Two years ago, a narrow, aqua-color record store opened in a relatively desolate corner of downtown Miami’s NE Second Avenue. Back then Sweat Records was the new kid on the block, a little music outlet with big ambitions. Then came the rain. Following Hurricane Wilma’s devastation of its original location,…
Take a sweet deep breath and imagine it for two seconds: You’re sick with HIV. Poor. And having legal difficulties. There are two reasonable responses to such a despairing circumstance: violent overthrow of the government in pursuit of anarchy to end inequity and oppression, or asking for help. Both might…
Bored with American style? Have you been wishing ill upon those rags hanging in your closet? Damn you, blue jeans! Die, T-shirt! Back away from the closet, crazy. To pay homage to the creativity and beauty of Colombian fashion, the Colombian American Chamber of Commerce is hosting Expo Moda 2007…
When the mainstream was first introduced to Tracy Morgan in 1996, when he became a cast member on Saturday Night Live, a wee bit of his comedic allure was due to the fact that he had the belly of a woman in her third trimester. Yes, his delivery and flawless…
In the oversaturated world of Miami party promoting, it seems like the key to success is to shove as many flyers in as many people’s hands as possible, lying all the while about all of the “special invited guests” who are coming. FYI promoters: Sending LL Cool J a MySpace…
The Carnival Center continues to import fantastic shows from around the U.S.; tonight’s opening, 12 Angry Men, hails from Broadway. Set in the Fifties, the play takes place in a jury room, after the trial of a troublemaker accused of murdering his not-so-nice father. It seems to be an open-and-shut…
Dreamers, artists, and tango lovers are invited to a free screening of the documentary La Gata: The Nine Lives of a Tango Singer Called ‘The Cat’ at 7:00 p.m. today at Centro Cultural Español. The film examines the life of “La Gata,” a then-79-year-old Argentine tango singer who moved to…
Marianne Williamson is a spiritual activist and internationally acclaimed author and lecturer with four number one New York Times bestsellers. She’s the chairman of the Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation to establish a Department of Peace. And Newsweek magazine named her one of the 50 most influential…
You’re having the week from hell: You got a pink slip for that incident in the break room, you left the keys in your convertible and made some lucky car thief’s day, and you missed the finale of America’s Next Top Model. To say that you’re down in the dumps…
In 1988, Seth Putnam formed the band Anal Cunt in Boston, Massachusets. Almost twenty years later he is still touring, recording albums, and abusing drugs. Seth is a six-foot-tall, 39-year-old zombie with long hair who hobbles around on a cane. Just before midnight this past Saturday, May 5, we met…
Artie Lange looked beat after his Friday night stand-up set at the Jackie Gleason Theater – unshaven, sweaty, haggard. Or maybe it was the throng of well-wishers jamming the backstage hallway and dressing room that made him seem tired. I know I would’ve been. My wife and I said hello,…
We wouldn’t want this guy as our ruler, either. For those who slept through history class and believe Cinco de Mayo celebrates the day the Aztecs created Tequila, you have been sorely misled. Nor, smarty pants, does it commemorate Mexico’s independence from Spain, which, for the record, is September 16th…
Off the top of my head, crepes, croissants, and champagne: Three very good reasons you gotta love the French. Now there are officially four: French Tuesdays, which are brightening up what is classically the most boring day of the week. The brainchild of Pierre Battu and Gilles Amsalem, the Francophile…
There isn’t a definition for the word superexclusive, but if one existed, it would have pictures of the Miami Live weekly event that’s held at Santos on South Beach every Wednesday night. The ambiance at this event is like nothing you’ve ever experienced. You feel as if you’ve been invited…
You like your rum with O.J. or muddled with lime and mint, but rum connoisseur Rob Burr says, “People who drink single malt scotch would never mix it with coke. We know that high quality liquors aren’t used to mix in cheap drinks.” So put down the Coco Loco and…
What is it with the third installments in superhero film franchises? For whatever reason — and, oh, let’s just call it the lack of fresh ideas commingled with the love of money — they always strike out swinging their third time up to bat. It happened with Superman, when Richard…
Orchestrated by evildoers from hostile quarters of the global village, a nuclear holocaust looms over Los Angeles. This ought to ease traffic, but the FBI, headed by an extremely excitable Julianne Moore, is concerned enough to forcibly recruit the services of a two-bit Vegas magician and pre-Cog (a freshly buffed…
By the end of the first act of David Carlson’s new operatic adaptation of Anna Karenina, I couldn’t wait to get home and excoriate the bastard in print. Oh, the nerve of that man, reducing all the subtle shadings of Tolstoy’s novel to this dreary, deadening drone of diminished chords,…
Melt: Some of the finest actors in South Florida (Stuart Meltzer, Sheaun McKinney, et al.) star in this world premiere of a play by one of SoFla’s most beloved theatrical polymaths (Michael McKeever) in one of Miami’s loveliest, most intimate venues (New Theatre). Michael McKeever’s play is an examination of…
Carlos Gallardo would be in hog heaven if he had the keys to Fred Sanford’s junkyard. The Argentine artist’s found object assemblages — currently on display at Pan American Art Projects — are cooked up from bra straps, metal springs, shredded handkerchiefs, lead wire, rusty hinges, music stands, aging photographs,…
“Sweet Bird of Youth”: This photo-based exhibit, curated by Claire Breukel, features selections from the Debra and Dennis Scholl collection that focus on an evolution of time and place based on the mundane. Breukel has combined imagery of banal, barren landscapes with the loaded rituals of female adolescence to convey…
Little Children (New Line) In the eyes of Hollywood, our American suburbs are so filled with perversion and treachery that it seems the government ought to crack down on something. Until then, we can count on movies like Little Children to keep us informed. Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson are…
