Art Basel announced its 2013 exhibitors this morning, and two Miami galleries have made the cut. Frederic Snitzer Gallery will once again show works in the legendary art fair’s main gallery section — no surprise, as owner Snitzer sits on the fair’s selection committee; after years of exhibiting at Art…
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,…
SXSW, Miami style? That’s the aim of III Points, a music, art, and technology festival scheduled to take over Wynwood this fall. The festival announced its basic plans and impressive music lineup last week, with acts including James Murphy, Jamie XX, XXYYXX, DJ Shadow, and more taking the stage during…
If you grew up in a place with concrete and chalk, chances are the game of hopscotch takes you back to your childhood days. But with her latest installation, Miami artist Agustina Woodgate is looking farther back — all the way to ancient Roman civilization. “The original hopscotch courts were…
“Imagine if Memento met Pulp Fiction in the neon-lit Miami of the 1980s.” That’s the vision for director Saman Kesh’s short film based on Hotline Miami, the ultra-violent and super retro video game that debuted at the end of last year. Kesh isn’t just any indie filmmaker; his past work…
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…
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…
If television producers have their way, 2014 could be the year Miami finally gets some real love — not just “reality” love — on the small screen. News broke this week that FX has ordered a pilot of a potential new TV series titled Hoke, starring Paul Giamatti and based…
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…
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…
For years now, it’s been common knowledge that Florida is the worst state. Ask nearly anyone in the U.S., including plenty of native Floridians, and they’ll tell you: This place is just too weird, too corrupt, too conservative and contradictory and perverse. But when it comes to porn, the weirdest,…
The DVD for Pain & Gain, Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s bizarre, dark buddy-crime film based on a New Times story, was released yesterday, closing the book on a story that began two decades ago. But Walhberg and Johnson will still be seeing plenty of each other, thanks…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Did you miss your chance to slow dance with George Takei during Florida Supercon in July? Good news: You’ll have another chance to bask in the serene, Internet-y glow of Sulu this fall, when Takei returns to Miami for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s annual Miami Recognition Dinner…
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…
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…
A mother-son team in Lake Mary, Florida, carried out their own personal Robin Hood dreams earlier this year when authorities say they stole over $70,000 from hot-shot celebrities like Kim Kardashian, her mother Kris Jenner, and Ashton Kutcher. But it’s not exactly a Robin Hood story. Kyah Green and Luis…
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…
