“In my act, for a long time, I used to say that Copenhagen was considered the nicest place in the world to live and it’s a Socialist country,” says comedian Lewis Black. “It gets a certain kind of backlash with Facebook crap and stuff, I mean nothing major, but just enough…
The term “slut” is loaded with meaning. It’s a word that’s been used for decades to label women in the most demeaning way imaginable. Before the word made its way into the lexicon, other phrases stood in its place: harlot, sinner, jezebel, whore, fornicator — and so on. There’s a long-standing…
In most cities, gay pride parades have a long history tied to decades of activism and celebration. In Miami, locals have been marching on Ocean Drive only since 2009. Although the procession is a recently adopted South Florida tradition, the gay community has always been an active part of the…
A she-wolf of Wall Street with a spiky ginger Suze Orman shag, Michelle Darnell, the anti-heroine of fitfully funny The Boss, is the latest of the Rabelaisian wonders played by Melissa McCarthy. The actress specializes in characters with indestructible bravado, no matter where they stand on the socioeconomic ladder; Michelle,…
Thursday, April 7 Local graphic designer Diego Orlandini created a coloring book for adults by taking the murals that adorn the streets of Miami’s art district and turning them into black-and-white sketches. This Thursday, The Wynwood Coloring Book officially launches with a release party in the heart of the neighborhood…
Now in its sixth year, O, Miami poetry festival has all of Miami thinking in lyric. With a lofty goal of ensuring every single person in the county encounters a poem during the month of April, the organization is invading the 305 one literary happening at a time. With daily…
In its five years of operation, O, Miami has propagated poems by land and by air, by tweets and by digital tubes. The Knight Foundation-funded organization founded by P. Scott Cunningham has flown poetry planes; commissioned haikus to LeBron (may he be happy in Cleveland and never win another title);…
For Michael Yawney, director of the one-man show PET at Miami Light Box at Goldman Warehouse this weekend, the most difficult question to answer is the most elemental: What is the show? “I think of it as a big cornucopia of stuff,” Yawney says. “There’s dance, there’s music, it’s funny,…
Everyone is biting the style of drag queens. On Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, A-list celebrities lip-sync for their lives. The Kardashians have prompted millions of copycats to contour their faces with makeup. Middle schoolers are all “throwing shade” at one another nowadays. See? You might chalk it up to the…
The Chet Baker portrayed by Ethan Hawke in Robert Budreau’s misty biopic Born to Be Blue is midway between beauty and ruin. Behind him are the 1950s, when his easy virtuosity and matinee-idol looks swiftly took Baker from Charlie Parker’s sideman to major player on Dick Bock’s Pacific Jazz label…
Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition presents an interesting experiment: What if you told a story of tragedy but withheld all the tenderness and emotion from it, so that you were left — at least until the very end — with just literal and figurative wreckage, disconnected fragments seeking to be put back…
While working in New York City, gallerist Mindy Solomon met Osamu Kobayashi and Paul Pagk. She instantly knew there was a connection between the two artists’ contemporary works. As fate would have it, Pagk later would reach out to Kobayashi and they would agree to collaborate. When it came time…
Theatrical productions of all sorts come through Miami often. But one that strives for innovation within a time-worn structures is a rare thing. The Hammer Trinity, by director Nathan Allen and writer Chris Matthews of the House Theatre of Chicago, is being billed by the Adrienne Arsht Center as “the…
There are a whole lot of classic films showing throughout Miami, which is pretty damn exciting. Here’s what to look forward to in the month of April: Cosford Cinema The Douglas Sirk retrospective that kicked off in March with All That Heaven Allows (and a film it inspired – Far From…
Happy Monday, Miamians. This week brings a bevy of events, including happy hour, yoga, art walks, museum admissions, and the return of Miami Soul Train. The best part? It’s all free. Monday Adrienne Arsht Center Farmers Market: Start your week on a fresh note with Florida-grown produce and prepared foods…
Superhero fans may not know stunt coordinator Philip J Silvera’s name, but they do know his work. Silvera’s choreography turned heads in such recent comic-book adaptations as the Arkham Knight and Arkham Origins Batman video games, the record-breaking Deadpool film and Netflix’s Daredevil. Silvera’s imaginative, brutal work on Daredevil’s first…
Beneath a canopy of trees on NW 29th Street between NW First and North Miami avenues in Wynwood, a boxy white building houses O Cinema. Inside the small indie theater, narrow hallways lead to intimate viewing spaces. Just past the miniature art gallery area, a large purple sea monster curiously…
In 1997, a young drag queen walked into a Versace Memorial Day weekend party at the legendary South Beach Warsaw club. The general manager spotted her, asked who she was, and hired her on the spot. Today that drag queen, known as the fabulous Elaine Lancaster, has been honored with…
One of the driving goals behind Fidel Castro’s 1959 Cuban revolution was the alfabetización (literacy) campaign. The country believed that reading and writing radically empowers the individual, allowing them to cultivate thought. Today, Cuban artist and activist Tania Bruguera is taking that movement a step further. Bruguera is calling for civic…
The best time of the week is finally here — the weekend — and Miami offers just about every activity. It’s three days of festive cacophony of music, art, and frosty tropical libations. End the weekend with Cochon 555, where locals, foodies, and industry folks will indulge in a night of…
Some free advice: If you ever find yourself defensively reminding people that you’re not in a cult, you’re probably in a cult. This comes up early and often in The Path, Hulu’s new series premiering on March 30th, not that any adherents of the fictional Meyerist Movement seem fazed by…
Miami’s comedy-loving heart skipped a beat yesterday when the post went out on Instagram yesterday: Gramps had uploaded a hand-written note announcing that Hannibal Burress would have a secret show that night at the Wynwood bar. The Broad City and Eric Andre Show comedian is one famously funny motherfucker, and at…
