It’s the final stretch of the regular season. Games like this one, against the young, bottom-of-the-table Atlanta Hawks might look easy on the schedule, but often turn into gut-wrenching fourth quarter shootouts for the Miami Heat. Come check out the game the Heat must win for a playoff position, before…
Tapas are a truly Spanish culinary art form. The small plates hail from the south and are a trademark of the Andalusian region. But since the bite-size meal masterpieces crossed into Western territory, every restaurant prides itself on offering tapas fusion this and tapas fusion that. We say it’s time…
Coral Gables comes alive with the sound of music today. Start early with the Chopin Foundation’s Young Pianists Concert, where students ten to seventeen years old will enthrall audiences with skilled, youthful renditions of works by the classical music master. The free event starts at 3:00 p.m. at the Granada…
If you can’t wait for the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival any longer, head to South Beach tonight to get your fill of the Sapphic silver screen with the Best Lesbian Short Films. In addition to a variety of select shorts and music videos, founder Sandra Grace will reveal…
Visit a local museum on any given Sunday, and chances are you’ll encounter a flock of culture vultures known for being pennywise. It’s the day of the week when joints like Miami Art Central fling open their doors free of charge for the art-savvy — or those skinflint couch potatoes…
It’ll be a bright night at the Homestead-Miami Speedway thanks to a high-tech lighting system specifically installed for this year’s Indy 300 season opener, which is sponsored by industry giants Linder Industrial and Komatsu. The high-speed event will be held at night for the first time in history, making for…
Baseball games are truly a full-body experience. The smell of fresh-cut grass, the sound of sunflower seed shells raining onto metal railings, the occasional crack of bat meets ball, the yell of “Heads!” and your wussy scramble for cover. Starting Friday, March 23, at 5:00 p.m., you can relive all…
Remember that crazy newspaper photo taken in the Everglades of an alligator clawing its way out from the inside of someone’s escaped pet python? In addition to being, like, totally the craziest thing you’ve ever seen, that was also probably a sign that something is terribly awry in what is…
For he’s a jolly good tributary! For he’s a jolly good tributary! Today the legacy of the hardest-working river in Miami is being honored at the eleventh annual Miami River Day. The big celebration will include riverboat tours, food, magicians, live performances from the Spam Allstars and Luis Enrique, reenactments…
No one so dominates association with a musical instrument as Ravi Shankar does with the sitar. But Ravi’s daughter Anoushka Shankar has made a profound effort to overcome the giant-shoes, long-shadow burden of being the master’s daughter. The best sitar music (call it raga roll) is like a powerful drug…
In the days of Humphrey Bogart and Clarke Gable, going to a club meant relaxing in a romantic atmosphere and listening to musicians that actually sang and played instruments. Not that there’s anything wrong with rowdy dance clubs and DJs, but sometimes we wonder what it was like to party…
In a city where recycling isn’t exactly a top priority, it’s great to discover art with its heart in the right place. Tonight at 6:00, celebrate the opening of Go Green, a collection by celebrated artist Jack Amoroso. Amoroso’s works are created by converting recyclables into pieces of art that…
Ballet dancers, like basketball players, are worshipped for their impressive hang time and their uncanny ability to fly across the stage in leaps and bounds — feats that most humans could only achieve while on wheels or under the influence. And for this reason, the grand jetés and pliés are…
Stones Throw Records is home to some of the world’s most renowned and respected DJs and producers. The label’s roster is like a who’s who of beatmasters who have forever changed the hip-hop game. The late, great J Dilla remains the most immediately recognizable name to rap newbies, but trust…
If Las Vegas is affectionately known as Sin City, then Miami’s moniker should surely be Skin City. A typical stroll along Ocean Drive will reveal more bared legs, abs, and boobs than a prudish tourist can handle. Miamians just love to soak up the sun, and with solar exposure comes…
Yesterday the Sony Ericsson Open blew into town in a storm of lime-green balls and crisp, white sweatbands. Until April 1, 192 of the world’s top male and female players will compete for $6.9 million in prizes in both singles and doubles competitions. And for all the star-chasers, the sport’s…
Does one ever need an excuse to fill up on food and wine? Perhaps not, but if you require one, the twelfth annual Miami Food and Wine Festival is the perfect route to guilt-free gluttony. This year’s fest offers three days of overindulgence hosted by celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson. All…
Gotta run! Exhibitors announced today that, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, “Bodies … The Exhibition” will be open 62 straight hours, until the show ends at midnight on Sunday, March 25th. By the time “Bodies” closes at the Shops at Sunset Place, more than 200,000 people will have filed through…
Days before he is set to appear at the Winter Music Conference, Paul Oakenfold answers the telephone in Amsterdam with a cheery and Seinfeldesque “Helloooo!” These days the famous knob-twiddler, who has been producing music and remixing tracks for the better part of twenty years now, has a new love…
‘Tis the season once again for the pill poppers of the world to converge on our sunny shores and shamelessly indulge their deepest, darkest addictions as Miami plays host to the world’s hottest DJs, including industry gods Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, Sasha, Armin Van Buuren, and Carl Cox. Yes, it’s Winter…
Nobody knew it, but a party was going down on Biscayne Boulevard at around 1:30 in the afternoon late last week. Jeremy, a.k.a. DJ Radio Raheem, stood behind a well-beaten DJ setup in the empty parking lot of the Davis Motel on 65th street. The bumps of yesteryear rattled out…
Daniel Hendler and Arturo Goetz talk law Beginning tonight at 9:00 at the Bill Cosford Cinema, University of Miami will screen Family Law (Derecho De La Familia), Argentina’s official selection for Foreign Language Film at the 2007 Academy Awards. Although the film — broadcast in Spanish with English subtitles –…
