Thursday Carol City is a music mecca. The Miami Gardens neighborhood has bred the likes of Rick Ross, Flo Rida, and, now, Twelve’Len. A new minidocumentary, Twelve’Len: Definition of a Florida Boy, was produced with Red Bull Music and follows the rising rapper’s upbringing and influences. To celebrate the flick’s…
Florida’s an obvious target for political jokes. So Daily Show host Trevor Noah will have plenty of material to draw from when he brings the Comedy Central show to Miami Beach in late October. A special “undesked” week of programming will be taped before a live audience at the Fillmore Miami…
The Alphabet of Enchantment Island is a bilingual children’s book about the magic of being Boricua and the African heritage of Puerto Rico, says its author Yajaira De La Espada. The Afro-Latinx creative of Puerto Rican and Panamanian decent spent the last four years writing the book, but after Hurricane…
Photographer Ian Witlen got a call from New Times’ art director just after 2:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. She had heard reports that there was an active shooter on the campus of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. Witlen had graduated from the school in 2001. “I immediately thought it was just another…
After receiving a 1,000-piece jigsaw as a gift at that party, Agnes discovers a surprise talent and passion: She can put one together in just a chunk of an afternoon
When John David Washington stood up and joined a series of elementary school kids declaring “I am Malcolm X” in Spike Lee’s 1992 movie Malcolm X, he never thought he’d actually become an actor. Much less did he expect to appear in a leading role in a future Spike…
You’ve probably already upped your movie intake recently — it’s a foolproof way to escape the summer heat. But if you need more inspiration to buy those tickets, here it is: Miami’s art cinemas have quite the collection of classics available for viewing this August. Bill Cosford Cinema. Flaming Classics…
Twelve’Len’s documentary screening, a discussion of Pedro Almodóvar’s films, and more of the best free events in Miami this week, August 6 Through August 12.
Based on a crazy true story (or, as an opening title puts it, “some fo’ real, fo’ real shit”), BlacKkKlansman follows the efforts of Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), an African-American detective in the Colorado Springs police force
When most people think of Hialeah, they think of brutal traffic on broken roads, a sea of fades, and Cuban bros hollering at ladies from the driver’s-side window — or worse, the passenger side.
The Warped Tour’s final show, Miami Girls Rock finale, Mas Miami Vol. 2, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend.
An assemblage of TV clips sets the stage: Ninety percent of all children have died within the space of a month, with the survivors gaining a variety of superpowers that the government catalogs in a color-coded chart ripped right from the Bush administration
A particularly pointed political cartoon made the rounds on Twitter and Facebook after Donald Trump took office. In it, his face, puckered in his signature duck lips, is tilted up toward a globe precariously sitting on an American flag atop a table. Trump’s baby body greedily grasps at the flag with poop-covered fingers, allegedly smeared from his seeping diaper.
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…
SOL Fete Miami will make going outside in the brutal Miami heat a pleasure instead of a chore. Also known as the Summer of Love Festival, it will include a wide range of fun activities that empower and enrich while celebrating the arts, music, and culture of the African diaspora. The free event…
Out Con is set to return to the Miami Airport Convention Center this Saturday, August 4, and it’s expected to attract queer fans of nerd culture from across South Florida.
… Like Father, it turns out, is an emotional, heartfelt depiction of what it’s really like to reconnect with a loved one after they’ve hurt you irreparably, but with some solid laugh lines and none of the melodramatic sap
You go, girl. ¡Fuácata! or a Latina’s Guide to Surviving the Universe showcases more than 20 Latinas touching on everything that affects the community. All of the characters are played by one very talented leading lady, the three-time Carbonell Award-winning Elena María García. The performance touches on a wide…
This year, Florida’s premier horror film festival, Popcorn Frights, moves its series of chilling works to Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale. The festival gave New Times film critics Juan Antonio Barquin and Hans Morgenstern a preview of several of the movies premiering at the festival. Here’s their guide to the films you must see and ones to miss, ranging from science fiction to zombie horror and ghost stories.
Miami’s drag scene has exploded in the best way. New Times has been there to capture much of it through the lens of photographer Karli Evans. During the past year, Evans and filmmaking partner Cassandra Keith have chronicled the evolution of the scene in a documentary that creates a dialogue with six local performers and brings their fantasies to life.
Greenfield searches for commonalities between her subjects, linking the tacky and Trumpy nouveau riche to the strippers and pornographic performers who embody her conviction that for American women the body itself is a commodity
… It’s as scattered and disorienting as the infamous LP Having Fun With Elvis On Stage, an official cheapie that consisted of nothing but the King’s between-songs ‘70s stage banter
