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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It used to be that going to see a B-movie in a theater was nearly a 4-D experience, with the decrepitude of the cinema matching the scuzz on screen. Multiplexes and boutique art houses have basically done away with those kind of lively rat holes, making baby noise and excessive texters the primary terror to [...]
In a city as beautifully green as Fort Lauderdale—nestled between the coast and a series of canals—one would expect just that: public green space and its utilization. The funny thing is, it’s there, but problems with structural planning, maintenance, and public involvement can lead to what feels like a dearth of areas in which to [...]
The Gatekeepers is unprecedented in the open confessionals it gathers from the formerly mute heads of the Israeli security agency Shin Bet. Incisive comparisons between the Israeli occupation and the German occupations of Poland and Czechoslovakia, references to the Hannah Arendt-coined term the “banality of evil,” acknowledgement that “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom [...]
Home beer brewers: Have you ever felt that your concoction was so inebriatingly delightful that it had to be shared? Of course you have—artisanal foods and drink are more accessible than ever, so it’s no wonder that even Fort Lauderdale seems to have developed a surplus of home brews. Riverside Market, a mom-and-pop pizza and [...]
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 [...]
