Roam Brings Co-Living to a Historic Miami Neighborhood

Inside the historic River Inn Miami is a concept called Roam, where travelers, explorers, and adventurers merge. Together, they create a seamless co-living community in the center of a bustling and ever-growing landscape. Instead of booking a typical hotel room, Roam gives guests a place to eat, sleep, exercise, relax, work,…

A Woman and a Gun Versus the Medical Establishment

In his tight, trim, health insurance thriller A Monster With a Thousand Heads, Mexican-Uruguayan director Rodrigo Plá achieves a visual style that is ice cold but also deeply human — a clever way to depict an all-powerful system that feeds on our lives and thrives on our fallibility. Plá opens…

A Sorority Spirit Seizes the Neighbors-verse

In Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, the sequel to 2014’s old-people-vs.-frat-brothers comedy, Zac Efron takes off his shirt in nearly every scene he’s in. It’s a sight to behold — again and again and again, but a calculated effort, like most of this film, to appeal to the ladies. As surprising…

Brazil’s Neon Bull Is Frank and Gorgeous

Stately, earthy, graphic, riveting: Gabriel Mascaro’s Neon Bull is one of those art-house studies that plops the camera down someplace far from us and, in exquisite long takes, examines the lives that almost seem to just be happening there anyway. No matter how rigorously worked out each shot and its…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

The best time of the week is finally here — the weekend — and Miami offers just about every activity. It’s three days of a festive cacophony of music, art, and frosty libations. Aqua Girl is taking over South Beach too, with events like speed dating, pool parties, dance parties, and…

Ten Things to Do in Miami When It’s Pouring Rain

Given that Miami’s main attraction involves sand, sunshine, and Brazilian bikinis, rainy days can throw some serious shade (literally) on everyone’s parade. But contrary to popular belief, our city isn’t just a beach destination — there are plenty of worthwhile pursuits that don’t involve tan lines or Wet Willie’s. With…

Eye on Miami: Scottie Pippen, Alan Faena, and More

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…

Miami and Lisbon Dance Companies Unite for a Special Two-Day Performance

Miami’s Karen Peterson and Dancers company brings its 26th season to a close this weekend with a series of premieres as well as collaborations with two of Portugal’s leading dance companies, Amalgama Companhia de Danca and Plural. These groups, like Peterson’s, are committed to exploring what physicality and mixed-ability are…