Pudgy legs poking out from underneath polka dot miniskirts. Hairy toes and claws painted shades of red. What’s the occasion? The Shelley Novak awards are on Wednesday, but today is Dogs on the Catwalk. (We kid, Shelley! We kid). And unlike the cookie-cutter models at this month’s New York Fashion…
The University of Miami’s law library contains more than one million pages and another million microfilm-reel frames documenting federal and state actions regarding the Everglades. That’s not really much when you consider that the beleaguered swamp, already half drained, provides all the drinking water for about six million South Floridians…
Shhh. Don’t let the Academy know, but the usual credo of nominating art-house snooze fests seems to have been abandoned for this year’s Oscars. Many of the contenders are actually fun-to-watch films made by unlikely Tinseltown heroes. Scorsese’s The Departed is leading the pack, and Miami Beach Cinematheque founder Dana…
Here’s a twist to an annual outdoor, family-friendly, art festival: the chance to face off with a grandmaster chess player. At the South Miami Rotary Art Festival, grandmasters from the World Chess Hall of Fame are poised to take on all challengers. Apparently, apart from the title “World Champion,” grandmaster…
Most of today’s radio hip-hop is like a value meal from KFC – deep-fried, controversial, and ultimately unhealthy. Tired of watching the community gorge itself on garbage, activist and event organizer Tony Muhammed is offering a nutritious and appetizing alternative. This year’s two-day Organic Hip-Hop Conference is themed “Music, Culture,…
The Miami Contemporary Dance Company’s latest performance is a study in artistic contrasts. This weekend at the Colony Theater MCDC will present the world premiere of Love Without Permission and an encore presentation of La Muerte de Garcia Lorca. One beautifully choreographed performance celebrates love, the other, death. “The first…
“There are Gods amongst us in these ghettos,” says spoken word artist Emanuel Xavier. He may very well be one of them. Xavier has certainly been blessed enough to survive a youth fractured by sexual abuse, homelessness, drug dealing, and prostitution as a means of survival on the streets of…
A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away… people used to tell each other stories. We’re not talking about tales concerning dragons, or parables meant to teach moral lessons, or even an entertaining tale about a farmboy on a quest to save a beautiful princess in outer…
Indie rock shindig Off the Radar is about to enter its terrible twos. For us humans, that phrase might mean dirtier diapers and temper tantrums, but Off the Radar’s second anniversary bash at PS 14 will feature live music and drink specials instead of soggy Pampers and drool-covered pacifiers. New…
Composer John Cage stretched every limit of the term “music,” even writing one “song” that consisted of nothing but silence. Merce Cunningham, who was Cage’s creative and personal partner, takes a similar approach to dance, blending choreography with edgy art and specially composed music. It’s perfectly suited to the avant-garde…
The Miami Art Museum (MAM) draws a bead on the godfather of conceptual art, with a double-barreled blast targeting Sol LeWitt’s career and collection. LeWitt x 2, opening today at MAM, is a two-part exhibit, “Sol LeWitt: Structure and Line,” a retrospective, takes aim at the artist’s own work, while…
Emeril the Great says, “It’s like Spring Break for chefs.” Hmmm. Fun in the sun, tequila shots (poured into margarita cheesecake), and the removal of tops (of jars of mayonnaise, milk cartons, and so on). Yeah, we can see the similarities between the sixth annual Food Network South Beach Wine…
For a quarter of a century, the Unisa boutique in Coconut Grove has been giving local women and drag queens a place to buy mules, pumps, sandals, and boots that are cute but won’t empty your pretty pockets. Tonight this lifesaver of a shoe store is celebrating its 25th birthday,…
Everybody knows that Miami weekends start as soon as the clock strikes 5:00 p.m., Thursday. There’s been no official decree, but for some reason each and every Friday, phone calls go unanswered and appointments are mysteriously cancelled. One explanation for this delinquency could be Thursdays at the Isle, a monthly…
Raise your hand if you remember watching Savion Glover grow up on Sesame Street. Congratulations! You’re rapidly approaching 30. The always-talented tap dancer starred on the seminal children’s television program for five seasons, honing his footwork alongside the likes of Gina, Grover, and Telly Monster back in the early Nineties…
Melissa Etheridge Where does Britney stack up? It seemed like just last month that Britney Spears’ only shaved head was between her legs. The upside about her rehab-induced mental tailspin? We got a five minute respite from the Anna Nicole baby’s daddy saga. The bad news? Britney Spears finally ruined…
In December 2002, ABC’s 20/20 ran a story on Eric O’Neill, an undercover surveillance specialist for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The piece was titled “Spy Catcher,” because it was O’Neill who, at a mere 27 years old, helped bring down Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who, for more than…
You remember Andrew Ridgeley, don’t you? He was the other guy in Wham!, the one who found himself stranded in 1986, after George Michael had faith enough in his own talents to break up the act. Ridgeley went on to record one solo record, before CBS Records decided, yeah, no…
Close to Home With at least the virtue of novelty on its side, Vidi Bilu and Dalia Hager’s debut outing as writer-directors may be the first feature to tackle the claustrophobic world of Israeli women soldiers who work out their mandatory military service patrolling the streets and buses of Jerusalem,…
Florida Grand Opera’s new production of Bellini’s La Sonnambula is not to be missed. One of the most demanding and beautiful of all operas now emerges as what can only be called a sublime musical landmark for this company, for this city, and for music lovers everywhere. Running here through…
Alice Does Wonderland: The Sol Theatre is a dirty place filled with dirty people. In Alice Does Wonderland, you will see a puppet give a man analingus. You will see Alice going down on the Cheshire Cat. You will see the Red Queen deep-throat a light saber, which is dangerous…
Merce Cunningham, dance’s avant doyen, makes his first-ever appearance in Miami next week, kicking off a citywide bash honoring the pioneer choreographer’s life and work. Celebrating the collaborative spirit that has characterized Cunningham’s five-decade career, South Florida’s major cultural organizations have come together, beginning with a show at the Museum…
