When listening to Julieta Venegas’ 2013 disc Los Momentos, longtime fans might have noticed a clear shift in her style — something that might have been informed by recently becoming a mother. “Time-wise, my days have changed,” Venegas says. “I have to accommodate my time differently, and also, I think…
The cast of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, the previous Jane Austen modernization from producers Bernie Su and Hank GreenBernie Su and Hank Green captured the hearts, iPhones, Pinterest pages, Instagram accounts and GetGlue music playlists of teens across America with their 2012 series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, which updated Pride…
Burlesque dancers are sexy all on their own. But throw in walking on glass and plate twirling, and you’ve just witnessed a new breed of theatre performance. This Thursday, the Front Yard Theatre Collective (FYTC) will showcase its original improv sketches with a twist and a burlesque bump, for one…
In the sea of impressive and eye-catching displays coming this winter to Miami during Art Basel, one country will make its overdue debut. Often described as an ethnic melting pot, Malaysia’s rich art culture will join Miami’s sweaty, glitzy stew for the first Malaysian art festival. South Florida resident and…
Development in Wynwood continues to rage on. Wynwood Block, which takes up a whole city block on NW Second Avenue between 26th and 27th streets, has officially announced its presence. When the development’s banners went up along the border of the property last week, fear of a mini mall in…
The Birthday Boys with executive producer Bob Odenkirk, centerAn actor’s unique look can accentuate any comedy performance. On an August Sunday afternoon at a private home in Sherman Oaks, Tim Kalpakis, a member of sketch group the Birthday Boys, with a Dick Tracy–square jaw, is prepping a bit as a…
It’s been 19 years since Arsenio Hall last barked at the camera, and the world has changed. Shoulder pads are passé (“Unless you play football, you can’t have them anymore,” Hall jokes), hip-hop is mainstream and, after our so-called first black president, the country elected a real one — and…
Lizzy Caplan as Virginia Johnson and Michael Sheen as William MastersIn 1957, the same year that The Ed Sullivan Show refused to shoot Elvis below the waist, a gynecologist and a former nightclub singer began hooking strangers up to electrodes and asking them to fuck in the name of science…
Have you noticed the I AM WYNWOOD stickers popping up around Wynwood recently? They’re not just a reminder of your location. Creator Barbara M de Varona, a Puerto Rican transplant, has made a love connection with the neighborhood. From its galleries to its restaurants to its shops, from community leaders…
Summer 2013 was a strong season for that oft-maligned genre, the romantic comedy. Excellent films like The Spectacular Now and Drinking Buddies for the most part avoided rom-com cliches, and reinventions like Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing made timeless story lines seem fresh. Still other on-screen romances were held…
Today is the day of yet another big announcement from Apple, and rumors are running wild: a new version of the iPhone? New iPad? Smart-watch? Reanimated corpse of Steve Jobs trashing his recent biopic? Only two things are certain: Anything is possible, and you won’t be able to afford any…
At the debut of Churchill’s Pub’s female-oriented “girly” night, the pub’s main dance floor was filled with girls dancing under red-green, planetary strobe lights, replacing the usual head-banging dudes circulating through mini-mosh pits. Churchill’s made good use of the silver disco ball hanging over the pub’s main dance floor as…
Denzel Curry sits on the couch with his friend Raul, who’s in the middle of a sketch. Another friend, producer Ronny J, stands by the sink, just watching. A few seconds later, Curry reaches for an Xbox controller and scrolls through Netflix to pick The Truman Show. It’s been more…
Churchill’s Pub is known for its testosterone fueled festivities. From Jazz Jam on Mondays to Bike Night on Thursdays, most of its events cater to the scruffier sex. So it’s surprising that owner David Daniels wants to make Wednesdays the venue’s weekly “Girly Night.” “I’d like to see the pub…
Miami artists, art enthusiasts and scenesters came out to play last Friday at the fourth installment of The Collabo Show: Back by Popular Demand. Launched in 2005, The Collabo Show is a series of exhibitions comprised of collaborations between some of the city’s most well known, progressive artistes such as…
Last Saturday, a packed house took over Sweat Records for the 20th installment of Pure Imagination, a live performance of storytelling, music, and quantum physics. And as usual, creator Matt Gajewski’s intellectual creativity was on full display. At the record store’s small wooden stage, the Mountain Dew Code Red Terror…
Jell-O wrestling conjures images of hardbodied coeds in little bikinis, engaged in a slippery-limbed struggle to pin their opponent and to prevent a boob-exposing wardrobe malfunction in a tub of Jell-O. Meanwhile, drunken men cheer them on, secretly hoping the girls will fail in the latter regard. One would suspect…
If someone were ever to sit down and draw out the family tree of local Miami bands, there would be a disturbing amount of inbreeding. Almost every band shares each member with at least three other bands. And just as one in two hundred men is a direct descendent of…
Friends of Nature comedy booker Jessica Gross. War isn’t funny. Neither are Planet Earth’s environmental woes. But this Veteran’s Day weekend on November 9 and 10, the Friends of Nature Music Festival (AKA FONFEST) will descend upon Virginia Key Beach Park in the hope of making Miami laugh and dance…
The summer of 2013 has been terrible and tragic for fans of one of the best movies ever to be set in Miami, 1995’s Get Shorty. First, James Gandolfini, who had a supporting role as a bearded enforcer before he became known as Tony Soprano, died in June. Last month,…
Justin Timberlake and Jay Z Legends of the Summer Tour Sun Life Stadium, Miami Friday, August 16, 2013 For a second-rate basketball team, there were a disproportionate number of Brooklyn Nets jerseys at Sun Life Stadium last night. Well, until you remember that Jay Z, the co-headliner of the evening’s…
Latrice Jackson, the 14-year-old lead actress in the film The Magic City, was hospitalized earlier today at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Broward County. The movie, which screened at the 17th Annual American Black Film Festival in July, was shot in Miami last year. The story of a Liberty City…
