Author: Martin Haro

I am cultural writer from Lima, Peru. Now publishing from San Francisco. #KingofCups Y2K didn't happen, but I did move to Florida in the year 2000. Miami was kind of the vibe for me during the '90s, so into the new millennium and the Magic City I went, for college and to find whatever life now could and would be. I graduated from Florida International University, then went to work in its in-house communications/marketing department, as a writer, video producer, and associate editor of "FIU Magazine," the university's flagship alumni publication. By the time I got to work at FIU I'd already been working with and writing for the weekly "Wire Magazine" on the beach and the periodical "Miami Living" magazine, writing my Movie Martin blog, contributing to the occasional "Awful Truth" by Ted Casablanca once upon a time on E! Online. Later, I started stringing story for "Us Weekly." That was fun. It was all kinds of a heckuva lot of fun. King of Cups is my new empirical, memoiristic non-linear independent writing exercise. (Independent: Rhymes with unpaid, as in this is free, so represent and support, OK. Amplify the shit.) I mince no words, I mean no harm, and I come in peace.

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020Martin Haro

Time to Ballet, #SanFrancisco!

The San Francisco Ballet is about to kick off its 2020 season by kicking off one the most famous shoes on the planet. Nah, not really. There will be no glass slipper in this SF Ballet production of Cinderella, which Christopher Wheeldon (An American in Paris), the English international choreographer, has updated with stunning style, charming […]

January 16, 2020January 21, 2020Martin Haro

Time to Eat, #SanFrancisco!

San Francisco Restaurant Week is almost here, so mark your calendars for Jan. 22-31, #SanFrancisco, and find out which of your favorite spots is among the 130 restaurants participating in this showcase this year. I see you, Absinthe…. Imma try you, Cafe Zoetrope. Presented by the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, #SFRW is a great, fun, […]

January 16, 2020January 31, 2020Martin Haro

Here She Comes, Miss Americana

Taylor Swift is following up her late-2018 Netflix reputation Stadium Tour concert film with the 2020 Sundance Film Festival-bound Miss Americana, a bio-doc that’s set to premiere on the streamer this spring. Produced by the team behind the Oscar-winning 20 Feet from Stardom and helmed by Film Independent Spirit Award-nominated documentary director Lana Wilson (The […]

January 15, 2020January 31, 2020Martin Haro

All Fears Included

I did not know they were remaking TV’s Fantasy Island with a horror twist for the big screen…. Well, I do now. Ant-Man scene-stealer and Cesar Chavez star Michael Peña leads a young ensemble cast as the enigmatic Mr. Roarke in this iteration of the franchise directed by Jeff Wadlow, the man behind Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare (this […]

January 15, 2020January 31, 2020Martin Haro

Gone for the Weekend

Not really, but the eagerly awaited sixth season of the Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie, starring the indomitable Jane Fonda and the one-of-a-kind Lily Tomlin, is live on Netflix now, today, so….

January 14, 2020January 14, 2020Martin Haro

So Does This Count as a Double Touchdown?

Miami is the place to be this winter (or any winter, really). A few days ago during the weekend, a Lyft driver who was taking me to the Mission told me that the San Francisco 49ers were playing later that afternoon, and that they had a good shot at winning the NFC Championship and thus, […]

January 14, 2020February 23, 2021Martin Haro

Her Feroshcity

I’m loath to bring her up again (no, I really am not), but you know Madame X…ahem…Madonna? She recently got to collaborate with another lady from Miami who’s killing it right now: American DJ/producer Tracy Young. As you may or may not know, Miami’s favorite DJ has a long history with the Queen of Pop, […]

January 10, 2020October 7, 2020Martin Haro

The Pachamoment Playlist

Please, please, please, give peace a chance. The impeached orange hemorrhoid of a president with whom we find ourselves stuck at the edge of the end of the world (or democracy – whichever tumbles first, I’m sure, his master would be pleased), is not America. He is not America, and we do not want war. […]

January 9, 2020October 7, 2020Martin Haro

The Denim Diaries VII

“At the end of the day,” he said, “no one’s prettier than rent control in San Francisco.”

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020Martin Haro

Join the Coven, #SanFrancisco!

Bay Area! This weekend brings the second annual Coven Film Festival, three days of film, Q&A sessions, and networking opportunities showcasing the work of women and non-binary filmmakers. The festival, which will be held at the landmark Roxie Theater in the Mission Jan. 10-12, recognizes that not everyone is young, white, middle-class, cisgender, or able-bodied. […]