Not so enthused with the job market? Go hang yourself… upside down from 40-foot silk scarves, that is.Victoria Pike! — exclamation intended — isn’t even out of high school, but she’s already setting her sights on an untraditional career path: the circus. The quirky 16-year-old has spent the past two…
Earlier this year, New Times bestowed Little River Yacht Club — the furniture shop, studio, salon, and gallery — with the honor of Best Place to Meet Intelligent Men in Miami. This Saturday’s closing reception for the space’s current exhibition, “Bros B4 Hoes,” looks to add a few more qualifying…
Garth Fagan choreographed the spectacular Broadway production of The Lion King, and that one show has sealed his legacy. But there is much more to the 71-year-old Fagan than leaping gazelles and flying baboons. His company, Garth Fagan Dance, has set the standard for contemporary dance inspired by the many…
Sporting a Freegums T-shirt and creating a belt out of teddy bear parts, Miami’s own Brian Burkhardt made his national debut as a top-of-the-line designer on Lifetime’s i>Project Accessory. The show, a spinoff of Project Runway, premiered last week. Burkhardt works with his wife Trisha Brookbank on Triian jewelry and…
In spite of the last week’s crap weather and overall miserable Halloween weekend, Cultist plans on raging hard as shit this week. We’ll be staying up all night on Saturday, kicking it with giant fish and carpetbaggers, then jumping in our time machine and heading back to Seattle circa 1991…
Fashion Breakdown: Top from Loehmans, belt from Urban Outfitters, jeans from Gap, sandals from Saks 5th Avenue, bracelets made by herself and available at Betru boutique, earrings and necklace from Africa, and hair braided by Kiki…
Whether you make people roll on the floor at every cocktail party, or have a trove of untold tales bubbling up inside your shy little throat, now’s your chance to make your best story heard in a very public forum.Lip Service: True Stories Out Loud is a quarterly reading founded…
Actually, you don’t need to be chemically-altered to enjoy Bollywood (and other Indian cinema). It’s that good. If you’ve never heard of Bollywood, it’s the lovable term referring to the Hindi-language portion of Indian cinema. And as westerners, we can’t tell the difference between Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, or any others,…
Fox News is appalled by politically-charged art influenced by the current economic crisis plaguing our country. At least that’s the vibe we got after stumbling upon a regurgitated “culture” story on Fox Nation. A day after New Times broke the story about street artist Above’s hanging banker, Fox figured they’d…
Sure there is the “Carlos Santana Arts Academy” in California’s San Fernando Valley and an elementary school in the same area that named its auditorium after comedian George Lopez. But we’re pretty sure there aren’t many schools named after visual artists. Then again, Faith Ringgold isn’t the average talent.Best known…
Miami native, Octavio Campos, founder and director of the arts organization Camposition, has built a local and international reputation for creating provocative, multidisciplinary performances that reinvent the boundaries between dance, theater, and activism. Now after a two-year hiatus, Camposition debuts Intention Intervention, a hybrid dance theater piece commissioned by Sleepless…
Miami New Times has immediate openings for writers for the Night&Day calendar section and online culture blog, Cultist. For N&D, ideal candidates should be able to pen an event preview that is as enjoyable as the event itself. For the blog, we’re looking for any cultural coverage that showcases quality…
Sleepless Night Miami Beach November 5
Tower Heist: Brett Ratner’s latest is fleet and funny
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life at Miami Beach Cinematheque November 4-9
Weekend at Miami Beach Cinematheque November 4-9
The Skin I Live In: Pedro Almodovar’s mad-scientist tale
Hairspray at Actors’ Playhouse through November 13
Captiva at the Arsht Center through November 20
As part of the University of Wynwood reading series, poet Roger Reeves is appearing at Lester’s Bar this Friday. UW founder P. Scott Cunningham recently spotted Reeves at a writers’ conference. He was impressed by the poet’s intellect and charisma, noting “His work combines formal rigor and contemporary speech that…
In the decade-plus since Miami Dade College started it’s Middle East Dance Program, the curriculum — and it’s accompanying, annual Belly Dance Show — has become the biggest and best place in the state of Florida to hone the ancient art of danse du ventre. Saturday’s showcase, titled Arabian Dreams,…
Jimbo is a father to this community. The 84 year old represents the fighter in all of us, the squatter, and the guy who tells the Man “fuck you, I’m staying right here.” His little corner of the earth is a laidback hangout for anyone, be it your three-legged dog,…
