Get Your Groove On: Bay Skate Comes To Bayfront Park

Break out those Rollerblades, or even your old-school, four-wheeled lace-ups: the long awaited roller rink takeover of Bayfront Park makes its debut on February 26. Known as Bay Skate, the project won the Miami Foundation’s Public Space Challenge last year, and the plan is to wow Miamians with an evening…

MasterMind 2015 Honorable Mention: David Bulit of Abandoned Florida

On a planet of seven billion souls, where almost everything has been touched by the hand of man, there’s something otherworldly about abandoned places. Empty malls, crumbling movie theaters, deserted hospitals — these are the places that make our skin crawl. These are the places places where David Bulit spends…

Urban Bush Women

The Urban Bush Women are a force — a force for change, innovation, and historical homage. Since 1984, this renowned troupe has been using powerful, ground-shaking dancing, acting, and singing to tell stories that most of us never get to hear. Through women’s voices and bodies, compelling choreography, and innovative…

Miami Beach Celebrates Centennial With 100-Hour Festival

It’s not every day that a saucy broad like Miami Beach makes it to centenarian status. To celebrate this momentous birthday, the city is planning a 100-hour festival of fun, featuring everything from weddings to citizenship naturalizations to astrophysical concerts. Would you expect anything else from the world capital of…

Men in Drag Doing Ballet: Les Ballets Trockadero This Weekend

If your S.O. would love to spend Valentine’s weekend at the ballet, but to you that sounds like a total bore, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo may be a happy compromise. This all-male, drag version of classic ballet has been charming audiences around the world for almost 40 years,…

The Five Best Ways to Celebrate Galentine’s Day in Miami

It’s February 13, which means only one thing: Galentine’s Day. For those of you not yet introduced to the charms of this fem-friendly holiday, it’s in the grand tradition of Festivus. As Seinfeld’s Frank Costanza was the originator of the holiday about airing grievances and worshiping a pole, so Parks…

Purvis Young Exhibition Opens at Museum of Contemporary Art

Self-taught Overtown artist Purvis Young used little more than found objects and paint to craft his works, renowned for their rare ability to capture both hope and despair in the midst of urban strife and upheaval. Finding patrons and fans like Bernard Davis (owner of the now-defunct Miami Museum of…

Della Bowls Bringing Plant-Based Fast Casual to Miami This Summer

When it comes to convenience foods, it’s all about maximum nutrient delivery in the easiest-to-eat package — hence humanity’s eternal devotion to smoothies and burritos. Bowls are another all-star, and Della Bowls is planning to make their presence known here in Miami with a plant-based, fast casual concept, slated to…

Try Dazzle Painting at the Wolfsonian’s Upcoming Workshop

Dazzle painting sounds like something little girls armed with glitter and rhinestones would do, but the concept actually refers to a fascinating system of design utilized by the Allies during World War I. Artists painted high-contrast patterns and stripes on warships in an effort to make the targets less visible…

Small Tea: Steampunk Infusions and 84 Options

Due to Miami’s collective obsession with the almighty coffee machine, tea kettles are usually banished to the back burner. But tea culture is gaining ground, and Coral Gables’ Small Tea shows that Miamians are looking for more than cafecitos and coladas. See also: How Tea Can Change Your Life, According…

MasterMind 2015 Honorable Mention: Peter Hammar

A painter, installation artist, and performance artist, Peter Hammar is a man of many talents. From winning the Art Takes Miami contest in 2013 to exhibiting at the Moore Building, ArtCenter South Florida, and even Scope Art Fair at Art Basel; Hammar’s eclectic work has made its way into the…

Go Stargazing at the Fruit & Spice Park

With high-rises, floodlights, and all-night ragers, Miami is hardly the place to look up at the heavens and see much of anything — other than an occasional flight full of tourists. But with the wild wolf moon hanging around, there’s no better time to escape from the city and get…

Vegan Eating at Whole Foods Downtown Miami (Photos)

The Whole Foods Market in downtown Miami is a gleaming mecca of healthy eats and well-heeled patrons. From the shiny new floors to the pristine sneeze guards, the store is in the bloom of its youth, and everyone who’s anyone is flocking for their daily fix. For vegans and plant-strong…

Lolita, Miami Seaquarium Orca, Granted Endangered Status

Miami Seaquarium’s resident orca, Lolita, may be one step closer to winning her freedom. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today it has ruled to include her in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing of southern resident killer whales. This ruling means Lolita is now granted the same…

Area 31 Launches Vegetarian Tuesdays

Lots of spots are into Meatless Mondays, but Tuesdays are just as conducive to veg-friendly fare. Just ask the folks at Area 31. The Epic Hotel’s popular rooftop eatery has launched a vegetarian Tuesdays dinnertime tasting menu. The $45-per-person lineup includes five courses, and it’s officially available. See also: Oolite…