See more Gallery Girls recaps and interviews.Gallery Girls isn’t about the New York City art scene. It’s not about young girls following their dreams. It’s not a real-life Sex and the City, where women band together to get through their daily lives.Hell no. Gallery Girls is about the girl fights.There…
See Adan Jodorowsky, Son of Filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky, to Shoot Borscht-Produced Film in Miami.Adan Jodorowsky — actor, musician, and son of renowned cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky — has every intention of making Miami’s seedy underbelly the backdrop of his surreal horror odyssey, The Voice Thief.The film is a collaboration with…
There’s no denying Miami’s weird-ass ways. So every other week, Welcome to the Future addresses the absurdity of life in the Magic City — in comic art form, naturally…
In a world where drivers take instruction from tiny boxes on their dashboards, where computers facilitate socializing more than face-to-face contact, and where celebrities from Zooey Deschanel to Martin Scorcese encourage us to treat our phones as friends, the line between man and machine is increasingly blurred. Robot & Frank,…
See Miami’s Five Ugliest Public Art Eyesores.Public art in Miami has become a topic as volatile as religion or politics. Maybe you hate Britto with all of your being. Maybe you have a genuine love for the seashell-covered menorah and dreidel that pop up on Lincoln Road each December.Either way,…
Today’s magic word is: birthday.But don’t say it out loud, or everybody will scream. And not just because that’s how things are done in Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Paul Reubens, the actor, comedian, and onetime adult theater enthusiast who made Pee-wee Herman famous, turns 60 years old today.That’s right. Sixty. Pee-wee qualifies…
There’s a brilliant duality in the large pop art paintings of GG (Gabriel Gimenez). On the surface he might seem obsessed with bright, solid colors and cartoon imagery featuring a squiggly mouthed character with black asymmetrical circles for eyes, who he calls Fado. But notice the margins and you’ll see…
See DWNTWN Art Days Give Downtown Miami Its Own Art Fest.Sean McCormick’s grandfather was Dr. James McCormick, a physician who served Miami’s early developers like Julia Tuttle. Sean’s father, Edward McCormick, dedicated his downtown Miami warehouse space to Dr. James’ memory. And now Sean himself is making his own mark…
We’ll be the first to admit we were relieved when we heard Miami-Dade County had canceled school and work today. Tropical Storm Isaac afforded us a few days of solitude away from the traffic-filled roads and the normal hustle and bustle that can pervade weekends in Miami.(Plus, anything that shuts…
Goddammit, Isaac. You are messing with one of the few things we hold sacred: Our weekends.Thankfully, things are pretty slow this weekend on the arts scene, meaning that few culture events will be cultured because few culture events were scheduled in the first place. But several theaters, museums, and other…
The year is 1988, George H.W. Bush is making his run for the White House, and the Russians leave Afganistan. People start buying CDs instead of vinyl. Bobby McFerrin reminds us to not sweat the small stuff. Families are gathered around the TV as the Huxtables lead the ratings, and…
See our interview with Amy Poliakoff, and our recaps of Gallery Girls episodes one and two.On the popular sitcom How I Met Your Mother, womanizer Barney tells his friend Ted, “Never, ever break up a girl fight. It’s Bro Code.” We couldn’t agree more. Girl fights are usually petty, with…
See ARTFUZE Unites Artists for Charity.With Wynwood’s Art Walks, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, and the granddaddy of all art fairs, Art Basel, most Miamians thank their lucky stars that they live in an art-forward city–a city filled with cultivated (artsy fartsy, if you will) folks who love art and really…
While flash mobs and pop-up parties that involve bikinis, swimming pools and beach balls are all well and good, we have to applaud those that have a little more cultural relevance. Enter the Knight Foundation, who’s been going gangbusters for the past two years creating Random Acts of Culture in…
WTF. September is next week. Where did August go? Where did the summer go? Where did the beautiful people go? Where did the frozen daiquiris go?! Pfft, nowhere, guys. This is Miami. It’s always summer at our house. But because we have less than a month left of the actual…
See photos from the 2010 Go Topless Protest and “Topless Protesters on South Beach.”If you’re offended by the sight of topless women sunning themselves on South Beach, you’re going to want to stay off the island this weekend.If, on the other hand, you’re like the rest of us — those…
Our mamas always told us, “Don’t judge someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” So, when we heard the news of Chad Ochocino being dropped from the Miami Dolphins for an alleged domestic violence dispute with wife Evelyn Lozada we went to someone who has been there, experienced…
The first retrospective for artist Robert Flynn will open at Bridge Red Studios in North Miami next month, showing the raw yet delicate paintings, drawings, and sculptures of the late artist in “Robert Flynn: Paintings and Drawings.”Flynn, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 39 in Vermont, lived…
See Miami One-Acts Festival Brings Hot Thespian Action to the Roxy.The world’s largest lady lumps are a size ZZZ.Whether or not you own a pair of sweater puppies, we bet you didn’t know those letters in the alphabet could have anything to do with what’s going on underneath that inconspicuous…
Due to the unfortunate influence of Isaac, Floatopia has been postponed until September 8. Rarely have we met an “-opia” we didn’t like. After all, utopias comes in many forms, and we’ll take the promised land however it chooses to present itself.Now, a new version of Eden is about to hit…
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