See Dexter’s Getting Sliced After Season Eight.The last time we heard from anybody at Showtime about the end of Dexter, the premium cable’s noir-ish drama about a serial killer set in Miami, it was executive producer Sara Colleton asserting that the show would kill itself off at the end of…
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…
Algae, once only an ocean-dwelling organism, is making its way onto the mainland in the form of a new Miami-based clothing line. This locally inspired brand is about to set sail in South Florida with a line of artist-designed pieces for summertime. Founder Johnny Laderer says Algae was started with…
During the first week of December each year, Scope art fair ranks among the most prestigious of the Art Basel satellite events. And this year, thanks to a new partnership with cable TV station VH1, it’ll also be the most musical.When the giant tent that houses Scope goes up in…
What makes Mad Cat Theatre’s productions stand out — aside from the tripping balls quality each play brings to the table — is the way their productions are a commentary on social mores, art, history and politics, without being specific on what the commentary actually is. Their plays are harrowingly…
The Olympics are on this week, but you can’t spend all your time watching toned athletes work up a sweat. The only thing you need to get your significantly less-toned butt off the couch is a good reason to go out. Miami has more than enough to offer to keep…
See MTV’s House of Style is Coming Back.MTV’s programming execs sure are feeling nostalgic these days. First, they announce they’re bringing House of Style back to TV, giving us all access to its extensive, 12-season archives in the process. (Way to exercise restraint by reading this blog post instead of…
See our interview with the stars of Step Up Revolution, and Film-Lover’s Response to the Aurora Shooting.Before last week, if you’d told us that controversy lurked within Step Up Revolution — the fourth installment in the formulaic Step Up franchise in which teenage dancers discover themselves and find love through…
See Burn Notice: City Commissioners Plan to Evict Production from Coconut Grove.Miami residents and TV celebrities alike made their way to Miami City Hall yesterday afternoon, curious to see what fate lies in store for the locally produced TV series, Burn Notice. The show has called the Coconut Grove Convention…
See King of the Rock Awards $1,000 to Miami’s Best Street Baller.Wade, LeBron, and Bosh aren’t the only guys in Miami with skills on the court. And at last weekend’s King of the Rock qualifier, a street ball competition held at Jose Marti Park, dozens of our city’s basketball elite…
Picture Kanye West and Aziz Ansari. Picture them in their natural states, Kanye sporting shades and Aziz in the midst of a manic episode.Now picture them as cats. Best friend cats. Weird? Perhaps. But weirdness is Jessie Bowie’s business. This Miami-born artist paints intriguingly bizarre celebrity-animal mash-ups and sells them…
The dog days are over, yo! Well, they’re over for the next two days, at least. After a strenuous week of hot mamis and papis strutting their stuff on our catwalks for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, we deserve a little R & R, no?Claro! We’ve got a nifty list of shenanigans…
See our interview with Charo Oquet, founder of the Miami Performance International Festival.Early performance art pioneers were lightning rods for controversy, often creating works that veered from the dangerous to the downright scandalous. During the ’70s, American artist Chris Burden took a bullet in the arm fired from a few…
See Step Up Revolution’s opening scene.The Step Up franchise has had a long history of intense rivalries being settled through dance battles. In Step Up 2: The Streets, art school outcasts pop and lock through a downpour in the underground dance competition, The Streets, against the 410 crew. In Step…
See our predictions for the Real Housewives of Miami, Season Two.This week, Bravo announced that the Real Housewives of Miami — once presumed dead, but brought back to life by the grace of Andy Cohen and his Magical Elves — would begin airing its second season September 13.But you don’t…
See Miami’s First H&M Opens on Lincoln Road; a look inside H&M’s Pop-Up Shop; Ten Top Styles at H&M Right Now.Just when the lines at the long-anticipated H&M pop-up shop off Lincoln Road had begun to wane, the clothing brand rolled out more news to get lovers of budget-priced fashion…
Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don’t forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com.When it comes to pop culture, there’s no…
Late last week, we reported that according to Trojan Condom Survey, Miami residents are number one in the country when it comes to sexual satisfaction. Not just that, but we are also at the top of the list of how many times we get down and dirty each year. Really,…
In fashion, pretty much anything goes, especially if Lady Gaga has anything to say about it: puppets, meat, bubbles, underwear (literally) as outerwear. And we all know attendees of Ultra Music Festival create their own own dress code: furry boots, knee-high rainbow socks, short shorts with bikini tops, and plenty…
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Teatro Avante’s annual International Hispanic Theatre Festival (IHTF) — which delivers moving, diverse, and thought-provoking productions from Latino artists and playwrights — remains one of the most prominent festivals preserving Hispanic arts. And Thursday marks your last chance to see it this year. IHTF closes its 27th season in true…
