Climate Resiliency Can Save South Florida’s Future, but Only if Communities Take Action

Few issues facing the Florida peninsula are more pressing than climate change. Sea-level rise, saltwater intrusion, and rising temperatures all pose serious threats to the Sunshine State, and all of them are directly linked to our shifting climate. In 2015, during a speech given on Earth Day in the Everglades, President Barack Obama praised Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe Counties for uniting to take on climate change.

Santa’s Enchanted Forest Will Open Next Week Despite Recent Fire

Earlier this week, Santa’s Enchanted Forest experienced an on-property fire with a blaze so large it could be seen from the Palmetto Expressway. But that measly fire isn’t putting a damper on this holiday season. Santa’s will proceed with business as usual and open next Thursday. According to Miami-Dade Fire…

Misael Soto’s Installation Sand Tackles Sea-Level Rise in Miami Beach

A few years ago, around the time Misael Soto was asked to contribute to an exhibition on sea-level rise for Miami-Dade County, the artist drove down a flooded Indian Creek Drive in Miami Beach while two gas-powered pumps sucked sea water from the road and spewed it back into the bay. It was, as Soto recalls, an utterly absurd scenario.

You Can Still Buy Tickets to Hamilton at the Broward Center

Let’s get real for a second: midterms are right around the corner and it’s causing people to feel every type of way. Blue and red waves of America are crashing together tsunami-style as candidates vie for political seats in a race instrumental to our nation’s imminent future. Drowning in a media riptide of mudslinging public servants, we the people deserve a break every once in a blue moon. And what better way to escape the roar of the dichotomy than to ensure your spot in the audience of one of America’s most universally beloved musicals?

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday Santa Barbara, California-based artist John Millei believes “it is not by what one chooses to paint, but how one paints it that brings about its meaning in a work.” Dude, that is some deep stuff. It’s hard not to gawk at Millei’s work, which often walks a captivating thin…

Artechouse, Instagram’s Newest Obsession, Opens in November in Miami Beach

Move over, ice cream — there’s a new museum trend in town, and this one is here to stay. Blending art and technology, Artechouse is set to open in South Beach this November, just in time for Miami Art Week. The tech-driven art space originated in Washington, D.C., and later opened a location in New Mexico. For its third venture, its neon storefront will fit in nicely on Collins Avenue.

Five Halloween Costume Ideas Inspired by Millennial Miami Latinas

The arrival of October means fall is in full swing. The leaves are turning colors, the weather is nippy, and Ugg boots have made a comeback — at least that’s what’s happening everywhere except Miami. One thing October does grant all Americans, however, is Halloween. Because the 31st in the 305 will likely be hotter than the hinges of Hades…

Miami’s (F)empower Artist Collective Aims to “Elevate Female Energy”

With her ferocious creative collective (F)empower, Miami’s Helen Peña has spent close to a year and a half uniting, elevating, and empowering some of the 305’s most talented and passionate female and femme-identifying artists. Her collective’s goal: elevating female energy. Peña says, “We believe the world is heavily imbalanced; this is our only hope for the future.”