Anchelin Gonzalez was just 17 when she left the Bronx and moved to Palm Beach to give birth to her son back in 2005. She was “leading a fast and dangerous life” in New York, she says, but relocated to live with her uncle in a sunnier side of the…
New Times’ Mastermind Awards honors the city’s most inspiring creatives. We’ll be profiling those honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year’s three Mastermind Award winners will be announced February 18 at Artopia, our annual soiree celebrating Miami culture. For tickets and more information, visit…
Gary Nader wants to build the largest and boldest Latin American Art Museum (LAAM) in the world. His current Latin American Art Center houses the world’s largest gallery at 55,000 square feet of exhibition space. It rivals Los Angeles’ premiere Museum of Latin American Art, which hosts a similarly sized collection. But, Nader, the…
Kristina Wong was in the town of Gulu, Uganda’s northern commercial and administrative center, for only a day when she began to really understand her mzungu (Swahili for “white”) privilege. Cramped in a Western hotel for the night, she decided to get out and explore. With a flashlight in hand,…
Thirty-eight-year-old Jorge’s hands show the calluses from long hours spent toiling in the plant nurseries of Homestead, raising the trees, foliage, and potted plants you probably have in your yard. There have been cuts, sweat, and bruises too. All for less than minimum wage. But this is nothing, he says,…
Hialeah is apparently experiencing a cultural renaissance, but long before “Leah Art District” came around, Hialeah has been home to some of the best Latin nightlife in South Florida. Whether it’s Jennine Capó Crucet’s (author of How to Leave Hialeah, a compilation of short stories inspired by Crucet’s own upbringing in Hialeah)…
For many health-conscious stoners, vape is life. So, it’s only fitting that Miami indie pop/hip-hop band, Furious Leisure, just dropped “Vape Life,” an ode to the healthier, less smokey version of marijuana consumption: the vaporizer. The video is stoner comedy meets educational film. Furious Leisure’s Bodizepha and Damian Major, accompanied…
The Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival is summoning the fantastic to the Magic City this weekend. The festival is only in its third year, but it has doubled in size, adding workshops and lectures to the already packed onslaught of short and feature film screenings. Over 30 independent films…
Last Saturday, the Beehive Collective, a Maine-based nonprofit that uses art to communicate stories of resistance against corporate globalization, traveled to Miami for the Pollinating Rios Vivos Tour. The tour is a joint project with Movimiento Rios Vivos, a national movement in Colombia that brings together regional and local organizations from…
It’s now been seven years since President Obama made the lofty promise to shut down Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, the overseas prison notorious for its inhumane treatment of terrorism detainees. But as the 14th anniversary of the prison’s opening rolls around, Gitmo still houses 104 detainees. This Saturday, South Florida…
Cécile McLorin Salvant’s voice is a bittersweet lullaby: haunting and sweet. The 25 year-old jazz singer is known for her theatrical vocal flair. At a recent performance at Midtown Miami’s Lagniappe, she gently coos, placating the audience into an intimate trance. As she flushes into the depths of her vocal…
Nestled in the back corner of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s asymmetrical open space is a door that for one month will lead to Miami’s apocalypse. Beginning this Thursday, audiences can dip into a play that wrestles with the question: What am I leaving behind when I die? Peter Sinn…
For the last month, ten men from Bangladesh have been on hunger strike inside the Krome Service Processing Center over what they say is inhumane treatment of detainees inside the massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Last week, a federal judge ordered the strike stopped — by force-feeding the detainees. …
What if you could have pastelitos, guayaba, and Café Bustelo every month without having to go to Sedanos? Abuela Mami has you covered. For $24.95 a month, they’ll ship a package with favorite Cuban delicias straight to your door. The idea started when cofounder, Humby Valdes moved to New York…
Los Herederos, an afro-Cuban band based in Miami, have made it their job to share Yoruba culture with the world. “My grandma always said I would inherit something. Of course, in that moment I was too small and did not understand. As I grew older, I started realizing, wow, I…
It’s easy to shove Miami music into a corner. Perhaps you think it’s all Latin rhythms or DJs in big, loud clubs. But the music in Miami, like the city itself, is stunningly diverse. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up the best songs Miami musicians have released this year…
Grand Central and I reverse-synced our time in Miami. I left to New York City for college the same year Grand Central opened. And of course, about a month before I returned, the venue shuts its doors. But, at least I enjoyed it while I could. Every break included at…
“Ey Nasty, you showed up for work!” Fat Joe shouted at DJ Nasty, long time friend and collaborator, as he walked into Basel House’s backstage Swarm office. It was a Sunday night, but Joe, ever the businessman, was just getting to work, ready to perform a free show for Bushwick…
“If you a trill nigga, get your motherfuckin’ hands up,” chanted A$AP Rocky right before diving into his crowd’s mosh pit on Saturday. As he emerged, his Bob Marley T-shirt was ripped to shreds and Nirvana’s “Smells like Teen Spirit” raged throughout Mana’s 36,000 square feet. The night was lit…
K-Pop (Korean Pop Music) is coming to Miami — sort of. The American K-Pop band, EXP (short for ‘experiment’) is making its Art Basel debut this Friday at the Sagamore Hotel. And the boys couldn’t have chosen a better location. “I’m Making a Boy Band” (IMMABB), which began as Bora…
