Arts & Culture

If you’re one of the first 100 guests at the “Scoop on Poop” exhibit at Zoo Miami, you’ll score a free T-shirt that reads Poop Happens. But don’t get it twisted — this crappy way to spend a day is full of fun and entertainment. You might have a tough…

Like most operas, The Tales of Hoffmann, by 19th-century, German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach, is a stirring saga that involves forbidden love, ominous symbolism, and, of course, tragic, untimely death. But unlike other operas, Tales also features enchanted mirrors, trippy magic goggles, and animatronic sex dolls. Now that’s an opera!…

We’d like to tell you about a band formed in New York’s East Village in the mid-’80s. Nope, it’s not the Tom Tom Club. Try The Klezmetics, a clarinet-rich, accordion-heavy, Grammy-winning klezmer band. It’s collaborated with Itzhak Perlman and Ben Folds Five, and a recent album fuses Yiddish tunes with…

Aching for some intense dance? (And no, we don’t mean Natalie Portman’s nutso ballerina’s self-mutilations in Black Swan.) Ballon or sauté (bounce or jump, in ballet parlance) to see Kate Weare in her modern dance company’s first visit to the Florida Dance Festival’s WinterFest, which runs through January 29. The…

Before the season began, NBA analysts wondered if there would be too many egos and not enough basketballs to go around once the Big Three donned Miami Heat uniforms. Three months and a crapload of victories later, it seems pretty safe to say the whole LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris…

One year after the earthquake in Haiti, the news media’s spotlight has predictably moved on to other issues. However, the tragic plight of Haiti and its people is far from over. This Saturday, as part if its Bruce Weber “Haiti/Little Haiti” exhibit, the Museum of Contemporary Art will host a…

People who don’t like chocolate are never to be trusted. What’s not to like? The intoxicating aroma of cocoa, the sweet, creamy way chocolate becomes one with your tongue, and the swirl that coats your esophagus as you ingest — it’s practically sexual. In fact, chocolate has aphrodisiac properties induced…

Miami will get to experience what the New York Times refers to as “the standout jazz piano trio of the last 25 years” when pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist Gary Peacock, and drummer Jack DeJohnette come to town this Friday at 8 p.m. They will perform as part of the Arsht…

An American in Paris pedaling ahead of a peloton and staging a comeback from a life-threatening ailment to win the Tour de France? Has to be Lance Armstrong, right? Pas si vite. (That means not so fast.) Before Armstrong there was Greg LeMond, the first American to win cycling’s Holy…

The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is running a magical art lotto. At “Abracadabra: The Fourth Annual Fund-raising Art Exhibition” over 100 works of art will be on display at the center. Look for work by Miami artists such as Susan Lee Chun, Tawnie Silva, Typoe, and Farley Aguilar…

Women do crazy things to feel sexy. In Burma, Kayan Lahwi women stack rings around their necks. From the 10th to early 20th Centuries, Chinese women bound their feet. In North America, ladies have been known to surgically insert large bags of saline into their chests. And if you’re a…

Women do crazy things to feel sexy. In Burma, Kayan Lahwi women stack rings around their necks. From the 10th to early 20th Centuries, Chinese women bound their feet. In North America, ladies have been known to surgically insert large bags of saline into their chests. And if you’re a…

In 1970s New York, the Durst family was a powerful force in the world of real estate, with a fortune estimated at $650 million dollars. Of the four children, the eldest, Robert, was a rebellious type. He married a beautiful woman named Kathie, and the two were quite happy, living…

After a lecture at Temple Israel in downtown, Thomas Friedman will cross Biscayne Bay and attend a private reception and question and answer session at the Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. Friedman is guy who tells much of the country how they should feel about global goings on. He’s been doing…

A bunch of phonies like saying they read the New York Times. They think it makes them sound smart. Here’s a quick test to measure their Times pedigree. Throw out the name Thomas Friedman and watch their reaction. If you get a blank stare, they’re stinking fibbers. If they nod,…

Outfit your kitchen for cheap and get purchasing advice from people who actually know what they’re talking about at the “Everything But the Kitchen Sink” garage sale held by the Miami chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier. All kinds of used equipment is up for grabs, from mixers and blenders to…

There’s more to food in Key West than fried shrimp and fish sammies. Just how much more you can find out at the 17th annual Master Chefs Classic, held at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Westin Key West Resort & Marina Pier. Chefs from all over the Southernmost City…

Miami artist Cristina Molina, now a MFA student at the University of Florida’s Art + Technology program, has her video exhibition, “Helium Hum,” up at Nina Torres Fine Art. Her videos were voted Audience Favorite at MOCA’s Optic Nerve XI and Best in Show at the Frost Art Museum. Plus,…

In “Domus: Home,” artist Carol Prusa deals in ideas of origin, mysticism, and sacredness. She attempts to make these heady ideas more conceivable via intricate domes that range from a few inches to five feet in diameter. Using silverpoint drawing and graphite, each dome is intricately adorned. In some, video…

Director of the International Chinese Fine Arts Council, Inez Suen, has curated a group exhibition of work on paper from four emerging artists from Hangzhou, China. This will be the artists’ (Guo Tiantian, Qi Yuan, Su Xianpan and Zheng Tianming) first U.S. exhibit. Is this a sea change for the…

The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is running a magical art lotto. At “Abracadabra: The Fourth Annual Fund-raising Art Raffle,” you can buy a $375 ticket and go home with one of 100 pieces of art, each valued at more than the ticket price. It’s practically stealing. The raffle…