Is there enough room in this town for two spicy passion fruit cocktails? When we wandered into the Setai to sample the chic hotel’s signature drink, Billy the bartender immediately said, “Chili Passion.” Huh, that’s funny. We just had one of those last week at the Sagamore. “Well, they stole…
What to do with art that’s banned in a totalitarian state? Send it to Miami, of course! Our city is filled with exiles who have been booted form their homelands, so it’s in good company here. Consider the work of Iranian writer/artist Assurbanipal Babilla, for instance: It seems ol’ Babs…
It’s like walking around a parking lot — after traveling into the future by time machine and landing in an extremely wealthy neighborhood. The 36th South Florida International Auto Show fills the Miami Beach Convention Center with cars you’re much more likely to encounter in dreams than on, say, the…
Science has identified about one million species of insects so far, accounting for almost half of all life forms known to man. Bugs can be found buzzing almost anywhere on Earth. For example, rock crawlers survive in the peaks of the Himalayas, producing a kind of antifreeze that prevents them…
This is a cautionary critic’s call. You should know that the DJ duo of DFA will perform on Saturday at the District, 35 NE 40th St., Miami; and on Sunday at the Standard Hotel, 40 Island Ave., Miami Beach. Tim Goldsworthy and James Murphy may give the appearance of latter-day…
The main event at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts’ grand opening Thursday night? Cops. Off-duty Miami city cops picketing the high society affair (cocktail dresses and Prada suits paid $500 for a seat at the celebrity-studded event), to be more exact. They were working the media-heavy event for…
No studio director was a greater hero to the Hong Kong new wave than Martin Scorsese. John Woo dedicated The Killer to him; Wong Kar-wai modeled his first feature, As Tears Go By, after Mean Streets; Taxi Driver’s rain-slicked slo-mo urban stylistics worked their way into countless lesser HK films…
A pleasantly restrained Martin Lawrence voices the likable grizzly bear hero of this computer-generated feature. Raised by a ranger, he’s lost when exiled to the woods, thanks to a wild-eyed mule deer (Ashton Kutcher, channeling Donkey from Shrek). As is usual in computer animation, the film’s look is overbright, its…
During the Nineties, a visit to one of South Florida’s strip clubs made for a rip-snorting time. From seedier dives such as the Bottoms Up on SW Eighth Street to the wildly popular Porky’s in Hialeah, freewheeling floozies ratcheted up their repertoires with raunchy antics that engaged the audience in…
Although controversy has stuck to “Bodies … The Exhibition” like a blood tick on a hound dog’s tail, more than 10,000 spectators had flocked to see the corpse show at a local mall within days of its debut. Scheduled to run through March of next year at the Shops at…
I’m So Much Better than You: Magnus Sigurdarson’s installation features four tons of Miami New Times papers interlocked like bricks to form a curving hip-high wall. It houses a DVD player and monitor where the artist is seen performing a puppet show in Xiamen, China. Sigurdarson, who was born in…
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed (HBO) Like many other Daily Show success stories, Lewis Black is a comedian made for these times; his facial contortions and verbal tics are expressions of the Bush-era phrase “outrage overload.” But unlike other big names in political stand-up right now (David Cross, Bill…
Let’s not beat around the bush: Saints Row is creatively bankrupt. The latest in a long list of Grand Theft Auto imitators, this clone replicates Rockstar’s controversial games so closely that the uneducated eye could mistake it for the real deal. But unlike past rip-offs, Saints Row is actually a…
Avenger (Warner Bros.) Calvaire: The Ordeal (Palm) Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher (HBO) Changing Times (Koch Lorber) Confidence (Lionsgate) Deadfall (Lionsgate) Edmond (First Independent) The Greatest American Hero: The Complete Series (Anchor Bay) Harvey Toons: The Complete Collection (Sony Wonder) Humphrey Bogart: The Signature Collection, Volumes 1 & 2…
The sex is real in John Cameron Mitchell’s Shortbus; only the setting — an animated New York cityscape, benignly watched over by a fluorescent Statue of Liberty — is fake. To an extent, that describes the movie: a sexually daring, dramatically timid roundelay that employs unsimulated twosomes, threesomes, and even…
Perfumier Laurice Rahmé is French, but she left her heart in New York City. Her ode to her adopted home is Bond No. 9, a hugely popular fragrance collection that sounds like it was named for a certain British spy. In fact Bond No. 9 is Rahmé’s chic Noho address…
To satisfy your inner Rachael Ray, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden has concocted the perfect solution: cupcakes and cooking classes. Just when you thought a caterer would be your only option for presentable holiday food, chef Pam Manresa and pastry chef Bette Ricci come to the rescue. Tonight and next Wednesday…
Trying to find the right balance between school and extracurricular activity is tough. But when you are constantly fighting The Man, who thinks skateboarding is a crime, it can be downright discouraging. Tony Hawk has proven repeatedly that dreams of success and riches can come true for a plucky skater…
The pews will be filled with yapping Yorkies, purring Persians, and bounding bunnies today at St. John’s on the Lake United Methodist Church for the annual Pet Blessing service. The event marks the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment. Officially on…
Miami Carnival is always fun, but it can be hot and dizzying. Party people who prefer their Caribbean music with soothing ambiance should head away from the hubbub and toward Coral Gables. Get your fix at Soca Sundays, a poolside affair at the Biltmore’s Cascade Restaurant. Soca music has been…
Bring an energy drink and your camera, and make sure to tie your dancing shoes on tightly. Today’s Target GlobalBeat free Carnival Center party promises to be the biggest event to hit downtown Miami in years. “We’re by Miami and for Miami. Today we’re inviting the public to come in…
New Times recently published a picture of breasts on the cover and didn’t get the kind of reaction Babytalk magazine did after printing a photo of a nursing baby. The magazine received hundreds of letters of complaint from mothers who were appalled to see the profile of a woman’s breast…
