Buju Banton’s evolution as an artist is as evident on his album covers as it is in his music. Mr. Mention features a narrow-eyed gangsta clad in a leopard-print chiffon-sleeved shirt. Til Shiloh shows the first dreadlocks unfurling from his head like a flower’s petals. His most recent album, Friends…
This year proved to be an eventful one for Awesome New Republic. The local psychedelic rock duo transcended the typically stifling boundaries of being a University of Miami band to become indie darlings with a bright future stretching ahead of them. To celebrate their momentous year, the Republicans are coming…
The best (and cheapest) gift you can give your family this year is time, so call up your mom and bring her to see Pedro Almodvar’s Academy Award-winning movie All About My Mother. Presented by the Classic/Foreign Film Discussion Group, the film traces a mother’s journey to Barcelona to work…
THU 8 Female empowerment groups aren’t just about breastfeeding in public and Heidi Klum Birkenstocks. Feisty femmes who use their time to create something awesome are cool. Case in point: the incredibly talented ladies known as The Beader Bunch. These four women make funky, distinctive jewelry together, and unlike the…
Close your eyes and visualize Dennis Rodman. What do you see? A laughing b-baller with leopard-spotted hair, helping lead the Chicago Bulls to victory? A towering vision in wedding-dress drag, drumming up media attention for his book? Or the unexpected winner of the reality-television pot on Celebrity Mole Yucatan? Dennis…
THU 1 Ask a woman who loves a man in uniform, and she’ll tell you a sooty, sweaty firefighter is the ultimate “working man” fantasy. But there’s no better way to ruin the illusion than to reveal a thick pelt of nasty back hair under the flame-proof garb. Pay homage…
Thanksgiving is upon us, and many Miamians are wondering the same thing: What exactly should we be thankful for this past year? The Magic City was battered by three damaging hurricanes. Katrina ripped down trees, Rita littered our streets with debris, and Wilma’s winds sliced through electricity poles like a…
THU 24 Before schlepping to your parents’ house for turkey, talking, and the Detroit Lions/Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys/Denver Broncos games, you should roll a fatty to adjust your attitude and head to the 31st annual WinterNational Thanksgiving Day Parade. Strutting to the theme “Celebrate Music — The Universal Language,”…
Elaine Lancaster’s arrival in Miami was hardly the auspicious event she’d hoped for. “I moved here on July 15, 1997, to work for the Versace family. Unfortunately that was the day Gianni was murdered. It was heartbreaking,” says the statuesque queen, who, despite the tragedy, decided to give Miami the…
THU 17 Here’s a fun fact about In Her Shoes, the recent bittersweet flick starring Cameron Diaz and Toni Colette: In a pivotal scene at the Italian Market, Colette is being followed by her character’s creator. Jennifer Weiner, the novel’s author, makes a silent surprise cameo. The way her career’s…
There’s a Website dedicated to proving Bob Saget is God. That argument could have been made in the Eighties, when he simultaneously starred as everyone’s favorite father figure on the saccharine family sitcom Full House, and the goofy and charming host of America’s Funniest Home Videos. Before the cameras, Saget…
THU 3 Owing to Hurricane Wilma, stuff is a mess, stress is high, and nothing is stable, so you should probably call to verify the status of all calendar listings. We found a few Night & Day picks for you, but we’re also offering some special in-the-dark and “snow day”…
It seems like the spirits are smiling on Jude Papaloko Thegenius. Five months ago he was abruptly forced to find a new home for his Jakmel Art Gallery, uprooting the colorful, creative haven from its Biscayne Boulevard outpost to less calamity-prone territory. Now Papaloko has rebuilt his gallery into a…
Halloween fraud alert: The thrilled revelers you see collecting fat envelopes of costume contest money at this year’s competitive celebrations might not have designed those clever concepts themselves. A quick survey of the job listings on Craigslist.org reveals the disappointing truth — that uninspired pretenders are plotting to split their…
THU 27 Few directors are as capable of polarizing an audience as David Lynch. Many cineastes worship his enigmatic imagery, deliberate use of sound, and anything-but-linear plot lines. Typically a Lynch movie will cause average moviegoers to scratch their heads and mutter curses under their breath. His films undoubtedly capture…
The nom de plume The Mighty Sparrow has proven apt for Slinger Francisco. The singer’s birthplace — Grand Roy, Grenada, a country village better known for crops than calypso — is as unassuming as his winged namesake. But once Sparrow moved to Trinidad in the Fifties, he spread his wings…
Note: Owing to Hurricane Wilma, many of this weekend’s events have been postponed or canceled. Please call ahead to confirm. THU 20 What is Latin beauty? Is it the sultry dark allure of Salma Hayek or the blond glow of Jennifer Lopez? What about the kooky colors of Celia Cruz…
Naomi Wilzig is not the kind of woman you’d expect to own a stash of erotic art. She’s a beautiful, rosy-cheeked, 70-year-old Jewish grandmother. Her late husband, Siggi Wilzig, was by all accounts a very proper man: a bank president and one of the founders of the Holocaust Museum in…
THU 13 Hollis Liverpool is more than a calypso singer; he’s a historian of the art form. His stage name is The Mighty Chalkdust, a reference to his three decades as a teacher. He is a professor at the University of the Virgin Islands, an author of compelling Caribbean academic…
THU 6 The long-awaited party season is finally here, and tonight you can toast to a fabulous fall at the eighth annual March of Dimes Signature Chefs & Wine Extravaganza presented by Miccosukee Resort & Gaming. Too many cooks won’t spoil this party as Chispa’s Adam Votaw will lead team…
The Global Film Initiative is calling all would-be Truffauts and Fassbinders. In addition to underwriting international filmmaking, the New York City-based program brings art-house movies into high schools across the country. Thanks to collaboration with the Miami International Film Festival, this year’s full program will be offered locally outside the…
After Carnival’s sequined costumes have been discarded and the body glitter has been scrubbed off, Ash Wednesday restores a sense of calm to the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Most Trinis recuperate from the week-long celebration by washing away their sins in Maracas Bay or receiving religious recompense…
