See the full archive of Pepe Billete’s columns here.Last week I took a little break from the column to celebrate my birthday. The party was amazing and even managed to get the attention of NBC!While it did take me a couple of days to recover, I had a plan to…
You know Miami stripper Skrawberry for her rap skills, her political commentary, and of course, her sexy moves on the pole. Now, you’ll also know her for her sound advice. In this weekly column, Skraw responds to readers’ questions about life, love, and beyond. Got a question for Skraw? Hit…
There’s no denying Miami’s weird-ass ways. So every other week, Welcome to the Future addresses the absurdity of life in the Magic City — in comic art form, naturally…
See Step Up Revolution’s opening scene.The Step Up franchise has had a long history of intense rivalries being settled through dance battles. In Step Up 2: The Streets, art school outcasts pop and lock through a downpour in the underground dance competition, The Streets, against the 410 crew. In Step…
You know Miami stripper Skrawberry for her rap skills, her political commentary, and of course, her sexy moves on the pole. Now, you’ll also know her for her sound advice. In this weekly column, Skraw responds to readers’ questions about life, love, and beyond. Got a question for Skraw? Hit…
See our interview with swimwear designer Lila Nikole Rivera.Miami’s not exactly a city that treasures its quiet, subtle beauty. If you want to be noticed, you’ve gotta do something outrageous to steal the spotlight from someone or something equally stunning and/or insane. Those stakes are doubled during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week…
Not to knock films as fantastic as his Rachel Getting Married, The Silence of the Lambs, and Something Wild, but there’s something wilder — or at least, more directly stimulating and pure — about Jonathan Demme’s live-performance docs. The 68-year-old auteur immortalized a Talking Heads show (and David Byrne’s oversized…
As veterans of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, we’ve noticed a pattern forming: The same kinds of people are at every. Single. Show. How about a little variety, people? We love you, but we’re always spotting the same faces. We’ve compiled a list of the 10 personalities you’ll spot all week…
See the full archive of Pepe Billete’s columns here.Last weekend me and the guys at DeadFix.com were cojiendo tremenda perra nota at PeachFuzz, and we started talking about all the mistakes people make when they go out partying in Miami. The conversation was so interesting, that I decided to make…
You know Miami stripper Skrawberry for her rap skills, her political commentary, and of course, her sexy moves on the pole. Now, you’ll also know her for her sound advice. In this weekly column, Skraw responds to readers’ questions about life, love, and beyond. Got a question for Skraw? Hit…
There’s no denying Miami’s weird-ass ways. So every other week, Welcome to the Future addresses the absurdity of life in the Magic City — in comic art form, naturally…
See the screening details for LCD Soundsystem’s Shut Up and Play the Hits in Miami — plus LCD Soundsystem’s movie release party at Grand Central. “When we started the band, suddenly we were, like, New York famous. We could get into anyplace, but you know — I was never recognized…
See more Comic-Con photos in our Cosplay on Display at Comic-Con 2012 slideshow.Slowly shuffling through crowds.Paying out the ass for action figures.Selling your soul for free pieces of plastic.All this, while surrounded by wrong-looking palm trees.Another San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, and it was the biggest one yet…
Argentina’s Independence Day fell earlier this month on July 9. But if you didn’t observe the holiday then, there’s still time. Miami offers a chance to celebrate it with an explosion of tango.This Saturday night at the Manuel Artime Theater, Miami’s Tango Times Dance Company will present Tango Baroque, as…
See Pepe Billete: “I’m Not a Latino, I’m Not a Hispanic, I’m a Cuban American!”Last week I managed to upset a pretty big segment of Miami’s non-Cuban Spanish speaking population when I asserted that referring to all Spanish-speaking people as “Hispanic” or “Latino” is xenophobic and just plain wrong. You…
When Tony Scornavacca died in 1986 of lung cancer at the age of 59, the Coconut Grove of yesteryear went with him.That’s the premise of Scornavacca, a 45-minute documentary directed and produced by J. Brian King, which aims to make sure that the quirky artist is not forgotten.The film screened…
You know Miami stripper Skrawberry for her rap skills, her political commentary, and of course, her sexy moves on the pole. Now, you’ll also know her for her sound advice. In this weekly column, Skraw responds to readers’ questions about life, love, and beyond. Got a question for Skraw? Hit…
See “The Donkey Show at Arsht is a Midsummer Night’s Disco” and “100 Creatives: Rosie Herrera.”At the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, visiting and local collaborators are polishing the glitter for a decadent performance party called The Donkey Show. A loose interpretation of Shakespearian drama, The Donkey Show…
Upcoming game Hotline Miami is a send-up of Miami at its most neon, ’80s, and bloody, courtesy of Dennaton Games and Devolver Digital. The minute-long announcement trailer shows the top-down retro-styled shooter in all its GTA-reminiscent glory. You receive assignments to kill people from the titular hotline, presented to you…
I don’t know about you, pero every time I hear someone refer to me as “Hispanic” or “Latino,” me dan ganas de meterle una pata por culo a alguin. My response is always the same (unless its la mona): I’m a Cuban American, you comemierda!Oye, the only thing that makes…
You know Miami stripper Skrawberry for her rap skills, her political commentary, and of course, her sexy moves on the pole. Now, you’ll also know her for her sound advice. In this weekly column, Skraw responds to readers’ questions about life, love, and beyond. Got a question for Skraw? Hit…
The ancient Greeks gave us drama; Shakespeare gave us tragedy; and now New Theatre’s giving us everything they’ve got.Fourteen playwrights, 14 directors, 36 actors, and more than 15 supporting staff members are ready to put on for their city (with a little more finesse than Young Jeezy) at the Miami…
