At a time when women’s voices are being heard more loudly than they have in decades, Jazz in the Gardens Music Fest is giving female artists an equal platform onstage. This year’s lineup includes performers ranging from Chaka Khan to Salt-N-Pepa.
Can you still have fun at Gramps if all the drinks are nonalcoholic? For Camila Cabello fans gathered at the popular Wynwood bar this past Sunday afternoon, the answer was a resounding yes.
There’s a classic Chapelle’s Show sketch in which Dave Chappelle and John Mayer enter a barbershop to “study” the effects of certain music and rhythms on black and Latino people. Electric guitar solos do nothing for anyone in the room, a steady drumbeat from Questlove automatically elicits rap freestyles, and electric piano gets all the Latino folks dancing.
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How can it be that at a time when streaming, hip-hop, and YouTube are kings, Miami’s New World Symphony is thriving?
The original canvas Paul Stanley painted was his own face, when he first transformed himself into Kiss’ Starchild at a club gig in 1973. Forty-five years later, he’s using acrylic paints to create self-portraits of the face behind the makeup.
GroundUp Music Festival, Nicky Jam with Plan B, Cupid’s Undie Run, Mardi Gras, and other can’t-miss events in Miami this weekend.
DJ Misbehaviour has been DJing for 25 years. For the past six, she’s been part of the Mobile Mondays collective, based out of New York. Every Monday night, DJs from the collective spin their favorite 45 records. Though DJs sometimes deviate from spinning 45s in particular, all participating DJs spin vinyl exclusively all night.
Whether you’re looking for a night out with your special someone or a girls’ night out with your most beloved friends, Miami has plenty of options for Valentine’s night, and they don’t just involve outrageously expensive dinner plans. Think beyond the chocolate-covered cliches this year. Here are the top ten Valentine’s events in town this week.
Grassroots, it could be said, is a response to and beachside respite from the ills that plague modern-day festivals.
For most performers, a headlining spot during Super Bowl halftime means a shot at attaining or cementing global superstardom. For Justin Timberlake, it meant a chance at redemption.
The International Noise Conference brings the weirdness back to Churchill’s starting Monday, and local favorites battle it out for a chance on the big stage at Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival at 1306 on Thursday. Legendary songwriter Van Morrison plays two back-to-back shows at the James L. Knight Center mid-week, and Snarky Puppy curates and headlines its GroundUp Music Festival at the North Beach Bandshell once again. Nicky Jam and Plan B round out the week at the American Airlines Arena on Saturday.
Are you still recovering from Super Bowl Sunday? Depending upon your bets, you might have either celebrated too hard or needed to drink your sorrows away. If you’re in the latter category, you’re probably not in the mood to spend boatloads of money on booze or expensive outings. Luckily, there are plenty of free events to attend in town as you watch the sting of defeat fade in the rearview mirror.
Super Bowl parties, Wigwood, Fractal Beach, and other can’t-miss events in Miami this weekend February 5 through 7.
Composer Samora Pinderhughes comes from a long lineage of activists and freedom fighters. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area by a socially conscious family; his uncle was a Black Panther and his grandmother was one of the first black professors to study genealogy.
“I’m feeling a greater responsibility than before to show as many people as I can the beauty and the artistry and the genius that comes from the Haitian culture and Haiti,” classical pianist Marianne Parker says.
Super Bowl Sunday can be lonely if you don’t care about men questionably ramming their heads into one another for money, bragging rights, and rings.
The song is a harmonic blend of sun-kissed psychedelia, like a breezy day spent tripping on acid at the beach.
It was difficult to guess which brand of hippie or freak you’d find at the survivalist weekend festival Love Burn, Florida’s only official Burning Man event. Was this just another generation of wasted kids like the ones Pete Townshend maligned in the Who’s “Baba O Riley”? Or were they truly looking for deeper connections with art, with one another, and with nature?
Neo-noir chanteuse Lana Del Rey returns to South Florida with newcomer Kali Uchis, and The Voice alum Chris Mann brings Broadway’s most beloved tunes to the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. If you’re more into guitar gods, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, and Phil Collen will turn their axes up to 11 in Pompano.
There are five work days standing in between you and Super Bowl weekend, but you don’t have to wait until then to have some fun. And if you’re saving up to throw your own barbecue this Sunday, you don’t have to break the bank, either — Miami has plenty of…
