Senator Bernie Sanders to Appear at Miami Book Fair 2016

You can feel the Bern at the Miami Book Fair this year. Senator Bernie Sanders will take the microphone at a special book fair event in his honor the evening of Nov. 19. He’ll be promoting his book, Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In, in which he “shares his…

Miami’s Museums Promise a Packed 2016-17 Arts Season

The last months of the year are always busy for Miami’s art museums, showcasing an eclectic rotation of exhibitions and programs that intensifies in the runup to Art Basel in December. This year, the outlook toward Basel and beyond is even more complicated for curators at the city’s major institutions,…

Can Miami-Dade County Make Public Transit Cool?

Miami’s often stereotyped as a sexy, tropical city with candy-colored sports cars zooming in and out of the lanes. This allure makes people forget the reality of car culture in Miami, such as hazardous driving behaviors, unforgiving traffic, and never-ending construction. Somehow, there’s a level of coolness associated with Miami…

The Ten Best Things to Do in Hialeah

Let’s be honest — Hialeah is the butt of Miami’s jokes. But there’s more to the City of Progress than agua, fango, y factoría. In fact, Hialeah is rich in history; it was the place to be in the roaring ‘20s, and even attracted the likes of Harry S. Truman,…

Masterminds Leaves You Time to Wonder: Does Director Jared Hess Hate Poor Folks?

When Relativity Media — the production company/distributor behind Masterminds, the newest vehicle for Zach Galifianakis to do his painfully committed schtick — started getting press, co-founder/co-CEO Ryan Kavanaugh boasted of his secret sauce for success. A proprietary risk-evaluation algorithm that crunched variables like cast, release date, relative examples in the…

Classic Films Showing in Miami This October

With October arriving and the smell of pumpkin in the air, it’s the season for freaky midnight movies full of ghosts and gore. But it’s also just another month in Miami, where there are always plenty of classic films to go around. Spooky or not, these screenings are sure to…

Five Miami Museums You Can Visit for Free This Weekend

Been thinking of getting out to Miami’s museums? This weekend is a good time for it, with new exhibitions opening around the city — and old exhibits closing out. If you’re a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch cardholder, you have an extra reason to go Saturday or Sunday: free…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

The best time of the week is finally here — the weekend. The next three days are filled with music, art, 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. Friday  House…

Judy Davis on the Art of Acting — and Being Judy Davis

Judy Davis doesn’t like the expression “scene-stealing,” even though it precisely describes her performance in The Dressmaker. “I always sort of cringe when I hear that,” she says, “because what it implies is that’s what the actor is after.” So let’s just put it this way: As Kate Winslet’s acerbic,…

Opportunity Knox — but Goes Unanswered by this Middling Doc

In the nine years since she was first accused of and jailed for murder — then exculpated, only to be retried and found guilty again, and finally absolved — Amanda Knox has learned a thing or two about performance. “Either I’m a psychopath in sheep’s clothing…,” the 21st century’s most…

Prominent Wynwood Artist “Nobody” Dead by Reported Suicide

Miamians might not have known Scott “Nobody” Patterson’s face. He typically hid it behind a black bandana in photos. But almost all of them know his art: It’s almost impossible to walk through Wynwood without encountering his spraypainted crown or a stencil of the phrase “Art is My Weapon” on…