How are you feeling this morning, Miami women? Sensual? Sassy? Sexually satisfied? According to a new study, there’s a good chance you are. German adult entertainment company Lazeeva released a list of the world’s 50 most sexual cities for women, and Miami ranks 26th.
“A sunny place for shady people.” Narratives about Miami have often borrowed the late British novelist Somerset Maugham’s line from his 1941 book, Strictly Personal, to describe the Magic City. Although the phrase originally referred to the French Riviera, Miami adopted it as a motto to characterize its own seedy…
What amazing things will Ariel Swedroe have accomplished by the time she enters adulthood? At 13, she’s already making the world a more beautiful place through fashion and good works, encouraging young women her age to follow their dreams.
In Jen Clay’s universe, nothing is quite what it seems. Her creativity thrives in the gap between real and imagined worlds. The multimedia artist explores that tension in Nearing, a multidisciplinary performance taking place Saturday, June 3, at ArtServe. It’s the third of four events courtesy of the Girls’ Club series Offsite Performances, which presents the work of local female artists in nontraditional locations.
On Thanksgiving Day in 1999, a Cuban boy named Elián González was rescued off the coast of Florida while floating alone in an inner tube. His mother and 12 other refugees had drowned in that perilous journey so many Cubans have taken to find asylum in the U.S. Elián’s seven-month…
As the anniversary of Andrew approaches, meteorologist Bryan Norcross has helped create “Hurricane Andrew: 25 Years Later,” an exhibit at HistoryMiami that recounts the storm’s devastation in the short and long term. He says he’s also dedicated to helping South Florida survive the next big one.
In sports, as in life, not everyone plays fair. The World OUTGames IV aims to change that. The games’ fourth edition launches in Miami May 26 through June 4, bringing 10 days of events featuring LGBTQI athletes, participants, spectators, and thought leaders from around the globe — including countries where homosexuality…
Before I left Miami, I grabbed a bottle of Violetas Rusas and packed it in the one suitcase I carried. “Russian Violets” cologne smells like my childhood. When I was growing up in Miami, my mother brushed my long brown hair in a daily ritual that seemed to last an eternity.
So long, “Saaave Me” ads. Miami-Dade Transit has removed Estrella Insurance’s controversial campaign, which featured a woman named Money tied to a chair, from its buses. The change went into effect May 1. The ads were the latest in a racy series of promotions by Estrella, which also included visuals…
An empty lot on the corner of NE Third Street and North Miami Avenue is all that remains of the Wallflower Gallery, an eclectic, indie multimedia space that thrived for 13 years. The memory of it still haunts C.D. Flash, steward of the space for much of its life. “I…
You can take the boy out of Miami, but you can’t take Miami out of the boy. David Hoffmann has spent most of the past decade visiting 1,000 cities in 68 countries. Even when he’s back home, he turns a simple trip around the corner into an adventure. For Hoffmann, the element of discovery is everywhere, and though he’s been traveling, he hasn’t forgotten his roots.
If one word could describe the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency, it would be “scrutiny.” That concept is incorporated into the title of Karen Peterson and Dancers’ latest international collaboration. Scrutiny: The World Gone Astray — which explores the emotional, social, and political turbulence of our times through mixed-ability dance — will make its U.S. premiere May 11 and 12 at Miami-Dade County Auditorium.
Did Americans build cities for people or for cars? It’s a question Jane Jacobs asked often. The journalist, author, and activist, known for her influential 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, was a staunch defender of pedestrian-friendly urban planning in an era when suburban sprawl took hold…
In the age of the self-centered selfie, Natalie White’s self-portrait nudes are anything but. The muse to many art and fashion luminaries has turned the camera lens on herself in “A Muse Me,” a solo exhibit at Bill Brady Miami through May 13 featuring 14 large format (20 x 24”) Polaroids created with the same 1978 kit as self-portraiture pioneers Andy Warhol and Chuck Close.
Showing skin in South Florida is no big thing, so pretty girls in pasties may go unnoticed. But that probably won’t happen when Blackheart Burlesque hits Fort Lauderdale on May 4 to shake things up during a 60-city U.S. tour. “Pretty girls” is too cheesecake to describe the edgy and sultry…
If you want to spot a celebrity in Miami, follow the money trail. Imagine the life you’d lead with coffers of disposable income, and the gluten-free, zero-calorie bread crumbs will appear.
Six years after Time magazine claimed Miami was a paradise lost to drugs, crime, and corruption, Bayside Marketplace opened its doors in the hopes of revitalizing downtown Miami. The two-story, open-air mall turns 30 this year and remains the city’s waterfront darling. An obligatory pit stop for tourists, the easy-breezy destination offers plenty of retail shops, alfresco dining, pleasant strolls, and free live music.
Janet Jones wants you to shake things up — and not just your booty. The founder of Vixen Workout, a hip-hop-inspired dance-fitness program, is opening a new studio May 1 in Wynwood after a five-year journey of rediscovering herself.
“Miami is an ass town.” Years ago, an American expat in Miami used that phrase to point out what I, a Cuban-American Miami native, hadn’t seen with my own eyes. ¿Que se se habrá creído el gringo comemierda este? I thought he was full of shit. But he was right. And Estrella Insurance’s ongoing sexist ad campaign is the latest in a long line of proof.
When Barbara Toledo started college at Florida International University, her mother gave her a rape whistle and pepper spray. The junior psychology major, who’s also media coordinator for the school’s National Organization for Women chapter, never thought about rape as an imminent threat. “When I was younger, I saw rape…
Something is flowing in Miami’s Little River District, and it’s not what you’d expect. Just seven months after opening, Rojas + Rubensteen Projects brings fresh blood to the budding arts district north of Wynwood with the new exhibit “Period.,” which focuses on menstruation.
In 2016, the International Olympic Committee approved skateboarding for the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo — a big leap for a sport that came out of California’s surf culture in the ’50s and whose first skate parks appeared in the ’70s. Today skateboarding is a global, multimillion-dollar lifestyle industry that…
