To the rest of America, the countries of the Caribbean might seem like nothing more than a bunch of beachy vacation destinations. But when Jason Fitzroy Jeffers imagines the region, he sees the future. Jeffers, who is from Barbados, says the Caribbean is a microcosm of mixing. “The people of…
A woman wears sunglasses, a tight red dress, matching long gloves and red lipstick. She stands and smokes a cigarette, ostensibly watching a rugby game, but really the players are watching her, fumbling their footwork, and it’s exactly the effect she desires. This early scene, with its shifting gazes and…
Miami stopped dead in its tracks today to mourn the loss of Jose Fernandez, one of baseball’s brightest stars, one of Cuba’s most-visible young immigrants, and one of the most rawly talented people to ever wear a Miami Marlins jersey. After Fernandez and two others were killed in a boating…
Ever since III Points announced its musical lineup in May, fans of the annual festival have been counting down the days to October. But there’s more to III Points than music. The fest just announced its schedule of “activations,” AKA the daytime events designed to engage participants in unique cultural and/or…
The mission of New Times’ arts and culture coverage is essentially to help you live your best life. We tell you all about upcoming museum exhibits, film screenings, and theatrical performances, sure, but we also spend time exploring every aspect of culture, from indie fashion to new tech to dating,…
Thursday One of the most exciting things about life in the 21st Century is the wealth of possibilities offered by the internet. Apart from the steady — and sometimes overwhelming — flow of information, the web encourages creativity from a DIY platform without having to get permission or editorial input…
Christian Carion’s refugees-on-the-march World War II drama Come What May is the kind of old-fashioned war movie that’s crafted not just to emphasize history’s horror and brutality. Yes, Carion stages the occasional slaughter with heartsick brio, and sometimes can’t resist taking pleasure when the violence goes against the bad guys,…
Every year, National YoungArts Day celebrates the outstanding artists that make up the organization’s roster of alumni. Last year, the YoungArts Campus housed a solo exhibition of hometown hero and YoungArts award winner Daniel Arsham—the most internationally recognized local artist of his generation. This year, YoungArts celebrates the day with…
Prodigies flame out; it happens all the time. But the tale of Sergei Polunin, a young Ukrainian ballet dancer whose family hitched its wagon to his star, is a particularly sad one. Steven Cantor’s doc Dancer illuminates Polunin’s celebrity before it reveals his artistry; much of the film is a…
Embedded in the colorful world of Wynwood, the III Points Music, Art & Technology Festival attracts what it presents: frenetic, energetic personalities and living works of art. Aileen Quintana, creative director and artist at III Points, brings both. A college dropout and a Miami born-and-raised, first-generation Cuban, Quintana reveals, “I…
The conventional wisdom about early-career Tim Burton is that he was an imaginative visual stylist but not a great storyteller. That sounds smart, right? It’s still something that a certain kind of ratty-beard-stroking film critic keeps tucked in his sweater vest in case he needs to say something that sounds…
From Jekyll and Hyde to Fight Club, the trope of dual personalities has come in many forms throughout the history of storytelling. But it’s probably fair to say it’s never been tackled with as much irreverence and existential outrageousness than in playwright Robert Askin’s Hand to God, which opens at…
Deepwater Horizon is the most entertaining Hollywood disaster movie in years. I’m sorry — is that a terrible thing to say? Peter Berg’s film is based on the true story of the BP-leased, Transocean-owned deepwater drilling rig that in 2010 exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 souls and…
Mira Nair’s Queen of Katwe is a true-life tale transformed into an inspirational fable. That’s not novel for the movies, but in this director’s hands, the results are mostly enchanting. The film follows Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga), an impoverished Ugandan girl who became a chess champion at the age of…
Brace yourselves, Miami. The debates are coming. In what is bound to be a circus, with Lester Holt as the ringmaster, tonight’s debate will take us all on a helter-skelter carousel of madness and, hopefully, enlightenment. It seems the only way to endure the merriment is to drown your political…
The highly anticipated first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton takes place tonight, and there are sure to be some verbal jabs throw in the direction of both candidates. The campaign trail has featured both Trump and Clinton throwing haymaker insults through the media. But wouldn’t you rather…
Happy Monday, Miamians. This week brings plenty of events, and the best part is they’re all free. Monday Metro Mondays: Free Coffee Pop Up at Civic Center Station: Snag complimentary Vice City Bean iced coffee thanks to the “Miami’s Never Moved Like This” initiative. Presidential Debate Watch Party at Monty’s: Watch…
The first moments of Luke Cage offer much that the previous 38 or so hours of Marvel superhero Netflix drama haven’t: laughter. Warmth. A sense that the New York City that Daredevil and Jessica Jones mope and brawl through might be more than just a place to save — it…
Alfred Browning Parker was one of the most popular and most prolific architects in South Florida. During his 60-year career, launched in the 1940s and lasting until his death in 2011, Parker designed more than 500 structures, won awards and accolades from critics nationwide, and earned the respect of colleagues…
When the Miami Dolphins make their home debut this Sunday, there will be at least one more thing in the newly refurbished and re-christened Hard Rock Stadium to distract you from how crappy the team is: Wynwood-style art. Team owner Stephen Ross, inspired by the murals that adorn Wynwood, commissioned…
One of the benefits of services like Netflix and Amazon Prime is that they allow TV stars, liberated from the confines of network television and cable, to try something new, expand their reach or otherwise kick it up a notch. In Amazon’s Eat the World, for example, Emeril Lagasse, the…
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 Creative…
