Get Crafty Tasting Beer

Regular beer is so high school. Craft beer is the hottest trend, and by the looks of places like Wynwood, the trend is getting only spicier. As part of the many happenings of VeritageMiami, there will be a craft beer tasting just outside Wynwood Walls featuring samples from dozens of…

Heaven is for Reel

The fourth-annual John Paul II International Film Festival (JP2IFF) is ready to take over Coconut Grove in a holy way. The festival is organized every year by 7eventh Day Media Inc., which is “committed to hosting the annual film festival that will give a home to filmmakers who have chosen…

Read Bollywood-Style

Literature is a thing too often forgotten to be celebrated, so it is more than endearing when an entire movement dedicated to celebrating reading springs forth. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Arts Midwest, designed to “revitalize the role of…

American Horror Story Season Four Set in South Florida

It all started Monday afternoon when television writer and producer Ryan Murphy, who had been on a Twitter hiatus for almost two months, tweeted five simple words and a logo. “AMERICAN HORROR STORY SEASON FOUR:” with a photo of a carnival-inspired font reading “Freak Show” was all fans needed to…

Toast to a New Sister City

Brazil is great for a lot of things. Besides its ability to produce incredibly good-looking people, it can also produce some really good-looking (and -tasting) wine. In honor of Curitiba, Brazil, becoming a sister city of Coral Gables, the Coral Gables Museum will host the Sister City Wine and Spirits…

The Irish are Coming

St. Patrick’s Day: a day that non-Irish folks use as a perfect excuse to drink like an Irishman and carry misleading signs asking to be kissed. Luckily, there are establishments around Miami that can claim an authentic link to Ireland, and they know how to party like a leprechaun who…

No Namaste Here

Judging by a name like Buddhafest 2014, one would imagine it’s a festival dedicated to all things spiritual, but it’s really a gathering of some of the funkiest people from the Miami comedy, music, and arts scene. Hailed as an event to celebrate local singer, actor, and songwriter Buddha Gonzalez,…

MIFF, Week Two

Still fiending for more film greatness? Don’t sweat it, because the 31st-annual Miami International Film Festival is only half-finished. Theaters from South Beach to Wynwood to Coral Gables are still screening features long and short, foreign and domestic, starring big names and hot upstarts, with plenty of red-carpeted premieres to…

Miami Film Chub Debuts Wednesday at MIFF

For Samuel Albis and Alessandra Gherardi, this year’s Miami International Film Festival will forever hold a special place in their hearts, because making its world premiere is their first-ever film, Chub. This collaborative effort from the husband and wife duo marks her first screenplay and his directorial debut – and…

Move Like The Rain

The YoungArts Foundation is doing some pretty stellar work, and the latest production it can add to its list is The Way of the Rain Miami. In this multidisciplinary show, performers “pay homage to Earth and its universal elements through the exploration of light, sound, color, and texture.” Featuring dancing,…

MIFF Review: Mateo

Soft guitar chords and a view of calm waters against pale-green land instantly set the tone of Mateo. In a small town near the Magdalena River in Colombia, screenwriters Adriana Arjona and Maria Gamboa depict the world’s oldest struggle — good versus evil — in what can be best described…

Party on the Mile

A celebration that brings together art, food, and music, Carnaval on the Mile is one thoroughfare you will thoroughly enjoy. Stroll along Miracle Mile in Coral Gables and peruse a variety of art vendors offering wares such as handmade jewelry, crafts, sculptures, and paintings. Live musical performances will provide the…