The weather is getting warmer, the days longer, and the traffic lighter. It can only mean one thing: summertime. Although the new season is technically ushered in by the summer solstice, everyone knows summer doesn’t really begin until the Fourth of July holiday. In the words of actor, playwright, and…
Just in time for the conclusion of Pride month, MTV is making history with its show Are You the One? The reality dating competition is the first in US history to feature a sexually fluid cast. What does that mean exactly? Miami Beach resident and contestant on this season’s show, 22-year-old Aasha Wells, explains. “Nobody [on the cast] preferred…
Popcorn Frights Film Festival returns to Savor Cinema for its fifth year August 8 with an opening night sure to please many horror fans. Kicking off the nine-night celebration is the world premiere of Haunt, a new horror thriller by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, two of the writers of A…
Thursday. It’s Democratic debate week in Miami. Among the political people you can mix and mingle with are MSNBC’s Morning Joe cohosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough as well as producer Daniela Pierre-Bravo. The trio will be at Books & Books Thursday evening to chat about Brzezinski and Pierre-Bravo’s new…
Hannibal Buress must really love Miami. He’s performed in South Florida a bunch of times. He raised relief funds after Hurricane Irma. And now, it appears that even being arrested on questionable charges by a cop with a shady history hasn’t soured him on this town. He’ll perform a “Miami…
Here are the ten events you’re going to want to check out when Florida Supercon comes to the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Jhoan “Sebastian” Grey still remembers the design advice he got from one of his favorite teachers at Miami’s Istituto Marangoni. “She told me, ‘Why do you always do these shapes, these flowy skirts and flowy arms?’ She was always pushing me to learn new things and get out of my…
If you’re in need of rest and relaxation, good news: Miami Spa Month returns July 1. The two-month promotion offers the city’s most exclusive spa treatments at discounted pricing.
Democratic debate watch parties, the Miami Independent Film Festival, and more of the best free events happening in Miami this week, June 24 through 30.
Wynwood Pride, Make Music Miami Day, the Miami Underground Film Festival, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, June 21 through 23.
It’s Telemundo’s world and we’re all just watching soccer in it. Lots and lots of soccer. The Spanish-language network is leading the way in showing “the beautiful game” to millions of viewers with the help of outstanding on-air talent and state-of-the-art studios located in Doral in West Miami-Dade.
The Ward Rooming House, built in Overtown in 1925 and designated a historic site in 2006, is a vestige of Jim Crow-era Miami. When Black and Native American travelers were turned away or harassed at other hotels in the city, Ward Rooming House was a safe place for them to…
Bistro lights hang low within the dining hall of the Citadel in Little Haiti. At the center of the dimly lit space sits a woman crouched over her iPad doodling some phrases and graphic images to explain them. Amidst the cacophony of voices and dinnerware, Denise Miqueli is in her…
Thursday You deserve the best. So go ahead and party with the best. New Times’ Best of Miami Party will celebrate your favorite publication’s biggest issue of the year. In addition to recognizing this year’s Best of Miami honorees, you get unlimited food and drinks from the likes of Los…
Jessy Nite’s art studio, which overlooks the grassy backyard of her Little Haiti home, is flooded with sunlight. It’s an apt creative space for an artist whose work often depends upon sunshine — and it’s not hard to imagine her dreaming up Sun Stories, her installation that will…
“There’s literally no place like Miami.” Sitting back on the couch in her private downtown studio, New Times’ best drag performer of 2019, Queef Latina, reflects on the rebirth of LGBTQ culture that Miami has experienced in the past few years. She’s just returned from a trip to Cuba, where…
Miami will host the first Democratic debates June 26 and 27 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Odds are you won’t make into the actual debate. But you can catch all of the action at a local watch party. Here are your best bets:
Summer Solstice beach yoga, Natti Natasha, Lulu’s Ice Cream anniversary, and more of the best free events happening in Miami this week, June 17 through 23.
It’s not easy having eyes all over the scene, being around to take in all the wild visuals at all the worthwhile places in the city. There are, however, those parties and gallery openings where a fortunate photographer can point and shoot. Every week, in collaboration with World Red Eye,…
This past Sunday in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood, amid rain and traffic congestion, one of the city’s best-known galleries reopened. Anthony Spinello is the name behind Spinello Projects, a contemporary art venue that for the past couple of years has specialized in work representing marginalized communities, with a deeply political bent.
Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride, Father’s Day, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, June 14 through 16.
There’s a new store on the block in the heart of Miami’s Design District, and it’s ready to handle all of your handbag needs. Rebag, the popular online store that buys and resells customers’ handbags, is opening the doors to its seventh brick-and-mortar today.
