Graffiti operates under the assumption that art is by and for the people. The murals of Wynwood prove that street art can be of such high caliber that it demands worldwide recognition. This point is echoed when public works from famous street artists such as Banksy and Shepard Fairey find…
In 2012, artist Bryan Zanisnik, standing inside a Plexiglas case, silently read Phillip Roth’s The Great American Novel while a chaotic assortment of baseball cards and outdated U.S. currency whirled around him. Roth immediately served him a cease-and-desist order. It was only the first day of the artist’s planned five-week performance in…
The year was 2011. American audiences were high on the rush of pulsing BPMs. But still we craved more. We demanded it, and in Miami, LIV was our answer, dealing out some of the dopest beats on the market. Always on the lookout for the hottest rising stars, it booked…
You’ve got to be pretty slick to rock the nickname “Godmother of Soul,” but you’ve got to be even slicker to go by “High Priestess of Good Vibrations.” Miss “Lady Marmalade” Patti LaBelle goes by both, and for good reason. Her voice iconic, both smooth and fiery. It could cook…
You might think the 18th-annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert would be a hippie-ridden, dreadlocked-Rasta smoke-out, but the organizer, who goes by the name Flash, would tell you to sit your blunt down. For him, it’s education over sedation. “We want people to learn at the event and then teach others…
Remember when you spent six hours a day playing video games, and your mom came barging into the room screaming, “How are you going to get into a good college and get a decent paying job and have a life outside my garage if you don’t get off those damn…
Break out your sunscreen and top-sider shoes. The Miami Boat Show is back and hoping to be bigger than ever during Presidents’ Day weekend. Organizers estimate that 100,000 visitors will descend upon the convention for the 75th annual event, bringing with them a healthy $83 million injection to the local…
The Revolution might not be televised, but it is blasting nonstop through the airwaves, pumping an infectious and continuous beat from the northern Keys all the way to southern West Palm Beach. “A lot of stations have tried to bring EDM, or an electronic dance music format, to Miami, but…
When we were kids, we all loved to draw, but somewhere along the way, most of us decided we weren’t artists anymore. Mariana Rego of business consulting group Design Think Miami says that’s all hogwash. “I’m not an artist by any means,” she says. “I’m a trained engineer, but for…
A show of hands, how many of you have resolved to be healthier or lose weight in 2016? According to Nielsen reports, most of you are sheepishly raising a finger behind your desk right now. In 2015, the survey found “staying fit and healthy” to be the top resolution at…
Dear 6 God, Why have you forsaken us? You know us, the streets? The ones you said you could never ever let down? I know you left your condo last week. You were here in Miami celebrating New Year’s Eve at E11even just a short drive from where you used…
For the most part, 2015 was a really great year in Miami music. We saw locals conquer during another successful III Points. We saw the rise of the Olympia theater through stellar performances by Kraftwerk, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sufjan Stevens, and more. We were visited by some of the biggest…
It’s easy to shove Miami music into a corner. Perhaps you think it’s all Latin rhythms or DJs in big, loud clubs. But the music in Miami, like the city itself, is stunningly diverse. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up the best songs Miami musicians have released this year…
In 1927, at 1306 N. Miami Ave., the rays of dawn washed over downtown as the Sunrise Bar and Grill served early-morning drinks to dirty men who sought a bit of relaxation after their night shift at the Port of Miami. It’s a historic bar that, over the years, changed…
Even though Basel has been over for nearly a week now, our bodies are still recovering. How did your body fare? If you’re anything like me, you’re feeling sluggish, achey, and anything but motivated. You can pump your body full of caffeine and swear to go to bed by 9…
Calling all innovators to the floor. It’s time to celebrate technology in the Magic City. Monday kicked off TechWeek Miami celebrations, a week-long festival of events highlighting the talent and talent-backers of Miami’s burgeoning start-up community while bringing in some of the national communities brightest minds and leading stars. TechWeek…
Art Basel is finally over. The behemoth art fair that sweeps into our fair city every year has packed its bags and blown us a very European kiss goodbye. And in its wake, it’s inevitably left both the victorious and the conquered. We here at the Miami New Times have…
Art Basel Miami is a celebrity playground, but spotting A-listers can be tough. They’re usually partying behind five yards of velvet rope at a some luxurious invite-only hotel lounge with a name you’re not entirely sure how to pronounce. You, the average Miamian, are encouraged to enjoy Art Basel, but…
To try and pick anything as the best piece of work at Scope Art Fair is really quite a dubious errand. As soon as you enter the beach-based tent, you’re smacked in the face with color, texture, witty word plays, strange ocular tricks, and post-Warhol attitude. You might as well…
“Make me something I can sell,” berated the disheveled, full-grown man to the prepubescent child before him. “Paint whatever you want, as long as it looks like this,” he instructed to another young protege. It is a ridiculous picture of the art world, but as with any joke, it’s only…
“Welcome to Miami, no bras, no panties.” That must have been the line Carolina Villalba, dressed loudly in a tiny neon green bathing suit, dropped on the unsuspecting tourists from Atlanta lounging on South Beach. It’s exactly the sentiment she and Linda Attias represent with their rap duo Basside, and…
The YouTube comment section, your Facebook feed, and even just world news headlines can be a scary thing. Sometimes, the Internet doesn’t paint a rosy picture of the world, and though it connects us all, it doesn’t always help us feel closer. That’s where Miami-based online magazine HGAB comes in…
