See Miami City Ballet Names Lourdes Lopez New Director, But the Controversy Isn’t Over; Lourdes Lopez: On Top of Miami City Ballet Without Stepping on Toes; Miami City Ballet’s Founder and Director Edward Villella Announces Retirement.Just a few months after the controversial appointment of Lourdes Lopez as the MCB’s director,…
Before “planking” convinced the nation’s alternative sports junkies that you didn’t have to be athletic to bust out some sweet moves in public, there was parkour.Before Hurricane Andrew tore through South Florida in 1992, there was the Miami Marine Stadium.Both things still exist, of course. They’re just not talked about…
Two lawsuits filed in West Virginia are seeking restraining orders against Kim Kardashian. Guess why.No, really. Guess. Think on it long and hard. You can even use the hints in the headline, which are only a small part of the batshit insane fantasies described in the complaints. Go ahead and…
This city’s fashion landscape is founded on bright colors, wild patterns, and revealing cuts that would be borderline illegal anyplace else in the U.S. But the humble guayabera might just make the biggest and most versatile statement. See a sunburned, middle-aged white guy walking down Lincoln Road wearing the four-pocket,…
In Magic Mike, Joe Manganiello Gets Naked. Surprise!
It’s hard out there for an image-conscious lady in the Miami summer. Your self-esteem has already been frayed to shreds by living among perky, perfect, plastically enhanced Real Housewives year-round. Then summer comes along and turns your hair into a greasy Brillo pad and your skin into a red, peeling…
So the Heat won the NBA Finals and now all you want is LeBron’s face tattooed on the back of your calf like that guy you saw on the Internet. We strongly encourage you to think before you ink, but if you’re set on commemorating this occasion with permanent body…
See Will Dexter Swap Sex for Serial Killing?First they came for CSI: Miami, and we said nothing. (Well, actually, we kind of celebrated a little.)But then they came for Dexter, and there was no one left to speak for him… because he had already killed everyone, bagged them up, and…
See Louis C.K. Kills It at Fillmore Miami Beach; Louis C.K. Funny Before He Was Famous.Louis C.K.’s arguably the most respected person in comedy, and quite possibly also the funniest. Now you have a new reason to love him: He’s taking a stand against the inflated cost of tickets to…
It was just a few months ago that we were enjoying the Miami International Film Festival’s 2012 edition — heaping praise on The Strawberry Tree and Chinese Take-Away, mingling with Magic City’s stars at their red carpet screening, and being awed at the sheer number of films that had been…
As art genres go, performance art is perhaps to most easily mocked. You know the stereotype: a guy in an embarrassingly snug unitard takes the stage and does the whole “cocoon-to-butterfly dance” thing. Small wonder it’s so easily written off by audiences.Charo Oquet is out to change that.Next month, she’s…
Tom Wolfe’s newest book, Back to Blood, is set for publication in October. But you won’t have to wait for the satirist’s Miami Book Fair International appearance in November to get to know the stories behind its creation.Blood Lines, a documentary tracing Wolfe’s steps as he researched the book around…
Who says culture and sports don’t mix? When Miami Heat fever hit its peak last night as the Three Kings & company crushed the OKC Thunder, the hoards of crazy pot-wielding fans weren’t solely made up of drunk frat bros and the 305’s so-called “fairweather fans.” Plenty of Miami’s artists,…
For a guy widely considered to be among the world’s most attractive men, Channing Tatum was looking pretty rough.Don’t get us wrong. Tatum’s still sporting the fine-tuned physique and square-jawed features that earned him a spot on People’s list of most beautiful celebrities in 2010. But when we sat down…
American Black Film Festival: Winning the Battle to Give Black Filmmakers Tools for Success
Strip club King of Diamonds is going mainstream. Maybe.The club, subject of a recent New Times feature chronicling the lives of its owner, promoters, and dancers, could make the leap from niche hip-hop fame to full-fledged celebrity with a new reality show set right up on the main stage, according…
Feels like just yesterday we were passing out during a Chuck Palahniuk reading and listening to Michael Moore daydream about his fantasy Florida documentary. But the last edition of the Miami Book Fair International was, in fact, way back in November 2011. And according to organizers, the 2012 event will…
Erica Kennedy, author of the novels Bling and Feminista and an inspiration to thousands of Twitter followers, was found dead in her Miami Beach home on June 13, according to reports. She was 42.Kennedy’s work spanned several fields: fashion publicist, journalist, blogger, novelist. But she may be best remembered for…
Rock of Ages, the musical about Hollywood dreams coming true in the context of ’80s songs that you only hear when frat bros play them on the jukebox at Lost Weekend, opens in theaters tomorrow today. Because it was filmed down here in Miami, we’ve been tracking it for about…
Rock of Ages Director Adam Shankman Predicts Miami Film Boom
Screw Sex and the City. Those ladies shelling out 20-dollar bills for a watered-down cosmo wouldn’t know a real drink if it splattered all over their precious Manolo Blahniks. Your appletini might match your designer handbag, but it won’t satisfy your carb-craving taste buds. Carrie Bradshaws of the world, it’s…
Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don’t forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 issue June 14 in newsstands.Some say Miami’s the most superficial…
