Arts & Culture

Amid the relief efforts, these folks are looking well beyond the confines of their homes and communities to help those in dire need.

As Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean, floodwaters crashed over Havana’s winding coastline. The storm plagued the city with power outages and battered its decades-old buildings. Meanwhile, one street artist was busy doling out drawings. Amid the chaos, Yulier Rodríguez Pérez was rolling up his signature sketches, stuffing them into bottles, and floating them through Cuba’s capital.

As South Florida prepared for Hurricane Irma, residents frantically scavenged hardware stores, boarded up their windows, and sandbagged their entrances. But Miami arts organization Locust Projects took its storm prep as an opportunity to create a work of art.

Every week brings a new expensive concert, a new trend to chase online, or a new political event to trigger a mental breakdown that only Netflix a mango key lime pie can fix. Whether you still have room to splurge after all of this or you’re working toward the luxury of just a sample of Fenty foundation, you can save a few pennies this week with a free beer tasting at Tank Brewing, art talks at Art Center/South Florida, and a shindig in Wynwood.

All proceeds will go to Hurricane Irma relief.

R.M. Fischer began his art career in the 1980s, making sculptures from scuffed brass knobs, rusted metal rods, pots, pans, and other found objects. Later, in the early 2000s, he progressed to soft sculpture — pieces made from vinyl fabric and upholstery. In a new show at Nina Johnson Gallery…

It’s been nearly two weeks since Hurricane Irma first made landfall in Florida, but its effects will be felt in the state for months — through Art Basel week, at least. NADA Miami, the art fair that’s been held at the Deauville hotel in Miami Beach since 2009, announced yesterday…

If catching up with normal life after Hurricane Irma has felt like its own cyclone of impervious chaos and dissolution, then perhaps this weekend can bring you some respite. Whether you like boobs and barbecue in Fort Lauderdale, beer in Wynwood, or death metal bands in both North Beach and…

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…

Power is a loaded word, and Miami is ready to blow its top. Nine days into the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, thousands of residents across Miami-Dade and Broward remain without power. Many locals feel powerless in the face of the brute force of nature and also Florida Power & Light, the state’s regulated electricity monopoly, as evidence mounts that the company wasn’t ready to handle Irma when it knocked out power to roughly 90 percent of customers.

From a Hurricane Irma benefit at Filling Station Lofts to Foster the People at the Fillmore, here are the best events happening in Miami this week.