It’s Monday again, and odds are you’re not too thrilled about it. But the beginning of the week is always better with something to look forward to. Look ahead to the final Pride Month edition of Double Stubble at Gramps this Thursday. Hit up Brickell City Centre earlier that same day for a summer barbecue with music from Alejandra Jimenez and Palo!, or crate dig to your heart’s content at the Miami Record Fair this Saturday afternoon.
This ultra-violent crime thriller, satirizing some of Americans’ most despicable, imperialist impulses, somehow seems as though it is from a quieter, more decent time — and that’s depressing
Harper and Charlie’s flirty dialogue rushes by at screwball comedy speeds, a funny affectation that’s no less effective now than it was in movies like It Happened One Night or The Lady Eve
The film is about being overwhelmed by Los Angeles, its sprawling indifference, but also about finding your place in it – and even, at times, its welcoming warmth
With a cacophony of car horns and reggaeton beats blaring from Ocean Drive to Hialeah, Miami-Dade has become synonymous with noise. Not everyone has similar associations, though. When Charo Oquet, chief curator of Edge Zones’ Miami Performance International Festival (M/P), thinks of noise, her thoughts migrate to Miami’s underground music…
On January 20, 2013, Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco presented his poem “One Today” to a shivering crowd waiting to see Barack Obama sworn in for a second term. Zooming his poetic lens in and out, he offers a literary portrait of American life — there’s his mother ringing up groceries…
A Summer Solstice themed Miami Flea, the Mr. Rogers documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend.
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…
NeNe Leakes is a poetess of shade. She can rip you to shreds with a clever and funny rhyme. Her brains, sass, and good heart made her the most popular and consistently likable cast member of her original claim to fame, The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Leakes left the Bravo show…
Podcasts are the best. They fill the most monotonous hours of the day, from driving to work to picking up groceries, with interesting material. Sometimes they’re educational, sometimes they’re just entertaining, but one of the things that’s consistent among the best podcasts is they’re hard to turn off, no matter…
The ongoing film series Flaming Classics is bringing Miami’s queer community together through shared laughter.
Get ready, South Florida, for some fuel for your nightmares. Popcorn Frights Film Festival, the Southeast’s largest horror-film festival, has announced its first wave of programming for the 2018 edition. The lineup includes world premieres, live performances, and special guests.
There’s something genuinely exciting about seeing part of your hometown or even your home state on the big screen, especially when you’re from South Florida. Most movies wind up set in New York City or Los Angeles, and more and more of them are being filmed in Atlanta or Vancouver, but there are plenty of films where you’ll find perfectly recognizable stretches of Miami’s beaches or familiar streets in Coconut Grove.
Like the shows she’s considering, Bolin soon expands out from comely corpses to survey a wider world, in this case many of her pop obsessions …
The show’s production designers and costumers clearly revel in Claws’ setting; everything is slightly overdone, Florida-style, right down to the elaborately detailed designs that Desna’s salon specializes in
Thursday You read about the best things to do each week right here. Well, what about the best things to do, eat, and experience all the time? At New Times’ Best of Miami Party, get a taste of the people, businesses, and institutions that make Miami shine. Mix and mingle…
Like Nanette, Rape Jokes is in part a deconstruction of comedy itself, particularly the debates in recent years over what should, or shouldn’t, be acceptable in a stand-up set
As Art Basel has grown into the biggest art fair in the world, Miami has become known as an international hub of the visual arts, on par with cultural nerve centers around the globe. In recent years, the Magic City has also begun to earn its due recognition for being home to a rich and burgeoning performing arts scene.
For all its jittery heist drama, American Animals is, above all else, an accidental study in just how much white kids can get away with and still be welcomed back into society
On June 21st, yogis worldwide will gather at local studios and special events for International Yoga Day. This year, the famed celebration just so happens to also fall on the Summer Solstice, and there isn’t a shortage of combo celebrations. This Thursday, find your zen and treat the mind, body, and soul to a special yoga class in honor of every yogi’s favorite holiday. From free yoga classes to poolside practices, here are the five best ways to celebrate International Yoga Day around town.
Through archival footage of Rogers both on and off the set of his iconic show, as well as interviews with his family, friends and former crew members, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? draws a flattering yet complex portrait of its subject, who died of cancer in 2003
Last Tuesday, Jerry Beck, a South Florida native and the founder and artistic director of the Revolving Museum, attempted to fly what is believed to be the world’s largest paper plane at Fitchburg Municipal Airport in Massachusetts. But years of conceptualizing, community organizing, and crowdsourcing artworks to plaster on the exterior of the 64-foot paper plane weren’t enough to override the relentless physics required for flight.
