As snow falls in the North, the sands of South Beach prepare for the ultimate Miami winter bash. The Winter Party Festival features pool and beach parties, shopping perks, cocktail receptions, art showcases, and plenty of opportunities to just dance — all of that fun while also giving back to…
Two hot Miami Film Festival tickets are works that festival director Tiziana Finzi selected months ago but recently received Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Picture. Asked which of the two she thought would win, Finzi explains, “The Secret in Their Eyes is closer to the American blockbuster. For me,…
Two of MIFF’s hot tickets are films that festival director Tiziana Finzi picked months ago and were recently nominated for the Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Picture. Asked which of the two she thought would win, Finzi explained: “The Secret in Their Eyes is closer to the American blockbuster. For me,…
Two of MIFF’s hot tickets are films that festival director Tiziana Finzi picked months ago and were recently nominated for the Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Picture. Asked which of the two she thought would win, Finzi explained: “The Secret in Their Eyes is closer to the American blockbuster. For me,…
From the remote locale of Denver, Colorado, that electronic music hotbed beyond the Rocky Mountain range, one-man gothic/house/dub act Pictureplane is taking off. And by “taking off,” we mean he’s going to the airport, buying a ticket, boarding a commercial aircraft, and flying approximately four hours to Miami. Why? Because…
One of hip-hop’s most storied performers will bring his old-school beats to Mansion this Friday as part of the club’s weekly We Rock Hip Hop party. Grandmaster Flash, often credited for making the turntable an instrument, revolutionized the hip-hop world in the ’80s with his group Grandmaster Flash and the…
When you hear the words animal tropical, the creatures that come to mind are probably marmosets, macaws, and tree frogs — not a bunch of smartly coiffed indie dudes who smell like pipe smoke. Nevertheless, Animal Tropical is a Miami-based quartet (singer Jose Castello, bassist Jarrett Hann, guitarist Kristopher Pabon,…
This year’s Oscars seem to be about having twice the fun. There are ten Best Picture nominations instead of five, and now there will be two wisecracking hosts, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, instead of one dancing Hugh Jackman. The show also runs the risk of running twice as long,…
Who’s Jeff Garlin? Maybe you recognize him as Gut Gut the cannonball specialist from 1983’s hilariously underappreciated Spring Break, a movie about nerds and studs coming together in Fort Lauderdale to organize wet T-shirt contests. What? Doesn’t ring a bell? Perhaps you know him better as Larry David’s chubby buddy…
Even if you’re a Prius-owning teetotaler afflicted with solar urticaria, there’s something awesome about watching a bunch of gas-guzzling Fords, BMWs, and Chevys zip around the 2.3-mile road course at Homestead-Miami Speedway while you slug back a couple of brews in the subtropical sun. So, c’mon, leave your ecological concerns,…
Most earthbound singers lack intergalactic charisma — no gravity or visibility from outer space, and they couldn’t catch a look from a comet if it was taking a coffee break. They aren’t stars; they’re just good-looking clones with fancy websites and overproduced sounds. But Taylor Swift is a musician and…
Hailing from the West African nation of Benin, genre-bending vocalist Angélique Kidjo has spent the better part of the past 20 years away from her home continent yet maintains her status as one of Africa’s most visible luminaries. It’s quite telling that even though Kidjo’s latest album, Õÿö, consists largely…
If you were alive in February 2007, you’ll remember the brouhaha that broke out when Harry Potter got naked to have sex with a horse onstage at the Gielgud Theatre. Sure, it was all make-believe, something people in the biz call playacting. But if a bit of wizardry and simulated…
Last month, several reports had the Miami Heat getting Amar’e Stoudemire from Phoenix at the NBA trade deadline. The Heat was also in serious 11th-hour negotiations with Utah for the services of Carlos Boozer. Both deals, of course, showed Dwyane Wade the team’s commitment to compete for an NBA title,…
Each and every South Florida sports fanatic has his own pro vs. college fantasy. For example, Dave H. of Hallandale has been dreaming for 20 years about a winner-takes-all brawl pitting the 1972 Dolphins against the 1987 Canes in the old Orange Bowl. And yeah, Dave, that would be awesome…
If you can find a Magic City bookie taking bets on this Sunday’s b-ball squabble between the Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals, let it ride on the underdog. After conceding something like 10,000 consecutive games to Harlem, the Gens are due for a win. And with the odds near…
Here’s how Catholicism works: Before you give up chocolate, meat, or reality TV for Lent, you get to have a big hedonistic carnival. Oh, you crazy papists! And one of the most famous carnivals in the world, Colombia’s Carnaval de Barranquilla, best known for its energetic La Batalla de Flores…
Imagine a pack of boho gladiators slinging paint to live music in a pulsing, gritty arena while a rabid crowd cheers them on, and you have the bleeding-edge spectacle called Art Battles. “It has become the eminent stage for every young artist out there,” boasts Fabian Bolanos, the event’s booking…
According to the boob tube, Miami is where the lawless hide out to strike like gators crouching in the saw grass. It’s been the backdrop to a machine-gun-wielding Tony Montana, crime-fighting playboys Crockett and Tubbs, and more recently, Dexter as he hacks into another victim; it’s even hosted the hookers…
Whereas songbird Nina Simone relied heavily on blues and jazz, Roberta Flack brought more folk to the table — perhaps a reflection of her first album coming out so close to the summer of ’69 — as well as groove-heavy Southern soul, showing some of her North Carolina roots. If…
Long before Dorothy realizes how much she misses Kansas, the story of Oz begins with an emerald-skinned girl’s struggle for acceptance in a cruel, cruel world. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, Tony-Award-winning Wicked chronicles the lives of the rejected Elphaba (the future Wicked Witch of the West) and…
It’s not enough for Dwyane Wade to remind the world what an unstoppable badass he is. He’s got to do it in front of a record crowd in Texas. D-Wade won his first career NBA All Star Game MVP award two weeks ago, leading the East to a 141-139 victory…
