The Best Free Events in Miami This Week

The Wynwood Yard and Pérez Art Museum Miami are throwing their own Memorial Day barbecues so you don’t have to. Catch a performance by SunGhosts on the PAMM terrace, and sample beers from South Florida’s top breweries at the Wynwood Yard’s BBQ Carnival on Monday. This Saturday, listen as Miami’s best bands play a soundtrack straight out of 1999 in celebration of New Times writer David Rolland’s novel The End of the Century.

Eyes on Miami: Justin Timberake, Lil’ Kim, Ne-Yo, and Others

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…

Johanne Rahaman’s “Water Rights” Welcomes Urban Beach Week Revelers Via Floating Art

For “Water Rights,” Rahaman is installing an LED screen onto a barge that will float from South Pointe Park to around 30th Street and back. In stark contrast to both the increased police presence and the never-ending banners beckoning people into clubs and restaurants, the slow-moving exhibition will show a selection of photos from Rahaman’s work in Jacksonville, Palatka, and Miami Beach, among other places.

Out in the Tropics Festival Returns to Push Boundaries of Art and Sexuality

Entering its ninth year, Out in the Tropics (OITT) will return to Miami this month. The program’s purpose is to expose audiences to underrepresented artists, effectively blurring the lines separating traditional performative arts genres — and broaching mainstream culture’s boundaries of sexual normativity. This monthlong festival…

The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday YouTube can make you famous. Case in point No. 3,657,896: Franchesca Ramsey. Her cleverly titled video parody “Shit White Girls Say… to Black Girls” went über-viral, launching her “accidental activist” career. Among many cool opportunities that have suddenly come her way, she’ll participate in an intimate chat with Michelle…

Five Best Miami Crime Movies, According to Blackout Author Alex Segura

When Pete Fernandez returns to South Florida to hunt down the missing son of a rising politician — and eventually to unravel a cold case tied to a murderous cult — he operates in a very real version of Miami. The fictional detective hangs in Wynwood, eats Cuban food at Islas Canarias, and pokes around cookie-cutter suburbs in Southwest Miami-Dade.

Artist William Kentridge Brings South African Cultural Politics to MOAD

Miami is often applauded for its diversity, but the city also has a troubling history of racial and ethnic segregation and cultural misunderstanding. At the Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College (MOAD MDC), executive director and chief curator Rina Carvajal is promoting inclusion and celebrating diversity in the Magic City through the cross-disciplinary series Living Together.

The Best Free Events in Miami This Week

After a drenched weekend in usually sunny Miami, the rain shows no signs of letting up this week. It’s tempting to stay under the covers all week watching Netflix, but there are too many exciting events happening around town, even as we wait for the first ray of sunshine in days to crack through the clouds this week…