Dreaming of a winter wonderland? Well, we’ve got something that’s close enough — but with a twist! Satisfy your sweet tooth in a sugary wonderland during the two-day seventh-annual Sweet Dreams Winter Festival. Patrons can taste decadent desserts at two dozen stations — along with coffees, teas, and Pearl Vodka…
Just when you thought you’d had your fill of Art Basel, the Village at Gulfstream Park will host about 100 artists from around the U.S. at the Gulfstream Park Art Festival this weekend. Works in a variety of mediums will be for sale at the juried art festival, now in…
The sounds of bongs, bubblers, joints, and vaporizers were heard ’round the world as stoners celebrated the announcement of Cheech and Chong reuniting for a new comedy tour. The news broke at the world-famous Troubadour in Los Angeles, where the two were discovered spreading their hippie hilarity to the masses…
Yoga and beer — the two go together like milk and cereal. Our Wicked Ways is teaming up with Funky Buddha Brewery to bring yoga to beer lovers and beer to yoga lovers with OM Brew Yoga. Yoga at Funky Buddha is not a new thing, but its special holiday…
Black Friday is finally behind us. The wrenching pseudo-holiday that sees middle-aged Americans brawling over big-screen TV sets does not leave shoppers with a superior reputation. The new keyword in shopping is “local.” And if you still have to complete your Christmas gift list or are looking for something to…
Food Network and its 24/7 programming of food porn has given chefs a rock-star status they’ve never enjoyed before — and the men and women behind the line have garnered some fanfare in the process. Whether you’re a groupie or a “band-aide” or you just want to rub elbows, your…
Art Basel isn’t the only time it’s appropriate to get drunk and admire art. On Wednesday, December 18, at 6 p.m., the Boca Raton Museum of Art is hosting Picasso and the wines of Spain with certified sommelier Stephanie Miskew. The cost to attend is $40 for nonmembers, $35 for…
Eating with the fam can be a huge pain the ass. Aunt Mildred wants roast beef, Dad wants ham, your brother wants turkey, and your sister Sue has just gone gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan. Why deal with catering to their whims just to celebrate Christmas? On Wednesday, December 25, from…
You’re supposed to stuff your face on Christmas — here you can make it a feast. On Wednesday, December 25, with three seatings beginning at noon, $65 per person and $32 per kid aged 5 to 12 buys a view of the ocean and an unlimited supply of seafood, carving…
Blending cliché-prone genres — disease-of-the-week tearjerker, marital melodrama, musical — into an unwieldy but distinctive hybrid, Belgian director Felix van Groeningen’s The Broken Circle Breakdown holds you even as it flies off the tracks. The Flemish-language film revolves around banjo player Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) and tattoo artist Elise (Veerle Baetens),…
Some movies come barreling out of their caves like armies on the sociocultural warpath, self-consciously defining themselves as psychographic events, marking The Way Things Are Now and becoming part of history in the process. Given the ambition, we should embrace these rare explosions when they happen, even more so now…
For those of us who call South Florida home, too much of a good thing is never a problem. That’s unless we’re talking about the first week of December, when Art Basel in Miami Beach challenges our tolerance for excess and forces difficult decisions about what to see and what…
When Pérez Art Museum Miami debuts this week, director Thom Collins says, it’ll be an arts facility unlike anything else in the world. The building, which will open with more than 500 pieces on display, including paintings, sculptures, and other mediums, is itself a work of art, Collins says —…
Four glass jars filled with plush animal eyes are lined up on a table in the corner of Agustina Woodgate’s studio in El Portal. “There are so many other parts,” Woodgate says. “But I have bigger plans for the eyes.” She is on all fours amid green and blue scraps…
We all have reasons not to go to Miami Beach. Maybe your 300-inch spider heels designed by Louise Bourgeois don’t do so well on the sand. Maybe you are a superstitious bicyclist who knows he won’t be able to hold his breath all the way across the causeway. But this…
Fine, so the name Art Basel comes from Europe. But in Miami, saying “I’m going to Basel” doesn’t imply you’re headed to a city in Switzerland where you can’t get a legit colada and the drivers don’t know to turn on their hazard lights when it rains. No, “Basel” means…
Art Basel and its satellite fairs get a ton of buzz during Miami Art Week. But during the other 51 weeks of the year, Miami still boasts a vibrant art scene, largely supported by its galleries. Wynwood rightly gets much of the attention, but there are other parts of town…
You can pretend you understand contemporary art. But face it: You barely know what blue-chip art is. Luckily, there’s one universal language spoken by everyone at Art Basel, and it’s not artspeak. It’s booze. So thank Lady Gaga for the art lesson in Jeff Koons as you make your way…
The big problem with pinup queen Bettie Page — maybe the only problem — is that her image inspires so many easy bromides about how she made sex seem fun and playful and how she’s a great role model for modern women who want to feel comfortable with their sexuality…
This week, artsy types from around the globe are focused on Art Basel in Miami Beach — the contemporary art fair that takes over Miami every December. Broward County has always been Miami-Dade’s attention-hungry little brother, South Florida’s enfant terrible, and during Basel, its art scene demands to be noticed…
What might the late Rocky Pomerance have made of Swiss artist Olaf Breuning? Pomerance was the Miami Beach Police chief in 1972 when Vietnam protesters on the streets surrounding the Miami Beach Convention Center were tear-gassed by cops during the Republican National Convention. Now, 40 years later, Breuning is set…
The plight of Ai Weiwei raised an international stink after he was detained in a Chinese jail for his politically freighted artwork and criticism of his government in 2011. Now he’s headlining the new Pérez Art Museum Miami’s opening exhibits. (See page 18.) But he’s not the only controversial name…
