Beginning June 7, Miami will draw Major League baseball fans from all over the world to be part of All-Star Weekend and see the All-Star Game at Marlins Park. It’s the city’s first time hosting the annual celebration of baseball, but not the first time Miami will have immersed…
Days before the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me premiered, the news hit that John Singleton’s original script for the project opened the rapper’s story with Tupac being raped in prison. Singleton had left the ill-fated film twice before Benny Boom stepped in to helm it, but it was…
Thursday Maybe it’s a bit of an oddball pairing, but if you were born before 1970, you’ve probably enjoyed songs by both Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper. Whether you’re more in the “Maggie May” or the “Time After Time” camp, these legends have enough hits to keep you entertained the…
Maudie is hit-or-miss, but you’ll probably bawl anyway. Its creators have elected to dramatize nothing but the things that traditional narrative features usually botch. The film, directed by Aisling Walsh, surveys the life of a beloved artist, Nova Scotia’s self-taught folk painter Maud Lewis, who produced scores of cheerily primitive…
Venezuelan-born, Miami-based composer and sound artist Gustavo Matamoros might be the most approachable man in Miami music. Speaking with him about his artistic passions — theories of harmonization, ideal listening experiences, and, above all else, experimentation in sound — is almost a symphony unto itself, sweeping in its scope and ambition but grounded by a relatable presence and a smiling face.
The Welcome to Night Vale touring show will make its first-ever stop in Miami Friday, July 7, at the Olympia Theater, to perform an all-new script, titled “All Hail,” centered on the infamous glow cloud.
The Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues has called The Ornithologist, which follows a lone bird expert in a remote northern part of the country, an “adventure film.” It’s a genre he fantastically destabilizes to encompass martyrdom, transmigration of the soul, and wild revelers cavorting in Mirandese, a nearly extinct language…
When New Times asked Laura Gasperini, Valentina Vincenzini, and Isabella Roberto – the three women behind the Miami Independent Film Festival – what the most rewarding part of running a film festival is, an uncomfortable silence fell over the table. They stared uncertainly at each other for a moment. “We…
Bienvenidos a Miami, baseball fans! In honor of Marlins Park hosting the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game July 11, we’ve compiled as many “game hacks” as we could find to make your experience that week a cheaper, hassle-free, more enjoyable one.
The pitch for The Big Sick might sound like a tacky weepie you’d have been afraid to watch on TV in the 1990s. But it’s hard to do justice to the balancing act that the creators of this singular comedy have achieved. Based on events in the life of star…
Most hero stories dating back to Achilles are fantasies of power, of the world made right through violence. What sets Spider-Man apart, outside his joyous bouncing through New York City, is that his stories are also fantasies of responsibility. Rather than just kick bad-guy ass, Spider-Man must forever fight to…
It ain’t called the land of the free for nothing. For a society so insistent on free-market capitalism, we sure do like our complimentary goods. Maybe that explains why there’s — count ’em — four free Fourth of July parties, along with a deluge of film screenings, musical performances, and art, all at no charge.
Speak with 24-year-old Ana Del Rio of Miami and you quickly realize that her story may be just as inspiring as those of the millennial business owners she features in her new YouTube series, Made in Dade. Though Del Rio is a video producer and web show host as of late, her roots lie in the world of banking and finance.
Stepping outside for more than 30 seconds is pretty much the most awful thing anyone can do in Miami this season. So why not sprint from your car to the cinema to stay in the safety of A/C and catch a good film? But instead of watching the parade of mediocre summer blockbusters, catch some classic films. Here’s where to find them.
Don’t squander the weekend before a midweek holiday. Spend it at these parties, festivals, and shows happening everywhere from Miami Beach to Wynwood to Coral Gables. We’ll see you back out there Tuesday.
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…
More than 50 years later, the Moke has been redesigned to combine its classic look and feel with modern safety features and convenience.
There aren’t many neighborhoods in Florida as iconic and underrated as Little Havana. Along Calle Ocho, the smell of cafecitos and guava pastries fills the air. As you stroll by perennially jammed Versailles and hole-in-the-wall stores with quinceañera dresses primly unfurled in display windows, you get the clear impression you’re somewhere distinct.
If you grew up in a Cuban family, birthdays and Noche Buena always involved the maturer relatives retreating to lawn chairs and breaking out the dominoes. Whether or not the game makes any sense to you, the clacking of tiles and bursts of argument are nostalgic and,…
In January, the Trump administration announced plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts. Concern about the threat has been expressed ever since. Many organizations have struggled to create innovative funding strategies to remain viable in the future. Miami, as a hub of innovation in the arts, is particularly affected by the threat.
With its cobblestone streets and quaint shops framed by moss-laden oaks, Savannah, Georgia, is among America’s most charming cities. Though picturesque, it’s a place with a complicated history: Before the Civil War, white families owned slaves there. In the few decades after the war, however, despite the continued racism, Savannah became a city with a robust black population.
It seemed all cat lovers were amazing at yoga when Miami-Dade Animal Services teamed up with Green Monkey Yoga this past Wednesday for Meowmaste. The event was held thanks in part to advertising exec Gabriele Sheldon. After adopting a cat, she realized that International Yoga Day landed on Wednesday, June 21…
