Two years ago, in May of 2008, Colombian painter Santiago Betancur moved to Miami. Feelings of despair and homesickness soon set in and started to alter the course of his art. The result were paintings of, according to the Avant Gallery, dark, skinless figures, who dripped with blood and had…
American audiences have a strange habit of picking the flavor of the year in Mexican film. A few years ago, the trend seemed to be magical realism, but now the current has moved toward realistic depictions of immigrants attempting to cross the border. It would be easy to dismiss Northless…
Miami’s summer lull is almost here, and somebody wants to say goodbye. Erick Morillo wants to give one last hurrah before departing to where all good house DJs retire for the summer — Ibiza. A legend who has been making nightclub patrons dance since the early ’90s, he has remixed…
A sea of breasts and not a penis among them. For 11 years, Aqua Girl has been gathering the lesbian community for a weekend of nonstop partying on South Beach. Finally, women who love women can feel comfortable letting loose away from the ogling eyes of men. Join this Thursday’s…
The director and cofounder of Design Miami/, Ambra Medda, has announced she’ll depart the organization in June, with a new director announced shortly thereafter. Medda launched Design Miami/ five years ago at the young age of 23. The fair, that runs during Art Basel week, has become one of the…
For $5,000, you could be this cat. On Thursday, May 8, the Zero G Corp. is bringing their magic, gravity-eating machine to the Fort Lauderdale Airport. How does it work? Well, first you buy a $5,000 ticket. Then, from what we can gather, you go up in a regular old…
Listen, if you’re under the impression that the gay bear is a furry woodland creature with a fondness for honey, salmon, and same-sex members of its own species, you are totally mistaken. Go buy tickets to the new documentary Bear Nation, which will screen tonight as part of the Miami…
Last November, we reported about the many angry creditors of a French-born charter-plane businessman named Mickael Cohen, who was accused of jilting everybody from Jay-Z to a Lamborghini dealer. Then the Miami Herald ran a similar piece, and in March, Cohen emailed us with the jubilant news that a French…
Monday: With all the bodies turning up, a free self-defense class isn’t such a bad idea. This one is ladies only. Sorry guys. Looks like you’ll just have to learn to fend for yourself. The class is held every Monday and Wednesday at Bayfront Park.Tuesday: This week is your last…
Whether you’re overworked or unemployed, take a deep breath because the weekend is finally here. But, to paraphrase Les Claypool, weekends don’t mean so much when you’re unemployed, ‘cept you get to hang out with your working friends. So make some plans to get together this weekend. Sometimes it takes…
The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival begins tomorrow, so we’d thought we give you a rundown of what to do and what to see. I Killed My Mother: Screens tomorrow at Gusman as the opening-night film. Yes, the drama revolves around a gay teenage son, but if you’ve ever…
Back in February, we awarded the Borscht Film Festival a Mastermind genius grant of $1,000. We’re happy to announce the money was put to good use. Lucas Leyva, minister of the interior for Borscht, reports that the cash helped them pay the costs to get two CCCV shorts submitted to…
Working out of Brooklyn, Cory Arcangel first earned critical props for artwork such as 2002’s Super Mario Clouds, a modded Nintendo cartridge that played nothing but a constant stream of pixilated nebulousness. (Check below for a video.) And ever since, he’s made it his mission to retool and subvert the…
“Self, Symbol & the Spirit” Through April 30. ArtRouge Gallery, 46 NW 36th St., Miami; 305-448-2060; artrouge.com. Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Self, Symbol & the Spirit” features photography, mixed-media works, and paintings by Sergio Garcia, Evelyn Valdirio, Nicolas Leiva, Mariano Costa Peuser, and Lili(ana). Garcia’s large…
The Losers: The aptly named film is not a winning comic-book thriller
At Wynwood’s Gallery I/D, Brenda Ann Kenneally’s photos portray impoverished American women and children
Despite an elusive persona that’s been described as gruff, irascible, and, lately, maybe a wee bit randy, Van Morrison has made musical moves that have always attracted notice. He seized the spotlight in the ’60s when he fronted the Irish band Them and sang/snarled their standard, “Gloria.” A prolific solo…
The Miami Contemporary Dance Company has officially entered the big-kid world of double-digit age after ten successful years in the South Florida arts scene. To commemorate the closing of its decennial season, MCDC’s artistic director, Ray Sullivan, is staging Swan & Pasta, which features two of the company’s biggest hits…
Before the Gap and American Apparel elbowed their way into the hood, Coconut Grove was the original arts district in Miami. This Saturday is the first offical Grove Art Walk, a monthly event that will prove there’s still art being created and exhibited in those well-canopied streets. This month’s walk…
Miami-based artist Terribly Odd will showcase his interpretations of European social history at Bear and Bird’s newest exhibit. At “Le Iconique: Terribly Odd Solo Show,” iconic French figures such as Joan of Arc and Napoleon will be painted or printed on distressed wooden boxes. “For me, it’s been interesting to…
If only we’d been told as teenagers that drinking cough syrup, playing videogames, and listening to Appetite for Destruction on repeat could turn us into art stars, we might have ended up like Cory Arcangel. (OK, so maybe we are leaving out certain mitigating factors, such as talent, imagination, and…
At first, we were a little suspicious that Roller Derby was like a kinky girl-on-girl mud fight, without the mud and set on wheels. But after seeing fit ladies in pigtails hip check each other, fall on their faces, and then get back up with a renewed urge to kick…
