Freedom Tower

Miami art this week: Bicycles and Buddhas at the Bass

Destroyio Punk Rock Show at Art of Freedom in Little Havana

via Destroyio RecordsBorn to dude. Click for full size.​"Fuck the art scene, bunch of boojie motherfuckers. I do this shit cause I need it to live, not for the money." Those were the words of Fabio Destroyio on the front steps of the Freedom Tower after losing the Miami New Times Mastermind Awards ... More >>

Carson Kievman is Helping Keep the SoBe Theater Scene Alive

This is the fourth in a series of articles profiling the seven finalists for the New Times MasterMind Awards, which will be presented to four local artists during Artopia at the Freedom Tower February 11.​Carson Kievman has helped grow the SoBe Institute of Arts from a a tiny creative incubator in ... More >>

Coral Morphologic Sees Miami as One Big Reef Above the Surface

This is the fifth in a series of articles profiling the seven finalists for the New Times' Mastermind Awards, which will be presented to four local artists during Artopia at the Freedom Tower February 11.​It all started with a fish tank. Like many boys, Colin Foord had an aquarium his "whole life. ... More >>

Tonight: Otto von Schirach at Artopia at the Freedom Tower

Photo by Sarah SitkinOtto von Schirach​What haven't we said about Otto von Schirach that needs repeating? The man is pure insanity behind the decks and a true performance artist. While Europeans goes ape-shit every time Otto crosses the Atlantic, Miami is more tepid about Otto. Why? We don't under ... More >>

Fabio Destroyio Wants Miami to Punk Out

This is the third in a series of articles profiling the seven finalists for the New Times MasterMind Awards, which will be presented to four local artists during Artopia at the Freedom Tower February 11.Fabio Destroyio likes to quote the old punk line about 25 singers and one microphone. And sometim ... More >>

Artist Jen Stark Uses Paper to Replicate Infinity

​This is the second in a series of articles profiling the seven finalists for the New Times MasterMind Awards, which will be presented to four local artists during Artopia at the Freedom Tower February 11.A great Cuban percussionist was once asked why he shook a maraca over and over again for a re ... More >>

New Times' MasterMind Awards finalists

​This is the second in a series of articles profiling the seven finalists for the New Times MasterMind Awards, which will be presented to four local artists during Artopia at the Freedom Tower February 11.A great Cuban percussionist was once asked why he shook a maraca over and over again for a re ... More >>

Art Basel 2009 Miami Restaurant Guide vol. 3 - Downtown Area

public domain image by Marc Averette via wikimedia commons.Construction behind the Freedom Tower, downtown Miami 2007, building for tomorrow.​ Downtown Miami is a special place, especially because zoning laws allow for 24 hour liquor licensing. Damn right. Art Basel 2009 Miami brings with it a wee ... More >>

The Week That Was

DJ Seasunz, a well established local DJ, drove around in his car with the dead body of his 18-year-old girlfriend before turning himself into police. He's being charged with second-degree murder and was denied bond.Miami's best known graffiti crew, MSG, is heading to divorce court as one of the co-f ... More >>

Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vice

The feds say a local man smuggled millions of smokes for terrorists. He's not alone.

Miami’s Year in Art

Judging from 2007, Miami is growing up as an art destination.

10 Rules for Sponging Off Basel

You don't have to be a millionaire to enjoy Art Basel (but it sure helps).

Voices in Your Head

Inaugurating MAC @ MAM, "The Killing Machine" is storytelling for sadists

Letters from the Issue of November 1, 2007

"Calling an illegal alien an undocumented worker is like calling a drug dealer an unlicensed pharmacist"

Let Freedom Run, in a Thong

"Calling an illegal alien an undocumented worker is like calling a drug dealer an unlicensed pharmacist"

Goya Storms the Freedom Tower

Hail the Spanish master, alive and well in black and white

BEST SPECTACLE

Demolition of the Everglades Hotel

BEST LOCAL PHANTASMAGORIA

Demolition of the Everglades Hotel

The Hotel Victorious

Demolition of the Everglades Hotel

Street Talk

Demolition of the Everglades Hotel

Intoxicating Images

Demolition of the Everglades Hotel

Letters from the Issue of July 29 - August 4, 2004

Demolition of the Everglades Hotel

Personal Best

Mario Ginoris

Personal Best

Norman Van Aken

Personal Best

Mitchell Kaplan

Density Turns on the Radio

WLRN grovels; school board makes vote count

Guns & Haiti

When your country is bristling with weapons, peace and democracy begin to look like targets, not dreams

Super Juanes!

Meanwhile the Queen dies; Tego lives; and the industry hangs on for dear life

Music to Our Eyes

Libeskind enlightens on edifices

Jailhouse Crock

I was arrested by bad cops on bogus charges and spent a bizarre night behind bars

BEST MILE OF MIAMI

Biscayne Boulevard from Sixth Street to Nineteenth Street

Flight Film Series

A quirky look back at Miami through its advertising and aviation industries

Dean of Deco

To understand architect Lawrence Murray Dixon, skip the show and go for the buildings

Museum Empire

A Very Wolfsonian Weekend for you and me and the hoi polloi

Elian: The Bus Tour

Every Saturday this month you can tour Hispanic (okay, Cuban) Miami by bus

Sylvia's Story

Overtown is a state of mind

Shake

Survivors

Voice of a Nation

Radio and TV Martí are supposed to remain above politics and provide Cubans with unbiased news. This is not a joke; it only seems like one.

Best Local Phantasmagoria

Radio and TV Martí are supposed to remain above politics and provide Cubans with unbiased news. This is not a joke; it only seems like one.

Mullin

The Marlins Had a Party and You Weren't Invited

Monumental Ambivalence

Beach commissioners have avoided deciding whether to honor Jorge Mas Canosa. Now, time's up.

Remembrance of Cuba Past

Beach commissioners have avoided deciding whether to honor Jorge Mas Canosa. Now, time's up.

The Rise and Fall of Miamiland

Way back in 1998 the citizens of Dade County rose up and declared themselves an independent republic. Then the hangover hit.

Debt? No Sweat!

Way back in 1998 the citizens of Dade County rose up and declared themselves an independent republic. Then the hangover hit.

Calendar for the week

Way back in 1998 the citizens of Dade County rose up and declared themselves an independent republic. Then the hangover hit.

Parachute Not Included

Way back in 1998 the citizens of Dade County rose up and declared themselves an independent republic. Then the hangover hit.

Dade's Greatest Hits

A requiem for some heavyweights that have tussled with the wrecking ball and lost

Swelter

A requiem for some heavyweights that have tussled with the wrecking ball and lost