These days, you can’t even turn on the TV without hearing about the benefits of walking and exercise. Sure, the American population is massively overweight and out-of-shape, but most of us are freaking busy. Most of us can barely find time to eat a meal, much less take a leisurely…
Record collectors, you day has come. Yes, it’s that time of year again: Record Store Day, when 700 independently owned U.S. record stores and hundreds of others worldwide join forces and celebrate the unique culture that surrounds the local record store. With this global shebang come coveted record releases, of…
Paying homage to Jack Kerouac, leader of the Beat Generation, the Florida Arts Association and BankUnited are celebrating National Poetry Month through the third-annual KeroWACKED multimedia festival. Covering the talents of writers, poets, musicians, and artists who wish to reenact this cultural phenomenon, attendees will have a chance to witness…
Quick question — what year did it snow in Miami? (Hint: It was also the year punk broke.) No guesses? OK, then here’s a Florida history no-brainer: In what 1980s film set in Miami did a character proclaim, “You gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money,…
Turn Up Your Speakers How many times have you been seduced by James Lipton’s voice into wasting away an afternoon watching Inside the Actor’s Studio? If you love the informal theater environment while learning how someone far more famous than you likes their eggs, then you must check out the…
Are you a writer with a passion for nonfiction, and would you like someone to break you into the industry? If so, join well-renowned writer and writer in residence for the Girls’ Club, Vanessa Garcia, for a two-day workshop being held this Friday and next Friday for a lesson that’s…
The promise of seeing Scarlett Johansson fully nude is probably enough to lure lots of people into Jonathan Glazer’s alien-among-us fantasy Under the Skin, and the vision doesn’t disappoint: Her figure, seen in long shot, is a grand and glowing thing; she has one of those butts shaped, adorably, like…
A grave has been freshly dug in the opening shot of director Gareth Evans’ ultraviolent Indonesian flick The Raid 2. It’s a start, but Evans is going to need 400 more. In the first few minutes, Evans dispenses with three-quarters of the survivors of 2012’s The Raid: Redemption, the writer/director’s…
Burlesque is hotter than ever, especially among a certain type of vintage-loving hipster in South Florida. So you can thank model, actress, designer, and, most important, burlesque star Dita Von Teese for that secondhand glitter barrage you may have experienced at the Monterey Club or Poorhouse. Von Teese, the form’s…
You wouldn’t think a gay, Jewish, musical-theater aspirant in recovery would seek employment with high-end hookers. But Josh Mesnik, an out-of-work actor in New York, worked nine months as a receptionist for a dictatorial owner’s prostitution business in Boca. The result is a winning comedy, Have I Got a Girl…
They’ve congregated along the banks of Riverbend Park, transferring trees’ waterfront reflections to canvas. They’ve met at the Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge, capturing glimmers of the early-morning sun in person. And now after ten “paint-outs,” a local artist group is ready to exhibit (and sell) their works at “Art Outside the…
The Vaudevillian performance art of burlesque has seen a resurgence in the past decade or so. Scantily clad, come-hither ladies donning nipple pasties and whirling feather boas — really, what’s not to love here? Every major city has its own burlesque troupe or two nowadays. And of all the world’s…
Most of us spend the entire workweek cooped up at our desks, staring at spreadsheets, typing, or transfixed by videos of cats all day. It’s important to step away from the computer screen and surround yourself with other human beings at the end of the week. If you like cute…
Artist Zachary Fabri is one of those local success stories we know. Born, raised, and educated in South Florida (he’s a Miami native with a BFA from the New World School of the Arts), he moved to New York City to seek greener pastures. It’s a gamble many local artists…
Being in the same room as way too many family members means tensions run high. But it doesn’t have to be a giant blame game with a side of binge eating. One of the best things about the people forced to hang out with you by way of relation is…
There’s something about the tiki bar that just screams relaxation. It could be the tropical music that serenades the scene; hey, it might be the scantily clad gyrating dancers in grass skirts; or maybe it’s just the ornately decorated drinks. Whatever the reason may be, to us, Polynesian culture represents…
Do you even lift, bro? Prove it after this round of burpees. CrossFit can be the subject of many a debate. Does it go too far? Should everyone and her mom be doing it? What CrossFit gym reigns supreme? One thing we can agree on is that South Florida is…
Now that you’ve kicked off April with April Fool’s Day to get one funny fix, make sure to catch Second City’s Happily Ever Laughter show, which is making its way to Palm Beach’s Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. With more than 50 years of excellent satiric revues, Chicago’s very…
Beginning a few short weeks before its special debut on April 14, ALA Cabaret is a compilation of live jazz music that pays tribute to the sounds of the Harlem renaissance and Bourbon Street. Situated in the Andrews Living Arts, which is a cozy, intimate indoor theater with seating for…
A performance that relives the pivotal moments of the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot, directed by Mike Nichols, is more than a rip-off. With its own twist, Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, amplified by the presence…
Like cannoli and organized crime, Italian families take loyalty seriously. Walk out on a date with little Susie Scarpelli and chances are you won’t be walking much longer. And when it comes to intrafamily relations, the standards are even higher, as depicted through a comedic (and Mafia-free) vantage in Over…
“I like to do epic shit,” declares Renda Writer, a longtime denizen of the South Florida art scene. Writer is known for leading poetry readings and art shows (one infamously devoted to Ellen Degeneres) and launching an arts magazine called WeMerge. In other words, he’s gotten off his ass and…
