The Victorian age was a confusing time. The Industrial Revolution sprung up many technological innovations, people figured out the importance of clean water (like that it’s important for not dying), and medicine proposed new solutions to everyone’s problems. But lost in all the progress were some less positive developments. Like,…
Ever been inspired to creepily peer over the fence to check out the lives of your neighbors? Maybe you caught them in a tiff during an afternoon barbecue or cheating on each other in the shrubbery on New Year’s Eve. But there’s really no need to stoop to peeping in…
Sam Shepard and Patti Smith performed Cowboy Mouth back in 1971. The play follows two sad sacks, Cavale and Slim. She’s kidnapped him at gunpoint in order to make him a rock ‘n’ roll star, but they’re just wasting away in a messy room. Sounds like college a little, no?This…
This weekend, dozens gathered in the 115-year-old Greater Bethel AME Church to witness the talents of locally born and raised gospel musicians.Amy Rosenberg of the Overtown Music Project, organized this beautiful event to support a jazz and blues residency to support a talented young musician from Overtown or Liberty City…
Riding a bike across the Venetian Causeway before sunset is one of the most wonderful things you can do in this city. Leisurely enjoyment of the clear skies, the Miami skyline, and a close-up view of Biscayne Bay is the cure to almost any sort of misery.Saturday’s third ever Beer…
Alex Caso’s apartment is truly fascinating. He’s an avid collector of what he calls “media.” The place is blanketed with wonderful, collectable toys, records, DVDs, CDs. It’s a little nerd boy’s dream! He asks if we like Kate Bush, and pops her onto the record player (figuratively, of course), later…
The Main Street Players in Miami Lakes presented a relatively impressive opening night performance of the insightful and amusing musical Company with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth. The production was engaging, the stage design perfectly simple, and, for the most part, the singers sounded good and…
We’ve been talking quite a bit about La Pageant Diva around Cultist lately. The short film was screened at the Borscht Film Festival to much audience hollering, screeching, and giggling. One of the stars and the co-writer of the production, Giovanni Profera, is the self-proclaimed Bruno of Miami. But we…
It’s going to be pretty hard to think of a better way to celebrate a pre-Mother’s Day meal after you’ve read about the first ever Overtown Gospel Brunch.Bring your best church hat for lookin’ fancy, a big fan because it’s hot in Miami, and a loose dress, because there will…
Lovers of the open road, bicycles, and brews have patiently awaited the return of the Beer Snob Bicycle Pub Crawl. September was the last time a big group of jolly drinkers made their way from downtown to Miami Beach and back, sharing a beer (or four) with friends and strangers…
No doubt, vibrators are therapeutic. We women live in a stressful world littered with selfish men. Many a woman’s most satisfying sexual partner is a battery-operated, brightly colored phallus. In fact, in the darker ages of medicine, these little stress-relievers were used by doctors as a treatment for female hysteria…
You may remember the beautiful Kylie Minogue from her dance club hit “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” that didn’t get out of your head till the late Aughts. And maybe you heard somewhere that this lady just battled and beat breast cancer’s ass. You may also know that…
Fuck Christopher Hitchens and his lame opinion on funny women. Rachel Dratch and decades of hilarious female cast members on Saturday Night Live demonstrate that humorous females exist in abundance. Dratch told us about working on SNL, “We were a pretty evolved bunch. I never felt any disadvantage.” Women are…
Finally, there’s a coffee shop in Wynwood. Lester’s opened its doors on Friday at 9 a.m. with a clean aesthetic, Wi-Fi, beer, and wine. It’s the perfect place for cool kids to get jacked up on espressos, do homework (or freelance work), and then come down again with a few…
Tea is a beverage, much like beer, that brings people together. It defines a cultural experience in China, where well-preserved, intricate, and elaborate ceremonies take place. These wonderful expressions — which have become long-standing traditions, meditations, and social events — involve preparation and appreciation.The International Chinese Fine Arts Council is…
Last night’s Literary Death Match was probably the first and last time an audience at Purdy Lounge will hear beautiful, funny, thoughtful poems read from the dance floor. Wait, that’s not true. Tonight O, Miami, the month-long poetry festival funded is also hosting Broken Social Spam there, mixing poetry and…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 46…
Really, there’s no place in Miami more appropriate to eat tapas than Coral Gables. This city has the look of old Spain, perfect for a new authentic Spanish restaurant. Lizarran is coming to town with paella, tapas and pinchos ready to enter your belly.The Coral Gables location is the first…
“I want to ride my bicycle. I want to ride it where I like.” Queen’s classic bike song could be the de facto anthem for Miami’s growing community of cyclists. You might have seen this motley, two-wheeling crew zoom past your Hummer as you were stuck in construction gridlock on…
Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match evokes images of bloody pencils, torn up books, and trashed typewriters. But LDM is less like a poetry MMA battle, and more like an interactive reading involving judges and dart guns (maybe).The LDM has made its way around the globe, from London to San Francisco,…
With a sewing machine and a fashion dream, designer Lorie Lester opened her own clothing store and studio this last October, just steps from the Design District. At only 27, the Miami native knows what’s she’s doing despite being an unusual age and gender for owning an independent business in…
Nuns performing Fiddler on the Roof on a cruise ship? You’d have to be a madman or a genius to think of that meshuggah idea. Nunsense creator and director Dan Goggin is the kooky brain behind the cockamamie concept of, what else, but Meshuggah-Nuns. The show marks the grand finale of…
