Fifteen years ago, Gabrielle Union was already an icon to her fans thanks to her breakout role as Ivy in the cult cheerleading hit Bring It On, but she had yet to land a leading part in a major movie. In 2002, the then-29-year-old was still on the cusp of…
Here’s a kiddo’s quest to define a self, in this case the descent of young Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez) into a land of the dead inspired by Dia de los Muertos celebrations
It’s Thanksgiving week in Miami, which means one thing: You’re going to get shit-faced. An unfortunate side effect of this fact, one that cannot be solved by carb-loading leftovers, is the hit to your bank account. Whether you’re buying rounds for old friends or forgetting your wallet at your high-school ex’s parents’ house before an awkward walk of shame, you’ll need to pad your pockets. From the Turkey Turn-Up at Mana Wynwood to the Jack Daniels’ Barbecue and Beats festival in Hialeah Park, we’ve got you covered.
This is the first time a Marvel TV show has stunned me: Why in the era of binge-able continued-narrative TV series would the producers kill dead their momentum
Miami has a lousy reputation when it comes to civic pride and generosity. Thursday belied that notion. The Miami Foundation’s Give Miami Day set a fundraising record, making it one of the most active 24-hour charitable-giving events in the nation. According to the foundation, 20,413 donors gave $10.1 million to 695 local nonprofits.
Sway those hips to the crooning of Marc Anthony Friday. Eat your way through delicious Tex-Mex cuisine at Tacolandia Saturday. Brush up your K-pop knowledge at the Fillmore to close out the weekend. And then get ready to do it over and over and over again until the New Year.
Despite the many troubling trends in our media culture, the movies’ response to the Iraq War has been (gasp) surprisingly admirable. Since the mid-2000s, a steady stream of films have artfully addressed war’s aftermath and the homefront — from Stop-Loss and In the Valley of Elah, to Grace is Gone…
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 brings you a solid recap of all the recent experiences you might have missed around Miami. It’s impossible to be everywhere, but hey, we can try to keep our Eyes on Miami.
If you live in Miami long enough, chances are you have a Miami story. At this year’s Miami Book Fair, there’s no shortage of intriguing tales from authors who’ve documented the highs and lows of the Magic City. New Times has handpicked a shortlist of page-turners uncovering secret haunts, seafront vistas, ventanitas, best buys, and wildlife adventures — all to remind you there’s no place like home.
Action scenes start and stop and then start again, then go in different directions, and it was a few moments into The Big Climactic Face-Off before I realized we’d arrived at The Big Climactic Face-Off
In an age when we are tethered to our screens and gadgets, and emojis supplant real emotion, we can easily lose touch with the elements that make us human. Explorations of technology and control are at the heart of Marlene and the Machine, a cabaret performance by The Bearded Ladies…
Local filmmakers Lulo Rivero, Brandon de Reuver, and Andy Ryan Flores will show their work this Thursday, November 16, at “First Look,” an exhibition of recent endeavors by notable local creatives curated by the Little River Creative Collective.
Thursday Early film star and cabaret legend Marlene Dietrich is here to lead a seminar on emotional control in a sea of film, DIY stage design, and choral arrangements. At least that’s the concept of the Philadelphia-based performance troupe the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, who will take their audience through a…
Every book lover can remember a lost weekend while binge-reading a novel whose ending had to wait because the body just gave out. No matter how compelling the story, somewhere around the 30th hour the brain shuts down and nothing more goes in.
The prologue of Katy Tur’s Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History tells the story of the night Donald Trump became President Trump. Tur, defeated and sleep-deprived after a year and a half of covering the Trump campaign, recalls nearly shutting down mentally after learning that Trump planned to continue staging rallies after his victory.
The movie turns on a series of revelations about the characters, whose hushed, intimate narration — split between Laura, Jamie, Ronsel, Hap and Florence — reveals rich inner lives
Maggie Betts’ Novitiate bears all the signs of an exceptional talent. It follows the experiences of Cathleen (Margaret Qualley), a teenager who enters a convent in the early 1960s just as the Catholic Church was starting to undergo the reforms of Vatican II. The title refers to the girls’ yearlong…
Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird is a specific, personal story: one of a young woman, Christine McPherson, who has given herself the name “Lady Bird” and is at odds with the world around her. Her identity is in flux, she has ambitions, and she feels trapped. But as small-scale as this…
“I wish I could live through something,” the title character laments to her mother in the opening scene of writer/director Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird. Played with comical intensity by Saoirse Ronan, 17-year-old Lady Bird — nee Christine — is too young to realize that she is inescapably living through something,…
Though you might not be able to afford three months on a spiritual retreat to unlearn a lifetime of internalized racism and misogyny, you can attend some free events that expand your mind. You can start by supporting local artists and merchants at the Little River Creative Collective’s event at Bloommiami and the Support Local Market at the Wynwood Yard. Then buy some consciousness-expanding books at the Miami Book Fair before supporting charitable efforts to send aid to Haiti at the Angels of Haiti show at Macaya Gallery. Hey, it’s a start.
From interactive readings to mock news conferences, here are some of the best events at the fair by age group.
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…
