Be prepared to be depressed. That’s the first piece of advice I have for you when picking up award-winning and New York Times’s bestselling author Ron Rash’s new collection of short stories Nothing Gold Can Stay. Do not, however, let that scare you away. Because even though this anthology, in which all the stories are [...]
In our era of dwindling attention spans and bloated media outlets hungry for eyeballs, there’s been a lot of talk about people not caring for the foundational and civilizing practices that separate humans from dirty swine (the few to begin with). God’s been dead since 1882, people are foregoing families for their careers in finance [...]
“Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip that started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship…” — theme from Gilligan’s Island Last Saturday, the Miami-based arts group SPRING BREAK (headed by Patti Hernandez and Domingo Castillo) realized an idea of artist Carlos Rigau’s in collaboration with [...]
Cristine Brache rubbed the temples of one Chinese face-reader as another offered insights into a participant’s personality, social habits, and metaphysical idiosyncrasies. According to one such reader, Lulu, my eyebrows hinted a stubbornness — funny enough since I was at an art show titled “I’m Open to the Idea.” Friday night’s “I’m Open to the [...]
Theaster Gates might be an artist, but he is absolutely an urban planner. At a talk for the opening of Soul Manufacturing Corporation, his current exhibition at Locust Projects, he explained, “I don’t think that I’m engaged in artistic production at all. I am involved in meaning-making. Systems-making.” While he’s exhibited at museums and galleries, [...]
Don Rickles stands as one of the last members of Hollywood’s old guard. Along with names like Brooks, Cavett, and Reiner, Rickles belongs to the increasingly small club that helped shape the comedic and cultural landscapes we now enjoy. He comes from a time when one had to do more than inherit a fortune, have [...]
Wednesday night saw the most recent installment of Art Nouveau Events’ curated art gatherings. Following the smashing successes of their Star Wars, True Blood, and Harry Potter themed events, Art Nouveau head honcho, Teresa Korber, heeded the requests of the (thus far) jilted Star Trek community. Finally, we boldly went … to West Palm! So, what exactly is [...]
It is no small feat for an author to capture world issues from a personal point of view. Sure, many try – and authors like Khaled Hosseini succeed – but often these novels fail to tell a story. Instead they serve as a platform for writers to express their political views. Theoretically there is nothing [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
