THU 7 There’s big buzz around Hustle and Flow. The indie scooped up the coveted Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It’s the story of a Memphis pimp named DJay (Terrence Howard) who struggles to make his way out of the ghetto by hustling hoes and writing rhymes…
The Andrews Sisters, who rose to mega-stardom during the World War II Big Band era, were the Dixie Chicks of their time. That is, if you first replace the Chicks’ antiwar sentiment with patriotism and then add an unbridled popularity no girl group since the Andrews Sisters has ever quite…
For complete up-to-date South Florida stage listings, click on Culture on the navigation bar to the left, scroll down to the Listings Search and “Category” pulldown, then select “Stage.” Modern Orthodox: Culture clash always makes for great comedy. It’s fun to poke fun at ourselves through the archetypes we witness…
The Lowe Art Museum’s latest show, “Jan Matulka: Global Modernist,” presents the work of a fine artist and a reputed teacher. What I find interesting is by recognizing Matulka’s contribution to the art world, this exhibit consequently examines the problem of originality within American modern art. What did originality mean…
For complete up-to-date South Florida art listings, click on Culture on the navigation bar to the left, scroll down to the Listings Search and “Category” pulldown, then select “Art Galleries” or “Museums.” Anne Chu: This exhibition begins with a wide tabletop full of short human figures based on funerary guardians…
Bewitched may go down as the first movie about a fictional failed actor that creates a real-life failed actor. This hackneyed, hapless, and utterly useless redo of an overrated Sixties sitcom is excruciating to sit through for a dozen reasons. But nothing is more intolerable than the sight of Will…
Anyone who would insist that movie reviewing is not a real job (‘Sup, Mom) hasn’t been forced to sit through screenings of Bewitched and Herbie: Fully Loaded in the span of five days — and by forced, I mean either you see both movies, write 800 words about each, or…
Unlike most other monarchs, Karen Adler and Judith Fertig were not born into royalty. These Kansas City women earned the right to call themselves The BBQ Queens fair and square. After a chauvinistic local DJ dared to say women couldn’t barbecue, Adler and Fertig called his bluff with a battle-of-the-sexes…
THUR 30 The beautiful, romantic ivy-covered Hotel Place St. Michel (162 Alcazar Ave., Coral Gables) will make a wonderful venue for tonight’s Freedom of Expression art show. Admirers of creativity will be enthralled by the artwork of Angela Alvarez, Mauricio Gonzales, and Rafael Manresa, among others. Be on the lookout…
Boom! Bang! Ooh! Ahh! Yes, it’s the Fourth of July, the time of year when the corn is knee-high and everyone’s a pyromaniac. And there’s no shortage of free activities for those low on cash after stocking up on toys like bottle rockets, sparklers, and firecrackers that will be scaring…
There’s no sleeping here MON 7/4 It’s hard to roll out of bed early on a day when you don’t have to go to work, but if you don’t get yourself up and out to the Fourth of July Bed Races and Fireworks today, you might find yourself rolling down…
Pick a peck of festivities MON 7/4 If you missed ChickenFest Key West, you have some explaining to do. Maybe you should take advantage of this holiday weekend and get down there for a poultry apology. If the birds forgive you for your fowl behavior, maybe they’ll let you stay…
Big thoughts in small packages THUR 6/30 Even if you have only a few moments to spare, you can immerse yourself in a multicultural mélange of contemporary video art at Miami Art Central’s (5960 Red Rd., Miami) latest exhibit. “Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video” is a survey of international video…
Jamaica’s favorite comedian comes to town SAT 7/2 If you watched British or Caribbean television in the Eighties and Nineties, you probably enjoyed the hilarious antics of Oliver Samuels. Known as the “King of Jamaican Comedy,” Samuels starred in sitcoms and television specials including Chef, Blouse and Skirt, and Oliver…
Culture clash always makes for great comedy. It’s fun to poke fun at ourselves through the archetypes we witness colliding on stage and screen. The resulting yin-yang battles have well-known, usually entertaining results, like neat freak Felix versus slob Oscar or straight-acting gay Will versus nelly gay Jack. In his…
For complete up-to-date South Florida stage listings, click on Culture on the navigation bar to the left, scroll down to the Listings Search and “Category” pulldown, then select “Stage.” Romeo and Juliet: William Shakespeare needs no justification. And the Shakespeare Project 2005, an ambitious summer-long festival now onstage at New…
For complete up-to-date South Florida art listings, click on Culture on the navigation bar to the left, scroll down to the Listings Search and “Category” pulldown, then select “Art Galleries” or “Museums.” Anne Chu: This exhibition begins with a wide tabletop full of short human figures based on funerary guardians…
Forget Mad Hot Ballroom. The real dance documentary hit of the summer is more likely to be Rize. After all, which do you think the kids are going to find more appealing: Formal steps that require suits, partners, and schoolteachers; or shaking the booty and slamming into fellow dancers while…
Not many people saw Lost and Delirious, the 2001 boarding-school drama about two girls in obsessive love, and that was probably for the best. Yes, Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly) made a stunning androgynous rebel, but she couldn’t rescue the film from its unctuous self-importance. My Summer of Love, a bewitching…
After 50 years, Frankie’s Pizza remains as no-nonsense as ever. The slices are still square, you still get a complimentary sample for immediate noshing, and the prices still can’t be beat — you can score a tomato and cheese slice for a buck and a dime. “We’re still doing things…
THUR 23 In the Thirties, Art Deco was the style du jour. Sleek, modern lines juxtaposed with curling flourishes of flora came roaring into fashion in jewelry, clothing, and especially in architecture. The streamlined Moderne style reflected the climate of the era: industrial dreams fueled by the Great Depression, tempered…
Best-selling author David Sedaris is many things: hilarious, thought-provoking, generous — but above all, he’s empathetic. “I was in a small bookstore in Boston … and they had speakers set up because there were people out on the sidewalk. I felt bad. I wouldn’t want to be on the sidewalk…
