Louis CK’s love for Miami is no secret — he devoted an entire episode of his FX show Louie to the Magic City. So it’s no surprise that he’s booked himself a long weekend stay here in November, complete with four stand-up shows on back-to-back nights. The comedian announced his…
Hey, everyone. It’s me, Naked Donald Trump. You probably heard about my appearance yesterday in Wynwood, perched on top of a III Points billboard. Just about every news organization in town came to check me out. People seemed pretty excited. Maybe a little too excited – they yanked me down…
Last month, statues depicting Donald Trump in the nude started popping up in a variety of U.S. cities. Naked Trump terrorized Los Angeles and Cleveland. Naked Trump shocked Seattle and San Francisco. Naked Trump appeared in New York City’s Union Square, attracting crowds until it was removed by the city’s…
If you watched Matt Damon’s 2015 film The Martian and thought, “Hey, that looks like a fun time,” then you won’t want to miss this year’s III Points festival. This October, III Points attendees will be able to explore Mars like a NASA astronaut – in virtual reality, of course. Mars 2030,…
The Knight Foundation today released its list of finalists for the annual Knight Arts Challenge, which offers grants to cultural projects dreamed up by Miami community members. Now in its ninth year, the challenge has recognized 68 ideas, ranging from a Native American film festival to an audio engineering training…
“Hi! My name is Harold. I’m 31 years young, just a normal American guy.” Harold wears a striped polo shirt buttoned to the top and his hair in a long, John Oliver-esque shag. Speaking with the mild-mannered lilt of a suburban dad, he describes his hobbies: gardening, hula-hooping, eating pizza…
Since III Points launched in 2013, its mission has been bringing the most innovative talent in three industries—music, technology, and art—to Wynwood. This year, the festival is expanding its definition of art with the addition of Vanguard Film Week, a four-day series of films from prestigious festivals like Sundance and…
In her career as a journalist and author, Geraldine Brooks has traveled the world. Born in Australia, Brooks became a U.S. citizen in 2002 and has ventured to the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans, and Yugoslavia in search of her next story. And in November, she’ll head to Miami to…
You’ve probably already heard about the headliners planned for the 2016 edition of the Miami Book Fair International: Daily Show host Trevor Noah, actor Alan Cumming, food star Padma Lakshmi and more. These are the subjects of the fair’s “Evenings With” series, its most popular events featuring talks and readings…
Maybe you remember the heyday of Miami Marine Stadium, with its boat races and performances by legends such as Queen and Ray Charles. Maybe you snuck in for painting or parkour after Hurricane Andrew turned the structure into a relic. Maybe you’ve been following recent efforts to restore the stadium to…
Three years ago, 18-year-old artist Israel Hernandez, also known as Reefa, was fatally tasered by police officers who found him creating a piece of illegal street art. The news split Miami in two. Some accused the cops of unwarranted brutality; others condemned Hernandez as a criminal. But filmmaker and producer…
Miami during Art Basel is the ultimate material world. So it’s no wonder that the Material Girl plans to stage an appearance during this year’s Miami Art Week. Madonna announced via Twitter yesterday that she’s up for a chill hang with one superfan while she’s visiting the Art Basel madness…
When Gallery Diet announced its current exhibition, “Wrap Your Arms Around Me,” we at New Times had two choices. We could do the usual thing — send one of our responsible adult art critics to have a serious discussion with the gallery owner and curator of the exhibit. The other choice? We…
I was having lunch with a girlfriend from out of town, talking between bites of food at an outdoor table in Miami Beach’s Sunset Harbor neighborhood, when a group of three women walked past our table. They were young and tan, all beachy waves and sideboob, looking flawless. “That’s why…
Dr. Schnoz is at it again. Dr. Michael Salzhauer, the Miami plastic surgeon known for his outrageous marketing efforts, has never been one to shy away from publicity. He wrote a book for children promoting plastic surgery. He created an app, named for reality star Heidi Montag, to let patients…
Guccivuitton’s first museum show, a self-titled exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art, opened with a flashy party. Visitors crowded the sidewalk along NE Second Avenue, jostling to get inside and milling around the venue’s rooftop lounge to sip drinks to the sounds of a DJ spinning Pitbull tracks. It…
From Sundance to Toronto to South by Southwest, Miami filmmakers have made their mark on the festival circuit. The city’s most buzzed-about collective, Borscht Corp., has had work accepted at major gatherings around the world — but never at the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF). Until now. MIFF, which returns…
From Sundance to Toronto to South by Southwest, Miami filmmakers have made their mark on the festival circuit. The city’s most buzzed-about collective, Borscht Corp., has had work accepted at major gatherings around the world — but never at the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF). Until now. MIFF, which returns…
“Is there a way it can go faster?” Victoria Gitman peers at the monitor and impatiently taps the laptop’s down arrow. On the screen, photos of purses scroll past in a rapid, jerky rhythm. She’s using a borrowed computer; at home, she says, she flies through these listings twice as…
Fluorescent bars wrapped in crocheted cylinders. Glowing neon draped in tangled yarn. Tree-like structures of light sprouting leaves of knitwork. Exploring an Alex Trimino art exhibition can feel like wandering through an exotic, synthetic jungle — a surreal spectacle. The Colombian artist studied art at Florida International University and earned…
Randy Burman selects a black sandal from a heap of shoes in a cardboard box. With a devilish grin, he hurls it across the length of his small studio. It lands on a painting of Rick Santorum’s face with a satisfying thwack. He’s demonstrating Vent-o-Matic, a chainlink fence structure on…
The Miss Universe Pageant returned to Miami last night, and it was everything you expected it to be. Which is to say: leggy women wearing way too much makeup while strutting and smiling and showing off their bikini bodies in the name of national pride. The pageant may be a…
