Murs Road to Paid Dues Tour With Fashawn, Prof, DJs Foundation and Fundo The Stage Miami Friday, February 15, 2013 On February 10, 2004, when Kanye brokered the peace deal between the benzes and the backpacks at Camp ‘Ye-vid, Murs stayed in the trenches looking at that bridge like it…
Generation Wild Tour With Deniz Koyu, Danny Avila, dBerrie and Mikael Weermets Thursday, February 14, 2013 Better Than: Speed dating for a Valentine’s companion. Did the youth of Miami prove they party hardest? Last night, the Generation Wild Tour made its stop at LIV for a crowd of eye-contact enthusiasts,…
Anyone who knows me knows that my life revolves around three things: Miami, being a pingu and los focking Miami Heat! I’ve loved the Heat since the day Rory Sparrow sunk the franchise’s basket in the Miami Arena against the LA Clippers over two decades ago. Recently, there has been…
After two seasons of sold-out performances at the Arsht Center, Haiti’s Ayikodans is returning for a weekend of dance February through Sunday. The company will be presenting a world premiere of their Artistic Director Jeanguy Saintus’ “Lamentation 13,” a work commissioned by the Arsht Center. Not only that, the dance…
Nina Agdal spends most of her time frolicking on exotic beaches for Sports Illustrated or convincing America that greasy fast food is sexy. But this weekend, the girl described as “the next Kate Upton” took a break for a series of friendly games with dozens of other models at the…
Last weekend’s Model Beach Volleyball Tournament brought the professionally beautiful people of Miami Beach out to play in skimpy bikinis and T-shirts with strange, revealing alterations. It also brought out the New Times video crew, because we needed to make sure these impossibly hot hotties were, in fact, real. Spoiler…
When the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre returns to the Arsht Center this month, Miami will welcome home the company’s Artistic Director Robert Battle. “It’s wonderful,” says Battle. “Home represents something very special.” The company will perform at the Arsht Center from Feb. 21 to 24, as part of its…
GTA LIV, Miami Beach Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Better Than: Sitting at home waiting for the next GTA game to come out. DJ-producer duo GTA headlined LIV for the first time last night. With Miami being their home turf, they had some surprises in store for the crowd. We arrived…
Just one week ago, 30 Rock broke the hearts of TV critics, everyone on the Internet, and roughly four dozen viewers when it ended with a near-perfect series finale. But tonight, those same people are rejoicing. Community, another little-watched but critically beloved NBC sitcom, is returning to our TV screens…
Well, a new month is upon us, and you know what that means! A new set of food stamps to trade for cash en la bodeguita de la esquina, and we get to name January’s sapingos of the month. See also: – Pepe Billete’s Guide to the Best of Miami…
To dance on a stage, most people would probably say that one must not only be well-trained, but able to do just that: dance. The training part should be a given, of course, but the ability of who can dance and how to dance is always much more complex, rewarding,…
If there is any truth to the stereotypes about pet owners — cat owners are loners, fish owners are naïve, turtle owners are hard-working and goal-oriented — then Dachsund owners, at first blush, could easily be accused of being ostentatious and perhaps slightly oblivious. But behind the pup and circumstance…
Project Pat EVE, Miami Friday, January 18, 2013 It was a rap show. So in the tradition of rap shows, EVE was turned into a battleground state for real and/or true hip hop. And Project Pat — Three Six Mafia affiliate and Juicy J’s real-life brother — was the guest…
For the next 10 days, all Hollywood eyes–and those of many a filmgoer–will turn toward the frigid wilds of Park City, Utah, reportedly experiencing its chilliest winter in a decade. Their collective hope: to discover at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival (January 17 through 26) the next Beasts of the…
On Friday, The Miami City Ballet presented the world preview of “Euphotic,” the most recent work of Liam Scarlett, artist-in-residence at London’s Royal Ballet. Scarlett has an intimate relation with the Miami City Ballet as well as Miami audiences. Almost exactly a year ago, Miami City Ballet presented another world…
What do “Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Moses, Chuck Norris, The Little Prince” have in common? They’re all awesome dancers. And they all serve as wellsprings of inspiration for Krisp, a four-member “indie/dance/chillwave/dance-rock” band — Andres Ledesma, Jason Mavila, Alex Lopez, and Charlie Woods — that’s been bringing whimsical party tuneage to…
The wunderkind is back in Miami with yet another world debut. Liam Scarlett, that is. He who at age 26 has been appointed artist-in-residence at London’s Royal Ballet Company. He who was also the choreographer of “Viscera,” a ballet commissioned for the Miami City Ballet in 2012, which was received…
Some of the most gratifying and rewarding perks of living in Miami are the rich community traditions that have evolved with the development of the city, like grandiose celebrations of different countries’ national independence day, staying away from the beach on Memorial Day, or dressing like tremenda puta ratchetera on…
Future With T.I. and B.o.B. Cameo, Miami Beach Monday, December 31, 2012 Future was slated to go on at midnight. But Cameo is a long way from Pluto so his landing got delayed. In the meantime, Baltimore club legend DJ Class’s “I’m the Shit” remix dropped over the club speakers,…
Most of the blathering this year about the death of film and film culture has already evaporated from the mind, like so much inert gas. But one gnomic pronouncement endures: Leos Carax describing cinema as “a beautiful island with a cemetery” following the world premiere of Holy Motors at Cannes…
Well, that’s a wrap. Kourtney & Kim Take Miami has finished shooting, and its stars are back in L.A., in the arms of Kanye West or fighting with Scott Disick or whatever it is reality stars do in those rare off-camera moments. Say what you will about their questionable talent,…
Heavy bass, ear-shredding distortion, booty beats, syrupy synths, and prime rhymes. Even though the 305 is a sunny city, it’s definitely got a weird, dark, and dirty side. So while this year’s top local releases were often sexed-up and fun-obsessed, they were also experimental, X-rated, drugged-out, deeply gritty, and unrepentantly…
