By Kylie Phillips Many sons were embarrassed by their mothers’ attempts at rock ‘n’roll war cries last Wednesday night (March 20) as Joan Jett and The Blackhearts took fans at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood back to an era of rock in which leopard vests and red-stitched leather pants were everyday wear. With eight platinum and gold records and nine Top 40 hits, Jett was not … [Read more...]
Martin Casuso: Enticed by textiles
By Colleen Dougher Martin Casuso, a Miami Beach artist who spent around 15 years working in the antique business, says his appreciation of objects and their untold tales began as a child when he and his brother would go to the seawall in their Coconut Grove neighborhood and build forts from treasures they found there. Their finds included rusty copper, sun-bleached … [Read more...]