Tao Rey, one of the resident members of the art collective known as “the House,” gathers his personal items from the chaos of what is soon to be an abandoned home. He stacks paintings made by his former housemates against a wall at the front door of the 1920s building…
When night fell on June 16, 1904, it appeared that the day would go mostly unremembered. In Pennsylvania, Leah Bowman “died of the infirmities of old age.” Elsewhere, the Marlin (Texas) Democrat reported that Ike Low’s murder conviction was discharged. Dutch architect Gerald Holt was born and the New York…
SUN 6/13 Everyone knows the tale of the goose that laid the golden egg. As a conduit to wealth, at least in that legend, geese seem to get plenty of respect. Running far behind are ducks. In real life, they’re the dopey birds that float on water but can barely…
MON 6/14 While visiting the Skate Park at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah this summer, don’t start meditating at the foot of the 3-sided pyramid. The structure is made to withstand leaps and grinds that make many a skate rat with time to kill salivate. In fact the skate park…
THU 6/10 Who is the most dangerous man in the world? In his new book, Rogue State: America at War with the World, author/journalist T.D. Allman bestows that dubious distinction on President George W. Bush, not on Osama bin Laden as most folks would think. A distinguished foreign correspondent who…
SAT 6/12 As artistic director of Miami’s Teatro Avante and the International Hispanic Theatre Festival, Mario Ernesto Sanchez is finding out that in a post-9/11 world, running such a festival requires some psychic abilities. Who would have guessed Spain’s government would abruptly change hands, thereby affecting a Spanish theater group’s…
Thursday 6/10 Displacement, alienation, and the inevitable depression that arise from the state of being stateless are common afflictions among many new South Floridians. Two Cuban artists, Erman and Danny Ramirez, will explore their feelings of being strangers in a strange land in the show “Surviving Memories,” opening tonight from…
Robert Wyndam Bucknell strikes an engaging argument as an aspiring art star humble enough to paint his toenails gold and title his solo show at OBJEX Artspace “Why I Think I Am So Fucking Special: It’s All About Me.” An impish yet erudite 27 years old, Bucknell is a capacious…
The Gulf of Westchester: Deborah Zoe Laufer’s biting satire about the war in Iraq hurtles along with such passion and intensity it’s breathtaking. Laufer doesn’t get the gold at the finish line — she cartwheels out of control well before that — but her reckless bravado makes for the kind…
i am the resurrection: Works by Daniel Arsham, Ian Cooper, Jay Heikes, and Rachel Howe circle cautiously around Goth culture and the spate of recent school shootings by teenagers. The works suggest the saturation of violence permeating contemporary life, and explore the twin afflictions of victimization and vengeance plaguing youth…
With any luck, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, himself, will make an appearance at the Brazilian Film Festival. Indeed Lula would make a jolly addition to the films which, this year, express a bent toward the left-leaning policies Lula himself personifies. The charismatic former labor leader who rose to…
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Screenplay by Alfonso Cuaron, based on a novel by J.K. Rowling. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, David Thewlis, and Michael Gambon. Rated PG.
Many years ago, when Atlantic Records was starting up in a New York apartment with the help of a loan from a dentist, Ruth Brown was signed to sing for the new label. Ruth Brown could sing the feathers off a bird, and she cut a number of excellent tracks,…
It’s an unforgettable black-and-white image. A silver eagle juts from the side of a skyscraper who-knows-how-many feet up. Bathed in sunlight, a short-haired woman perched atop the bird, hands on a large-format camera, stares imperiously into the distance. Taken in 1932 by Oscar Graubner, the photo is of a photographer…
NOW 24/7 Last year’s hurricane season was devastating. Of course, no major storm even threatened our little metropolis, and nary a gale sent worry-warts scampering for bottled water. The only dangerous weather was the hot air blown by City of Miami Police Chief John Timoney and Mayor Manny(!) talking up…
SAT 6/5 The excuses are wearing thin. With 1300 miles of hiking trails that make up the Florida National Scenic Trail, running from deep in the south of the state up through the Panhandle, and under perpetually sunny skies, there’s no reason not to lace up those hiking boots and…
WED 6/9 Making the foolhardy move of vacationing in Colombia may not be a bad idea if you have Steven Dudley as your guide. Or maybe it is since it’s unlikely the welcome wagon is ready to greet him again. Before gracing our town with his hard-nosed presence, the former…
THU 6/3 The recent re-emergence of mauled illusionist Roy Horn underscored one of the reasons that magic has regained some of its former glory with blasé audiences: A performance might still turn deadly. Real danger is almost absent from the litigious entertainment world except in the strange, old-fashioned corners of…
Thursday 6/3 In her show Reno: Rebel Without a Pause, Manhattan’s edgy performer, Reno, takes on the global political situation and skewers it with her unique brand of feminist-lesbian outrage. Whatever you do, don’t call this New York broad hysterical. Part comedian, part monologist, Reno has been known for saying…
There are few sure things in theater, as in life, but a sex comedy from funnyman Steve Martin performed by a first-rate cast should be one of those. Sad to say, The Underpants, now in production at the Actors’ Playhouse in Coral Gables, is something of a disappointment. Martin’s adaptation…
As much as Miami has grown as an arts capital, there still is much to be done. The art explosion fostered by the migration of Art Basel has been terrific. Yet our city will not really advance unless we can sustain our art development, and this will not happen without…
i am the resurrection: Works by Daniel Arsham, Ian Cooper, Jay Heikes, and Rachel Howe circle cautiously around Goth culture and the spate of recent school shootings by teenagers. The works suggest the saturation of violence permeating contemporary life, and explore the twin afflictions of victimization and vengeance plaguing youth…
