Carlos Varela is a singer-songwriter from the new school of la nueva trova. For those who don’t know, that’s Cuba’s version of ’60s folk music. Forged by the first generation that grew up under the revolution, the genre draws on the rock and pop sounds of the time and features…
You don’t have to be Trey Parker or Matt Stone to write the next Book of Mormon, the South Park creators’ Broadway musical that recently swept the Tonys. All you need is a good idea, some engaging characters, and an understanding of the thespian business and craft. This weekend, you…
Pretty in Pink, John Hughes’s 1986 class-consciousness teenage melodrama, is best told through its soundtrack. To the Psychedelic Furs’ “Pretty in Pink,” we meet Andie (Molly Ringwald), who works in a New Wave record store, has a crush on a rich preppy named Blaine (Andrew McCarthy), and is lusted after…
If you’re sick of manufactured scandals, such as a nation freaking out over PG-13 cell-phone photos of a congressman’s package, you might appreciate a look back at real controversy. Consider, for instance, a womanizing monarch who imprisoned or killed the husbands of his mistresses. Victor Hugo’s 19th-century novel Le Roi…
Miamians like to think they have the market on second-generation Cuban experience pretty much monopolized. Too bad Oscar Hijuelos didn’t grow up in Little Havana, Hialeah, or even Kendall. No, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist was raised in East Harlem. But his true story of growing up in America and trying…
According to the Emerald Isle’s Central Statistics Office, the average Irish male can expect to prowl around Planet Earth for about 76 years, 9 months, and 18 days. Do you know what that means? It means that U2, as a band, is totally middle aged. (Formed in 1976, the bombastic…
If there is something any self-respecting hipster wants — other than not being referred to as a hipster — it’s a cool, low-key watering hole to call his or her own. A place that doesn’t try to be cool but just is. A place that seems just dangerous enough to…
Why does it feel so weird and hazy outside today? Because the moon just turned the color of blood (we actually have no idea if these two events are related). And you can stop squinting, the only bastards lucky enough to see this 100-minute long lunar eclipse are the many…
The squeamish need not apply. But if you like some barbarism with your sports spectating (and who doesn’t), then sign up for a chance to win two free tickets to the Bellator 46 Fighting Championships at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino next week. Who knows you might even catch some…
Warning: There are zombies approaching almost every street corner of Miami. No, the Zombie Walk hasn’t come early. It’s The Rising, our Best of Miami 2011 issue, and it’s on newsstands tomorrow and interwebs right now. Check out the winners in the 345 categories, including Best Local Artist, Best Art…
These days, burlesque is a term as abused as a stripper’s feet at the end of a night in clear heels. Oops, that was a bad comparison — especially because, dammit, despite all the misuse, burlesque is not, in fact, a euphemism for stripping. In its classical form, the term…
Long before Octomom, Nadya Suleman, was implanted with a dozen embryos by a California doctor, diverse cultures across Africa were employing sacred objects to ensure fecundation.Octodoc, Michael Kamrava, later had his license revoked when it was discovered that he had also produced Suleman’s first six kids through in-vitro fertilization. Talk…
Miami, the city of sex and scandal, sure is a lame lay in the reality TV sack. We starfished it, (sex on your back, limbs sprawled, motionless) through sleeper series like Miami Social, Khloe and Kourtney Take Miami, the most boring season of Jersey Shore ever, Miami StInk, and 8th…
Fashion Breakdown: Leather-like jacket, pants from Forever 21, boots from Aldo, and purse from Payless. …
According to neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine, sports fans can suffer from low testosterone after their team experiences a big loss. “Studies show that winning releases more testosterone than losing, even in sports spectators. Winning is a natural high that acts in the brain a lot like drug addiction because it’s such…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best PlayAugust: Osage CountyActors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre280 Miracle MileCoral Gables 33134305-444-9293actorsplayhouse.org…
Best of Miami 2011 is almost upon us! One more day and we’ll reveal all the winners in 345 categories. But before then, we wanted to show you how we put together this year’s theme, “The Rising.”Happy zombies took over our photo shoot in attempt to capture the best the…
For Miami artist Maria Lino, water is a treasure that we seek for both internal and external survival. “It safely cradles us in the womb and supports us as we float on its surface. It can also overpower us regardless of our physical strength,” she says. “Water can be a…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best Party GuestsJen Stark and Alvaro Ilizarbe…
Let the Internet memes of Miami Heat hate commence. Stephen Colbert already started in on our team’s sad end and as expected, here’s the Downfall parody clip. But ack, we didn’t expect this one to be so damn effective. Watch above and you tell us if you don’t get a…
Good luck finding Miami-based belly dancer Tamalyn Dallal standing still. The performer, teacher, and choreographer also writes books, produces CDs, and now directs films. Catch her latest creation, Zanzibar Dance, Trance, and Devotion, at the Miami Beach Cinematheque on Thursday, with a Q&A session with Dallal following the documentary screening.Zanzibar…
We know. We know. The last thing you want to read about after the Heat’s loss on Sunday is basketball, but thankfully, Basketball Wives has very little to do with dunks and hoops. On last night’s third episode, we learned if there is one event we hope to attend in…
