Arts & Culture

Fashion Breakdown: Hat custom made for him at New York Hat Co., sunglasses Ray Bans, blazer, shirt and pants by Calvin Klein, shoes by Ferragamo (“my favorite”), and Gucci belt a gift from his sister…

Americans take a lot of guff from the rest of the planet, and deservedly much of the time. We’re arrogant and egocentric. We assume the world should speak English. And, as the only standing superpower after the Cold War, we like to flex our freedom muscles and export democracy to…

Let’s here it for the Fourth of July! Not only is it our country’s birthday (still looking great at 235 years old), but it is perhaps the best holiday for partying while the sun is up. Nothing beats rounding up your posse for a day of hanging out, good company,…

For the second year in a row, Emerge Miami is taking sweet-toothed cyclists on a saccharine joy ride. On Saturday, the second Sweet Treats ride will take off from the Metromover Omni station, stopping at several sweets shops between the Design District and South Beach through 1 p.m. After experiencing…

If you don’t think myth remains a large part of contemporary culture, you probably haven’t been paying close attention to the evening news, the Discovery Channel, or the Internet, where stories of the fantastic, inexplicable, or just plain dumb abound. Remember Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction? How about Barack Obama…

Four hundred wines. Fifteen countries. Two days. That’s the deal at this year’s Florida International Wine Challenge, where a panel of wine-swilling judges will pass out medals and you can pass out too, tasting your way through all of those wines, winners or not, this Friday and Saturday, July 8…

If you and your honey ever spent an evening whispering sweet nothings over a brace of stone crab claws while taking in the Miami skyline across a shimmering Biscayne Bay from your table at the Rusty Pelican, the final chance to see the old girl as you remember her (the…

It’s the largest show in town, as always, and the one you can’t miss if you’re a true patriot. We’re talking, of course, about America’s Birthday Bash at Bayfront Park. The biggest and baddest firework extravaganza starts at 9 p.m. but get their early if you want a good view…

If you’re brave enough to endure South Beach crowds, you’ll be rewarded with a concert stage and fireworks show at Eighth Street and Ocean Drive on South Beach. The concerts, featuring mostly jazz, begin at 6:30 p.m., and fireworks start at 9. Shuttles will be available to transport partiers to…

Looking to to avoid inebriated patriots swerving all over the highways late at night, then you can’t do better than the Key Biscayne Fourth of July Parade. The parade begins at 11 a.m. on Crandon Boulevard at Harbor Drive with a flyover of jets and continues south to West Enid…

It’s the largest show in town, as always, and the one you can’t miss if you’re a true patriot. We’re talking, of course, about America’s Birthday Bash at Bayfront Park. The biggest and baddest firework extravaganza starts at 9 p.m. but get their early if you want a good view…

Thongs are boring. What really get us excited are burqinis, that is, burqa-style bikinis. Perhaps it’s because the full-body spandex and built-in hoods remind us of superheros or that all that covered skin leaves so much to our filthy imaginations. On Wednesday, the eve of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, we…

Clubbers, beware! Something wicked this way comes — an alien hybrid built out of the DNA of hip-hop, electro, jungle, and glitch, fused together via DSP wizardry and masterful laptop skills. With bowel-rupturing sub-bass, teeth-rattling beats, and mind-bending cuts, edits, and processing, it’s the aural equivalent of an industrial-strength cleanser:…

Although she growled, “I don’t give a damn about my bad reputation,” Joan Jett’s rock prestige is actually pretty stellar. She joined the Runaways at age 15, befriended and recorded with the Sex Pistols, and produced the Germs. She was a pioneer in femme guitar tricks and was eventually honored…