C&I Studios: The Art of Production and Altruism in Fort Lauderdale
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Tonight: Littman Theater Makes Tribute to Venezuelan Composer, Aldemaro Romero
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
Danation: Ban the Filibuster … Also, Stupidity
Look here, people. I got into political writing and away from music journalism because I wanted to write about something that mattered. Something that could change the world. (Never mind that music can do that, on its best days, and besides, I had other reasons, not the least of which was that I was getting [...]
MEOW Launches First Annual MEOW Con, By And For Women In Music
The late, great feminist music magazine ROCKRGRL stopped its print edition in 2010 — but out of its ashes came something even farther-reaching. Thinking beyond celebrating women’s power in music through interviews and articles, ROCKRGRL founder Carla De Santis Black came up with MEOW. (Yes, we love the acronym.) That stands for Musicians For Equal [...]
The Hollywood Downtown Mural Project Beautifies Hood; Check Out Evoca1′s Piece
Sometimes Hollywood seems like Miami’s tempered, more mellow sibling: more affordable, slightly better groomed, a little less youthful—but almost as bustling and, as of late, just as artistically inspired. Thanks to Mayor Peter Bober’s Downtown Hollywood Live Music Initiative, the city has seen some beautiful cultural growth, and the Downtown Hollywood Mural Project is one [...]
Kubiat Nnamdie Restores Balance to the Universe, Heads to the Sixth All-Media Juried Biennial Tonight
Wave (Ethan) In The Frank Oz-and-Jim Henson-directed film, The Dark Crystal, Jen the Gelfling embarks on a journey to reunite a shard with a broken crystal, ultimately restoring balance to his universe. This is a children’s movie whose main characters are puppets, but the concept is mighty complex: it is not a simple tale of [...]
Design Agency Helium Creative Invites Participants to Get Creative, Floaty
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve seen that downtown Fort Lauderdale has become fertile ground for a crop of specialty design businesses like helium creative (that’s lowercase). Located on First Avenue and founded by Chris Heller, the self-described “boutique [and] full-service design agency” is just as imaginative as the feelings a balloon might inspire. They’re no spring chickens, [...]
Q&A: Brett Wilkin of Black Locust Society, Part of Saturday’s Block x Blog Event
When we interviewed Subculture’s Phillip Roffman about Block x Blog, he told us that “Black Locust Society is probably the most exciting aspect of Block x Blog for me, personally.” We can see why: whether it’s a pop-up shop or a party, the art collective’s projects—referred to as SWARM parties—are free-for-all hybrids of art and [...]
Sharif Salem Captures South Florida’s Homeless Furniture in Show at PAX, Friday
It was a brown leather sofa that prompted Sharif Salem’s love affair with Miami’s homeless furniture. Every day he drove by it on his way to work in his Little Havana neighborhood. And each day something changed. The sofa became part of the landscape, accumulating branches, dirt, and graffiti. So Salem took a picture, labeled it “the [...]
Block x Blog Takes Over Downtown Fort Lauderdale for Record Store Day After-Party; Band Set Times Inside
Record Store Day is to Radio-Active Records what Rex Manning Day is to Empire Records: a day that is magical, stressful, and potentially life-changing. Record Store Day at our dear Radio-Active has been massive the past few years—too many bands, food trucks, and happenings-within-happenings to enumerate here—but this year, Record Store Day will herald a [...]