Kindly allow this lengthy aside and conspiracy theorizing: I can’t start my review of Paul Feig’s redo of Ghostbusters without first mentioning the stupefying chaos that attended last Thursday evening’s press screening, the only one of two scheduled a half-hour apart in New York before the movie’s opening. This unprecedented…
If you plan to stop by Locust Projects in the Design District this month, don’t be shocked to find the exhibition space being run by teenagers. Thanks to the Locust Arts Builders (LAB) program, aspiring young artists from an array of South Florida public and private high schools, including nonvisual…
After IMG pulled out of Miami Swim Week last year, the shows were a mess. Though there were quite a few gems (Mara Hoffman’s fete at the Versace mansion was one of note), the overall event was inefficient and mired with problems. Participants comforted themselves with IMG’s announcement that their…
Happy Monday, Miamians. This week brings plenty of events, and the best part is they’re all free. Monday Yoga on the Beach: Grab your mat and head to the beach ( 2100 Collins Ave., Miami) at 6 p.m. for a free session. Music at the Government Center: Start your week…
As the season winds down in South Florida, it’s a good time to catch up on what some of the Miami’s local favorites have been up to. Take Alfredo Triff, for instance — our town’s resident philosopher-king, MDC philosophy professor, and all-around dynamic jazz violinist. This year, Triff produced the…
Wanted: Group of badass chicks seeks other like-minded badass chicks to join intense team sport that involves knocking people senseless and just having fun. Miami’s Vice City Rollers is welcoming all ladies who consider themselves #DerbyStrong to experience the knock ’em, sock ’em sport of roller derby on Sunday, July…
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 International…
It’s safe to say Miami and its people are strange. But, hey, strange is good. Strange is what makes Miami the crazy, over-the-top, lavish, and outlandish place that it is. Our city oozes character, from the outfits on our backs to the places and structures we proudly call home. So…
Black Violin, made up of Will B. and Kev Marcus, has been creating a special blend of classical and hip-hop music for almost two decades. Natives of Fort Lauderdale and graduates of Dillard High School, they met in orchestra class and have been making music together ever since. On the…
Here’s some good news: Netflix is now streaming Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. No other TV show is quite so ambitious or politically deft as star and executive producer Rachel Bloom’s (and co-creator Aline Brosh McKenna’s) darkly comic, whip-smart send-up of romantic comedies. The title alone has turned more than one of my…
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…
Darth Vader. Batman. The Mario Brothers. Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. All these and more are now in my personal collection of cosplayers. I went out to Florida Supercon 2016 to see Saturday’s sold-out event dressed as Pokemon’s Misty on a mission to catch all the superfans, and I think I…
Thursday, July 7 Miami is well-known for a number of things including, but not limited to, finicky weather, thumping nightlife, and unbearable traffic. Less celebrated is the fact that, as the gateway to Latin America, Miami also serves as an artistic epicenter that both draws in and exports diverse and…
Geeks aren’t known for their sex appeal, but that’s a total misnomer. Ever see that scene in Revenge of the Nerds where the sorority girl accidentally gets with the goofy guy and finds out what she’s been missing? Now imagine you’re that sorority girl and the goofy guy is dressed…
In 1968, artist Ida Applebroog and her husband moved their four children from Chicago to California. Around that time, she became overwhelmingly depressed. “I took both my young sons, and I drove them, they helped me drive, to the zoo in San Diego. I didn’t know what I was doing,…
Sometimes a movie seems like it was more fun to make than it is to watch. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is one of those movies. Zac Efron and Adam DeVine are Dave and Mike Stangle, two troublemaking brothers with a knack for walking the tightrope of party-makers/breakers. With…
In traditional comic books, during any given story arc, there’s a winner and there’s a loser. In the long run, the winner is almost always the main hero. Batman, for example, triumphs more often than not. But he’s also taken quite a few lumps along the way, including a broken…
If you like books with your booze, you’ve probably attended a Bookleggers pop-up event. The independent mobile library has been running pop-ups at venues all around South Florida each month for the past four years — and those venues often have a tasty drink and a party atmosphere. But last…
It was among the most significant meetings in Amy Padolf’s career and she barely remembers any of it. In fact, her boss, Dr. Carl Lewis, had to recount what happened once they’d left the Kennedy Space Center conference room last summer. “It’s all just a big blur to me,” Padolf…
If there’s a war movie we haven’t seen enough of yet, it’s one from the female perspective, one that further obscures who the good guys and bad guys really are. In Anne Fontaine’s moody feature The Innocents, even the nuns are gray. During a bitterly cold winter, tucked away in…
In one of many throwaway gags in The Secret Life of Pets, a group of dogs gathering for an all-important rescue operation is momentarily sidetracked by a butterfly, which sends them into a riot of leaping and yelping. Pets are easily distracted, you see. And you know who else is…
“They call guys like us War Dogs — bottom-feeders who make money off of war, without ever stepping foot on the battlefield. It was meant to be derogatory, but we kind of liked it. ” If you think the plot for Jonah Hill and Miles Teller’s new movie War Dogs…
