On a late night in 1976, Flossie Williams was tired and working another late shift as a waitress at the Denny’s on Biscayne and NE 36th Street. She was working to support her family, as she had always done from a young age. But on this fateful evening, she mixed…
Wigwood, Super Bowl watch parties, and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, January 28 through February 3.
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,…
Shine Papers wants to hook you up with quite a prize package. And there’s gold involved.
The Miami Marathon, KISS Country’s Chili Cookoff, the Love Burn, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, January 25 through 27.
From big-budget blockbusters to indie films, here’s your guide to the movies opening in Miami theaters this week. Serenity. After directing a tense drama featuring a single actor in the front seat of a car (Tom Hardy in 2013’s Locke), screenwriter Steven Knight returns to the director’s chair with a…
For actress and playwright Carmen Pelaez, inspiration comes from real-life work experience. “I was working in the art world and I would deal with all these people on eBay selling obvious fakes,” she explains, recalling the beginnings of her latest play, “Fake.” “They were doing it very poorly and being…
South Florida locals need no official letters from Hogwarts to experience some wizarding magic this weekend. Instead, Muggles who are 21 or older can gather in Brickell Saturday night for the second annual Potter Crawl. This bar-hopping event was inspired by Harry Potter books and films, and aspiring wizards can…
In a nondescript downtown storefront, seven Miami artists are getting acclimated in their new studios while Billie Holiday hums in the background. They have come together to create Void Projects, an educational residency and community space. The nonprofit is founded in collaboration with Juxtapoz Magazine and housed by Mana Contemporary…
Thursday The first-ever Latinx Art Sessions, a two-day affair exploring Latin identity and contemporary art, kicks off Thursday. Artists and art admirers alike can enjoy studio visits at ArtCenter/South Florida, a session that explores what it’s like being stuck between different colonial legacies, and other diversions. Speakers include Franklin Sirmans,…
The biggest surprise of the list: Local filmmaker Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” snagged only three nominations. These included nods for Original Score, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. But there was an obvious snub for the incredible flick in key categories such as Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director.
Pamela Weiner, president of Dachshund Rescue South Florida, makes it clear that her last name is merely a coincidence. “It’s Weiner,” she says unbothered, like she’s had to clarify this a hundred times already and she’s ready to do it a hundred more times. “It’s kind of funny cause it…
Anna Kasperski spent the first seconds of 2019 surrounded by people she loves. “I have three really close friends, and we went over to one of their houses. I slept over, and we rung in the new year that way,” she explains. “I never really spent New Year’s with my friends before. In years past, I just stayed at home. But this year, I thought, Why don’t we be together?…”
With the Latinx Art Sessions, happening between Pérez Art Museum Miami and ArtCenter/South Florida, New York and L.A.’s brightest curators, academics, journalists, and artists are arriving for complex and nuanced conversations about the Latinx art world.
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. landed in Miami in April of 1966, he didn’t exactly receive a warm welcome. In describing his arrival to the Magic City, Dr. King said he was met with both “hostility and alienation.” Today, 50 years after his untimely assassination, you’d be hard-pressed to…
A Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade, TransArt at Villain Theater, MOAD’s family day and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, January 21 through 27.
Just a few weeks into 2019, &gallery is already making a bold statement. Since its founding in 2014 by the husband and wife team of Annie Berkowitz (a commercial realtor) and Jordan Trachtenberg (a licensed architect), the Little Haiti gallery has supported South Florida artists —…
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,…
Cher, Art Deco Weekend, NoMi Mac & Cheese Fest and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, January 18 through 20.
Stretch those hamstrings and tape those nipples, because here are some of the weirder moments in Miami Marathon and Half Marathon history.
In times of turmoil and chaos, Miami choreographer Brigid Baker encourages us to see the beauty. In her show Big Wonder, premiering January 18 at the Miami Dade County Auditorium, Baker will take audiences through a journey of remembrance and celebration. “In the end, there is only beauty,” remarks Baker,…
From big-budget blockbusters to indie films, here’s your guide to the movies opening in Miami theaters this week. “Cold War.” Pawel Pawlikowski, whose movie “Ida” won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2015, has returned with a much lighter but no less weighted film, “Cold War.” Zula (Joanna…
