Calle Ocho 101: Hispanic Cultures and Stereotypes

Calle Ocho is a time to be proud of your Hispanic culture. Many revelers wear their country’s colors — a popular fashion statement is draping your nation’s flag over your shoulder — but there still can be confusion. After all, the Cuban and Puerto Rican flags are nearly identical –…

Miami Paddle-Boarders Go 300 Miles for Charity

You’ve seen them along South Beach canals like Venetian gondoliers. You’ve witnessed them in the ocean and Bay, a cross-breed of kayaker and surfer. Yup. The paddle-boarder. But never before have you seen them like this. Two Miami natives are traveling from Tampa Bay to Key Largo. Three-hundred miles. On…

Tonight, Mooney vs. Fowle Documents Miami High and Edison Pigskin

The 1961 state football championship game between rivals Miami High and Miami Edison is chronicled in pioneering director James Lipscomb’s engrossing documentary. Much like when he documented John F. Kennedy’s run for the White House in his critically acclaimed and candid film Primary, Lipscomb was given a rare, all-access look…

Real Housewives of Miami, Episode 3: Elsa Is a Witch, Duh

Miami is all about having a front. Things are rarely what they seem, especially in The Real Housewives of Miami. So we’re going to translate last night’s episode the best we can. Think of it as Real Housewives of Miami for Dummies, because we feel dumber for watching this show…

Veronica, Dark and Floral

​Fashion Breakdown: Urban Outfitters $10 sale straw fedora hat, Victoria Secret leather jacket, top from Target, leggings are Hurley, and boots from MIA…

Tonight, Hamill‘s Throws Down at Regal Cinemas South Beach

It was only a matter of time before the world’s fastest-growing sport, mixed martial arts, got the Hollywood movie treatment. And Hamill certainly falls under formulaic sports flicks. But what makes it different is that our hero’s story is true and his achievement truly impressive, because UFC fighter Matt “the…

Cat Lady Reasons Why Felines Are Better Than Men or Babies

​A recent study, published in the Behavioural Processes journal, says that “cat-human relationships are nearly identical to human-only bonds,” especially cat-women relationships. This means that you and your cat are linked not just by feeding times and poop clean-up, but by social relationships and non-verbal communication. Basically, you guys really…

Tonight: Bobby Fischer Against the World at MIFF

This engrossing documentary by Liz Garbus examines Bobby Fischer’s tumultuous career as the world’s greatest chess grand master and the tortured genius that might have turned him into a paranoid reclusive. Bobby Fischer Against the World’s finest moments come during an analysis and chronicling of Fischer’s renowned, and at times…

Simon Cowell’s X-Factor Holds Miami Auditions

What exactly is an X-Factor? An unknown factor in our algebra II class that was only slightly less infuriating than y? The spot on a map where a pirate’s booty is buried? An element a starlet has to take into consideration before dating John Mayer? Or is it something that…