A new year kicks off, full of film festivals, and the call of awards season catch-up beckons. For those who want a little more history and a little less Oscars, though, there’s always Miami’s bundle of classic film showings. So what’s happening this month? Here’s everything you have to pick…
Right now, 168 million children are working, and 85 million of them are slaves. They might be toiling on farms or in factories. They might be hidden hands of hospitality. Three things are certain: They’re being robbed of their childhood, they need your help, and some of them are here in Miami.
In December, New Times wondered, “How well do Miami museums represent local women artists?” The answer: Not well. Just one, the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, was willing to admit that women made up only 16 percent of the creators in its collection.
We made it to February! Hooray us! Hey, it wasn’t a guarantee, and I’m so proud of us all. As a reward, make sure to watch every single one of these TV shows this month, and I don’t want to hear any excuses! You deserve it. The Quad (BET), Feb…
We can credit our new president, Donald Trump, with one thing right off the bat: Ever since he announced his run for the White House, he’s helped boost the employment numbers — mainly for comedians who found new material.
How much do you love AMC’s The Walking Dead? Do you find yourself imagining what it would be like to be on the show, trying to survive the zombie apocalypse alongside the remaining survivors? Do you care so much about certain characters that you become physically ill when they are killed? Are you so obsessed that you would consider taking a vacation to a private Bahamian island with some of the cast and crew?
Thursday Have you ever wanted to know more about the work of German pop artist Thomas Bayrle? If so, you’re in luck! Critic Kirsty Bell is presenting a talk with an impressively long title: “The Massive Scale of Sameness Makes Everything Completely Different.” Bell knows a thing or two about…
James Baldwin passed away in 1987. Well, that’s partially true. He indeed succumbed to stomach cancer at age 63, but most of his life essence remained, via his books and essays deconstructing American culture. Filmmaker Raoul Peck (Lumumba, Sometimes in April) has been a Baldwin devotee since reading The Fire…
In Staying Vertical, as in nearly all of French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie’s tonically unorthodox work, the emphasis is on the abundant possibility of pairings and practices when people get horizontal. Filled with quite literal chubby-chasing, Guiraudie’s sexually anarchic romp The King of Escape (2009), for example, centers on a middle-aged…
Beginning in April 1987, Hot Wheels Skating Center in West Kendall was the place to be in Miami-Dade. Throughout the ’90s, the skating center was packed daily with tweens and teenagers, and it helped launch acts such as Quad City DJs, Stevie B, and countless other performers. It was the place to be if you weren’t old enough to get into a nightclub but still wanted to do some booty-shaking to the newest 2 Live Crew song.
Like Ava DuVernay’s 13th, Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro travels a straight, well-researched path from the darkest tragedies of American history to the ones that plague the country today. Both films filter African-American life through the prism of the societal construct called race, but while DuVernay’s dissertation focuses…
Delving into microeconomics and macroaggressions, Toni Erdmann, the dynamite, superbly acted third feature by writer/director Maren Ade, is social studies at its finest. This quicksilver, emotionally astute comedy operates on many different registers and moods: Whoopee cushions and gag teeth are part of the fun, but so too is a…
The title offers the first clue about what’s off. Calling this movie The Comedian suggests that Robert De Niro will be playing something definitive or archetypal, as if there’s just one kind of stand-up comic, as if he’s representing a genus rather than embodying someone singular. A glut of other…
It’s 2 a.m. on a recent Monday morning, and the Corner is lit. Literally. Every second Sunday, this tiny, hip watering hole hosts its monthly queer party. Tonight an overeager drag queen preparing for her three-minute act with a smoke machine accidentally tripped the fire alarm. In a whirlwind of…
In October of last year, in southwestern Kansas, three members of a militia called “The Crusaders” were arrested and charged with planning to blow up an apartment complex in tiny Garden City housing 120 Somali immigrants. According to Tom Beall, the Acting U.S. State’s Attorney, one defendant had said that…
January 19 Alexander Mijares “Off The Canvas” Unveiling of Sculpture Series at The Sacred Space Miami: Acclaimed artist and dedicated philanthropist Alexander Mijares unveiled his first sculpture show, “Off The Canvas,” at The Sacred Space Miami, produced by Karla Conceptual Event Experiences. This is the first time Mijares has exhibited…
In Miami, a city of drivers who pride themselves on outracing and outspending those in the next lane, public transportation is often underused. Alice Bravo, the director of Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW), has set out to change that fact.
Happy Monday, Miami. This week brings plenty of events, and the best part is they all cost less than $10. Grab a few bucks and enjoy what’s new in town, from Napoleon Dynamite at SoundScape Park to free admission to the PAMM and a Magic City Hippies concert.
Take it from the network that rebranded as Syfy: The best trick in The Magicians is its phoniness. The actors share a broad house-style stiltedness and uniform, plasticine good looks — even the same haircut. The sets, costumes and special effects, while often inventive (a baddie with a head made…
South Florida fans of the insanely popular musical Hamilton have felt snubbed this year. The touring production announced visits to metro areas such as Salt Lake City and Des Moines but skipped Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The closest local Hamilfans could get was last month’s auditions held at Florida International University. Until now.
Don’t let Lawerence Weiner’s work fool you. Though he usually refers to the medium of his pieces as “language and the materials referred to,” his work is more than meets the eye. Weiner, still one of the most recognizable names in conceptual art, creates work that transcends its minimal material composition to heady, experiential, and emotional worlds. In that spirit, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has unveiled a new work by the artist, Out of Sight. Twisting Weiner’s artfully composed phrases in a hopscotch graphic, the piece addresses the “gamification” of learning in a museum context.
The best time of the week is finally here — the weekend. The next three days are filled with music, art, parties, and boozy beverages galore. From Coral Gables to Little Havana to South Beach, these are the best places to be until the sun comes up Monday morning.
