If art reflects life, the art world has had a lot to deal with in the past year. It’s no surprise that many local art institutions’ programming reflects the identity crisis sweeping the nation. A good example are two shows that ended the Wolfsonian-FIU’s previous year of programming: “Wit as…
In 1984, the crime-fighting duo of Crockett and Tubbs went face-to-face with dangerous drug lords and other unsavory characters, making Miami famous for cocaine, synths, and violence. While Miami Vice was lighting up every living room in America in pastel shades, Miami Dade College was launching the Miami Book Fair,…
UM vs. FSU football, the Miami Taco & Beer Festival at Marlins Park and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, October 5 through 7.
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 WorldRedEye, New Times…
At times, Green’s film feels too familiar, exploring what we already know — cops can be dirty and may retaliate if they’re crossed
It’s that time of year in Miami when we say adios to the treadmill and hit the pavement. Summer is officially in the rearview and the weather soon will be changing from miserable to warm, making running outside tolerable-ish. The fun runs and half marathons around the city are starting…
It’s 10 in the morning, and Daniel Chimowitz already simmers with energy. He speaks with an impassioned flair that accentuates a hint of a twangy West Coast accent. (The London-born international artist and fashion designer grew up in San Francisco.) Mere minutes in conversation with Chimowitz pass before a moment…
Miami’s theater scene refuses to stray from political plays even if some viewers are probably looking for escapist fare during the frustrating Trump era.
Its leads, feminist writer Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) and Richard (Paul Giamatti), a one-time wunderkind of no-budget theatrical productions, find themselves desperate to conceive a child even as the doctors they pay (with borrowed money) thousands to speak frankly of the odds
October Christo & Jeanne-Claude: “Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83: A Documentary Exhibition.” Thirty-five years ago, an art installation titled Surrounded Islands premiered in Biscayne Bay. In May 1983, Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 11 uninhabited islands in Biscayne Bay with 6.5 million square feet of fabric. The pink…
Jaie Laplante is excited. For the past decade, he’s been watching South Florida’s film scene blossom, and next year will be no exception. “It’s so exciting to see how the seeds the film community members have been planting over the last ten years are growing strong,” Laplante says. He’s the…
Who’d have thought a show about the origins of a shyster/lawyer with a fake name whose clients are murderous drug dealers would turn out to be TV’s most satisfying depiction of an honest day’s work?
Just like you, New Times likes to party. So we’re throwing a big fiesta with food, drinks, and all kinds of fun at Iron Fork. It’s a chef competition and a grand tasting event. And by tasting, we mean you get unlimited samples from nearly 40 restaurants, including Pink Pie, Bagatelle, Ra, and Brain Freeze…
Double-stuffed with kill squads, killer ’80s couture, and mood-killing howlers, Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s Loving Pablo is more a greatest hits than a story, the kind of radically compressed life-of-a-legend movie where everything happens in a giddy, ridiculous gush
This Saturday, October 6, Dominican designer Tony Peralta of the Peralta Project and brand creator Jose Morales of Apt.78, in partnership with Cerveza Presidente, the official beer of the Dominican Republic, will host their pop-up version of a colmado, dubbed Colmado 305. Heading to the Wynwood Marketplace, the art installation is a spinoff of the Uptown Colmado in New York this past June. And, yes, free Presidente will be served.
Ultimately a story about brotherhood, friendship and the insecurity of life in a violent place, the film injects a sweetness and innocence into the genre, mostly through one stellar performance by John C. Reilly
“Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence,” a new exhibition at Frost Science, will explore the world of natural glowing organisms.
Comedian Hari Kondabolu — who has seen his profile rise thanks to his Netflix special and the documentary The Problem With Apu — will perform October 6 at the Broward Center.
Young people are leading a new era of activism in America. And We the Future, a new initiative launched by nonprofit design lab Amplifier, aims to support and inspire the next generation of activists. The idea is to put posters depicting young activists into at least 20,000 sixth- to 12th-grade…
The Hate U Give takes time to focus on the nuances of Starr’s life, on the ways Williamson has split her consciousness, on the effort of code-switching, on the layers of self that Starr must sort through in everyday interactions
Flaming Classics, an academic discussion about Beyonce and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, October 1 through 7.
To fall in love with A Star Is Born is to embrace these paradoxes and, to quote a song Gaga sings in the film, go “off the deep end” and submerge oneself “far from the shallow.”
