It has taken almost two years for the bonkers, exhilarating same-sex romantic comedy I Love You Phillip Morris to finally reach theaters. In the interim, we’ve bided our time with big-screen depictions of man-to-man love such as Brüno and Colin Firth’s suicidal fusspot A Single Man. Save it, Mary: Nothing…
Boldly reanimating the comic Western that secured John Wayne his Oscar 41 years ago, the Coen brothers’ True Grit is well-wrought, if overly talkative, and seriously ambitious, returning the Coens to the all-American sagebrush and gun smoke landscape that has best nourished their wise-guy sensibility. This perverse buddy tale, in…
A Round-Heeled Woman chronicles the coital adventures of Jane Juska, a retired school teacher who hasn’t had sex in 30 years. She’s a late baby boomer looking for a little boom-boom, so she places a personal ad in the New York Review of Books. It reads: “Before I turn 67,…
Celebrate your fabulousness by embarking on the new Gay and Lesbian Walking Tour of South Beach, a collaborative effort between the Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Miami Design Preservation League, and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. The tour visits key spots that mark the contributions that…
From Ed Ruscha’s swimming pools to Jose Yalenti’s undulating building, a stunning collection of images at CiFo Art Space evoke a deeper reflection on the nature of pictures. “Inside Out, Photography After Form” boasts over 90 photographs from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, and marks the first time in recent years…
It was hard not to fall in love with Cheyenne Jackson’s character in the 30 Rock Christmas episode. As Danny Baker, he willingly mutilated his own signing voice during a duet with Jenna (Jane Krakowski) to save her from humiliation. Hunky, openly gay, and blessed with the pipes of an…
After just one initial event, Paradise Farms’s Dinners in Paradise is back in full force this season. Chefs Philippe Ruiz, Michael Finizia, and Giovanni Arias will prepare dinner on January 9. That talented group is followed by chefs Michael Bloise, Douglas Rodriguez, and Paula Da Silva on January 23. Dinners…
Martin Lemelman lived every child’s dream. He grew up in the back of a candy store. His experience wasn’t all egg creams and lollipops though. The rough neighborhood of Brownsville in Brooklyn, NY, where he was raised, was in decline. Luckily, his life was populated with colorful neighbors and family who…
The more the commercial industrial complex tries to sell the merits of the holidays as a time of capitalist bliss, the more you want to paddle your way to communist Cuba. After all, are lines for bread any worse than lines at Wal-Mart? But the one thing that unites us…
Is W magazine obsessed with New Times? First they nabbed an interview with our Art Basel coverboy Bert Rodriguez, and now they’re profiling one of our picks from our People Issue, Jillian Mayer. Okay, with the first, maybe we were trying to get their attention by painting Rodriguez’s bare ass…
In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.52. Naomi FisherNaomi Fisher is one of the most successful female artists living and working in Miami today…
Miami is geographically isolated from the rest of the nation, which has allowed it to organically sprout its own personal style. A style that is totally out of whack with good taste and the runways of New York, Milan, or Paris. So this holiday season, when contemplating what presents to buy…
Fashion Breakdown: BluBlockers-esque glasses from hardware store (made for truck drivers), denim shirt from Red, White and Blue thrift store, khakis and loafers…
What the heck makes someone famous these days? People with real talent are singing at your local bars while people like Kim Zolciak and Danielle Staub are on their second single. And the queen of being famous for no reason is, without a doubt, Kim Kardashian. Yet, we can’t be…
Just a small town girl. Living in a lonely world. She took the midnight train going anywhere. Just a city boy…Don’t stop believing. Despite the fact that your hair band days are now 20 years behind you, you can cling to your Freebirding glory days with the touring arena-rock love…
Punk rock auteur and zinester legend Erick Lyle focused most of his last book for Microcosm Publishing, On the Lower Frequencies, on his then-adopted hometown of San Francisco. Part investigative journalism, academic research, first-person narration, and oral history, the slim but thorough volume wove together radical action in San Francisco’s…
In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys. Rocky Grimes is a self-taught artist. But more than that, he’s a problem solver and an innovator…
From Ed Ruscha’s swimming pools to Jose Yalenti’s undulating building, a stunning collection of images at CiFo Art Space evoke a deeper reflection on the nature of pictures.”Inside Out, Photography After Form” boasts over 90 photographs from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, and marks the first time in recent years the…
This week, the whole world seems to be buried under craploads of wrapping paper and credit card bills. But we know you’re out there, Miami artists in need of cash, and we’re trying to hand you some free money. For the second year, we’re awarding genius grants to deserving, independent…
There’s nothing sweeter than the aroma of chestnuts roasting on an open fire, right? And by that we mean our favorite seasonal strand of marijuana, chestnut. That’s what Mr. X, our weed connect, calls it, “’cause it puts you in the 420-friendly holiday spirit, yo.” True that, and because Cultist…
Don’t know which hand to hold the whip in? Get sex, love, relationship advice from Mistress Lera by emailing askadomme@miaminewtimes.com. Read more about Mistress Lera at Notes From a Miami Dominatrix.Dear Mistress Lera, This South Beach gal is in dire need of your advice. Although, I haven’t done anything over…
If you’re reading any gift guide so late in the Christmas game, sorry to tell you — your goose is already cooked. Significant others can sniff out ill thought up and last minute presents faster than the unfamiliar scent of Chanel No. 5 or Musk on your collar. What you…
