Arts & Culture

Have you heard Lebron is going back to Cleveland? Well, yeah, he is…to dunk on those fools like a monster. And he’s taking D. Wade, C. Bosh, and Mike Bibby with him. Hell, the whole Heat team is going, because when Miami takes on The Cavaliers it’ll be a show…

Sunday School, it’s where the good kids go to be bad; and when it’s live in the center of the city of Miami and involves a three day musical orgy, then you better believe it’s going down. There are more artists on this bill then there are grains of sand…

The Five Browns are a family, two brothers, and three sisters, whose quest it is to expose the widest audience possible to classical music. They all attended the prestigious Juilliard Music school concurrently, a first time feat in the institution’s illustrious career. The Browns sometimes perform separately, but until you…

As the Miami Heat marches toward the playoffs, matchups against clearly inferior opponents can sometimes seem more like obligations than games. But the Heat can’t afford to slip up, because it’s fighting with the top teams in the Eastern Conference for home-court advantage in the playoffs. One such inferior opponent…

As the grunge lore goes, Kurt Cobain actually smelled like Teen Spirit. We can only surmise it was due to cuddling in the crook of the arm of then-girlfriend Tobi Vail, wearer of said deodorant. Legend has it that his girlfriend’s bandmate noticed Cobain’s adolescent girl odor and spray-painted “Kurt…

The Carbonell Awards are basically the Oscars for South Florida theater. And if all goes well this year, Actors’ Playhouse and GableStage are gonna kick all the other local thespian companies in the pants. Actors’ Playhouse, in particular, leads all theaters with an amazing 11 nominations for its 2010 production…

We’ve come a long way from the hippie days of hemp T-shirts and bottle-cap bracelets. Today’s eco-fashion shows are more likely to reek of Chanel No. 5 than patchouli oil. And they are attended by fashionista celebrities such as Natalie Portman and Cameron Diaz. Don’t believe us? See Luis Valenzuela,…

What’s that? You say Miami has no history? Prepare to be educated, whippersnapper. Did you know, for example, that an assassin’s bullet missed FDR in 1933 but wound up killing the mayor of Chicago at Bayfront Park? Remember Watergate? Never would’ve happened if we didn’t export the inept Cuban burglars…

Some performers, like Madonna, are shrewd enough to continually reinvent themselves in order to remain culturally relevant. And other performers, like Vanessa Williams, are talented enough to maintain their cultural relevance simply through sheer awesomeness. A Grammy-winning recording artist, Tony-nominated stage actress, and Emmy-winning actress, the dethroned Miss America knows…

In Ragnar Kjartansson’s 2007 video installation, God, the artist channels a Vegas lounge lizard, warbling “sorrow conquers happiness” over and over again, shattering visitors’ nerves and rattling their brains. The work is on view in “At Capacity: Large-Scale Works From the Permanent Collection” at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The…

Along the Miami River in the ’80s, it wasn’t uncommon to see bloated human bodies, Santería offerings, and criminal activity. It was one giant toxic dump, and back then the idea of hosting a festival on the river would have been sacrilege. But coming up on its 15th year, Saturday’s…

Few culinary endeavors are as equally comforting and potentially infuriating as baking. On one hand, there are all the mom-really-loves-me associations with cakes and cookies made from scratch. On the other hand, though, there’s the fact that each recipe is basically a chemistry experiment: Too much butter, and you’ve got…

Jeff Monson is a bad man. At five-foot-nine and 230 pounds of gnarled muscle, this tattooed tank is the kind of guy you would dart across the street to avoid. What’s scary is because Monson is a veteran MMA fighter who trains in Coconut Creek, the chances of that happening…

The New York Mets aren’t so much a baseball team as a case study in the hilarious and sad things that can happen to a franchise that is (or was) equally rich, incompetent, and unlucky. The Mets, naturally, fancy themselves on the same level as the New York Yankees; thus…

When you hear the phrase Oh, Miami, it’s usually accompanied by an exasperated sigh over local frustrations such as road rage, dumb criminals, or cannibalistic reptiles. But a few literate souls have reclaimed the term for Miami’s first poetry festival. O, Miami is a monthlong county-wide literary event with the…

Timothy Leary said, “Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.” He might be right, but still, it would be nice to see ladies represent more than just 7 percent of all film directors. That’s where the Women’s International Film Festival comes in with its mission to promote…

In polite society, love and economics make uneasy bedfellows. Talk of transactions, efficiency, and resources doesn’t usually accompany the whispering of sweet-nothings in your mate’s ears. But maybe it should. After all, supply and demand always plays a role in any initial merger or coupling. Doesn’t it stand to reason…

L.A. street artist Alec Monopoly is bringing his “Can’t Get Out of Jail Free” solo exhibit to the Design District’s Avant Gallery. Unlike the high-profile Banksy and Mr. Brainwash, Monopoly’s work centers on a repeat theme: money, or rather, the lack of it. If you’ve spent any time in Los…

Hard is ready to take over Miami’s party scene. Since 2007, Hard has been giving dance music fans in the West Coast their fix with regular events that consistently feature a killer lineup. It isn’t hard for, er, Hard to sell out a 30,000-person event. And with Los Angeles, New…