There seems to be a real apathy about theater these days. But every so often, a production appears as the little engine that could, pressing forward on word-of-mouth recs alone. Platanos and Collard Greens, dubbed a “modern West Side Story” by the New York Times, began just that way in…
Considering his 1915 film The Birth of a Nation is still used as a recruiting tool for the Ku Klux Klan, it’s no wonder that D. W. Griffith tried to redeem himself by making a film about the consequences of bigotry. The resulting work, Intolerance, presents four key moments in…
Who is Dirty Hairy? She’s a fickle bitch with a perfect face and an ass that looks like God personally implanted it. Surprisingly, she also has an awesome sense of humor and killer taste in music. (FYI, she’s Poplife’s little sister, which explains the otherworldly genetics and general hipness.) And…
Imagine always having your projects compared to The Godfather; it can’t be easy for Francis Ford Coppola to have himself to beat. His recent attempt at filmmaking, Youth Without Youth, fell flat, but there are rumors his latest production, Tetro, hints at Coppola’s genius while recapturing the freshness of a…
If you were a slightly disturbed child with a hyperactive imagination, you’ve had that nightmare about a toy chest full of suddenly evil playthings that rise under a full moon at midnight on Friday the 13th to play with (read: murder) their owner (read: you). Now you’re an adult and…
Picture hundreds of hyper-active high schoolers, bumping and grinding to Timbaland and Lady Gaga. Does this sound like the most unpleasant social scene imaginable? If so, stay away from the 5th annual Party Gras at Club Mekka, where fully-developed but under-aged kids will congregate for a night of freaky-deaky dancing…
Coconut Grove is not the sort of place that throws county fairs, where prize livestock gets weighed in and carnies send children on high-velocity amusement rides. Instead, the neighborhood has quirky haps such as a drunken bed race and the King Mango Strut parody parade, not to mention the Bahamian-themed…
Whether portraying a drunken Viking rocker washed up on South Beach or picking his nose while protecting Britain’s crown jewels, Magnus Sigurdarson’s creative high jinks are enough to make Sybil’s head spin. The Icelandic artist’s riffs on identity, “Operation Beefeater: of Man and His Nature,” are on display at Pan…
At first, they did it behind closed doors. It was the baile funk of 19th-century Spain, a suggestive dance borne out of the clashing of cultures. Old World Europe thought flamenco’s racy, rhythmic handclapping, foot stomping, and hip twirling was just a bawdy contribution from those bastard Gypsies. In reality,…
Ah, the Jack Daniel’s Studio! A magical place where celluloid dreams of drunken debauchery are filmed and brought to life for the big screen. Not quite. Nor is it the kind of studio where those oh-so-inviting photos of the iconic square bottles of rye-based amber hooch are shot and airbrushed…
Costumed, gyrating girls; acrobatic stilt dancing; a dizzying orbit of live music and performance art. It might feel like you woke up in Eyes Wide Shut, but it’s actually a steampunk-style Venetian carnival called Artopia. Presented by New Times and the Miami International Film Festival at the Freedom Tower (600…
This weekend’s International Noise Conference at Churchill’s Pub is one of the very few places that a 21-year-old lover of weird and experimental music can take both his 38-year-old trip-hopper dad and 55-year-old ex-punk grandmother for fun, drinks, and 100 live bands. Honestly, potential INC attendees don’t have to be…
Her panties slide down her hips and fall to her rental shoes. She’s a cougar, and she giggles excitedly as you hike up her skirt in a dark corner of the bowling alley. Love this ain’t, but being single in February does have it perks, and this Friday night at…
Still wondering how to make up for last year’s impromptu Valentine’s Day bean taco dinner disaster? Well, Bill Sadowski Park is giving you a chance to make your sweetie swoon and not retch. This Sunday, skip the flowers, pack a romantic picnic dinner for two, and head to the annual…
This weekend’s International Noise Conference at Churchill’s Pub is one of the very few places that a 21-year-old lover of weird and experimental music can take both his 38-year-old trip-hopper dad and 55-year-old ex-punk grandmother for fun, drinks, and 100 live bands. Honestly, potential INC attendees don’t have to be…
This weekend’s International Noise Conference at Churchill’s Pub is one of the very few places that a 21-year-old lover of weird and experimental music can take both his 38-year-old trip-hopper dad and 55-year-old ex-punk grandmother for fun, drinks, and 100 live bands. Honestly, potential INC attendees don’t have to be…
A French bossa nova band covering ’80s Brit New Wave hits, Nouvelle Vague has a sound that touches on something cinematic. Picture Jason Schwartzman entering stage left to the band’s woozy version of Modern English’s “I Melt With You” as his character taps into a sentimentality that’s been muted over…
Remember when you and your girl were smoking weed while listening to Elvis’s version of “Polk Salad Annie”? She was like, “Is this the Doors?” And you were like, “Dude, are you serious?” Then you told her it was Elvis, and the LOLs led to that adorable first kiss. And…
In 1976, Raymond Pettibon went from being the bassist in his brother Greg Ginn’s band — then called Panic — to being its official iconographer. He gave the band a new name, Black Flag. He created the four-bar logo that a million infatuated punks would permanently etch into the skin…
Almost 38 years ago, playwright and Miami native Sandra Riley took a job teaching and directing drama at a U.S. Army base in Japan. Immersed in the history and culture of a strange new land, she became fascinated by the emperors, samurais, and geishas of this East Asian island. Later,…
With Super Bowl XLIV drifting into history and the Miami Heat in the midst of a weeklong NBA All-Star break, South Florida sports fanatics are starved for any kind of live action. Still, it remains to be seen whether they’ll actually pay to watch a hockey game. Of course, people…
When electroclash reached the height of popularity circa 2001, there was perhaps no icon bigger than Ladytron. With hits such as “Seventeen” and “Playgirl,” the Liverpool quartet had everyone dancing to icy beats aided by droned vocals. It’s a formula that has also helped acts such as Mount Sims, Miss…
