Give art a twirl SUN 3/6 The members of the Momentum Dance Company are well-respected as artistes, but many of their performances are for an audience whose idea of fine art is finger painting. Today at 2:00, youngsters can make “dancing pictures” with the performers they admire. In Dance a…
To many, modern art is all about provocation. That was the case with gonzo journalist and novelist Hunter S. Thompson, whose booze- and drug-fueled rants were the stuff of popular legend for decades before he committed suicide last week. Trailing along in Thompson’s wake is Eric Bogosian, a theatrical provocateur…
Action: Mad Cat Theatre Company’s new production of this Sam Shepard one-act play has a lot going on: screaming and chair-throwing, fish-filleting on stage, what looks like a Pollo Tropical chicken passing for a Christmas turkey, lots of drooly finger-licking, spiffy winter clothes, and the sounds of a nasty snowstorm…
Andrew Wyeth: American Master: Now an octogenarian and as committed to his métier as ever, Wyeth continues to work prolifically at a high level of skill and artistic resonance. His show at the Boca Museum must be seen. It spans a 60-year career, beginning with some bravura watercolor landscapes from…
First, the good news. Uncharacteristically for a February release targeting African-American viewers, Diary of a Mad Black Woman is not a yuppie romantic comedy featuring Gabrielle Union and Morris Chestnut. Anthony Anderson and Eddie Griffin are nowhere to be seen, and despite the fact that the most memorable character is…
Beautiful Boxer, the true story of a Thai transgender kickboxer, is a well-intentioned film with a heart of gold. Unfortunately, it also has a brain of lead, a stomach of iron, and legs of jelly. A student at the beat-you-over-the-head school of moviemaking, its sensibilities are crude, its sentiments super-sweet,…
In the mid-1980s, Los Angeles’s Getty Museum was on the cusp of acquiring an ancient Greek statue. Using stereo microscopes, scientists determined it was indeed the real deal. And without anything more than a cold stare, art experts the world over determined it was a fraud. The controversy over its…
THU 24 Are you looking for another excuse to drink beer and listen to live music? As if anyone needs to ask! The eighth annual Coral Gables Bluesfest starts tonight and promises a full weekend of great music, food, and beer. Chris Rehm and the Rabble Rousers kick off the…
Like a fine pinot noir, the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is ever evolving. This year tickets have been limited in order to guarantee that glasses of wine and culinary samples won’t run dry, and no one under the age of 21 (including children in strollers) will be permitted…
A class on botanical healing SAT 2/26 A colorful bouquet of flowers will brighten a stressful day, but did you know that the essence of flowers can restore emotional balance and harmony? Not to be confused with aromatherapy, flower essences are created when flower heads are snipped into a crystal…
SAT 2/26 Remote-controlled metallic furies will engage each other in robotic carnage to the death. Sparks will fly as buzz saws, hammers, spikes, and flames are utilized to ensure maximum devastation, and it’s all in the name of knowledge. Battlebots IQ is an educational program that seeks to involve middle…
Leave your burgers at the door TUE 3/1 In the weeks leading up to Sunday’s Academy Awards, nominated documentarian Morgan Spurlock is as elusive as a Yeti. In his most recent blog posting, on February 9, he writes: “Ever since the nominations came out last week, my life has been…
Making music of mayhem THU 2/24 Honking taxis and idling engines in creeping traffic may not be music to your ears now, but experience those sounds enhanced and remixed into electronic compositions during the Subtropics Experimental Music and Sound Arts Festival (presented by South Florida Composers Alliance’s interdisciplinary Sound Arts…
Andrew Wyeth neverliked crowds, especially art-world crowds
BY FRANKLIN EINSPRUCH
Essayists have spilled copious puddles of ink regarding Andrew Wyeth’s relationship, or lack thereof, to art history. But bottom line — he is his own man. Now an octogenarian and as committed to his métier as ever, he continues to work prolifically at a high level of skill and artistic…
At first (and second and maybe even third) glance, it’s all so familiar: Keanu Reeves shrouded in a black trench coat that flaps behind him like a superhero’s wings, moving between real worlds used as battlegrounds, breeding grounds, and playgrounds for higher beings amused and appalled by the doings of…
So there was this Miamian named José who thought that it would be a joy to buy a boat and take full advantage of South Florida’s aquatic nature. He purchased a vessel and a trailer. On Saturday mornings, he figured, he’d hitch the trailer to the family SUV, drive to…
Bring on the butter-cream frosting! Tigertail Productions is celebrating 25 years of being “Florida’s pioneer of innovative art” with one sweet party. There’s Cake on Our Face promises an evening of entertainment, prizes, and plenty of desserts. The admission for the event is a birthday cake, and any kind of…
But no Duff’s beer NOW 24/7 There is hardly an available inch of wall space at Duffy’s Tavern (2108 Red Rd., Miami). Beer bottles and taps dangle from the ceiling. Special shelves house colorful antique beer cans. Besides the breweriana, Duffy’s walls are adorned with old license plates, sports memorabilia,…
Cuckoo for Coconut Fests SAT 2/19 The Coconut Grove Arts Festival is one of the nation’s premiere outdoor art fairs where patrons can purchase tomorrow’s “thrift scores” today, or tchotchkes to accent any style of furniture and interior design. All kidding aside, the venerable festival celebrates its 42nd year of…
It’s not just pretty swirls SAT 2/19 The color-field painters who rose to international acclaim in the 1960s were known for monumental works lavishly saturated with luscious brushwork or thinly stained shimmers of paint meant to engulf the spectator in a sensorial experience. Interested in the atmospheric effect of vast…
A dance of love and despair fri 1 /18 The expressive fluidity of modern dance is romantically entwined with the intoxicating verses of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in the Miami Contemporary Dance Company’s world premiere of When Words Pour Down. Choreographer and artistic director Ray Sullivan spent months studying the…
Clarence Darrow’s Last Trial: It’s a trial all right. Shirley Lauro’s new play takes a long time to bring to life the minor last chapter of a major life in law. There is certainly nothing wrong with Rafael de Acha’s production or with his cast, which boasts entertaining performances by…
