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iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party 2013 Lineup: Pitbull, Ke$ha, Afrojack, Icona Pop, Krewella

You thought last year's iHeartRadio pool party was, like, the Ultimate. After all, Flo Rida stripped down for the crowd while Enrique and Adam Levine humped out the hits. All the wasted white girls got wasted. And even tatted-up bros felt the love. But just wait for the 2013 edition of iHeartRadio ... More >>

SoBeWFF 2013 Events Everyone's Talking About

For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. A look at the full events lineup of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival can be dizzying. There are more celebrity chefs than you can shake a ladle at and more ... More >>

Most Expensive New Year's Eve 2013 Parties in Miami

Fiscal cliff, shmimal shmilff. You're a baller. You aren't worried that your stock portfolio will be worthless on January 1, 2013. That's why come December 31, you can afford to be irresponsible with your money. And there is no better city to be financially irresponsible than Miami. This is a city ... More >>

Missy Elliott Debuts New Songs "9th Inning," "Triple Threat" at Fontainebleau Miami Beach

See also "Ten Best Female Rappers Ever." Missy Elliott kept threatening to unleash new material on the world this Labor Day. And she delivered, right here at our very own Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Her longtime buddy and production partner Timbaland was in the building to perform and premiere his ... More >>

Beyond the Beach

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

Who's got sand in their pants? Even after six weeks of summer, we here at Crossfade can't stop getting sloppy with South Beach. This month alone, SoBe has hooked up one-night stands with oh-so-sexy, critically acclaimed EDM producers like Tiësto, Funkagenda, A-Trak, and Steve Aoki. And while Ibi ... More >>

Eric Butkiewicz, Man in American-Flag Face Mug Shot, Was Arrested for Selling Xanax at Club LIV on July 4

Sometimes the booking photos we feature on Mugshots Friday just deserve closer examination. A man arrested with his face painted like an American flag on the Fourth of July was clearly one of those times. We've learned from a Miami Beach police report that the American hero you see here is 31 ... More >>

Who Wants Free Tickets for iHeartRadio's Pool Party With Enrique Iglesias, Maroon 5, Flo Rida, Calvin Harris, Gym Class Heroes?

See also "iHeartRadio Pool Party: A Lusty Five-Part Guide With Enrique Iglesias, Calvin Harris, and More!" Tonight (or at least this Saturday evening), he'll be specially appearing for you. We here at Crossfade have already euphorically oohhh-ed and aahhh-ed about this weekend's iHeartRadio Bleau ... More >>

Best of Miami 2012 - Best Dance Club: LIV

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 issue June 12 online and June 14 in newsstands.Best Dance ClubLIVFontainebleau Miami Beac ... More >>

Guilt-Free Gluttony

Easter Brunches in Miami: Nine of the Best and One Dinner

​We're not sure just when the tradition of stuffing your face like a crazy person on ham, roast beef, colored eggs, and copious amounts of baked goods started -- but we like it just the same. With Easter comes that age-old tradition, the brunch. Whether it's a sit-down style or a lush buffet compl ... More >>

Scarpetta's Michael Pirolo and Nina Compton, Incoming and Outgoing Chefs, Talk Conant, Pomodoro, and Flavor (Part One)

Michael Pirolo, chef de cuisine at Scarpetta, worked his last day at the Fontainebleau restaurant last Friday; he is moving on to partner with the Pubbelly guys on Macchialina Taverna Rustica (820 Alton Road, in the space formerly filled by Silvano). Nina Compton, formerly Scarpetta's sous chef, has ... More >>

Miami's Ten Best Bakeries: Calling All Carb-Hounds

​Hunting down fresh baked goods worth the calorie intake is a feat requiring carbohydrate perseverance. Most often, we hear complaints from local pastry chefs about the water and the humidity, which can effectively drain the life out of breads and cakes. The cry-out for good pastry in Miami is gut ... More >>

Deadmau5 Confirms Two Shows for Miami Music Week, Plus Free Shuttle Service to Ultra

​Back in December, superpopular LARPer, international DJ, and dance music producer Deadmau5 announced that he would not be attending this year's Ultra Music Festival. Laying out his grievances in a 12-minute YouTube video, the producer cited exorbitant ticket prices, exclusivity contracts, and re ... More >>

Miami's Best Valentine's Day Dinners

​Valentine's Day is upon us once again, and soon we'll all be scrambling to get flowers and chocolates and godawful stuffed animals to show our significant others we give a damn. (By the way, if you do, skip the stuffed animal and go for something original, like a live iguana or a Maserati, depend ... More >>

Miami's ten best New Year's 2012 parties

Miami's Twelve Best New Year's 2012 Parties

Soar like a half-naked angel this NYE with Bob Sinclar.​Forget your personal trainer, chartered accountant, and life coach. We here at Crossfade are the highest authority on how to spend New Year's in Miami. And we say: "This is no time for moderation!" Go live out the dying days of 2011 in a ... More >>

BleauLive Presents Ricky Martin at Fontainebleau Miami Beach November 24 to 27

Camille Austin: This Drink's on Her

Overtown Via South Beach

LoSasso, Wessel, Jorgensen, Zakarian Talk Peanut Butter & White Chocolate

Lee Klein​Maybe the most interesting thing about White Chocolate Wonderful -- labeled as "peanut butter blended with sweet white chocolate" -- is that it contains no white chocolate. Actually, it contains no chocolate at all. The ingredients: Peanuts, evaporated cane juice, vanilla, cocoa butter, ... More >>

People & Places Readers' Poll Winners

Blade's New Space: Like Sharing a Bedroom With Your Brother (Pictures)

John ZurBlade's naruto maki roll. ​The Fontainebleau's sushi restaurant, Blade, has made a return; but this time it's rooming with Vida. The space isn't thoroughly spliced yet. The frosted glass walls are on their way for installation, but executive chef Thomas Connell is quick to discuss plans fo ... More >>

Scott Conant of Scarpetta Talks Food, SoBe Food Fest

​Scott Conant is the charming and handsome executive chef and owner of Scarpetta in New York, Miami Beach (at the Fontainebleau), Toronto, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Conant and his restaurants have won almost every distinction imaginable, including a James Beard award for his restaurant L'Impe ... More >>

Steve Angello at LIV January 1

Miami New Year's Eve 2011 Dinner Specials

If you are thinking of ringing in 2011 with a good dinner, now is the time to secure a reservation. In fact, some restaurants are already booked solid -- Thinking of celebrating at Area 31? Think again. However, there is still plenty out there to choose from. Here are some of the better deals out th ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello Returns to Miami (Again!) at LIV January 1

​If he hasn't already made plans to build himself a giant geodesic disco dome atop the Fontainebleau Hotel, Swedish House Mafia member Steve Angello's top priority in 2011 should be purchasing a prime SoBe condo. Ever since he and fellow Mafia men Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso headlined the main ... More >>

Notre Dame Coach Thinks Lack of Nude Beaches in Texas Gives Him Advantage Against Miami

​The Miami Hurricanes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish will meet for the first time in two decades in this year's Sun Bowl in a renewal of one of college football's most intense historic rivalries.Of course, a lot of things have changed in those two decades, and both teams finished with a painfully m ... More >>

Exclusive: Arkadia's Lineup Brings Sander Kleinenberg, the Shapeshifters, and More (Plus New Club Photos)

​Miami has been buzzing about the Fontainebleau's latest nightclub addition, Arkadia, ever since Drake hosted his birthday party there on October 23. Guests like LeBron James, Alex Rodriguez, and Edward Norton baptized the space in the name of Grey Goose before it had even opened to the public.Cro ... More >>

Irish Salmon Recipe For Father's Day

Sean O'Connell, Corporate Executive Chef and Vice President of Culinary Operations for the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, has a Father's Day recipe to share, along with a quick backstory about life with his father. The recipe is for Seared Irish Salmon with Creamy Mustard Cabbage; perhaps it is stating ... More >>

Michelle "Bombshell" McGee Hosting Party at LIV at the Fontainebleau

via TMZ​Fresh off a skanky smack down at the hands of Tina Fey on this weekend's Saturday Night Live, Michelle "Bombshell" McGee is set to guest host at LIV. Yes, the lady famous for flirting with Nazi propaganda and giving Sandra Bullock's husband full range of her tattooed body will be coming to ... More >>

Food & Wine Names David Mokha of Hakkasan Sommelier of the Year

Lee KleinHakkasan shrimp dumplings will get paired with the proper wine.​Congrats to David Mokha, Fontainebleau Miami Beach' wine director, for being named Sommelier of the Year by Food & Wine magazine. Mokha's nod was aimed specifically at his work with Hakkasan's wine program -- when it come ... More >>

WMC 2010: Some Day Parties To Check Out Today, Wednesday, March 24

​If you're out and about today, here are some worth checking out. *The Shelborne's DJ Mag Recession Sessions pool party, with Sharam, Steve Lawler, Dennis Ferrer, Will Saul, James Zabiela, Joris Voorn, Nic Fanciulli, and S.O.S. Presale tickets long ago sold out, but you may be able to pay to ... More >>

Ludacris Gets Miami Liquored Up With Super Bowl House of Conjure

Jacob KatelLudacris on the second floor of the House of Conjure.​What happens when one of the world's biggest names in rap starts a liquor company, launches in Florida, and rents a mansion on Miami Beach for the week of Super Bowl?Ludacris' House of Conjure on Miami Beach, just across the channel ... More >>

Cool Restaurant Interiors: Hakkasan

Photo courtesy of Fontainebleau Miami Beach​If there's one restaurant in Miami that immediately comes to mind for spectacular design, it's Hakkasan at the Fontainebleau. The French firm behind it, Gilles & Boissier, is also responsible for other inspired designs that include Maison Boulud, Dan ... More >>

Lady Gaga's New Year's Eve Party Sells $1 Million in Tickets; Brody Jenner Sells a Few Dozen

Queen of New Year's Eve​New Year's Eve is almost upon us, and that means one of the biggest nights of the year for Miami Beach. In fact, the Fontainebleau has one of the hottest New Year's Eve tickets in the world. We'll give you a hint: Whoever's counting the dough coming in must be screaming, "R ... More >>

Miami's Ten Priciest New Year's Eve Dinners

Dinner at these establishments will cost at least $500-plus for you and your loved one. With apologies to China Grill, Grass, and Naoe, all of which just missed the cut at $200 per person.The Setai: Dom Perignon dinner, six course wine dinner, string quartet. Cash bar after 11! $450Blue Door at Dela ... More >>

Dinner in Paradise 2010 Schedule

Jacob KatelA lazy Sunday lunch at Paradise Farms in South Dade.​Dinner in Paradise is a celebration of gourmet farm dining and was created in 2005 by Gabriele Marewski of Paradise Farms and chef Michael Schwartz of Michael's Genuine Food & Drink.The $165.50 cost of each dinner (there will ... More >>

Archive Diver: Concert Calendar for August 1988, AC/DC, Beatlemania, Steven Wright, The Vandals, James Taylor

image via New Times archives​ Back in August 1988 South Florida had a pretty good line-up of shows at venues from the Hollywood Sportatorium to the James L. Knight Center to the Kendall Town and Country Mall to the Fontainebleau back up to the Button South.The Dope Jam brought together Eric B and ... More >>

Rye Rye Appearing at Just Add Water at Blade Sunday

Next Wednesday, LIV is hosting the 10,000-LB Hamburger Tour featuring A-Trak, Rye Rye and Treasure Fingers. But before everyone shakes it to the ground at Dirty Hairy, we've been told that Rye Rye will be making an appearance at Just Add Water Sunday at Blade at the Fontainebleau. The party is free, ... More >>

Get it, Chachi

DJ Chachi

Flapjack Flip-Off IX: Special Hoity-Toity Hotel Edition

Recognized, if not widely, as one of the planet's grandest griddlecake events.

Motto Suggestions For Miami Restaurants

Restaurateurs are increasingly seeking new ways to boost sales. I say: A good motto never hurts. And also: But a bad motto is funnier. In that spirit, allow me to lend some ideas for catchy tag lines -- don't worry restaurant owners, no charge for the suggestions!Motto for Einstein Bros. Bagels on A ... More >>

News Roundup

Local The Fontainebleau has decided to tone down its sexy image to attract families. A little less Dirty Hairy, a little more dirty diapers. [Herald] Costumes officials found bottles of "snake wine." Which is basically posionous snakes stuffed inside bottle of alchohol, and then served. [NBCMiami] ... More >>

During WMC The Techno Stops For No One, Not Even Paris Hilton

via Wikimedia CommonsHey, have you heard there's this music event in town, with all these DJs who take dance and electronic music pretty seriously? It's probably one of the biggest weeks in the year for their industry, and it would really be best if you don't go up to them and ask them to play some ... More >>

Fischerspooner DJ Set

Celebrities Come Out for the Fontainebleau's Reopening

I think you’ll agree that the following pictorial essay, although composed of just four photos, provides a concise overview of The Fontainebleau’s dazzling opening party on Friday evening. In fact, perusing these snapshots is almost like being there. Without the champagne and cocktails, that is. ... More >>

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Golfers bogey for babes

Electronica's Kingdom Comes

Miami's annual Winter Music Conference