You might cringe at the thought of poetry, imagining smoky obscurity, impenetrable reasoning, and nonsensical utterances. But poetry is actually one of the most accessible kinds of art, says P. Scott Cunningham, the founder of O, Miami Poetry Festival and the author of the poetry book Ya Te Veo, released March 1.
If you’re a diehard Olympics fan, you know Aly Raisman was the captain of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. women’s gymnastics teams. But even if you’re not into the sport, there’s a good chance Raisman has been on your radar lately. She has become a leading activist for the #MeToo movement and a champion for mental health…
Seventy years ago, in 1948, Israel was declared an independent state by David Ben-Gurion. Halfway around the globe that year, the Sagamore Hotel in Miami Beach opened its doors. At first thought, the two events might not seem connected. But this week, the Sagamore celebrates the concurrent anniversaries by launching the art exhibit titled “Peace 70.”
It’s only March and the nation’s collective stress level is already at a record high. Many people could benefit from learning about positive psychology, the scientific study of what makes humans content and how to sustain that feeling of fulfillment. From March 16 through 18 at the second-annual World Happiness Summit, scientists, educators, entrepreneurs, athletes, and artists will present their research and share their experiences in living happy and thriving lives.
ArtSea Festival, which is in its seventh year, is a volunteer-run event held at Virginia Key Beach Park. It integrates art and science through a packed programming schedule of activities, including educational science and art stations, dance and drumming performances, beach meditation, paddleboarding, and kids’ yoga.
If your only experience with art in Miami has been at Art Basel and other exclusive art fairs in town, you might imagine that being an artist in the Magic City is glamorous. In reality, for most, it’s really hard work. Many artists aren’t able to support themselves with their work because their community lacks the resources…
It’s been a tough week in South Florida. We could all use some deep belly breaths and some quiet time to reflect and regain our balance. Bess Wohl’s play Small Mouth Sounds, which opened at the Arsht Center last weekend and runs through March 4, offers just that by giving audiences 100 uninterrupted minutes to immerse themselves in a play set in a silent retreat in the woods.
The event will be female-centric, with lesbian bartenders and shot girls, a female DJ, and a Drag King instead of a Drag Queen. Local “gay-lebrity” Noel Aru will host, and DJ La Trice Perry will spin at the first installment of Periodically. Molto, which is also a full-service restaurant, will offer food and drink specials such as happy-hour appetizer prices, $15 cocktail pitchers, $20 beer buckets, and $7 beer and whiskey shots.
After a hectic and exhausting Basel season, Miami’s art world is ready for its next round of creativity-based commerce. In its seventh year, Art Wynwood, a sister to the Art Miami/Context/Aqua trio of white-tent showcases, leads the new round of art fairs in 2018 by kicking off President’s Day weekend…
The Coconut Grove Arts Festival occupies a little over a mile on the waterfront and is filled with family-friendly activities, including an art show with 360 artists in 14 mediums, culinary demonstrations, and live musical and dance performances.
Last Thursday, the Trump administration released a controversial proposal that would allow 1.8 million Dreamers — undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children — to pursue citizenship, but only in exchange for an end to family-based migration policies…
Overtown resident Tranée and her young son Tremaine are the real-life inspirations for the Miami performance of Pang! The show, which will be performed at Miami Light Project’s Light Box at the Goldman Warehouse, consists of three installments of live radio plays that focus on the story of a local family struggling with poverty from three cities: Los Angeles, Cedar Rapids, and Miami.
On January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the world will solemnly commemorate the millions of Jewish, disabled, gay, and minority people murdered by the Nazi regime during World War II. The day of remembrance, which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005…
Outlandish, which debuted last year, consists of six live acts that are iconic in the LGBTQ community. The performance series, running January 20 through March 17, will take place at the Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale.
YoungArts, the nationally recognized incubator of young artistic talent, will kick off 2018 with its annual performance and gala, Backyard Ball, this Saturday.
Welcome to the holidays in Miami, where coquito reigns over eggnog, kids build sandcastles instead of snowmen, and “the only thing roasting on an open fire is a pig, not chestnuts,” joke Michelle Sicars and Giancarlo Sabogal, creators of Sh*t Miami Girls Say.
“Do you know kimchi? Do you know bulgogi? Do you know Gangnam Style? Do you know Psy?” The Korean pop star Psy himself raps those lyrics in a distorted deep voice on the song “Fact Assault,” a collaboration with G-Dragon. Psy, of course, became a viral phenomenon in 2012 with…
Punk-rock queen, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, writer, and artist Patti Smith will return to Miami Book Fair this year with her latest book, Devotion.
Have you ever walked into a place and felt that ineffable “spooky feeling”? If you’ve ever felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand, a drop in temperature, or a shift in the electromagnetic charge, congratulations: you may have had contact with a paranormal entity. Horror movies set the expectation that paranormal experiences only happen in abandoned buildings covered in ivy and flanked by naked trees during the dead of winter. But ghosts don’t discriminate, they can also linger in the scorching heat and stifling humidity of Miami. Mysterious and ghastly deaths, suicides, and murders, ever too popular in Miami history, are rife with phantasmagorical potential. Dr. Paul George, resident historian at HistoryMiami, and Marlene Pardo Pellicer, a paranormal researcher, share their collection of stories on the most haunted places in Miami.
Born and raised in Miami, Stryker, now 26, became a viral sensation when he released a series of themed costumes on social media.
For the past three decades, Art Miami has established itself as an indispensable fair during Miami Art Week. While heavy-hitters such as Art Basel, Design Miami, Scope, and Untitled have monopolized Miami Beach, Art Miami and its sister fair, Context Art Miami, have commanded the streets of midtown for the past nine years.
As South Florida prepared for Hurricane Irma, residents frantically scavenged hardware stores, boarded up their windows, and sandbagged their entrances. But Miami arts organization Locust Projects took its storm prep as an opportunity to create a work of art.
