The Ten Best Running Races in Miami

It’s that time of year in Miami when we say adios to the treadmill and hit the pavement. Summer is officially in the rearview and the weather soon will be changing from miserable to warm, making running outside tolerable-ish. The fun runs and half marathons around the city are starting…

The Five Best Bowling Alleys in Miami

Many of us used to bowl on weekends when we were younger, only because we weren’t cool enough for the popular kids’ parties or old enough for the bars and clubs. Remember Cosmic Bowling? Don’t act like you don’t. Now, ironically, many of us bowl on weekends as an alternative…

No New Friends? A Miami-Based App Could Fix That

Let’s be honest: Most people suck at making friends after college. For one reason or another, many cling to the pals they made on the high-school soccer team or in the college dorms and rarely develop close friendships after that. Maybe there’s that one person at work, but that’s about…

The Best May the Fourth Star Wars Day Events in Miami

Despite its too-cool-for-school reputation, Miami participates in the annual Star Wars revelry with film screenings, drink specials, trivia, and costume contests. Here’s your guide to May the Fourth options in South Florida, just in case you’re one of the many people looking to dress up and let your Star Wars flag fly.

Miami Ink Stars Reunite for New Series, The Tattoo Shop

The Tattoo Shop is an eight-episode docuseries for Facebook Watch that follows James and his former Miami Ink costar Chris Nuñez, more recently known as a judge on Paramount Network’s Ink Master, as they attempt to strike gold once again with the newly opened Liberty City Tattoo in Wynwood. James is an executive producer on the web series, which premiered March 15 and airs Thursdays.

North Miami’s VR Park Provides a Ready Player One Experience

Imagine being so nervous about walking along a ledge at the top of a snowy mountain that you have to tell yourself not to look down at the arctic valley below. You remind yourself that in real life you’re tiptoeing in a carpeted second-floor room in North Miami. Such was my experience with the mind fuck known as the Virtual Arena in VR Park.

South Florida Teacher Wilkine Brutus Taught Black Panther to Korean Students

Wilkine Brutus didn’t look like the other teachers when he taught English in South Korea for four years. In fact, the Haitian-American writer with braids and tattoos didn’t look like almost anybody in the homogeneous Asian country. As you might expect, he often fielded questions from students that had little to do with the curriculum…

Written by Jackie Mason’s Ex, 700 Wives Stars His Spurned Daughter

The politically incorrect comedian Jackie Mason can rest easy knowing there is no mention of him in ex-lover Ginger Reiter’s upcoming comedy musical 700 Wives. Reiter took a break from poking fun at her ten-year love affair with her baby daddy, whom she razzed in Both Sides of a Famous Love Affair: The Jackie Mason Musical and its previous incarnations, 702 Punchlines and Pregnant and Oh, Jackie, Oh.

Woodystock Returns With Spam Allstars for a Fifth Year of Fundraising

James “Woody” Beckham feels some fundraisers can be a little too expensive for the general public to attend. He would know. His nonprofit, the Woody Foundation — which he says has raised over $1.5 million for people living with paralysis — hosts a lobster meal, golf outing and fishing tournament…