Southern California’s rock/ska band Sublime was one hell of a music outfit while it lasted. The group, fronted by affable lead singer Bradley Nowell, kicked out funky riffs and dubbed-out ditties about smoking sinsemilla and hardcore substance abuse. Although the band lasted only from 1988 to 1996 (when Nowell died…
When former beauty queen and spokeswoman for the Florida Citrus Commission Anita Bryant took a stand against a Miami-Dade gay rights ordinance in 1977, she caused such a stir that Michael Yawney was inspired to write a play to document the media brouhaha. 1,000 Homosexuals portrays Bryant as a musical…
A Happy Meal at McDonald’s will get you little more than a fist-size cheeseburger and a plastic toy. But at Purdy Lounge on any given Sunday, a Happy Meal ($6) delivers a Jäger shot, a bottle of Miller High Life, and just enough booze-fueled bravado to ask five frosty librarians…
What do Lost in Translation, American Psycho, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High have in common? Women directed them. Chicas represent less than 7 percent of filmmakers, and yet they have directed some of the biggest hits. At the Women’s International Film & Arts Festival, this Friday through March 8,…
Without a doubt, T.I. is the King of the South. You do not want to miss this show tonight. Jeezy is the former drug dealer, and T.I. is going to court in less than a month. He could face 30 years in prison. But we know he will be alright,…
Under constant threat from snarky bloggers and 24-hour tabloid television, the average celebrity lifespan has been cut from 15 minutes to mere nanoseconds. The result: a terrorized star population with a mania for “expanding the brand!” And the wired world should probably just surrender, because diversification isn’t only for stockbrokers…
In 1981, Representative John Wilson Jenrette, Jr. (D-SC) fucked his wife behind a pillar on the steps of the Capitol Building. Later in his career, Jenrette was indicted for taking bribes. Today, he runs a firm for public relations – which is appropriate enough, seeing as how public relations had…
It was a night just like this one, albeit many moons ago. An aspiring young comic named Arnez J took the stage and turned it inside out with a routine more animated than Daffy Duck. Among the crowd sat a few industry bigwigs, real heavy hitters — or should we…
Watch as Dan Uggla, Hanley Ramirez, Albert Pujols, and the rest of the Florida Marlins take part in Spring Training at Roger Dean Stadium. Get tickets on the cheap and get a head start checking out who’s on first this coming season. Visit rogerdeanstadium.com for complete schedule and more information…
A crude symmetry informs Robert Hooker’s decision to produce Sex Drugs Rock & Roll right now, when his theater, the Sol Theatre Project, is doomed. It has maybe two more shows in it, and then Hooker and his partner will pack up and move to the Carolinas. Sol Theatre shall…
“Small is beautiful” might serve as the motto of artist Timothy Leistner’s Artist’s Eye Fine Art Gallery, a postage-stamp-sized space tucked away in the shops of Canterbury Square in Dania Beach. But what he lacks in square footage he makes up for in artistic vision and ambition. Leistner continues to…
Champagne the prostitute got her name from a piece of paper pulled out of a hat. It began back in 2007, when local filmmakers Jon Vinazza and Dawn Dubriel of Underlab Studios entered Fort Lauderdale’s Quick and Dirty Short Film Festival. The rules called for filmmakers to finish their work…
Back in ’94, Winter Party Festival started as a one-off charity blowout for the gay and lesbian community. Now, a decade-and-a-half later, the yearly bash has become a massive week long frenzy of 10,000 international guests, flash mobbing 25 events split between Miami, South Beach, and Fort Lauderdale. The 2009…
Just two days after the Super Bowl, Denny’s Restaurants across the nation gave away a free Grand Slam breakfast to all comers, going so far as to advertise its intentions during the Big Game. The result: people queued up for hours in the longest lines ever to form outside of…
His morning likely started just as every other: curt demands lobbed from the wife as he sidestepped the avalanche of unrelenting bills. Feeling his children glare disappointedly as he fumbled for his rusted car keys. The horrific vehicular collision that followed might be the single greatest thing to transpire in…
The story of Les Liaisons Dangereuses is one that’s been retold many times over: Deceitful Vixen uses her sex appeal to coerce her equally Deceitful Suitor into seducing Naive Vixen, thus breaking the heart of Naive Vixen’s Potential Romancer, who Deceitful Vixen was interested in seeking revenge on all along…
For a threesome you can enjoy without protection, check out ArtExplosion 2009’s wrap-up event Saturday night featuring comedian Scott Ryan, musician Levi Kreis, and headliner Lea DeLaria. DeLaria is not only a jazz diva and actress, but this beloved lesbian loudmouth also earned her stripes as the first openly gay…
Gamertagradio.com is one of those highly successful Miami-based web companies you may have never heard of, but millions around the world know it well. That’s the power of niche content in a global market, and the brains behind the site have successfully represented and monetized urban gaming culture. They know…
If you’ve ever felt you couldn’t decide whether to call yourself an artist or a filmmaker, well stop deliberating. Take part in the second of a continuing series of varying themed workshops at the Girls’ Club in Fort Lauderdale. Film as Fine Art: 16mm Experimental Workshop led by experimental filmmaker…
Your ability to crack on your friends’ physical defects is unparalleled. Your mouth moves a mile a minute, and you’ve got a knack for rhyming even the most obscure words. Screw the pen — your mouth is way mightier than any sword. Well, Sir Spits-A-Lot, you just might have what…
When you visit Eddie Griffin’s official website (www.eddiegriffin.tv), you’ll be hard pressed to find anything really helpful or current. In fact the last update promotes Griffin in his “next” big screen role, 2005’s Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. There’s no mention of his work in the Razzie nominated Norbit, let alone…
79th Street to the North, 27th Avenue to the West, 41st Street to the South, and I-95 to the East. In between is the core of North Miami that everyone knows as Liberty City. On a map you might see it referred to as “Model City,” but only historians call…
