Thursday’s Best Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 Events

It’s technically day one, but the madness has already begun. We’ve seen buck naked supervillains. We’ve seen flashy disco flooring. We’ve even seen photo evidence of Andy Warhol looking relatively normal. It’s a lot to take in. Can you even handle any more Basel?Of course you can, especially with so…

Wednesday’s Best Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 Events

​It’s go time, Miami. The official Art Basel exhibits at the convention center may not open to the public until tomorrow, but with so many other fairs, galleries, public projects and more competing for your attention today, we’re calling it: Basel is back.Which, of course, means an overload of options…

Miami New Times Now Accepting Submissions for MasterMind Awards

For the past two years, we’ve supported the city’s quickly evolving art scene with the MasterMind Awards, modest grants that honor the people and projects in the community that are making the biggest impact on visual arts, music, film, and beyond. This week, the submission period for the 2012 MasterMind…

Graffers Gone Loco

Compared to Miami’s residents, Art Basel tourists have a limited view of the artwork on display in Miami. Sure, they can wander from gallery to fair to see artists’ finished products. But only locals get the “What in hell are they doing in there?” experience of tracking the festival’s large-scale…

Desperate Dolphins

Most years, a Miami Dolphins versus Oakland Raiders matchup becomes a contest of who can fail more extravagantly. But this Sunday, the Raiders will come to Sun Life Stadium with the chance — a small chance, but still a chance — of making the playoffs. The Dolphins, on the other…

The Burgies: Sakaya, JRs, Tobacco Road, and Others Compete

So you like burgers, huh? Not as much as Sef Gonzalez, the guy behind the Burger Beast blog, the Food Truck Tracker, and, returning this weekend, Miami’s annual Burgie Awards. The annual celebration of the city’s best buns (and patties and toppings) comes to Magic City Casino this Saturday, showing…

Ricochet Brings South Beach to Midtown

Ricochet Bar Lounge held its grand opening celebration Friday night, bringing Tommy Pooch and Alan Roth’s South Beach sensibilities to the mainland. So how did the nightlife promoters tweak their formula for the Midtown crowd? Not much.The lounge’s location just around the corner from Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill is beside…

Sonic Beach Debuts in Fort Lauderdale with Free Beer

Sure, a Burger King was nearly robbed by guy with a sock, but it’s not all bad news in the fast food world. Sonic opens its second South Florida location in Fort Lauderdale at 5 p.m. today, with a menu of specialty items and a bar serving beer and wine.This…

Skinny Bitch Kim Barnouin Admits Weakness for Vegan Desserts

Former South Beach resident Kim Barnouin is better known as Skinny Bitch — and she likes it that way. She’s one of the authors of the best-selling Skinny Bitch series of diet and self-help books, and she returned to Miami this week to promote the latest in the series, Skinny…