The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday A Bridget Everett performance isn’t just a comedy show. It’s a full-blown sexual celebration. Armed with skimpy, sparkly outfits and an utter lack of modesty, Everett unabashedly sings about dicks and oral sex. She runs the stage like a naughty cabaret, breaking up her songs with comic interludes. But…

100 Creatives: Monica Peña Creates Intense, Engrossing Films

In his Variety review of Monica Peña’s feature debut, Ectotherms, Guy Lodge referred to the zero-budget film as one of “the most striking world premieres at the Miami Film Festival.” To meet Peña and chat with her is such a casual, though always engaging, experience that one would never expect her to be a filmmaker who presents such intensity in her work.

Your December TV Watch List: The Six Shows We’re Counting On

It’s December, which means it’s time to curl up in front of the TV in a fetal position and pray for 2017. Since this year has been Satan’s masturbatory fantasy, we deserve to glue our eyelids open and soak in the sweet, sweet escapism. And on January 1st, fortified by…

Isabelle Huppert Faces the Worst in the Curiously Beautiful Things to Come

One reason why Isabelle Huppert makes suffering so compelling onscreen is her sheer … well, “unflappability” isn’t quite the right word. It’s a kind of ironic distance, perhaps: The actress can convey curiosity, bewilderment and coolness all at once, even as she deals with the most agonizing of circumstances. But…

Evolution Is a Science-Fiction Marvel That Flips the Usual Gender Codes

Watching Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s mesmerizing sci-fi arthouse stunner, Evolution, I thought of the paintings of surrealist Rene Magritte — a few in particular: The Collective Invention (1934) and The Human Condition diptych (1933, 1935). The former features a creature — the bottom limbs of a woman and the body of a…

Ron Brewer Is Leaving the Paul and Young Ron Radio Show After 26 Years

Since 1990, Paul Castronovo and Ron Brewer have cohosted the Paul and Young Ron show on South Florida radio airwaves. For years, the two have been some of the most recognizable faces plastered across billboards and signs all over Miami. If you have lived in South Florida for any meaningful amount of time, you’ve likely come across the duo at a festival or event.

100 Creatives: Jason Jeffers, the Filmmaker Unveiling the Real Caribbean

Jason Fitzroy Jeffers is first and foremost a storyteller. Though the mediums through which his stories are told can vary, the direction of his artistic gaze stays laser-focused on the Caribbean. The 35-year-old musician, writer, and filmmaker left his home of Barbados more than ten years ago, but it has not left him and continues to shape his creative expression.

Ten Things to Do in Miami This Week for $10 or Less

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 Concrete Beach Brewery’s Brew House Rock beer-drinking educational series to the South Beach Jazz Festival and Miami Public Transit Day.

At NADA Art Fair, Paul Yore’s Shocking Tapestries Dare You to Look Away

Osama Bin Laden’s erect genitalia covers the nose of a cut-out of President-elect Donald Trump’s head. Trump’s mouth spews  glittery brown droplets of waste. A neon-green speech bubble sprouts from Bin Laden’s mouth, declaring in all caps, “THE SPECTACLE LIKE MODERN SOCIETY ITSELF IS AT ONCE UNITED AND DIVIDED.” Surrounding…

Riding the Waves With the Art Fair Surfers at Untitled

Spirits were high as three adventurous souls stripped down to their skivvies, grabbed a Pussy Riot surfboard, and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, as part of DO WE DREAM UNDER THE SAME SKY, an installation by Tomas Vu and Rirkrit Tiravanija at Untitled, Art, Miami Beach. Artist Tomas Vu happily…

We Need Leaders Art Week Radio Show Features Yes Julz, Uncle Luke

Here’s what you will not encounter at fashion designers Maxwell + Dao’s installation at the Confidante pool area this Basel: Any exhibits to do with fashion design. Here’s what you will get: An ear into the candid conversations of the Public School duo and their friends, as they tackle every…

Miami Art Week 2016: The Best New Public Art

You won’t have to buy a ticket to the fairs or battle traffic to get to a gallery to witness new art this week. Chances are that you’ll run into a newly installed work of art just wandering around like you always do. Artists from all over have installed pieces…