As Farley Aguilar stood in a room overflowing with art fans among 14 of his large, bright paintings at Little Haiti’s Spinello Projects,his mother, ironically, tried to slip him a little cash. This was the opening of Aguilar’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, and not only is there an…
A guy I grew up with had the superpower to make anything dirty. No matter what you’d say to him, he’d manage to make it about his dick, or about anal sex, or about how girls — so he had heard — smelled like fish. I asked him what he…
“I’ve turned into this kind of crazy optimist,” Michael Moore admits in his new documentary Where to Invade Next, his first film in six years. At 61, the gadfly savant has mellowed. Instead of charging into rooms, he shuffles, the American flag wrapped around his shoulders like a grandmother’s shawl…
New Times’ Mastermind Awards honors the city’s most inspiring creatives. We’ll be profiling those honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year’s three Mastermind Award winners will be announced February 18 at Artopia, our annual soiree celebrating Miami culture. For tickets and more information, visit…
Remember a time when comic books were actually geeky? That is no longer true. Now is the golden age of comics. The biggest movies of the year are often based on comic books and universally loved by fans and critics. TV networks also turn to the art form for inspiration. …
The most romantic and most pain-in-the-ass time of year is upon us, Miami. Retailers everywhere are rejoicing this week, watching the masses scramble to buy chocolate, flowers, jewelry, and whatever else can help you get laid this Valentine’s Day. To help offset this struggle, we’ve helpfully put together another week…
Murals pop up on the walls throughout Wynwood all the time — especially in December. Two months ago, artist Diana “Didi” Contreras revamped the wall outside of the O. Ascanio Gallery on NW Second Avenue with an image of her typical doe-eyed girl swimming in a sea of yogurt, ananas,…
Gary Nader wants to build the largest and boldest Latin American Art Museum (LAAM) in the world. His current Latin American Art Center houses the world’s largest gallery at 55,000 square feet of exhibition space. It rivals Los Angeles’ premiere Museum of Latin American Art, which hosts a similarly sized collection. But, Nader, the…
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 DJ Tennis at Trade, Afrojack at Story, Oscar G at Fifty at the Viceroy Hotel, and Nick Monaco at Bardot. On Friday, traffic along…
Another month has passed and another arrived. Cinema remains much the same. Most of what is new in theaters this month isn’t worth your time, and with Oscar-nominated films being replayed to death, it’s better to turn to the classics. Here’s what’s showing in Miami this month: Christine Vachon and…
Trapped in a shoe store in Buenos Aires during an end-of-world hailstorm in 2001, I gritted as ice the size of ball bearings struck the steel roof like shotgun blasts. Later that afternoon, while at a dinner theater in Recoleta, it seemed to me someone had created a dance out…
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…
The biggest story at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the record-breaking bidding war for The Birth of a Nation, a prestige biopic about rebellious slave Nat Turner. When Fox Searchlight snatched it for $17.5 million — $5 million more than any other flick in the festival’s history — their…
You’re probably right if you think you might get a couple laughs out of a movie titled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. You’re also right if you’ve guessed that this gung-ho but cruddy-looking mashup fails from A to Z: It’s neither good Austen nor good zombie flick. But in those…
A kick for those who’ve distractedly thumbed through Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon, Joel and Ethan Coen’s bustling comedy Hail, Caesar! looks back to the waning days of moviedom’s golden age: specifically, to 1951, when big-studio fixers were still tidying up the messes left by the talent (scrubbing now done by…
Jane Austen’s most famous 19th century novel, Pride and Prejudice, dealt with English upbringing, morality, education, and marriage. Sony’s latest on-screen adaptation keeps the same ideas alive. Or rather, it keeps them undead. Author Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2012 novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies reimagined Austen’s story, adding a few zombies…
For some women, walking into a flower shop can spark a series of emotions. First, we’re overwhelmed, in awe of the beauty. Second, we wonder if our someone special will surprise us with something as radiant. And third, jealousy floods in as we ask ourselves why we can’t make such…
More than three years ago, Josh Frank packed up his life in Austin, Texas and moved east. In October 2013, he opened the Blue Starlite Drive-In theater in Wynwood, and then in May 2014, relocated to the back lot of the old Coconut Grove Playhouse. Now, Frank is making yet…
Thursday, February 4 When the earthquake ravaged Haiti six years ago, the dance troupe Ayikodans barely survived. The company lost its dance studio in Port-au-Prince, and its members suffered personal losses. However, the group found an unlikely supporter in the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, which has commissioned…
Three years ago, Michael Moore wrapped up a TV interview about the Sandy Hook massacre and asked the producers to leave him alone. “You guys call me every time there’s a school shooting,” he sighed. He had, after all, made Bowling for Columbine, which blasted the NRA and the nightly…
Jane Got a Gun’s reputation precedes it, but it shouldn’t define it. After a tortured production that included the departure of original director Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar, We Need to Talk About Kevin) and a revolving door of leading men, the Western arrives in theaters long after popular opinion declared…
Patrick Warburton is that rare voice actor who looks like he sounds. His imposing, muscular physique complements his deep basso voice, but his warm tone gives a touch of soul to his many memorable performances as lunkheaded alpha males. Quite likely your ears perk up when you hear him. He…
