The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday As if Cirque du Soleil weren’t visually captivating and mind-boggling enough, now there’s a production on ice. Crystal marks the 42nd original Cirque show and is the first to be performed on an ice rink. After a successful stint at the BB&T Center in Sunrise earlier this year, the…

The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday The artsiest time of the year is upon us. Art Basel is back, boasting more than 200 galleries by 4,000-plus modern and contemporary artists from across the globe. This year’s fair features work in six distinct sections, including the collaborative Edition sector and the historical Survey sector. And beyond…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday Wynwood’s leading ladies are coming together for a high-power, educational event. TEDxWynwoodWomen will present speeches from eight leading ladies, including Health in the Hood founder Asha Walker and Wyncode CEO Johanna Mikkola. Each speaker has her own story of perseverance and success. You will leave inspired, guaranteed. 6 to…

The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday: Put down the potatoes — you have to earn them first! Turkey Trot Miami is back, providing locals with the perfect opportunity for some exercise before properly gaining ten pounds on Thanksgiving. There’s a 5K, 10K, and kids’ race, all of which weave in and around Tropical Park. So…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday The “Seinfeld of France” is making his way to Miami. Global comedy phenom Gad Elmaleh is kind of a big deal abroad, having sold out Paris’ iconic Olympia Theater Hall for seven straight weeks, as well as other big-time tours. Here in the States, his deadpan awesomeness has equated…

The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday In what might be the best name of a Florida-themed photography exhibition ever, “A Peculiar Paradise” opens at HistoryMiami this Thursday. The exhibit includes more than 100 pics from guest photographer Nathan Benn, who was on assignment for National Geographic in Florida in 1981. It was an interesting time…

Five Coffee Shop Drinks Better Than Pumpkin Spice Latte

Ah, the leaves are turning and soon we’ll all be cozying up to the closest fireplace as snowflakes fall outside. OK, we totally won’t be because we live in paradise, and it’s still 70-plus degrees even during the “coldest” of our winter days. Despite it feeling like summer, South…

The 21 Best Things to Do This Week

Thursday Art and politics will come together when the Creative Time Summit hits Miami for the first time. The summit, now in its 11th year, is typically chock full of meaningful workshops, discussions, roundtables, performances, and other diversions designed to inspire people to take meaningful, artsy action. The theme of…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday Santa Barbara, California-based artist John Millei believes “it is not by what one chooses to paint, but how one paints it that brings about its meaning in a work.” Dude, that is some deep stuff. It’s hard not to gawk at Millei’s work, which often walks a captivating thin…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday Sometimes you want a movie. Sometimes you want a concert. But rarely do you have the opportunity to enjoy both at once. Right in the Eye, highlighting the fantasy world of famed French director/illusionist Georges Méliés, boasts a live concert and films such as The Four Troublesome Heads and…

The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday You don’t have to wait until March to see some of the competition flicks hitting the 36th Miami Film Festival. Gems boasts an intimate selection of movies, all of which you will absolutely be talking about next year. At MDC’s Tower Theater, see titles such as Diamantino, directed by…

The Best Arts Events of Miami’s 2018-19 Season

October Christo & Jeanne-Claude: “Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83: A Documentary Exhibition.” Thirty-five years ago, an art installation titled Surrounded Islands premiered in Biscayne Bay. In May 1983, Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 11 uninhabited islands in Biscayne Bay with 6.5 million square feet of fabric. The pink…

The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Just like you, New Times likes to party. So we’re throwing a big fiesta with food, drinks, and all kinds of fun at Iron Fork. It’s a chef competition and a grand tasting event. And by tasting, we mean you get unlimited samples from nearly 40 restaurants, including Pink Pie, Bagatelle, Ra, and Brain Freeze…