Silent auctions, fancy galas, and golf outings, all in the name of charity. Can you say, “Yawn”? We attend these events to support a good cause, but why shouldn’t we have a good time too? Well, it seems the queens at Lips have the right idea. They’ve teamed up for…
If you truly don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, will Florida Marlins fans, basking in the air conditioning of the team’s new stadium, suddenly realize how good they had it at Sun Life Stadium? Seated behind home plate, staring out at downtown Miami, will they suddenly yearn for…
What’s better than diverse and subversive stage readings presented by young, hungry, and driven actors? Nothing, except when those stage readings also include music, audience interaction, and cheap admission. Ground Up & Rising, the award-winning theater and film organization, is doing just that for its fall season with the reading…
When you watch The Bronze Screen, a documentary that depicts 100 years of Latinos and Latino characters in Hollywood films, you shake your head and wonder how many Rosario Dawsons and Salma Hayeks we missed out on while Hispanic actors were being cast as maids and banditos. Latino Hollywood has…
Nan Goldin’s photos are a film in stills. They capture downtown New York bohemians and outcast drag queens embracing, sleeping, kissing, and dying of AIDS. And just as Goldin’s images became emblematic of the ’70s and ’80s postpunk skid-row scene, her protégé and muse Sunny Suits’s stills are doing the…
Never trust anybody who doesn’t like dogs. But be even more leery of dopes who say canines are better than people. Sure, they’re your best friend, but they’ll take a dump in the living room and lick themselves inappropriately in front of company. Considering your own Fido got into the…
Nowadays, artists are more likely to work with found materials than build something from scratch. “Modify, As Needed,” a new group show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, corrals 11 international artists who mischievously transgress traditional construction and dissemination. Instead they sophisticatedly shift from creating to editing. The provocative exhibit…
The term music producer used to mean something. These days it’s used too frequently to describe the onslaught of bedroom tweakers who in reality need the studio wizardry only a real producer can provide. However, when using DJ-producer to describe Alex Metric, you couldn’t be more spot on. When the…
The world has gone to hell in a hand basket. And that hand basket was designed by Missoni. The ziggiddy zaggedy design label has captured the nation’s zeitgeist to such a degree that women across the nation have lost all sense of self worth and are determined to wait in…
We’re dismayed to learn that rapper-cum-actor 50 Cent is not up on his modern African literature. We had to read Chinua Achebe’s 1958 novel Things Fall Apart in high school English. But it appears Fiddy did not, because he titled his new film with the same phrase. Achebe’s Nigerian tale,…
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is no stranger to crafting portraits. His are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Whitney Museum.Vanity Fair also avails itself of Greenfield-Sanders’ talents as a photographer and there are several books celebrating his work including Art World, XXX: 30 Porn-Star Portraits…
Some weirdos Spritzer and Furman created an item called the Divorce Ring. It looks like something you put a quarter in a machine for and which pops out of a plastic egg. This baby costs $3,200. Who buys this? Does someone get it for themselves on the anniversary of their…
Nina Surel’s enigmatic and ornately collaged suite of paintings at Praxis on view as part of her solo “Understory,” is certified eye candy. I was tempted to rub my fingers all over her lushly impregnated surfaces. Covered by layers of photography, lace and velvets, rows of buttons and costume jewelry,…
If you still relish the memory of that middle school dance where your classmates crowned you ruler of the dance floor based on your unusually low limbo or stellar steps on the conga line, you may not want to attend the “So You Think You Can Dance” live show. Watching…
Just as no one can talk about our mamas but us, no one can talk shit about our state except our own news blog. So when Gawker recently ranked Florida the 12th worst state in America (better than Alaska [#11] but worse than Arkansas [#13], really Gawker?), well, truthfully, we…
Fashion Breadown: Navajo top is Urban Outfitters, shorts were pants by Tommy Hilfiger, the shoes, the bag, and bracelet are thrift, ring from her mother, and necklace was bought at an African street fair two years ago…
The Book of Mormon. Not only is it the sacred text of one of the fastest-growing religions in the world, it’s also the title of a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s religious satire scored 15 Tony Award nominations, and took home nine awards, including Best Musical,…
Six years ago yesterday, Yoga in the Park downtown held its first free class. Woo hoo!! There were only nine attendees. That first class practiced near the water because Hurricane Wilma had ripped apart the Tina Hills Pavilion. Boy has yoga evolved. Today the free class has grown into one…
Poor LeBron James. He went from being the toast of South Beach to the ghost of the NBA Finals. And we’ve hardly heard a peep from him since– thanks in part to the NBA lockout. And even now, when there seems some good news on the LeBron front to report…
Considering our post lambasting horrendous female fashion trends, we figured evening out the playing field would do some good. Our Haterade® comes in both flavors, so making fun of dudes and their shitty choices is as easy as selling bottled water to people living in an industrialized nation with safe,…
Lisa Slominski’s cerebral solo at Dimensions Variable explores the malleability of memory and how we store, retain, and recall information in the high-speed digital age.Her installation “Dreamy Nomads, Baby” incorporates light boxes, floor sculptures and a suite of flocked screen-prints on paper combining decorative elements that evoke all manner of…
Organized sports are bigger than ever. This is amazing, considering watching sports is a bigger waste of time than a bowel movement resulting in a Casio. Yes, the actual experience of swallowing, digesting, and excreting a digital wristwatch, has more life-enriching potential than watching the “big” game, which often is…
