The weekend is here and there’s plenty going on in the Magic City. This weekend our lovely city offers theater, music of nearly all kinds, and pirates. That’s right, pirates. So grab some mateys and get to it. Happy weekend, Miami. You deserve it. See also: Lolita, Miami Seaquarium Orca,…
Rita Dove’s Sonata Mulattica brings the whirlwind life of 18th century biracial violinist George Polgreen Bridgetower to modern audiences. Fans of her work will be able to hear Dove read from her poem at, “History’s Crevices: Sonata Mulattica’s Forgotten Prodigy” at the University of Miami this Thursday. Dove, a former…
(Heavy spoilers for the pilot; very light spoilers for the second and third episodes.) There’s more than one way to start a revolution. You can get high off your own sense of righteousness and authenticity, as celebrity chef and Fresh Off the Boat memoirist Eddie Huang recently did by calling…
With high-rises, floodlights, and all-night ragers, Miami is hardly the place to look up at the heavens and see much of anything — other than an occasional flight full of tourists. But with the wild wolf moon hanging around, there’s no better time to escape from the city and get…
P. Scott Cunningham is a familiar face on the Miami arts scene. The founder of O, Miami has done something that might seem nearly impossible: turned Miami into a poetry town. But Cunningham wants even more from the Magic City. He wants a “whole different level of engagement with literature…
It’s that time of year again: LeSutra’s Model Beach Volleyball Tournament hits the sands this weekend for some good old-fashioned competition. One of the most anticipated events among Miami’s who’s who — and your average local meatheads — this famous two-day volleyball tournament pits Miami’s top modeling agencies against one…
To the idle viewer, the small acts of resistance on display in Timbuktu might seem ready-made for Upworthy, little liberal lessons just waiting to be parceled out to anyone who “won’t believe what happens next.” Yet that type of self-righteous sentimentality — and its opposing strawman, knee-jerk cynicism — is…
It’s hard to imagine that George Lucas has cared much about the fan revolt he’s faced since ’97 or so, the year he thumbed CGI Colorforms all over the original Star Wars movies. But there’s one criticism that seems to have stung him: that Lucas, a good Marin County liberal,…
“You ready for another miserable video game?” I heard one critic crack to another as I settled in for Jupiter Ascending. “Maybe in March we’ll see this year’s first good movie,” his pal said back, as if Girlhood, Hard to Be a God, Amira & Sam, Timbuktu, Joy of Man’s…
The Dowager Countess Invites You to Downton Abbey- Inspired Valentine’s Tea At Madi’s Tea Garden Tea Room Sunday, February 8 at 2pm. What Mr. Carson & Mrs. Hughes are planning for you: Soup, Savouries & Sweets; Roast Game Prepared by Mrs. Padmore; Teas Selected by the Dowager Countess; Prize for…
Miami Seaquarium’s resident orca, Lolita, may be one step closer to winning her freedom. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today it has ruled to include her in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing of southern resident killer whales. This ruling means Lolita is now granted the same…
You’re an out-of-work 20-something with a graduate degree in fine arts, no career prospects, and a need to vent: What do you do? For Paddy Johnson, the solution was simple: Start a blog. In 2005, Johnson launched the website ArtFagCity as a way to mostly vent about her subpar employers…
Ray Sullivan’s Miami Contemporary Dance Company, one of Miami’s most celebrated and inventive dance ensembles, celebrates its 15th birthday with a premier performance at the Colony Theatre this weekend. Sullivan has entitled the evening “Light.” He offers his audience not only a mediation on light but also portrait of the…
View image | gettyimages.com Cuban authorities watch Tania Bruguera closely. They listen in on her phone conversations. They constantly tail her. “I can move around Havana, but I have a car following me everywhere I go,” the curly-haired, 46-year-old artist says. “I know they are listening to my calls, because…
Just last week, Nathaniel Sandler moved Bookleggers’ headquarters into an enormous loft space just north of downtown. Most books are still in cardboard U-Haul boxes and black plastic crates stacked on top of each other in the back of the main office space. A giant logo for Creative Lifestyle Realty,…
Ever since writing Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh has been renowned for his twisted plots and characters.The Scottish author now lives part-time in Chicago and part-time in beautiful, sunny South Beach. As a Miamian, reading his latest release, The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins, is like a perverted look at your own…
As FilmGate Interactive prepares to launch at O Cinema Wynwood, executive director Diliana Alexander explained exactly what the event will be bringing for Miami’s cinema buffs. “I would say that it’s a hybrid between a festival and a conference,” she explains, “because it has a such a heavy teaching component.”…
This year, Sundance started a week late to bypass Martin Luther King Day. Perhaps that’s why buyers bid on films like sprinters racing after lost time. Thanks to their spending spree, every movie on this list should eventually make it to a theater near you — or at least to…
February marks Black History Month, which means organizations and individuals across the city are taking time to acknowledge and honor people of color’s contributions to the rich history of Miami. Each year, the City of Miami Beach commemorates the occasion with an event designed to bring the community together in…
People say Florida is where old people go to die, and maybe that’s right, because Miami is basically nothing like the rest of Florida. We are a city made for the young and beautiful. Good luck enjoying this town if you’re not one of us. In case you are, there…
Fans from all over gathered last weekend at Universal Studios Orlando’s A Celebration of Harry Potter. The annual event provided the opportunity for Harry Potter devotees to mingle with fellow aficionados and actors from the movies, and was nothing short of magical. It was like a scene straight out of…
It was the Shepard Fairey murals at Wynwood Walls that first caught Justin Peck’s eye. The choreographer went to Wynood Walls looking for inspiration, and he certainly found it. Fairey’s murals feature prominently in Peck’s latest piece, Heatscape, which will premiere at the Miami City Ballet in March. “[Fairey] works…
