Back in 2011, a small film made with a group of Miami talent premiered at the 28th annual Miami International Film Festival, and now, years later, Magic City Memoirs is making its debut on Netflix. Due to some legal issues, director and writer Aaron Salgado couldn’t go into details on the…
In anticipation of the latest James Bond flick, Spectre, being released in theaters next month, the Miami Auto Museum is hosting a cocktail reception alongside their latest exhibition — and we’ve got your “in.” Boasting online that the museum is where James Bond parks his car, they’re really not joking…
For the last three years, Karelle Levy has been working out of her ArtCenter space on Lincoln Road creating her fashion line, KRELwear. The designer — who weaves together her own fabrics — is gearing up to make a move to her own studio space early next year and is…
Katy Perry is following in Beyonce’s footsteps. And no, not in similar career paths (though the two are arguably mega superstars already), but in vacation habits. The difference is that when Beyoncé and Jay-Z traveled to Cuba back in 2013 when relations between our two countries were still rocky, the…
When he was a young boy, Stephen Bogart remembers fondly a trip he took with his father, Humphrey Bogart, on a boat around the Catalina Islands in California. Stephen had a small plush skunk toy he used to play with by putting inside a crab trap cage. One night, he…
Down the street from the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) and just a few blocks from the designer boutiques in the Design District is a tiny white building on the corner of 43 Street and NE Second Avenue. Within that building, a collection of trinkets and fashion thrives. Earthy Chic…
New this year to the Revolt Music Conference was the addition of their first annual Revolt Film Festival. While the music portion took place at the Fontainebleau this weekend, the film festival screened its inaugural five shorts at the Lyric Theater in Overtown on Sunday. The festival was hosted by…
October is such a busy month. It represents multiple things: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Anit-Bullying Month, Miami Attraction Month, and for college kids it’s always the time of those dreadful midterms. But, among all the awareness and celebrating for various causes in October, there’s also one major…
Hopping off the set of season two of DirecTV’s original series, Kingdom, Natalie Martinez takes a break from filming in Los Angeles. The Miami native refers to the boxing series as a passion project and her voice gets noticeably giddier when she speaks about her work as Alicia Mendez. “It’s…
If you’re like me, a second generation Cuban-American, then you had (or have) a grandmother who grew up on the Caribbean island and one day was forced to leave everything behind in search for a more politically stable home. Life experiences like that tend to harden a person, and while…
If you’ve ever thought yourself to be lazy, science can practically guarantee that you’ll never be as lazy as a sloth. Well, perhaps “lazy” isn’t the right word, since sloths are better described as naturally “slow” animals. The soft, furry creatures sleep about 20 hours a day and hang upside down…
Miami has always been too cool for school, and now with the recent launching of its very own domain name, the city is has reached subzero. Starting this month, businesses and average folk alike can purchase a .miami domain for as little as $13.99. If the allure of having your…
For months now, Red Bull has been working on revamping an old warehouse in Wynwood to be the site of their new Miami office, and today, the location is ready to be unveiled. Since the workspace is in Wynwood after all, it would be remiss to not add a little…
Perhaps one of the most anticipated Broadway shows to come through South Florida this year is the musical about two unexpecting lovers, Once. What originated as a 2006 Irish film was later adapted into a 2012 Tony-winning musical performed on stage with a cast that can not only sing, but…
The thrill of experiencing a Broadway musical production starts long before the actors take the stage. It begins the moment audience members take their seats on plush velvet chairs. The warm lights flicker off, and excited voices hush at the sound of the orchestra tuning its instruments. A few taps…
Wynwood is an ever-evolving neighborhood that grows more and more popular among artists and Miami’s youths alike. Although the area is small on the map compared to its surrounding neighborhoods like Overtown and Allapattah, its impact is significant enough to catch the eye — and measuring stick — of the…
For die-hard Lord of the Rings fans, the pinnacle of existence is meeting one of the nine members of the fellowship of the ring. On the convention circuit, Sean Astin – who played hobbit Samwise Gamgee — is constantly approached by fans wearing prosthetic elvish ears. Some of them ask…
Before the confetti and the metallic streamers, two final contestants were left on the stage standing hand in hand, barely breathing. “After traveling across America, and auditioning thousands of dancers, America’s favorite dancer is: Gaby!” announced So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley. The Fox variety show aired…
Feminism in Hollywood is the newest case du jour. Everyone’s talking about it and young actresses are taking stands against the lack of representation and treatment of women in Hollywood. Just look at Emma Watson with her successful He for She campaign, and even teenager, and Girl Meets World star, Rowan…
In 1985, Lupe Ontiveros played Rosalita, a clueless housekeeper who’s the butt of jokes made by 13-year-old Corey Feldman in The Goonies. In 1997, she played another housekeeper, who gets a door slammed in her face by Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets. In her later years, she…
Don’t underestimate the force of 20,000 teenage girls screaming in unison at the top of their lungs. When the lights cut out at the AAA at precisely 9 p.m. on Wednesday night, the sheer force of the shrieks rip through the arena like a shotgun blast, powerful enough to put…
The strings off his acoustic guitar strum softly as the camera pans to show a room full of comfortable couples and soon-to-be smiling lovers. Jamie Lawson makes his way to the stool in the center of the room and begins singing, “It was only a smile/But my heart it went…
