Jillian Mayer

MasterMind Awards 2013: The Ten Finalists for Miami New Times' Arts Contest

Borscht Film Festival Returns December 13 to 16

Art Crimes

Odd and Outlandish

Not Your Grandma’s Grandma

2012 MasterMind Award winners

View a photo slide show of the MasterMind Awards at Artopia.

MasterMinds finalists: Meet the nine artists competing for $1,000 grants

ANR Warms Up for SXSW With Mamushka's Gig on February 4

​Last time we checked, ANR's Brian Robertson and Michael-John Hancock said they were busy recording an album. So when 10K Islands' Will Suter emailed us about the band's upcoming show at Mamushka's, we asked for an update on Robertson and Hancock's doings."[They've] added [a] live drummer, Luke ... More >>

Uncle Luke Reunites With 2 Live Crew, Announces 20-City Summer 2012 Tour

​When Crossfade read this week's edition of Luke's Gospel, entitled "2 Live Crew Is Reuniting Because Our Fans Want To Shake That Booty," we got, like, "Me So Horny!"-level excited.

Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke Makes Waves at Sundance

​We can't say we're surprised. If you've seen even part of Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke, the home-grown film starring Miami's most famous rapper-turned-columnist, then you know it's impossible to look away. And judging from the response it's getting at the Sundance Film Festival, the film h ... More >>

[NAME] Publications' Launch Party at Lester's for New Book Featuring Internet Photos

​[NAME] Publications offers certain Miami artists the opportunity to freely create content within two hard covers. Founder Gean Moreno relinquishes editorial control over each book. He says, "I think of them as an architecture that you give someone and they basically fill it. It's their respo ... More >>

In 2011, Luther Campbell ran for mayor, sued Nevin Shapiro, and called out rappers

Lil Wayne and DJ Khaled Better Give Back In 2012 or Answer to Mayor Luke

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell looks back on the Year of the Booty Man.I had an exciting, productive 2011. I set goals for myself and accomplished quit ... More >>

Saturday's Best Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 Events

​Can you feel it? It's in the very back of your mind, but it's there -- that half-disappointed, half-relieved feeling that always hits you on Basel Saturday. It's the realization that the annual Basel bacchanal will be over in just a couple days. Maybe you're already Baseled out, ready for all the ... More >>

Optic Nerve XIII: MOCA's short film fest goes national

Miami's Got Talent

Borscht and Sweat Records Announce Rachel Goodrich Video Contest for "Na Na Na"

​Not all sequels are total garbage. Ghostbusters II, for example, needed, to happen. If we didn't have sequels, we would have never seen John Connor battle the badass, liquid-metal T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. And let's not forget Weekend at Bernie's II, if only for managing to ... More >>

Wynwood's May 14 art walk tricks the eye

Borscht Film Festival's Post-Movie Party With ANR, Afrobeta, and Animal Tropical at Villa 221

Photo by Ciara OsorioAnimal Tropical's Jose Castello.​After spending three hours sitting on our asses for Saturday night's Borscht Film Festival screenings at the Adrienne Arsht Center's Knight Concert Hall, we here at Crossfade needed a fucking drink. Now don't get it twisted ... We totally lov ... More >>

Luther Campbell is Now an Art Film Star Too

​We've got a theory that mayoral candidate, New Times columnist and 2 Live Crew visionary Luther Campbell is becoming something of a Miami hipster icon. For one thing he's a New Times columnist. He's also been hosting parties at downtown haunt Grand Central. Now he's lent his acting skills to an u ... More >>

Mayer Freaks Out Her Unborn Grandchildren

Wynwood's April 9 art walk offers robots and body hair

Meet the nine MasterMind award finalists

Jillian Mayer: Fast Artist

Thomas Wenski: Archbishop Easy Rider

Miami People 2010

The Magic City's 30 most interesting characters.

Use Your Illusion

Giant Lingerie Model Attacks Downtown Miami, Results in Borscht Film Win at Tribeca

It's only June, but it's already been a banner year for the filmmakers at Borscht. Last month, they showed a short film at Cannes  -- Day N Night Out, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Lucas Leyva. And one of their films won second place at a contest at this year's Tribeca Film ... More >>

PrunkTV: We Are Sexual Perverts

There is so much awesome shit going on in Miami at the moment, you just gotta love it mang. Thank you God, for making this the city of my birth! Speaking of God, there is this awesome new local sludge-band called Consular, and they sound kinda like Eyehategod. They are playing at a benefit sho ... More >>

Miami Made Weekend's Here & Now Brings Noise and Nudity to Arsht

We like to think of Here & Now as a blind date with select Miami artists and their latest work. Sure, we agreed to go, but we were a little anxious about what we'd find at Arsht's Carnival Theater. But matchmaker Miami Light Project hooked us up with interesting company for the night. There was ... More >>

Lucas Leyva Speaks on His Ass-Clapping Winner in Sweat's Rachel Goodrich Video Contest

Sweat Records announced the winners of their "Make A Rachel Goodrich Video and Win $500" contest this past Saturday night, which was followed by an in-store performance by the local superstar folk diva. (Read Crossfade's recap of the event here.)In my humble opinion, Lucas Leyva's entry, above, shou ... More >>

Right Here, Right Now

Review: Death Print Movie Premiere and Afterparty, August 8

Photo by JipsyNastie flanked by TM Sisters.Click here to view a full slideshow of photos from the event.Aiden Dillard's Death Print Movie PremiereThe Colony Theater, Miami BeachAfterparty at the Vagabond, MiamiSaturday, August 7, 2009Better Than: Whatever the leathery South Beach cliches at Segafred ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of April 2, 2009

"It is harder and harder to find live pigs in Miami for tasty traditional Cuban cooking."