Dark Horse

During the January Second Saturday Art Walk Tennessee painter Jason Shawn Alexander has a solo exhibit at 101/exhibit in the Design District. In the past, he illustrated for Dark Horse Comics, Warner Brothers, DC Comics, and Hasbro. For this exhibit, his paintings display the complexity of double exposure photographs. Grimacing…

Lewis Black’s Hard Rock Show Canceled

With all the recent holiday goodwill and merriment, we thought we’d found the perfect antidote in tomorrow night’s Lewis Black show at Hard Rock. But it looks like you’ll have to find your hilarious well of vitriol somewhere else. The modern-day grinch’s show has been canceled. We will surely miss…

Vote for Miami’s Best Street Fashion from 2010

Technically, Cultist has only been around since July, so this is really a roundup of Miami’s best street fashion from the last six months. But that’s long enough to spy some trends. Lord help you if your mama gave you thick thighs and a little junk in your trunk, because…

50. Ginger Bardot

In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.50. Ginger BardotFor a town as sex-infused as Miami, it’s strange that burlesque dancing is not more mainstream…

Top 2010 Films vs. the Ones You Actually Watched

We recently released our picks for the ten best films of 2010, written by LA Weekly film critic Karina Longworth. And as soon as we saw Greenberg (the pick for the second best film of the year), we knew this list was trouble. Was Greenberg good? Yes. Was it also…

Generation Whine

“I feel like this outfit screams ‘I’ve been living in Ohio for the past three years. Take me to your gross apartment and have sex with me,” Aura complains in recent indie hit Tiny Furniture. Comedies of humiliation are usually bred in the minds of those much older and male…

Bombs Bursting in Air

The Chinese invented fireworks in the Seventh Century to scare away evil spirits. By the 14th Century, that same chemistry was harnessed for rocket warfare. Now, we launch rockets over cities like Baghdad and Kabul. Wait, never mind — those are actually missiles. Best not to get the two confused…

Big Orange is Back

The Chinese invented fireworks in the Seventh Century to scare away evil spirits. By the 14th Century, that same chemistry was harnessed for rocket warfare. Now, we launch rockets over cities like Baghdad and Kabul. Wait, never mind — those are actually missiles. Best not to get the two confused…

Win Four Free Tickets to Opening Night of Rock of Ages

Just a small town girl. Living in a lonely world. She took the midnight train going anywhere. Just a city boy…Don’t stop believing. Despite the fact that your hair band days are now 20 years behind you, you can cling to your Freebirding glory days with the touring arena-rock love…

Burlesquing the Mistletoe

The best thing about vaudeville is you never know what to expect. But if it’s December and Shameless Burlesque’s Holly Peño is involved, we’re guessing there will be an outfit of nothing but red pumps, fishnets, and a fringed lampshade. Her signature routine as the leg lamp from A Christmas…

Run for the Border

A camera follows as a man and woman finally reach Chichen Itza, the Mayan ruin in the middle of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But they still have to make it through Nogales to reach the light at the end of this dark tunnel, the U.S. It’s not what you think. This…

Going Tribal

What was the best way to get the U.S. government’s attention in the Sixties? Pay a visit to Fidel Castro. That’s what Buffalo Tiger did in 1959, and three years later, his tribe, the Miccosukees, were recognized by the federal government. Tiger was born in 1920, right before the Tamiami…

O, Miami Launches Census of Dade County Poets

“There once was a man from Nantucket, with” … a few more words and we’d qualify for the O, Miami’s Poet Census. The inaugural poetry festival, which begins this April, wants to do a head count of all the poets living in Miami-Dade. Founder P. Scott Cunningham, a former New…

Plentiful and Good

Even if you’re tired from all the eye candy at Art Basel earlier this month, save room for more sweets. In honor of its 25th anniversary and Lincoln Road’s 50th, ArtCenter/South Florida is showing “Good & Plenty,” an exhibit featuring a select group of alum and current artist residents. ACSF…