Pusha T of the Clipse playing to the crowd at Sneaker Pimps in Miami on Saturday.Sneaker PimpsLive Performances by the Cool Kids and ClipseSaturday, May 30, 2009The Moore Building, MiamiBetter than: A backpack full of factory-fresh, limited edition kicks.Outside the Moore Building, footwear fetishists of all kinds tip-toed past rain- and flyer-flooded gutters, queuing up at the corner of NE 2nd Ave. and 40th Street for the Miami edition of Sneaker Pimps. There were Lil Wayne wannabes, Asian hip-
The rain doesn't stop! We know it's "the rainy season," but this is getting ridiculous. We can't remember the last time it rained this much. Let's hope rain is all we get this season, because hurricane season has officially started. So while we stock up on canned good and batteries, here is what you missed over the weekend:Sneaker Pimps at the Moore BuildingJipsyWe've got to admit, we don't understand how grown men have basically turned the sneaker into a shoe obsession. It's sort of like when y
As the economy has tightened, Pretty in the City has noticed a distinct correlation between crowds at high-end department stores and the rise of female-centric shopping events and trunk shows. As the crowds able to afford splurges at Neiman-Marcus and Nordstrom's continue to shrink, more of these fun "girls just wanna have fun" retail discount parties have been popping up. Just this year, there has been Gen Art's Shop Miami, Splurge's O' What a Night at Jungle Island, and New Times' own Thread/
Never sleep in Miami. Never rest. This Saturday night, May 30, Sneaker Pimps is coming to South Florida again and this time with a live blast from Clipse as well as Cool Kids. I am not a huge fan of CKs but Clipse is extra special good. If you haven't had a chance, you can download a mixtape from December that is a prelude to the soon to be released album Till The Casket Drops that features the requisite Neptunes production as well as jams with Kanye and Rick Rubin, among others. The
JipsyHas Shop Miami been moved to the clearance rack? Click here to view the full slideshow.Under the weight of Miami's summer heat, Gen Art once again took over the Moore Building in Miami's Design District for Shop Miami. But like everything this year, it seems 2009's edition was only a shell of its former self. That's not to say we regret awarding the event "Best Place to Meet Single Women" in this year's Best of Miami -- it still is -- but the economy must have hit Gen Art pretty hard. The u
Start massaging your art belly because this weekend's buffet of openings is going to stretch your ocular capacity. (Mixed metaphor disaster...Campbell McGrath, I have failed you!)
Tomorrow is the first Second Saturday of the fall season, as gallery owners and artists return from vacations, fellowships, etc., and the schedule is packed. In essence, September is Art Basel Miami for locals--most places are putting their best foot forward now...and their best commercial foot forward in December.
So
