Arts & Culture

It’s the weekend before Miami Art Week, meaning the Magic City’s streets are about to be inundated with tourists from across the globe. As glamorous as that might seem from the outside, we all know it’ll be a nightmare. But much like the Glee episodes your significant other insists on making you watch, you grit your teeth and smile through it, all for love — or the ensuing perks. Either way, enjoy South Florida while it’s still ours by catching the Drums at Gramps, Zoo Lights at Zoo Miami, and Riptide Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale Beach Park. You won’t really appreciate it ’til it’s gone.

Michelle Abbs knows firsthand how important female coaches can be. Abbs was a promising swimmer growing up in Michigan but quit the sport in high school after a male coach discouraged her. She still occasionally participates in triathlons but wonders about her fate as an athlete had her coach acted differently — or if her coach had been a woman.

A beautiful marriage of talent and place is going down at the lush Pinecrest Gardens with artist Patrick Dougherty’s installation Stickwork. The gardens, once home to Parrot Jungle, are a beautiful representation of the area before people encroached on the landscape. Dougherty creates haunting but homey structures from bent…

New Times visited the building ahead of its official opening December 1.

The turkey turnup was real, but now it’s time to get back into the groove and finish the year strong. That means saving up for the Art Basel turnup happening next week. Whether your financial planning is contingent upon your partying habits, the following free events should keep you excited, entertained, and grateful for the padding in your checking account.

Whether you’re all about the hype or you’re just trying to stay sane while your extended family is in town, the weekend is packed with events that will help you let loose, get down, and turn up.

At the young age of 17, Skyler Grey has built an impressive following in the art world. The Los Angeles-based painter already counts Snoop Dogg and the Game as patrons of his work, which fuses an irreverent pop sensibility with touches of public art and graffiti. It’s a style the…