Eye on Miami: Avicii, Wiz Khalifa, 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…

Japanese Choreographer Kota Yamazaki Concludes His Tour of OQ in Miami

A palace is typically extravagant, filled with too many pillows and too many luxury items. It’s the ultimate signifier of wealth and consumption. But for Japanese choreographer Kota Yamazaki, it’s a frenetic, meditative space where dark and light coexist. Inspired by utakai (poetry readings by Japanese aristocrats) and renga (collaboratively…

MasterMind 2016 Finalist: WatchMoreThings.com Will Blow Your Mind

This year’s three MasterMind Award winners — chosen from a group of ten finalists — will be announced February 18 at Artopia, our annual soirée celebrating Miami culture. For tickets and more information, visit newtimesartopia.com. Andrew Vincent wants you to watch more things. The South Florida native and filmmaker makes…

The Ten Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday, February 18 While most networking events revolve around LinkedIn profiles and business card exchanges, Miami’s artistic community continues to revamp the tired social practice. A longtime hub for artists, collectors, and patrons in South Florida, the Bakehouse Art Complex has taken its bonding skills a step further with the…

The Witch Is Creepy, Beautiful — and a Shrieking Mess

A laugh comes at last just before the end credits of Robert Eggers’ lit-class horror-bummer The Witch: a boastful note attesting to the documentary truthfulness of the dialogue in the movie we’ve just seen. Over 90 minutes that prove shriekiness is no impediment to ponderousness, we’ve beheld the harrowing of…

The Ten Sexiest Models in Miami This Week

It’s a big week, Miami. Global supermodels are invading. Yes, you heard right — hundreds of gorgeous humans will make their way to Lummus Park for two back-to-back model-centric events: Sports Illustrated’s Swim Beach 2016, taking this Wednesday and Thursday, and LeSutra’s Model Beach Volleyball 2016, happening this Saturday and…

MasterMind 2016 Finalist: VJ Jason Boogie Takes Projection Mapping to a Whole New Level

This year’s three MasterMind Award winners — chosen from a group of ten finalists — will be announced Thursday, February 18, at Artopia, New Times’ annual soirée celebrating Miami culture. For tickets and more information, visit newtimesartopia.com. Imagine an enchanted triangular portal. White lights synced to ethereal beats illuminate the cavernous walls. As…

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s Awakening Will Rouse the Arsht Center

After a long day’s work, most people like to plop down in front of the TV to unwind — but not Jamar Roberts. The 33-year-old dancer, choreographer, illustrator, and fashion designer considers the act of watching television an exploration of what’s happening behind the lens. “I usually watch on mute…

Bipolar Love Rages Through the Urgent Touched With Fire

Grown-ups may wince, but Paul Dalio’s earnest, ambitious manic-poet romance Touched With Fire is a gift to the young and passionately creative, to the brains-a-poppin’ kids caught up in invention and each other and the invention of each other. You don’t have to be bipolar to get caught up yourself…