of comic books was limited by the stigma attached to its traditional core audiences — dudes who live at home with their parents, quiet Japanese men, and, of course, dweebs. Today, with comic book heroes tearing up the box office, the growth of adult-oriented…
Being duped into buying cheesy Buns of Steel workout tapes is forgivable. You just wanted to get in shape! We won’t even blame you for letting them become dusty ornaments. But now that your buns have turned into the doughy kind, we will point the finger at you if you…
Even though Miami’s enormous Latin population skews to the Caribbean, and to the South, not Central, American side, there’s no reason why the Magic City wouldn’t be down with Cinco de Mayo. It’s all about partying, right? To celebrate the Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla,…
Summer is nearly here and our tongues are already hanging out. Tell your furry buddies to bark, don’t fret. This weekend canines and their humans have a chance to batter up (no, we’re not talkin’ flapjacks) and show off at two fun events for our four-footed friends. Bring your slobbering…
On the southern end of the Biscayne corridor, between Overtown and what the powers that be are calling “midtown”, sits a large yellow fortress known as The Firefly. Behind the barbed-wire fence of the establishment, visitors will discover an intense art space where members of the Firefly Collective work on…
You shimmied hard when the Ying Yang Twins told you to “sh-shake it like a salt shaker,” and after Shakira bragged that her “Hips Don’t Lie” you couldn’t walk for three days. By the way, your hips lied like a rug. So tonight give your shake a rest and watch…
Five days a week, you can curl up in front of your TV and watch Judge Greg Mathis hand down judgments to wronged mistresses and slow-talking dope-fiends. But today and tomorrow, the judge will be settling a different kind of case: Youth vs. Premarital Sex. Why? “Having faced so many…
Reverence for the elderly and a celebration of youth line up in a harmonic convergence today during a pair of exhibits spiritedly reflecting the arc of life. The Art of Aging, at the Jewish Museum of Florida (301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach), features the work of 40 artists from the…
The cast of freaks that populates the Howard Stern Show includes Crackhead Bob, Crazy Alice, Elephant Boy, Sour Shoes, Jeff the Drunk, Gary the Retard and Wendy the Retard, Bong Hit Bill and Bong Hit Eric, High Pitch Eric and Eric the Midget, and the irrepressible Beetlejuice. But the show’s…
Zaha Hadid, the famed Iraqi-born architect and 2004 Pritzker Prize (the Pulitzer of architecture) winner, pulled up to the Miami Museum of Science in a black stretch limo Tuesday. She was there to speak at a selection panel hearing for the museum’s planned $275 million building in Bicentennial Park (a.k.a…
At SaveNetRadio.org, they are counting down to May 15th, “the day the music dies.” On that day new rates imposed by the federal Copyright Royalty Board for web streaming radio stations will go into effect that will nearly triple the current fees. The fees, paid by broadcasters to license songs,…
A smattering of cricket fans occupied the bar stools at Churchills Saturday morning. Mostly Australians, with a few New Zealanders and Indians thrown in, they were there to watch the Cricket World Cup Final between Australia and Sri Lanka. The game was scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. The Australians…
Please do enjoy “Chongalicious,” a video by a pair of Hialeah girls who are either chongas themselves or do more than passable impressions of the young Latinas with “hoop earrings big enough to fit your arm through.” The song turned up on YouTube recently, and is picking up steam. Miami’s…
Book banners get ready! Cigar Afficionado magazine is rolling out a June issue packed with Cuba news that is sure to raise hackles in our banana republic. Last time the magazine did a similar series – in June 1999 — county bureaucrats pulled it from news racks at Miami International…
