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…
When it comes to film and television, there are few current shows out there that Miamians can be proud to own. Sure, there’s Jane the Virgin that takes place in Miami, but the show isn’t filmed here and its version of Miami is sometimes laughable (though we love it anyway)…
Anyone who lives in Miami can attest to the particular strangeness of our colorful residents. Bro, we’ve even written listicles cataloging the type of Miami people you can find in Wynwood to the types of douchebags who inhabit our city. It’s safe to say Miamians are interesting, and definitely interesting…
This year, Florida Supercon attracted a crowd that not only embraces comic books and geek culture, but also loves to cosplay. And we’re not talking about your run-of-the-mill store-bought costumes either. Some cosplayers spend years handcrafting their disguises to appear like the perfect replica straight out of their favorite video…
The four-day gathering of comic book aficionados and closeted nerds alike, Supercon, spilled over the Miami Beach Convention Center this weekend attracting the likes of some super hot geeks. Who says that playing video games for hours on your couch can’t give you a solid bod? After all, you’re working…
In 1996, Denise Soler-Cox enjoyed a warm Miami night on the town with a group of friends — some close, others newly acquainted. As the friends laughed and joked about their families and similar upbringings, Soler-Cox felt a sudden wave of awareness and acceptance that took her by surprise. “For…
By now, you must have seen Sunday night’s season five finale of Game of Thrones. And if you haven’t, you were either living under a rock or binge watching Orange is the New Black. (If it was the latter, you’re forgiven.) So if you’re not yet caught up with this…
In the opening scene of his new web series, No Seasons, musician/filmmaker/artist/2014 New Times Mastermind winner, Julian Yuri Rodriguez swings back and forth on a white bench hanging from a tree holding his cellphone while talking into a camera saying, “My name is Julian Yuri Rodriguez, this show is called…
With the release of the second installment in the Avengers films this week and newly released photos of the upcoming Suicide Squad, superheroes are on the forefront of everyone’s minds. But many fans forget that these pumped-up crime fighters are not the manifestation of Hollywood filmmakers, rather their humble origins…
When a then fresh-faced Molly Ringwald first appeared on the scene in the 1980s, she had no idea the sort of cultural impact her films would make and how quickly she’d become a house-hold name for decades to come. Now, at age 47, Ringwald is still very much actively acting…
Lately, it seems that scary movies want to do more than just make audiences jump in their seats or squeal when something pops out unexpectedly. The studios want to make the scares from silver screens into real life terrors. When The Purge Anarchy was released last summer, we tried our…
Wooden panels cover the floors, sheets of dust blanket the area, scattered nails are collected in the corners, and the eeriness of the dimly lit passageways is amplified by the cold of the cement walls. Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore, we’re inside the heavy shell of the future Museum…
“Santa Barbara… New York… Columbia… Florida… Yale… Boston.” These places are repeated over and over like a chant paired with the audible footsteps of a man we soon learn is New York poetry professor John Brinnin. Brinnin, played by Elijah Wood, recites the pronouns to himself before entering a room…
