You’re a consummate student of pop culture, able to pull quotes from the films of Spielberg and Scorsese at twice the speed of any normal mortal. You spend your down time reading Ain’t It Cool News, and you’ve also been known to watch back episodes of Lost in slow motion…
Auteur Explosion — that monthly carnival for all things artistic and off-kilter — is back in action Saturday night at 9 p.m. for the latest in its series of local, indie gatherings. This time around, local jazz-funk outfit the Seeds of Evolution open up the night with a set of…
Poets from the upper echelons, such as Tony Award-winner Black Ice, Abyss Graham, Ainsley Burrows, Tommy Bottoms, Malik Salaam, Brook Yung, and Ed Mabrey, will duke it out verbally this weekend at the annual Underground Poet’s Society’s Poetry Conference. Write Side Poets, Asia, Chris Da Imperial, and the 2006 Delray…
For a long time, you’ve thought of your dog as an artist: she’s a master of texture, weathering and deconstructing couches, fabric, and wood with a deft tooth. In her soul is a performer waiting to break loose, to entertain your friends and family with such high-skill acts as launching…
Inside every fashionista lurks a recessionista — even if for one night only. Let Thursday be the day you become both bargain hunter and boutique buff when Shop Miami sets up at the Design District’s Moore Building. The four-hour, New York-style sample sale features 40 local designers and comes complete…
Dad’s day can be tricky. Just like there are cliched gifts for Mother’s Day, during Father’s Day, the sales of ties, ever-larger Swiss Army Knives, and whatever gadgets make watching sports a more comfortable, bone-atrophying experience go through the roof. Another holiday staple is the Father’s Day dinner. But considering…
Balance, find your center, and open your ears and lungs to the sounds of Serpentine Arborvitae, the new-age spiritual-trance songstress and National Endowment For The Arts grant recipient who will be leading a “Chant Dance” at Art Serve Saturday to benefit yoga teacher Jess Elizabeth. Elizabeth, who started a community…
If you’re aware the Miami music scene is made up of more than Trick Daddy, 2 Live Crew, and Pitbull, kudos for tuning into Crossfade, our little music blog. Not that we can take credit for introducing you to absolutely all local singers, rockers, rappers, and troubadours, but — ahem…
The 12-week nationwide fighting series, Bellator Fighting Championships, is putting Hard Rock Live in a head lock this Friday for the latest in its exciting nights of fighting. This go around, Toby Imada takes on one of the lightweight elites, Eddie Alvarez, in a three-round showstopper. The middleweight belt will…
As one of the longest-running (and one of the funniest) cast members of MADtv, comedian Bobby Lee is often mistaken for some of the people he impersonates. He says people have thought he’s from Heroes, American Idol, and Grey’s Anatomy (to which he says, “That’s a chick!”). Lee has an…
It’s unclear whether the big, bad economy can be blamed for the less-than-full turnout at Jim Norton’s South Beach Comedy Festival gig last January at the Lincoln Theater. While Norton regularly sells out large venues around New York, alas, the radio morning show where he largely got his start, the…
Living in South Florida, we’re lucky that we can head to the beach any time of year. In other words, we should keep it clean. Surfrider South Florida hopes you’ll celebrate our coastline and International Surfing Day by doing just that. There will be nine challenges, such as making the…
Trying to figure out what to do after college is difficult enough. Now imagine a postgrad who, in addition to working in a crappy entry-level position, is unsure whether he’s straight or gay. So goes the narrative of The Art of Being Straight, a laid-back comedy about 20-something lady’s man…
If you’re the reason your dad had to sell his Chevy Camaro, the day you were born coincides with the day he died a little inside. He forgave you a long time ago, but you can make up for it in a big way this Father’s Day when you bring…
Tulpan A small mob of camels stampedes by a nomad’s tent. Inside, a young guy in a sailor suit sits on the rug, cheerfully recounting his death struggle with an octopus to the impassive middle-aged couple he’s hoping will be his in-laws. Miscellaneous brays punctuate Asa’s story, which is interrupted…
In 1513, Ponce de Leon wanted to stop the aging process, so he made a dodgy voyage across the Atlantic in search of the Fountain of Youth. The legendary spring he found is located in St. Augustine, but, spoiler alert: no one leaves there younger. We may not be able…
While Gay Pride month is a time for celebration, it’s also a time for deep reflection on how much fighting is left for a community still lacking the basic rights to marry and openly serve in the military. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the United & Proud…
The dancers of Intensity Dance Studio are gracing Miramar today. They’ll be doing pieces in all the major styles: ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, contemporary, ballroom, lyrical, and break dancing. It’s a pretty staggering array. The Intensity Dance Studio is unique. Based in Miami Lakes, it offers classes to tiny dancers…
Louis C.K.’s career has been a mixed bag. As a general rule, if he’s only writing it, it’s good: take his three original hours of stand up material (Shameless, Chewed-up, and Hilarious), writing for SNL, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Late Show with David Letterman and The Chris Rock…
Every comedian has to start somewhere. In her autobiography, singer-pianist Nina Simone recalls that even Richard Pryor “shook like he had malaria, he was so nervous.” This past month, Improv Paradise Live has given local comedians a reason to be just as nervous as they compete for $300 and a…
Florida is not a naturally great place for an artist to do his or her work — the land is right, but the culture’s wrong — and that goes double as one moves away from the little pockets of civilization clinging to life along the coast. That is why the…
In South Florida, the Irish are celebrated on one day in March with dyed beer, leprechauns, and bagpipes. While all of these things are important, and most of them are uniquely Irish, they actually don’t fully encapsulate all that the Emerald Isle has to offer. Let’s not forget the relatively…
