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Kat Bein

Kat Bein is a freelance writer and has been described as this publication’s “senior millennial correspondent.” She has an impressive, if unhealthy, knowledge of all things pop culture.

The Ten Best Things to Do in Wynwood

By Kat BeinJanuary 23, 2017

Move over, South Beach. Miami has a new tourist destination, and it’s not yet universally despised by locals. Just five years ago, Wynwood was the kind of place you wanted to be too long after dark. Then artists began moving in, opening galleries, and putting up murals. Soon the relatively small area became a much desired locale for real-estate developer Tony Goldman, the same man who helped turn South Beach and New York City’s SoHo into hoppin’, shoppin’ centers of cultural interest.

K-Pop Boy Band Got7 Is Here to Clean Up Miami’s Act

By Kat BeinJanuary 18, 2017

Step aside, Taylor Swift. Look out, Drake. Adele, go ahead and get out of the way. You’re some of the biggest names in pop music the Western world has ever heard, but there’s a right sugary fierceness coming from the East, and American tweens are looking for love in all-new…

Miami’s Ten Best New Year’s Eve 2017 Parties

By Kat BeinDecember 28, 2016

Another year has come and gone, and what’ve you got to show for it? A pocketful of unused drink tickets and an addiction to Tylenol? Oh, Miami, you party so hard. Look, 2017 will be different. You’ll be all about living that #FitLyfe, going to bed at a decent hour,…

The 20 Best Miami Songs of 2016

By Jose D. Duran and OthersDecember 21, 2016

For all the awful stuff that happened this year, rest assured of one thing: Miami’s music scene is alive and well. Whether it’s dance, hip-hop, rock, metal, or everything in between, 305’s artists made themselves heard with an amazing body of work that had listeners in awe. If your knowledge of Miami music goes only as far as Pitbull and Rick Ross, now is the time to get to know the acts who actually made the most of 2016.

Trifecta of Miami Music Veterans Buy Club Space With Plans to Reinvigorate the Venue

By Kat BeinDecember 15, 2016

Imagine coming to Club Space on a Tuesday to catch a live act. The show ends around midnight, and if you’re feeling frisky, you stop at Libertine for a well-crafted nightcap. You get home around 1 a.m. and wake up the next day to find your phone hasn’t been stolen, your jaw doesn’t ache, and you — shockingly — don’t feel the urge to dive headfirst into a bag of McDonald’s breakfast and take a 48-hour nap.

Ten Years After Port of Miami, Rick Ross Is Still Hustlin’

By Kat BeinNovember 15, 2016

It’s a rough climb from the gutters of Carol City to the top of the Billboard charts. You’ve got to take your hatchet and clear the path of snakes and weeds. Good thing Rick Ross is on his fitness tip. “It’s just like hiking for the first time,” the Teflon…

The Eight Best Halloween Songs From Miami Musicians

By Kat BeinOctober 20, 2016

It’s Halloween season, and while the rest of the country is carving pumpkins and sippin’ spiced lattes, Miami is doing spooky the only way it knows how: really, really weird partying. A lot of scariness and strangeness happens around these parts, so it’s only natural that the oddballs who make…

III Points 2016, Day One: Complications Linger, but the Show Goes On

By Ryan Pfeffer and OthersOctober 8, 2016

Down its biggest headliner and plagued by last-minute hiccups, III Points limped into day one, badly wounded. The forces of god, nature, and misfortune had seemingly unloaded their entire arsenal on the Wynwood festival this year in the form of wind, mosquitoes, and cancelled flights.  Year four would be the…

SoulFlo Are the Mercenaries of Miami Live Music

By Kat BeinSeptember 15, 2016

Miami suffers from a severe lack of live music. That’s not an opinion, that’s a well-known and discussed fact. The 305 leads in electronic music and even benefits from a worldwide reputation in rap, but when a Miamian wants to leave his or her house and hear a full band…

Flume Proves Himself the Leader of the New School in Miami

By Kat BeinSeptember 12, 2016

The undeniable king of future bass has officially been crowned. Flume’s latest LP, Skin, broke the top ten in five countries and topped the charts in his native Australia as well as the dance charts in the United States. He also just nabbed his first certified-platinum plaque in the U.S. for…

Exclusive Pokemon Go Characters Released in Miami

By Kat BeinJuly 27, 2016

Look outside. The streets are teeming with zombiefied screen watchers. People wander day and night through parks and parking lots. They’re trying to catch ’em all, dammit! These digital pocket monsters aren’t going to catch themselves. Pokémon Go became a worldwide sensation literally overnight earlier this month. The mobile app…

Miami DJ and Producer Kairo Gudino, AKA CHALK., Passes Away at 23

By Kat BeinJuly 22, 2016

The most talented and big-hearted soul I’ve ever had the privilege of calling a friend has passed away. Kairo Gudino, aka Chalk, was a producer with releases on Nervous Records, Mr. Nice Guy, Loveless, and more. He was a DJ, singer, rapper, artist, designer, and all-around creative human. He was…

Meet the Cosplayers of Florida Supercon 2016 (Video)

By Kat BeinJuly 6, 2016

Darth Vader. Batman. The Mario Brothers. Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. All these and more are now in my personal collection of cosplayers. I went out to Florida Supercon 2016 to see Saturday’s sold-out event dressed as Pokemon’s Misty on a mission to catch all the superfans, and I think I…