Shaquille O’Neal pulled up lame a couple of weeks ago, a sure sign the regular season is coming to an end and the real season — known as the playoffs — is about to begin. The Heaters wrap up with a final home game against the Chicago Bulls, followed by…
“Sea bunny” is usually just a cute name for a sea slug, but in spring it can mean the Easter Bunny might be hiding his eggs in the ocean again. Capt. Spencer Slate — who, by the way, has never been photographed in the same room with the Easter Bunny…
Apparently that nine lives theory holds true for wild cats too. The Florida Panthers were still fighting for wins (defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 on April 9) despite being eliminated from playoff contention. That’s not too bad for a team that suffered a twelve-game losing streak at the beginning…
As the executive pastry chef at the très chic Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Patrick Lassaque is accustomed to marrying his eccentric gourmet tastes with the traditional treats customers crave. Rather than filling his éclairs with exotic violet cream, he’ll concede to popular demand and use white chocolate instead. Aspiring cooks with…
Many admiring men have probably enjoyed a beautiful nightclub dancer’s playfully batting her eyes at them, but that’s usually the most attention a marveling male will receive from a distant diva. For a more interactive experience, venture to Vengo at Nikki Beach, where patrons mingle with the entertainment in a…
Retablos — ornately carved, three dimensional display cases — were originally transported on the shoulders of Spanish priests who used them as portable altars in the Andes. After the Catholic Church withdrew from the mountains in the face of the Peruvian independence movement, the impoverished residents of Ayacucho began to…
Whether you are a man (or woman) of many hats or you own only one chapeau, wear one or wear them all to the 23rd annual Crazy Hat Luncheon. You can deck your head in elegance or knock your noggin in laughter for this event, hosted by Barry University Auxiliary…
Carlos Estévez has taken sacrifice in the name of art to an extreme. For the past several months, the artist has risked carpal tunnel syndrome or shearing off a digit while gearing up for the collapse of Western civilization. He has been manically clipping images from hundreds of magazines pillaged…
Do you ever watch as Academy Awards are handed out to short subject filmmakers and say to yourself: “Who are those people? Where the heck can I see their stuff?” Well, for the entire month of April, the Miami Beach Cinematheque is screening “The 2005 Oscar Films You Need to…
Does your Passover tradition include renting The Ten Commandments, nibbling on popcorn, and guzzling Manischewitz? Why not try something less mainstream this year? The Chabad in South Beach welcomes all to a Pesach Seder (that’s Passover dinner for you goyim out there). Although Passover recollects a solemn time for Israelites,…
“Hey Joe” is a dark ditty with deep, twisted roots. The version that most people know, in which Jimi Hendrix’s desperate screech builds to a crescendo before his wailing guitar takes over, is recognized by many as the definitive version. Hear the various recorded incarnations of this classic at Rat…
Carlos Estévez has taken sacrifice in the name of art to an extreme. For the past several months, the artist has risked carpal tunnel syndrome or shearing off a digit while gearing up for the collapse of Western civilization. He has been manically clipping images from hundreds of magazines pillaged…
Chick lit has been a hot seller for several years, but the latest twist on the genre is “chica lit,” stories about intelligent, young women who just happen to have a little Latin fire in their blood. “Ever since The Dirty Girls Social Club came out, the publishers didn’t think…
Say … cheese? Sorry, Charlie. Blub, blub is more like it. The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is hosting the 2006 Underwater Photography Contest, open to amateur photographers who have a way with the lens — fisheye and otherwise. The best shot in each of three categories —…
Say … cheese? Sorry, Charlie. Blub, blub is more like it. The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is hosting the 2006 Underwater Photography Contest, open to amateur photographers who have a way with the lens — fisheye and otherwise. The best shot in each of three categories —…
Parochial to the point of arrogance, North Americans think NFL, NBA, and MLB are great and we are the global leader in sports. The rest of the world just smiles and keeps playing football, known around here as “soccer.” Time to catch up — and get in at the beginning…
Bunnies sure are cute, but until you’ve had your phone cords, woodwork, and books chewed up by the loving lagomorphs, you really have no idea what it takes to be a slave to a house rabbit. Although they make wonderful companions for those with the time and patience to train…
Although horses are usually kicked off the beach, this weekend 80 Argentine polo ponies will trot onto the sand for the II Miami Beach Polo Cup 2006. Players from Germany, Italy, Australia, Brazil, and the U.S. will compete by day and party by night during this three day chukkerfest. Reto…
It takes all of three minutes before Sharon Stone is grabbing some semiconscious dude’s finger and sticking it down her panties; all of four minutes before she’s crashing her car through plate glass and drowning said dude in the Thames; and five minutes before David Thewlis is calling Stone “that…
Ed Bullins is one of the most influential and controversial names in African-American history. Spike Lee may be more familiar; Denzel Washington and Halle Berry are undoubtedly more bankable. And in modern literary circles, Toni Morrison’s moniker might spark more interest. But Bullins, a prize-winning African-American playwright who dominated the…
In the evil galaxy of schadenfreude where theater resides, nothing is better than a darkly funny play about hopeless wankers full of big talk and even bigger dreams that will never be realized because of their cycles of obsession and addiction. In the case of Patrick Marber’s Dealer’s Choice, onstage…
Educating Rita: With this tale of upper-crust English professor Frank mentoring lower-class literary wannabe Rita, Dramaworks’ director Nanique Gheridian sends us into a supposedly well-recognized Pygmalion paradigm. But for those of us who shied away from seeing the 1983 Michael Caine film version of the play, it is not as…
