Last weekend’s Pinned Miami festival brought a touch of charm to Miami’s typical Memorial Day Weekend mayhem, as participants decked out in vintage styles congregated at the Miami Airport Convention Center to celebrate all things retro. Classic cars, skilled tattoo artists, and rockabilly and surfer bands enticed both long-time fans…
Pong. For gamers of a certain age, the word brings back memories of two-tone, two-dimensional graphics and hours spent at the arcade. But for today’s whippersnappers, there’s just one kind of pong: beer pong. But you don’t have to be a young gun to appreciate the Miami Heat. So this…
And so it begins again: Miami’s annual summertime bacchanal, the three-day festival of booze, music, and more tourists than you can shake your booty at that is Memorial Day Weekend. Welcome to the vacation thunderdome. We all know what the out-of-towners will be doing this weekend — cruising up and…
From TV commercials to bus stop posters to the pop-ups on this very site, you’re inundated with advertising about a billion times a day. But Josh Stutt, founder of Adbombing, hopes to swap some of those ads out for a dose of local culture. “We’re exposed to enough commercials in…
In a world where booze is legal at the movies, one theater could change audiences’ film-watching experience forever. That’s right, film buffs. Soon, South Beach moviegoers might not need a flask to get drunk at the theater. Miami Beach commissioners approved a measure Wednesday to allow some movie theaters to…
When Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles hit the Miami stage last year, it won over critics with its deft treatment of issues such as aging and mortality — angsty matters galore. But they’re nothing compared to the topics broached by the playwright’s most recent play to hit South Florida. In The…
Evita: In the years since Oliver Stone’s film adaptation was released in 1996, the title has become little more than a dated Madonna punch line. But it’s easy to forget that back in the days of Nintendo 64 and Dolly the Sheep, critics and audiences alike praised the movie’s story,…
Lee Brian Schrager has long been the mastermind of Miami’s culinary scene. No, he’s not exactly a household name, not in the way chefs Michelle Bernstein and Michael Schwartz have become local celebrities. But he’s the driving force behind the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which brings the nation’s…
What’s old is new again. The only proof you need is on your TV screen. From Mad Men to Boardwalk Empire to Downton Abbey, the most popular shows today depict the past. But no matter whether it’s the Roaring ’20s, the wholesome ’50s, or the present day, one thing has…
The Miami Marlins? Too corporate. The Miami Dolphins? Too thuggish. El Heat? The early championships were pretty cool, but now the team has, like, totally sold out. No, the only South Florida sports team for the devoted, popularity-averse hipster sports fan is the Miami Inferno, the Magic City franchise of…
Florida is widely accepted as the most bizarre state in the nation. We have the weirdest criminals, the weirdest politicians, the weirdest general population. So when real estate blog Estately tallied up the Internet search histories of our collective state, there was really only one surprise: “that it wasn’t even…
So people in Miami are stupid, huh? Miamians aren’t educated, eh? People in this city are barely literate, you say? Sit down, haters. Amazon.com begs to differ. The online retailer (which, old folks may remember, once primarily sold books) has ranked Miami at number two in its annual list of…
Friday, Deadline reported that Showtime is developing an hourlong drama about athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs and a South Florida doctor who provides them. The site also reported that New Times managing editor Tim Elfrink will consult on the series, along with former New Times reporter Gus Garcia-Roberts, who now…
El Heat are another step closer to a championship, which means that this weekend is for celebrating — if you’ve managed to pull yourself out of that panic attack you were having during Wednesday night’s deciding game. Our boys didn’t get white hot until the very end, squeaking out a…
“That’s so Miami.” It’s a phrase you hear everywhere in this town, from exasperated locals and bemused tourists alike. Wearing your bathing suit to Publix? That’s so Miami. A $22 cocktail? That’s so Miami. Last year the O, Miami Poetry Festival devoted a monthlong competition to verse describing the unique…
The Dawntown Miami design competition has produced plenty of unique theoretical projects: a giant helium balloon at the Miami Marine Stadium, for instance. This June, one of those ideas will come to fruition: Pavilion MMM, a temporary installation made of swinging garage sale chairs, canvas shades, and construction scaffolding that’ll…
Britto Central, Miami artist Romero Britto’s gallery on Lincoln Road, has been a touristy pop art staple in South Beach for years. But Miami’s mecca for brightly colored Brazilian art could be changing locations. The building that houses Britto Central, 818 Lincoln, has sold to a Canadian investor, The Real…
Have you voted in New Times’ Best of Miami Readers’ Poll yet? Or are you just the kind of person who likes to live dangerously on the edge? Either way, now’s the time — the nominees have been decided by your votes, last round of voting is open, and now…
Now here’s a reality show we can get behind. Spike TV will expand its popular series Tattoo Nightmares with a Miami spin-off, not-so-creatively titled Tattoo Nightmares Miami, Deadline reports. The original show follows a trio of tattoo artists who specialize in making patrons’ unfortunate ink choices, well, a little less…
In weeks like this one, it can seem like the whole world’s gone mad. The Marlins are in first place. You have to pay tax on your Amazon binges. LeBron James is an actor now. And the beginning of the work week was at least three weeks ago, right? It…
He’s a sitcom producer. He’s four different cartoon characters. Oh yeah, and he’s also the best player in the NBA, helping the Heat on their way to yet another championship. LeBron James has a lot going on. But he’s still making time for Hollywood. His next project: the Judd Apatow…
Dear Amy, Like most other critics, feminists, and fans of funny things, I’ve been devouring the second season of your show, Inside Amy Schumer, with a relish I typically reserve for garlic bread pizza. It’s smart, insightful, and funny enough to make everyone love it even though it’s nice to…
