By Tiffany Hanan Madera, artburstmiami.com Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People’s performance of the Last Meadow this past weekend was one of the most confronting performances I’ve seen. Fresh off the plane after a week on the beaches and rainforests of Puerto Rico, I touch ground and find myself at the Colony Theater squirming and [...]
Miami Gets its Film Fest Back On Forget Hollywood (California, that is). For while that fabled town may boast more movies made per capita than anywhere else on earth, there’s another gleaming city that’s making its own movie moves, both as a location and as a screening room. This particular town is also becoming something [...]
Monopoly…is of my favorite board games. I always (should the truth be known)… cheated. My strategy… buy…buy…buy, then, charge, charge, charge. Artist Alec Monopoly (not his real name), is one of those unidentified graffiti artists who primarily works with urban environments. He creates, recreates, then re-formulates the visual fabric of the city with his “Rich [...]
Galaxy Gala Miami Science Museum’s Galaxy Gala at the JW Marriott Marquis redefined the term extravagant with an over-the-top party which featured elegant décor and an even more elegant crowd, in anticipation of its new $275 million waterfront museum project in downtown Miami. Unsuspecting guests barely noticed the enormous balloons flanking the four corners of [...]
Full frontal nudity and the Prince of Darkness! Here’s a little sordid something to put away under the X-rated Files. According to an article in The Herald, Club Madonna owner Leroy Griffith claims that Miami Beach City Commissioner Michael Gongora is up to political hijinx after failing to report substantial donations on his campaign finance [...]
Parker is Back to Kick Your Ass Seems like only yesterday I was heralding another stack of Richard Stark re-racks and basking in the black and blue of it all. Alas that was last August, which is far too many yesterdays to let lapse before we do it all over again. No, don’t worry. This [...]
It was a night to remember. On April of 2006, François Ozon’s magnificent Time to Leave, which chronicled a young gay photographer’s end-of-life journey after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, had its South Florida premiere at the Regal South Beach Cinemas with its leading man, the estimable Melvil Poupaud, in attendance. During the post-screening Q [...]
Sounds like something from Star Wars! How often you need to workout will depend on your goals. Maintaining current fitness levels requires 3-4 twenty-minute cardio (aerobic) workouts a week.(remember that cardiovascular exercise is defined as 65-90% of max effort held for at least 20 nonstop minutes). Losing weight (bodyfat) demands four or more weekly cardio [...]
MIYO Home Commissions Chairs to Benefit Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation Miami is home to a slew of people undertaking charitable endeavors; for Haiti, for Japan, for Diabetes Research, for cancer, for education. The design world is no exception when it comes to big hearts and charitable giving. MIYO Home, a Miami-based home design store commissioned [...]
Social Networking with Slick Oh, how we miss you already, Charlie Crist. Pretty soon, at the rate your successor and his Legislature friends (or should that read fiends) are moving, nearly all your accomplishments and achievements in four years as governor will be erased, vacated, rolled back, expunged, deleted, for good. The abortion ultrasound bill [...]
This week in the Magic City enjoy Film Festivals galore, a rockin’ jazz performance by Al Di Meola, Take a tour of Biscayne with Dr. Paul George and Dance Bollywood style with SoBe Arts.
People In The Community You Should Know: Lisa Corrao – Funny Girl Who are you? I’m a stand-up comedian! I also have a couple of pretty cool side gigs…I do the Festival Flea Market Commercials AND host my own comedy radio show called, The Jerk Show that you can listen to at www.thejerkshow.com. What do [...]
