Americans are right that the bonds of our communities have withered, and we are right to fear that this transformation has very real costs.” — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone In 21st-century America, we don’t know who our neighbors are. Property lines loom large, tenants and homeowners are more reclusive than…
Who’s been drinking from the Jim Jones “party mix?” Proving the indelible mark upon the realities and imaginations of the American public, the mass-suicide/murder of 909 folks from the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project in Jonestown, Guyana refuses to fade away into the annals of the “dark past” of American history,…
“I just wish I was doing something more important with my life.” No, that’s not something our ex said. That’s the very first thing Prince Charming says in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, now performing at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Quite obviously, this is not the Disney princess story of memory…
Miami Theater Center’s Hedda Gabler opens in a way no other versions of Henrik Ibsen’s 19th-century classic ever have. In a wordless prologue, with semitranslucent curtains shrouding the audience’s view, the title character (Jessica Farr) slinks down the elegant staircase of her new home, a strikingly modern, antiseptically white villa…
The acclaimed and crowd-pleasing Tel Aviv-based Batsheva Dance Company, celebrating its 50th Jubilee, returns for an adapted version of Deca Dance, the company’s montage of signature past repertory pieces. The dance will be performed exclusively in Miami — which will also be the company’s opening city during its 2014 U.S…
The Knight Arts Challenge South Florida 2014 People’s Choice Awards nominees are live. The community can vote now through November 17 via text message for one of six selected Knight Arts Challenge finalists to receive $20,000 to fund their projects. It’s a text-to-vote campaign: Choose your favorite group and text…
Romeo was drenched in sweat, but Juliet didn’t seem to mind as she clung to him. In fact, she’d gotten a bit dewy herself going through love’s demanding paces. Within little more than an hour, the couple had circled each other at a ball, shared intimacies under a balcony, and…
It’s that time of the year. South Florida’s dance scene is revving up and the annual Daniel Lewis Miami Dance Sampler returns once more to give the community a glimpse into just how varied and rich an array of dancing is available to us to choose from this season. The…
III Points kicks off today, and shit in Wynwood is about to get all sorts of weird. But the three-day festival, boasting a gnarly lineup of artists, isn’t the only place to get-down at this weekend. This Saturday, Wynwood’s savior of hair care, Junior & Hatter, is hosting a feted…
The time is the 1930s. The place is the wintry mountains of the Alps. You are part of a journalism team investigating a promising lead when BAM! Attack! Your lead is gone — but a bigger story is looming. You’re trapped! Now you are on the run, the literal fate…
Inspired by his family’s saga, Teo Castellanos weaves a tale of betrayal and fraternal bonds that spans three decades, three brothers, and 23 characters. If tragedy comes in threes then Third Trinity delivers with murder, drugs, violence, car chases, and explosions. The story’s backdrop seems more appropriate for a film…
In the Arsht Center’s production of Peter and the Starcatcher, University of Miami senior Joshua Jacobson doesn’t just fill the title role, an orphaned boy who becomes Peter Pan. He also plays a pirate, a sailor, a British seaman, and a door — yes, the kind that other characters open…
Everyone has a story, but some of us are blessed with the ability to convey it beautifully. Edwin Sheppard, founder of Blooming Rose Promotions and Entertainment, and business partner Jerris “Quickthepoet” Evans, invite you to lend an ear to some of the world’s most articulate poets, including three-time Poetry Slam…
Hidden in a small lot between two tall buildings is a gateway to the arts like you would never imagine. Underneath a string of bulb lights are seven steel shipping containers covered with the faces of well-known artists. Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin, and Salvador Dali all sit looking picturesque and…
This year, our fall Arts & Eats Guide lists all that’s timeless and fresh in Miami, from visual art to delicious food. Theater, dance, music, and drinks all make a much-needed appearance throughout the season as well. Pick up one of our printed guides Thursday, October 2, where you’ll find…
The independent arts organization, RAW: Natural Born Artists, prides itself on being for artists by artists. With the art season ready to start, they’ve stepped up their international presence with numerous shows occurring in tandem this week across the globe. All the major art hubs in their domain — the…
Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons, which opened last weekend at GableStage, is a profound inquiry into the human condition, delivered in a sweepingly emotional experience that fully justifies the art form. It’s been far too long since I left an auditorium as teary, speechless, and physically affected. This production is…
Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons, which opened last weekend at GableStage, is a profound inquiry into the human condition, delivered in a sweepingly emotional experience that fully justifies the art form. It’s been far too long since I left an auditorium as teary, speechless, and physically affected. This production is…
Romeo and Juliet struggle through a Mad Max world to the sensuality, discipline and stirring rhythms of flamenco as warring tribes compete for resources in the aftermath of civilization’s collapse. No, not a drug-assisted night at an edgy Latin dance club on South Beach but the basic plots of Siudy…
Ground Up and Rising, the minimalist Miami theater company, is still at war. Two months after its production of Bill Cain’s 9 Circles dramatized the hellish fallout of an American soldier’s unspeakable war crimes in Iraq, the company remains ensconced in the psychological shrapnel of combat. This weekend, Ground Up…
Ground Up and Rising, the minimalist Miami theater company, is still at war. Two months after its production of Bill Cain’s 9 Circles dramatized the hellish fallout of an American soldier’s unspeakable war crimes in Iraq, the company remains ensconced in the psychological shrapnel of combat. This weekend, Ground Up…
Damn, Joan. First Robin, now you? In her New York Times best-selling book entitled I Hate Everyone…Starting With Me, Joan Rivers wrote: “When I die (and yes, Melissa, that day will come; and yes Melissa, everything’s in your name), I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with…
