Arts & Culture

Magic City Kitty: How can I tell my girlfriend about my urination fetish?

There’s no need to wait for Big Bad Basel to enjoy quality art in your own backyard. Whichever corner of Dade you call home, high culture will always rear its “avant garde”, “cutting edge” head. This weekend, get your fix at the 7th Annual Pinecrest gardens Fine Art Festival, where…

Many epic dinner parties have come and gone in the Miami-Dade area. In 1997, there was Ricky Diocis’s eighth birthday party at the North Miami McDonald’s, resulting in an uncontrollable mutant strain of chicken pox in the PlayPlace. In 2003, Trick Daddy was wed to his longtime girlfriend at a…

From interior design to a blooming collection of floral arrangements delivered to your doorstep, Todd Oldham has demonstrated a sharp eye for cultivating beauty everywhere. The design guru, who is a mentor on Bravo’s Top Design reality show, has conjured his magic at the Wolfsonian with a distinctive exhibit. This…

Take it from someone who knows: There’s absolutely no reason to waste four years of your life and a $30,000 student loan just to learn a few things about modern art. Instead, enroll at the Bass Museum for its Eight-Week Art School and earn your education over the course of…

Imagine a tiny room stuffed with half-naked female mannequins, stain-resistant fake antique furniture, and hot-pink drapes. There’s a red-haired devil girl splattered in black paint, a blonde angel with gold dripped over her nippleless breasts, and a blue Hindu goddess staring with cool, clouded eyes into another dimension. It’s all…

Let us tell you about the situation, brah. The situation is that you spent good money to get that perfect orange, radioactive-like glow. The situation is that your blowout is looking hella good tonight. The situation is that you’re so juiced up that the only way you are going to…

Are your locks limp? Is your weave worn? Wanna change your hair-don’t back into a do? Girls, head to Badd Hair Day at the Miramar Cultural Center this Sunday. Unlike that hair show your sister’s friend threw together, Badd Hair Day is a full-scale megaproduction showcasing scissor ninjas from the…

For more than four and a half years, Ciné-Club 24 has been programming Sunday-afternoon film screenings of both famed and forgotten international classics. Surprisingly, these weekly movie events have so far remained a mystery, even among the more culturally attuned members of Miami’s population. Boasting a library of more than…

There is writing, and then there is scriptwriting. The latter is a science and a technique that one doesn’t just come by. It’s hard to learn by simply reading books about the subject, particularly because most books will contradict themselves on important points, such as format. That’s where Julie Gray…

In order to familiarize you with the insanity that’ll go down during Electric Boombox at Jazid this Saturday, we will attempt a literary mashup of sorts: I want the money, the money and the clothes, the cars and the hos! Can’t read my poker face? Have you ever been to…

Like with retirees and cocaine cartels, South Florida was once known for its Jews. That might be in the past, but for one night this weekend and an afternoon matinee the next day, it’ll be easy to pretend the old yentas and their mishpokhe never left. World of Jewtopia, a…

If your main complaint about the game of professional pigskin is that there aren’t enough people playing in their underwear, 2009 was your year. Why exactly? Because the Lingerie Football League, a girls-gone-wild sideshow in the trashy tradition of Vince McMahon’s ill-fated XFL, scored some serious regional TV time, thereby…

The fact is that 30,000 people have joined Bishop T. D. Jakes’s exclusive God-lovin’ club. And if you’re wondering how this guy is able to lead that many sheep, drive exotic cars, and live in a crib that would make 50 Cent say, “Goddamn,” you’ll find the answer when you…

Begin with a doo-doo brown and end with a stanky legg. We’re not talking about your last “accident”; we’re talking about dancing. And you can do it for cash at the Magic City Casino (450 NW 37th Ave., Miami) every Friday at 9 p.m., when the former Flagler Dog Track…

Pull up a chair and grind on it. Plunge your hindparts into the seat, and those shoulders — ohhh, you better shake those like a tambourine. You’d better whirl your girls like the teacup ride at Disney World. And once you’ve released all of those atrocious, stiff-as-a-Weekend at Bernie’s dance…

The fourth day of the week is sorta like the OK-looking, half-cool sister in a very big family. She’s not as boring and bland as Monday, nor is she as homely as old, ho-hum Wednesday. But nobody is exactly screaming TGIF about her either. For the most part, she’s gone…

How different would Miami be without Cuban culture? Our Cuba Libres would be just rum and Coke, and, well, we’d probably have to rename Little Havana. Truthfully, the Magic City would be sin magia. And since 1959, Miami’s diverse culture has been influenced by the power struggles between Fidel Castro…

You simply cannot hate on the wonders of Mariah Carey. On paper, Carey is a megastar: five-octave voice, awards galore, pretty good about staying fit. But maybe, just maybe, it’s her attitude that’s made her such a success. Take the “Dreamlover” video, the one where she wears cut-off jean shorts…

No matter what ails you, the magical cocoa bean has the power to set you free from its stranglehold. Low sex drive, hypertension, munchies? The brown stuff has you covered. So today — and every day if you happen to have a friend named Willie Wonka with a factory —…

With all the brouhaha surrounding women in comedy, you’d think at least one ferociously funny comedienne would grace the roster of the fifth annual South Beach Comedy Festival. Wrong. The fest’s testosterone-packed lineup features a bunch of male jokesters who are making their way through the ranks of the nation’s…

You could say the Cleveland Cavaliers visiting the American Airlines Arena this Monday is all about the return of Shaquille O’Neal to the arena he helped decorate with an NBA Championship banner. You could say that, but you’d be wrong. This Friday, when the Miami Heat hosts the Cavs, it’s…