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Liz Tracy

Liz Tracy is a culture and health journalist whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Glamour, and Vox. Previously, she served as New Times Broward-Palm Beach‘s music editor for three years. Wherever she goes, she brings a little bit of Miami with her.

The Queen of Disco, Gloria Gaynor, Performed My Nightlife Baptism

By Liz TracyJanuary 30, 2019

December 31, 1996, was a typically cold New Year’s Eve in Times Square. My friends and I were trapped in that glittery and dismal landscape while waiting for the ball to drop. As a teenager from Miami, I was dressed incredibly inappropriately in thin pants, slip-ons, and a borrowed coat…

Cher’s Greatest Talent: Turning Her Questionable Decisions Into Trends

By Liz TracyJanuary 10, 2019

Sonny & Cher’s 1965 song “I Got You Babe” blares each morning from the clock radio of Bill Murray’s character in the 1993 comedy classic “Groundhog Day.” Asked why he chose that song, writer Danny Rubin said that after several replays, “it would drive you crazy!” But wasn’t there always something also charming about the song?…

Five Ways to Recover on New Year’s Day in Miami

By Liz TracyDecember 31, 2018

Maybe you’re convinced now that you’ll head home after the ball drops at midnight, but a little part of you knows that you’ll stay out until sunrise. It’s New Year’s Eve — going hard is on the agenda. And this is Miami, the magical city that never sleeps and parties…

Bubble City Pop-Up: An Alternative to Pricey Wynwood Storefronts

By Liz TracyDecember 28, 2018

Twenty years ago, Wynwood was a place where Puerto Rican families lived and warehouses offered cheap deals on stuff. If you wanted to open a creative business just after the turn of the millennium, you could do it in Wynwood where an artsy community was sprouting. It grew so strong…

Emily Estefan Will Deliver an “Electrifying” Performance During Miami Art Week

By Liz TracyDecember 5, 2018

As a little girl, musician Emily Estefan would hang out near the seven-player horn section at her mother’s concerts. “When you have your feet on a floor that’s vibrating just because of people playing, everybody contributing to a sound, and creating this kind of energetic wall… that feeling of creation between so many people — that’s the best feeling in the world.” That energy and power, she says, are her spirituality.

Art Basel Miami Beach and Miami Art Week 2018 Public Art Guide

By Liz TracyDecember 3, 2018

During Miami Art Week, you don’t have to spend a lot of money to see some art. You just have to go outside. Here’s our guide to the free-to-see, public art around town during Art Basel this year. Audemars Piguet and Tomás Saraceno: Albedo. Swiss watch company Audemars Piguet and Argentine artist Tomás Saraceno are…

Annie Leibovitz Celebrates the Reissue of At Work at the Arsht Center

By Liz TracyNovember 26, 2018

Annie Leibovitz doesn’t name her cameras. And if you want to talk about digital cameras, don’t bother. “They’re just tools,” she explains. When the famed photographer attended the San Francisco Art Institute in her youth, she says, the most valuable lessons she learned had nothing to do with technical skills, but…