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21. Night & Day

    Summertime…

    And the short plays are funny

    By Penn Bullock

    Published: June 26, 2008

    A gay sheep, a Canadian mime, a Holocaust denier, two Holocaust survivors, and a 19th-century diva are gracing the stage at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts (201 SW...

22. Night & Day

    From Faux Chick to Chick Flicks

    By Brandon K. Thorp

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Wendy Wasserstein is dead, which is a damned shame — now, there’s hardly anybody left in the theater community willing to explore chick-ish issues like togetherness...

23. Night & Day

    Yan Can Box

    By John Linn

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Anticipation for the 2008 Olympic Games is heating up — especially for boxing — and sports fans the world over are keeping their eyes on the athletes. Cuba, for one,...

24. Night & Day

    Make with the Funny

    By Brett Gillin

    Published: June 26, 2008

    There are tons of improv sketch comedy groups scattered across the country, many of them filled with unfunny hacks that are more annoying than funny. The Groundlings are...

25. Night & Day

    “But Thaaat’s My Life!”

    Neil Hamburger brings the sad sack back to Miami

    By John Linn

    Published: June 26, 2008

    On first look, it’s hard not to feel sorry for America’s Funnyman, Neil Hamburger. A greasy combover flops across his sweaty forehead, which itself is furrowed with...

26. Night & Day

    Chew It Up & Dance It Out

    Two local benefits help raise funds for cancer victims

    By Riki Altman

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Cancer’s a bastard and there’s nothing we can do to stop it yet. So in the meantime, let’s throw some celebrations in the spirit of helping those who are...

27. Night & Day

    How Do I Look?

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: June 26, 2008

    How do you tell a friend that their fashion sense sucks? We’re not talking about a subtle, mixing-different-shades-of-black misstep — we’re talking about your...

28. Stuff

    The Diceman Cometh...Again!

    Even 20 years on, the man behind the dirty nursery rhymes is the same as he ever was.

    By John Linn

    Published: June 26, 2008

    If you're old enough to rent a car legally, then you remember Andrew Dice Clay. Dice was, for a glorious minute or two, one of the biggest comedians of the late 1980s, a guy...

29. Artbeat

    In Focus

    By Marya Summers

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Our vision of the world is defined a great deal by what we focus on. This is demonstrated in a practical way in the 12th-annual "In Focus" juried competition of 75 images from...

30. Game On

    Blast Works makes blowing stuff up DIY-friendly

    By Chris Ward

    Published: June 26, 2008

    The words "user-generated content" usually mean you're about to encounter one of two things: an irritating Super Bowl commercial made by 16-year-olds, or another dramatic...

31. Music

    Punch Drunk

    Is Miami rapper Punchanello punching out?

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: June 26, 2008

    There's a sense when you're watching Punchanello perform that he's simultaneously the most loved and hated MC in the room. Watching him onstage instantly puts a smile on your...

32. Short Cuts

    Coldplay

    By Lily Moayeri

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Coldplay has a lot riding on its fourth release, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. Not only is the band's viability at stake; the survival of EMI (Capitol's parent...

33. Live Wire

    Rooney

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: June 26, 2008

    The L.A. quintet Rooney has not exactly suffered from its Hollywood-style connections or good looks. Frontman Robert Schwartzman is the brother of actor (and occasional rocker)...

34. Outtakes

    DJ Mena Joins the Angels

    Tragedy strikes one of Hialeah's up-and-coming DJs

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: June 26, 2008

    It's always a tragedy when a young person dies before his or her prime. In the music industry, the preferred age for dying young tends to be 27. A host of rock legends...

35. Film

    Violence Is Golden

    With its secret boys club and bloody good fun, Wanted has all of the fight with none of the guilt

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Of the summer's many revenge-of-the-nerd fulfillment fantasies — from The Incredible Hulk all the way down the megaplex food chain to The Foot Fist Way — Wanted...

36. Short Cuts

    Asylum 7 & Eddie Logix

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: June 26, 2008

    One of the best things about Midwest hip-hop is that it's not beholden to any one sound. Detroit-based lyricist Asylum 7 and his production partner, Eddie Logix, recently...

37. Live Wire

    Radioclit

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: June 26, 2008

    They've got perhaps the best DJ-collective name of all time. That alone is reason enough to pay these guys some attention. And when you think about it, if you're an audiophile,...

38. Outtakes

    Augustus Pablo's Sonic Fetish, Remembered

    A master of deep, exotic dub gets the five-disc tribute he deserves

    By Richard Gehr

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Born Herbert Swaby in 1954, Augustus Pablo was an orientalist before orientalism was uncool. The minor-chordal "Far East" sound the reggae auteur favored as a composer,...

39. Short Cuts

    Radius

    By Dominic Umile

    Published: June 26, 2008

    In a fond tribute to his hometown, producer Ramon "Radius" Norwood dedicates each of the 11 instrumental entries on Neighborhood Suicide to an area in the Windy City. Unless...

40. Live Wire

    DJ Irie

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: June 26, 2008

    When it comes to basketball-arena announcers, nobody in the country is as good at it as the Miami Heat's DJ Irie. While a lot of b-ball fans are familiar with him only through...