Esteemed choreographer Ray Sullivan was a young ballet school student in New York City during the most fearful years of the AIDS epidemic. “If someone didn’t come to class, you were afraid to ask why. They might have been in the hospital,” he recalls in a voice still shaking with…

The idea of Tigertail releasing a fifth-anniversary “best of” volume of its annual poetry periodical was concieved early on in the publication’s life. “It was Mitchell Kaplan’s idea,” says Mary Luft, founder of the local cultural institution. It’s only fitting that tonight, Tigertail will celebrate the launch of its fifth…

Mariah Fox’s dreams must sound like a Rastafarian drum circle or a Jamaican dancehall circa 1978. The esteemed illustrator and artist creates multimedia works inspired by drowsy fantasies and pop culture legends. Jim Morrison, Andy Warhol, and Jean Michel Basquiat all are paid tribute in “i am i,” her multimedia…

Miami women are notoriously chic. Check out the scene on Lincoln Road on the weekend, and you’ll find hot mamas of all ages, shapes, and skin tones strutting like it’s fashion week. Lucky ladies, mark your calendars this weekend. There are two must-attend events for any fashionista worth her oversize…

There’s something so wonderfully decadent about hookah-smoking. It’s a concept that originated in Eastern cultures, where taking time out from a busy work day to smoke flavored tobacco from an ornate water pipe is a daily ritual not to be missed. In 1775 famed English memoirist William Hickey wrote: “I…

Port Royal was once a mecca for pirates and a haven for debauchery. Then it collapsed into the sea, erasing an infamous part of Jamaica’s coast. Today the city’s remains are a tourist hotspot. “Right now, people go there to eat fish and bammy. Whenever I go, I really cry…

Ask an old stoner if they know what 420 is, and you’ll probably get a slack-jawed stare in response. Although the three magic numbers are well known to today’s generation, hippies who toked up in the Sixties and had kids in the Seventies know nothing of the informal international celebration…

Documentary film has become increasingly popular because of controversial filmmakers like Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock, and the worldwide acclaim for Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. Films that were once seen as educational (read: boring) are actually making box office bucks and reaping more than dry academic headlines. The artform…

Now that it’s cool to be environmentally savvy (peep Leonardo DiCaprio’s steez on the cover of this month’s Vanity Fair for inspiration), here’s hoping that more Miamians turn out to celebrate Earth Day this year. There are celebrations taking place all over the city, but unlike the typical outdoorsy weekend…

Gwen Cooper’s reading from her controversial Diary Two years before the book even hit store shelves, Gwen Cooper’s Diary of a South Beach Party Girl was already getting press in local media. Thanks to a steamy galley seen by the cognoscenti, Cooper quickly earned her own little category on the…

For your average stoner, 420 is all about fun. But for activists on the front line of the fight to legalize medicinal marijuana, the herb that gets you high is not to be consumed frivolously. Although several states have recognized studies that prove that weed ain’t that bad for you…

If you’ve never heard of PostSecret, you’re either an internet idiot, or you’ve been hiding in a cave for the past four years. Frank Warren’s community art project began innocuously enough — in 2004, he handed out blank postcards in the hopes that people would anonymously mail him their secrets…

Back in the Teens, the European Dadaist movement rejected logic, reason, and aesthetics as bourgeois, war-mongering concepts. Dada meant freedom from repressive norms, and the embrace of anarchy. Sort of like opposite day on a grand cultural scale: Healthy equalled sick, traditional beauty was ugly, and old-school concepts of prevailing…

An open mike night is only as good as its event organizers. Location is key. Finding a slate of talented artists is even more important. If you’re looking for an evening of local talent that isn’t hit or miss, come to Ambient at PS14 tonight, when Pokerface Productions present their…

“Miami” Mike Hiscano saves what others throw away. The ephemeral trinkets that people regularly abandon — monogrammed china, postcards, rinky-dink souvenirs from tourist attractions — these are Hiscano’s prized treasures. These are the artifacts that you’ll never find in a fancy museum. “Big, formal museums have benefactors and are curated…

You can’t escape death or taxes, but at least one of those distinctly depressing prospects will taste a little sweeter today. To delight the beaten masses who must fork over their finances to the IRS by today’s deadline, the good scoopers over at Ben & Jerry’s are hosting the 29th…

Thanks to everyone’s favorite South Beach-residing German design goddess, Project Runway fans worldwide think of Miami as the perfect place to flit about in dazzling “paaahty dresses.” While season three contestant Uli Herzner certainly captured our fair city’s penchant for social events, we know that local fashion can be just…

If your mental picture of a self-help guru involves a comb-over, a speech impediment, and a powder-blue cardigan (because gosh darn it, people like you), allow Christopher Lee Nutter to completely destroy that warm and fuzzy stereotype. First of all, he’s kind of hot. Second of all, the dude has…

Jaded locals scoffed when Arturo Sandoval opened his jazz club last year. The Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club at the Deauville Beach Resort seemed like an anomaly, a throwback to a previous era when Miamians actually listened to instrumental music that wasn’t techno, and live performance didn’t prominently feature a dude…

An afternoon spent at a Florida Marlins game is already a pretty awesome afternoon, but one day of the weekend is about to become even better. Behold Super Saturdays, a hybrid of music, baseball, giveaways, and fireworks designed to bring the fans out for a day worth remembering. To kick…

What does Easter Sunday mean to you? Is it a sacred day to celebrate the ressurection of Jesus Christ, or a time to hide chocolate eggs and give your little ones a sugar rush to rival Halloween? Is it just another excuse to indulge in festive indulgence? How’s about all…

There are too many hectic hotel parties on Miami Beach, all competing for your attention by offering louder music and more colorful cocktails. For that reason we say skip the done-to-deathness and enjoy a different sort of scene at the Standard. Every Sunday the bayfront spa retreat offers Love Life,…