The 84th Academy Awards are just around the corner, and that can only mean one thing: socially acceptable Sunday night boozin’. After all, real film fans don’t casually sip champagne as Hollywood’s biggest night winds its way to its inevitable conclusion sometime around midnight. They pound their drinks to dull…
Does Miami inspire you? Are you filled with creative motivation? Do you ever find yourself daydreaming about making a difference in South Florida’s art community? It’s okay to admit it; for a change, we’re not here to mock you. Thanks to the Knight Foundation, you actually can make a difference…
Witty banter: It’s what keeps Bruce Vilanch employed annually, and the rest of us entertained during awards shows between our own snide remarks about the stars’ hideous fashion choices. But presenters don’t always stick to the script, and some winners can get a bit too excited. Before you know it,…
It’s Cultist’s favorite February holiday: The Oscars! (Sorry, Presidents Day.) And boy have we been getting prepared. Because no Academy Awards season is complete without a stellar viewing party, we have been racking our movie-lovin’ brains for the best dishes, clothing, and party favors for you to foist upon your…
It’s hard out there for a loose lady.Religious leaders and Republicans have once again joined forces against birth control, in in apparent effort to ensure heterosexuals across the land will forever fear unplanned pregnancies, or cease fornicating altogether.Earlier this year, right-wingers put Planned Parenthood in jeopardy, and they’re now making…
Lately, we have been reminded that dance is a fragile art form, as fleeting as life itself. Merce Cunningham’s company disbanded at the end of 2011, a year and half after his death. And Pina, Wim Wenders’ Oscar-nominated documentary about famed German choreographer Pina Bausch, is a memorial to the…
Local choreographer and performer Heather Maloney likes to disassemble the ways that we think, see, feel, and move through space. Lately, she and her collaborators Joanne Barrett and Shaneeka Harrell have been conducting experiments in memory. They are deep in the process of building In This Place, a new physical…
The Virginia Key Grassroots Festival descended upon South Florida like a ninja with a mullet. The entire Miami music community wondered, “Where the hell did these people come from? Who put this thing together? What’s with the crazy lineup?” But most importantly, “How can I get on the bill?” Fortunately,…
As your Cultist correspondent writes this report, she is still holding an ice pack to her cheek as a result of minor impact injury from being pelted with thousands of tomatoes at the Flying Tomato Smash & Bash that took place at Tobacco Road on Saturday. The sticky soiree, a…
The centerpiece of Sam Trioli’s outdoor pop-up art exhibit in Wynwood might look like a wood pile, but in reality it is… well, a wood pile.”When you see a wood pile you see pure function,” Trioli explained. “It is also a very temporary structure. You build a wood pile and…
Everyone has that one great aunt who talks about the characters from her “stories” like she knows them personally. We used to think it was kinda sad. But lately, several returning TV shows have us craving a deeper connection with the people we see on the screen.Yes, we’re talking about…
They say money can’t buy love. But “they” are obviously not from Miami, the “filthy rich old men driving around with 22-year-old wannabe supermodels sitting in the passenger seats of their red Ferraris” capital of the world. Let’s put the anti-Hallmark bullshit aside and be frank: Valentine’s Day is all…
Kim Kardashian’s recent trip to Miami to scout locations for her store D-A-S-H has led some to speculate that a new version of her eponymous reality show could be headed this way. But Miami has already been taken! By Kardashians! We’re specifically referring to 2009’s Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami…
Kid Sister With Riff Raff Grand Central, Miami Saturday, February 4, 2012 Better Than: Babysitting a real infant. The spunky, enigmatic, and clearly grown-up Kid Sister is still trying to break out of the underground. The real little sis of Flosstradamus’s Joey Young, she got her start working the mic…
Decadancetheatre, an all-female crew based in Brooklyn, is all about staying true to hip-hop culture. They use old-school styles — breaking, popping, locking, and house — to tell stories on stage. In their 2004 performance, Decadance vs. the Firebird, the company remade Stravinsky’s classic ballet. For their Miami debut at…
Dear Sandra Beasley,We read your story in The Washington Post yesterday, in which you describe your quest to find the “other” Miami during your residency at LegalArt, and it made us smile. Some of us are native Miamians, and were happy you enjoyed our hometown. The rest of us moved…
The best dance parties aren’t the ones you can escape with your sexy intact. Great nights are the ones that leave your hair a mess and clothes covered in booze. Maybe you wake up the next morning with a headache and a couple of mysterious bruises. Never mind the consequences,…
For EDM fans, there are only a handful of live experiences worth hundreds of dollars. And while we wait patiently for Daft Punk to announce a new tour, the Chemical Brothers reign supreme as old-school dance masters we just gotta see. Luckily, Miamians are about to get the chance to…
Remember the TV game show where contestants pick between unmarked doors? The Sundance Film Festival can feel that way. Despite the program notes and pre-festival buzz, you can’t easily predict what you’ll find. Attending the 2012 edition last week, I uncovered these highlights:…
Our fellow Floridians, another round of primary elections is upon us and with it comes the usual sleazy political drama. Attack ads clog our airwaves; politicians deliver lofty promises they can’t keep; and national news organizations have another chance to bring up the “hanging chad” incident.This time around, the Republican…
Cultist is getting its jazz hands ready; Dance Moms are in our midst! Lifetime has ordered a Miami-based spin-off of its hit show about talented torjeting tykes and their snide-remark-spewing stage moms that will be appropriately titled Dance Moms: Miami.In lieu of Abby Lee Miller, the show will feature Stars…
In these very serious and not at all snarky Oscar nominations predictions, I wanted to begin by criticizing AMPAS for being conservative, self-serving and too politically correct, singling out members that double as nominees. I also wanted to discuss how demanding it is to watch an absurdly long and lackluster…
