South Florida’s independent musicians may have only a few physical spaces in which to gather, but they exist. For those along other ranges of the visual arts spectrum, places to get together, feed off each other’s ideas, and sell their wares are a little more sparse. A handful of new and expanding local markets, though, [...]
I remember the first band shirt I ever bought (or rather, got my mom to buy me, because at 13, disposable income was very much an unfamiliar concept). It was printed with thick, metallic ink on a sturdy Gildan men’s small that enveloped my gangly torso in a black tent of fabric and made me [...]
Grab a shirt from your closet. Look at the tag inside the collar, and you’ll see where it was produced, listed right next to the size and material composition. Chances are that it was sewn in some other country that you’ve never been to, by someone who lives on the edge of desperation. The current configuration of the garment [...]
As Urban Beach Week raged through South Beach, compelling handcuff-happy cops to make a flood of arrests – not to mention the most legitimate display of cannibalism since Big Lurch’s incarceration that happened just over the bridge – Fort Lauderdale’s Fat Village Arts District held it’s monthly Art Walk. The event featured open gallery exhibitions, [...]
Andrew Vincent’s boutique, Public Image Vintage, is named after the English post-punk group Public Image Ltd – so it’s fitting that the shop’s headquartered a few doors down from Radio-Active Records in Fort Lauderdale. The neighborhood is all hemmed together nicely: local businesses drawing inspiration from each other and working together. In fact, Vincent premiered his [...]
Maybe it was last week’s New York Times article that said in response to the rapid decline of the great American mall, developers are now revamping dead retail spaces into community gardens. Or perhaps it was the sudden realization that everyone from your mom to your next store neighbor has begun to knit or pickle [...]
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t secretly wish for a pocket-sized Michelle Parparian to sit on my shoulder and whisper fashion advice into my ear every time I visited a Salvation Army or yard sale. The lady’s got a total knack for snagging amazing vintage pieces and pulling them all together for one [...]
We have Broward County to thank for the red-lipsticked girl who, for better or for worse, is considered by TV addicts as one of Project Runway‘s more memorable villains. Kenley Collins, who turns 29 today, graduated from Fort Lauderdale conservative Presbyterian school Westminster Academy before eventually landing in Brooklyn and on the series. Where, exactly, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
