Robert Fontaine has a lot to celebrate. The gallerist has just moved into a new, multifaceted art space in Wynwood, an upgrade from the boxy shop he used to call home. His latest exhibit, “Decadent City,” combines the works of artists he represents and those who’ve appeared on his walls…
“Of course you can be a prince on stage, but you can be an animal as well? Can you move like a snake, move like a tiger?” With that, a wiry, energized Miao Zong — guest choreographer with Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida — demonstrated the proper technique for a…
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…
It takes all of two minutes of listening to Emily Blunt’s voiceover in The Girl on the Train before you have to wonder whether this narrator might be unreliable. As her Rachel rides Metro-North in and out of Manhattan, detailing her growing obsession with the ostensibly perfect couple she steals…
If one of the joys of reading is that it takes you to a different world, this year’s Miami Book Fair does the reverse: It brings the world to you. Now in its 33rd year, the annual celebration of literature, creativity, and community-building through the written word will debut a…
Forgiveness is tricky and personal, and you can’t be blamed for not offering it. Buying a ticket to Nate Parker’s slave-revolt drama The Birth of a Nation demands at least some measure of it. As you’ve probably heard, while a student at Penn State, Parker — the film’s star, director…
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,…
Hand to God, which opened this weekend at GableStage at the Biltmore, is an irreverent black comedy whose greatest strength lies in one of the best casts ever assembled by the local theater company. The play, written by Robert Askins, takes place mostly in the basement of a fundamentalist Texas…
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…
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,…
Happy Monday, Miami. This week brings plenty of events, and the best part is they’re all free. Monday Yoga at Bayfront Park: At 6:15 p.m., downward dog your way through a complimentary yoga class at the Southeast Financial Center Plaza. Miami Jazz Jam at Churchill’s: Dance away the Monday blues…
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…
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…
You’ll hear lots of F-words if you spend enough time in Miami. The first one that comes to mind is a colorful expletive often hurled at motorists dangerously cutting you off on the Dolphin Expressway. But there’s also a less common but far more powerful F-word, one that Miamians need…
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 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…
Just when it didn’t seem possible to squeeze one more thing into your packed III Points itinerary, the festival has announced its latest addition: “Surface Imagery,” an exhibition of video-based artwork by some of Miami’s best-known artists. Presented in partnership with the Institute of Contemporary Art, the show will feature…
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…
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,…
Brace yourselves, Miami. The butts are coming. You might have seen them the first time they invaded Miami. Like a colorful, moderately obscene plague, wax and plaster butt sculptures appeared in locations across Miami this summer. The butts showed up at the beach. They perched atop playground equipment in parks…
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…
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…
