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THIS WEEK'S STORIES

 

Looking Backward

The 2008 [Somewhat Accurate and Mostly Sarcastic] Year in Review

 

MIAMI BEACH

Miami Beach Baywalk Inches Along

 

MIAMI BEACH

South Beach Gets Parking Relief — at Residents’ Expense?

 

MIAMI

City of Miami Knew About Noncompliant Wheelchair Ramps, Did Nothing

 

Columns

 

BOUND>>

John Hood gets down with the obviously masochistic Norah Vincent, who not only spent a year living as a man and writing about it but then after the experience drove her nuts, she spent a year living in the loony bin and writing about that too.

 

THE 411>>

Michael Bay transforms his home into a celebrity, back-slapping fest masquerading as a party for charity. Diddy and his entourage, party at LIV. George ‘The ham with the tan’ Hamilton is spotted in Aventura. Mary Jo has all that and more in the 411.

 

FILM>>

Anybody that watched One Night in Paris knows that Paris Hilton sucks, although for serious sucking you have to see her latest flick The Hottie and the Nottie.

FILM CAPSULES>>

 

MUSIC>>

Some things are easy to overlook, but when it comes to albums the ever vigilant Alan Sculley makes sure that SunPost readers don’t miss out on anything with his list of the 10 albums you should be listening to but have never heard of…

 

NEW YEAR'S EVE GUIDE>>

It’s time to party. Living in a world-class party town certainly makes that easier to arrange, but a heck of a lot more complicated. Where does a well-heeled Miamian go for a great New Year’s Eve bash when there are so many fantastic options to choose from?

 

CALENDAR

This Week: 2009 arrives with some football, a bit of opera and electronica, and three rings of circus >>

 

 

 
2008 Best Of South Florida

July 3, 2008

Octavio Campos

 

Last year, Miami-born Octavio Campos won the SunPost Editors’ Choice Award for Best Local Choreographer. Campos studied dance and composition at the State University of New York, the Martha Graham School, the Folkwang Schule of Pina Bausch, Germany, and the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. He has more than 100 professional dance credits to his name and has performed in theatres and opera houses in Europe, North America and South America. This year, we asked the founder of Camposition Studio@801 Projects for his personal picks for the Magic City’s best of arts and entertainment.

 

Best Place to See Live Music

Tobacco Road. I still love it; it’s still my favorite.

 

Best Place to Watch a Movie

Miami Beach Cinemateque.

 

Best Gallery

EdgeZone, which, sadly, recently closed down.

 

Best Performance Space

Arsht Center (Carnival Studio Theatre).

 

Best and Most Inspiring Thing About Miami

Its fucked-up people, the crazy eclectic people. Walking on the streets of Miami is theater. We are the misfit capital of the world!

 

Worst Thing About Miami’s Art Scene

It’s too expensive. There is not enough access, not everyone can go to everything — partly due to pricing, partly due to marketing. If there was more public money, tickets would go down and more people would go out. Culture is not a part of everyday life here in Miami; it is not part of the structure of everyday life. But, if we don’t do something, the live art form will only be for the elite in this town.  

 

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