Blue Starlite Miami Urban Drive-In Announces Grand Opening

The Blue Starlite Miami Urban Drive-In, a boutique drive-in movie theater that announced it was headed to Wynwood in July, has at last set an opening date — and it’s just in time for cooler fall weather. In a statement released yesterday, the Blue Starlite announced it’ll officially open Wednesday,…

The Glades, A&E TV Series Set in South Florida, Canceled

Another one bites the dust. Following in the footsteps of other scripted TV series set in South Florida like Dexter and Magic City, A&E announced over the weekend that it would not pick up its crime drama The Glades for a fifth season. The series hit a season high with…

New York’s Hot New Fitness Craze: Fake Miami Clubbing

Who goes clubbing at 11:45 a.m. on a Saturday morning? New Yorkers. That’s according to Business Insider, which yesterday profiled 305 Fitness, an aerobics dance class founded by Miami native Sadie Kurzban and inspired, apparently, by the shit that goes down at Mansion around 3 a.m. The classes, in which…

The Ten Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

Rejoice, Miami! Summer’s almost over! In most parts of this country, the end of summer is a real bummer. The weather turns cold, kids grudgingly return to school, and the only thing people have to look forward to is their annual winter vacation to South Florida. But down here, the…

Forever Chung

English New Wave band Wang Chung might seem like old news to today’s whippersnappers, with their Katy Perry and their twerking and their casual dick pics. Hell, they’re not exactly a recent memory for children of the ’80s, either — it’s been nearly 30 years since the duo of Jack…

Four Miami Galleries Ranked Among the Best in North America

This week, international arts publication Blouin ArtInfo named its favorite galleries in a duo of lists focused on Europe and North America. Four Miami galleries — 101/Exhibit, Emerson Dorsch, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, and Gallery Diet — rank among the site’s top names. ArtInfo’s list weighs in at a hefty 143…

Ten Signs You’ve Lived in Miami Too Long

Miami is a beautiful city, a corrupt metropolis, a straight-up strange place full of weirdos. It’s a diverse, messed-up, exotic destination. No wonder the tourists always look so shell-shocked. Hell, even if you call Miami home, it’s easy to lose yourself here. And that’s not always a good thing. Face…

Miami Named the Sixth Worst Place to Have a Baby in the U.S.

If you’re pregnant in Miami, you should probably start planning your escape. That’s the message The Daily Beast sent with its list of “The 15 Worst Cities to Have a Baby, From New York to Miami.” Miami ranks at number six on the list, behind L.A., Santa Cruz, and yes,…

The Ten Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

Well, friends, another week of pure Miami weirds has come to a close. This week, we saw interesting weirdness, in the form of this town’s weirdest local landmarks. We saw sexy weirdness, like Vivid Entertainment’s strip club that’ll be bringing celebrity porn dabblers like Farrah Abraham and Sydney Leathers to…

Breaking Bad Insults Belize Tourism Board, Gets a Free Vacation

If you’ve been watching Breaking Bad this season, you’ve likely picked up on a subtle and not-so-complimentary metaphor for our neighbors just across the Caribbean in Belize. Without giving too much away, Walter White has been covering up for a character he killed by telling everybody he fled to Belize…

Here’s Real Housewives‘ Adriana de Moura’s Nude PETA Ad

Adriana de Moura and her Real Housewives of Miami co-star Joanna Krupa are dueling brides this season. But over-the-top weddings aren’t the only interest the two share — and the bride war battlefield isn’t the only arena in which they’re competing for attention. Krupa is a longtime supporter of animal…

The Great Garbo

Would Greta Garbo have become a Hollywood legend if she were breaking into movies today? The actress famously hated publicity; she never signed autographs or answered fan mail, and she refused to sign the publicity contracts movie studios required of more fame-hungry actors. Not exactly fodder for today’s tabloid gossip…

Coconut Grove Playhouse Restoration Plan Gets State Approval

For supporters of a plan to reopen the Coconut Grove Playhouse, the countdown has begun. On Tuesday, Florida Governor Rick Scott and his cabinet approved a proposal by FIU and Miami-Dade County to lease the playhouse from the state. But the property is still mired in debt, and Tuesday’s decision…