Hurricane Matthew Bears Down on Florida: Live Updates

8 a.m.: Today is the day Florida’s long run of good hurricane fortune comes to a howling end. By early this evening, Hurricane Matthew’s 130 mile per hour winds, torrential rains and massive storm surges will collide with the Florida coast, ending an 11-year streak without a major ‘cane crossing into…

Our Most Popular Miami Music Stories of the Week

So you had a busy week and missed a few things? Well, while you were trying to placate your demon of a boss, some shit was going down in the Miami nightlife scene. Let’s recap our most-read stories of the week, shall we? On Thursday, we learned that the Miami…

The Miami Concerts That Have Us Excited for the Weekend

Hey, there. It’s me, weekend. What’s that? You’re bored and your ears and hungry for frothy melodies? Well, why didn’t you say something earlier? This weekend we’ve got the Miami Music Festival from Around the World happening all weekend at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center at FIU. It’ll be classy as hell,…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

The best time of the week is finally here — the weekend. The next three days are filled with music, art, and boozy beverages galore. From Coral Gables to Little Havana to South Beach, these are the best places to be until the sun comes up Monday morning. Friday Viernes…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday Any film detailing the life of Kurt Cobain, the troubled frontman for punk provocateurs Nirvana, won’t exactly be an upbeat experience. Nevertheless, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck offers fascinating insight into one of rock’s most enigmatic and iconic musicians, an artist whose promise was cut short by suicide when…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Is surrealist comedy a genre? If it wasn’t ten years ago, it is now that Eric Andre has hit the scene. The Florida native’s strange brand of situational comedy plays on familiar ideas, constructs, and social tropes — and then turns them upside down and competes against a stegosaurus to…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

The best time of the week is finally here — the weekend. The next three days are filled with music, art, and boozy beverages galore. From Coral Gables to Little Havana to South Beach, these are the best places to be until the sun comes up Monday morning.  Friday New…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

The best time of the week is finally here — the weekend. The next three days are filled with music, art, and boozy beverages galore. From Coral Gables to Little Havana to South Beach, these are the best places to be until the sun comes up Monday morning. Friday International…

The Ten Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday, July 7 Miami is well-known for a number of things including, but not limited to, finicky weather, thumping nightlife, and unbearable traffic. Less celebrated is the fact that, as the gateway to Latin America, Miami also serves as an artistic epicenter that both draws in and exports diverse and…

How to Have the Best Miami Summer Ever

Conventional wisdom says that summer is the worst time to be in Miami. But when has conventional thinking ever applied to this town?  If you know where to go and what to do, you can celebrate a summer season to rival any high season arts convention, music conference, or food…

The Ten Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday Wine is the elixir of creativity. It unlocks artistic whimsy and lowers inhibitions. Are you doing this right? Hell, there’s no wrong way to paint a beach at sunset or a cabin in the mountains or a demure cocktail glass like the one in your hand. Painting-and-drinking classes are…

The Ten Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday, June 23 It’s one thing to see an artist’s work behind a glass display case, from the other side of the velvet rope, or mounted on a wall. But it’s another to hear that artist talk about that work in person, to hear the mastermind speak about the inspirations…

The Ten Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday, June 16 Sweat Records and O Cinema have collaborated to present some very cool music-related films over the past few years. Documentaries on David Bowie, Elliott Smith, Arcade Fire, Nas & Pulp, and others have screened at the art-house theater. This Thursday at 9 p.m., the two Miami staples…

Best of Miami 2016 Released Today

Hang on to your pants, Miami, because the biggest competition of the summer lands today. No, not the 2016 Olympics. We’re talking about New Times’ annual Best of Miami issue. Our staff has chosen more than 400 winners, from the finest restaurants to the most notable new bars and clubs…

Best of Miami 2016 Preview: Best AM Radio Host

Hang on to your pants, Miami, because the biggest competition of the summer lands next week. No, not the 2016 Olympics. We’re talking about Miami New Times’ annual Best of Miami issue. Our staff has chosen more than 300 winners, from the finest restaurants to the most notable new bars…

Best of Miami 2016 Preview: Best TV Show Filmed Locally

Every year, New Times spends countless hours treading through all sorts of paths to find the best our city has to offer. We’ve narrowed down Miami’s most noteworthy places, people, and things, from hidden gems in strip malls to glowing establishments in plain sight. The 29th edition of our annual…

Best of Miami 2016 Preview: Best New Bar

It’s Best Of 2016-eve here at New Times and we’re giddier than Santa Claus in a cookie factory. Last week we previewed our first winners of the issue, and today we’re giving you another appetizer before everything drops online tomorrow. Check out who took home the prize for Best New…

Best of Miami 2016 Preview: Best Dance Club

Each year, we here at New Times pool our collective noggins and try to come up with the best places, people, and things this city has to offer. And next Tuesday, you’ll have a chance to see just what we came up with when our Best Of 2016 issue goes…

Best of Miami 2016 Preview: Best Politician

Hang on to your pants, Miami, because the biggest competition of the summer lands next week. No, not the 2016 Olympics. We’re talking about Miami New Times annual Best of Miami issue. Inside, our staff has chosen more than 300 winners from the finest restaurants to the most notable new…