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. On the music front, you can catch Fall Out Boy at Hard Rock Live, Cocodrills at Space, The Beach Boys at Hard Rock Live, and Michael Brun at LIV. On…

Olympia Theater Celebrates 90th Birthday With Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy is coming to town, and with him arrives one helluva party. This Saturday, the Olympia Theater will celebrate its 90th birthday with a 35mm showing of Warren Beatty’s classic 1990 film. “Dick Tracy is a film that borrows and blends lots of wonderful elements in telling its story:…

Lyft Line Launches in Miami With Special Extended Discount Zone

The popular car service, Lyft, which launched in Miami in May 2014, announced today a new in-app shared ride option. Lyft Line allows users to split a ride with strangers going the same way for a discounted fare. The service acts much like Uber’s carpooling concept, UberPool.  “Lyft Line matches passengers…

Eye on Miami: Joe Jonas, Chrissy Teigen, 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…

Melton Mustafa Jazz Festival Grows, Moves to Overtown

This year’s Melton Mustafa Jazz Festival is the most ambitious ever, with events spread out over four days beginning Thursday. The festival marks its 19th year with a move to Overtown’s historic Lyric Theater. In addition to the student workshops, competitions, and master classes it offers ever year, it now…

South Florida’s Johns Brothers Take Vine Fame to the Xtreme

Cody and Marcus Johns always knew they’d be entertainers. The South Florida natives were writing, filming, and acting in their own mini movies before the eldest brother was even 10. They would shoot the scenes sequentially on their dad’s Hi8 camera, and though they’d move on to higher production roles…

The 11 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday, February 25 You look stressed. You’ve been working too hard. You deserve a massage and a facial and a foot rub and some wine. What’s that? You don’t have the money for a spa day? That’s not true. Haven’t you heard about the Viceroy Hotel’s monthly Beauty and Besties…

Eddie the Eagle Is No Cool Runnings

In the Winter Olympics, ski jumping is one of those sports — bobsledding and luging are others — where Joe and Jane Satellite Dish cannot tell the difference between a great performance and a terrible one unless the athlete is carried away on a stretcher. No doubt there are crucial…

Nine Miami-Based TV Shows We Wish Netflix Would Revive

When your favorite television show calls it quits, the struggle is real. That particular night of the week that was once filled with joy, now feels empty without it. It’s akin to someone breaking up with you. You lost the love of your life, and you wish you could just…

The Ten Types of People You Meet at Model Beach Volleyball 2016

The annual Model Beach Volleyball Tournament went down on Miami Beach this past weekend, February 20 through 21. For the seventh year in a row, beautiful people donned bathing suits and battled competing talent agencies. We’re not sure who won, and really, we don’t know who would care. The real…