It may strike some people as odd that Miami is becoming known as a literary city. Creative, yes. Artsy, sure. But is literary a stretch? If you have ever attended the Miami Book Fair before, the answer is a resounding “no.” If this is your first time attending, get ready…
If there’s one poet you don’t want to miss this year at the Miami Book Fair, it’s Juan Felipe Herrera. Not just because this past June he was named U.S. poet laureate, but also because his writing is engaging, socially conscious, and performative. The son of migrant farm workers, the…
Accidents do happen, and according to Matthew Abess, lead curator of “Margin of Error” at the Wolfsonian-FIU, the chances of calamity striking has informed modern development in cursory ways. “Accidents disrupt the visionary promise of science and technology, making individuals and societies acutely aware that our sense of the world…
We’ve gotten used to the idea that the highest-quality, most innovative television lives on premium cable channels like HBO and Showtime. But two of the most delightful and inventive series to premiere in the past year have come from an unexpected place: the CW. Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend…
Gaming hasn’t always been the most inclusive thing in the world, with young women especially often being excluded due to the fragile egos of gamer men. Accusations are immediately lobbed against anyone who wants to try out a new tabletop or video game about how they’re “fake gamers,” and this…
Movies are great. But what makes enjoying movies extra special is when you’re able to lounge, have some food (in addition to just popcorn), and utterly forget the world around you. Sometimes, such a feeling is hard to accomplish in a movie theater, which is why so many people these…
The best time of the week is finally here: the weekend. Miami offers just about every activity this weekend. On the music front, you can catch Jason Derulo at Hard Rock Live, Slow Magic at Bardot, Markus Schulz at Space, Sarah Packiam at Wynwood Walls, and Zac Brown Band at…
This week, at the 2015 Miami International Auto Show, a slew of big car manufacturers will unveil their latest models with some novel features ranging from the fun to the gimmicky to the practical. One of those car makers, General Motors, hopes that their 2016 Chevy Malibu falls into the…
If you live in Miami, there’s no doubt that you’ve noticed the effect of the Castro regime from just 90 miles away. Going on more than 50 years in power, the Castro dictatorship weighs particularly heavy on the generation that remembers the revolution as it happened. Return to Ithaca, a movie…
The Florida Grand Opera (FGO) returns this weekend to the Arsht Center with a production of Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. The classic and enduring comedic opera established many of the guidelines and parameters we’ve come to know from the opera buffa and it is one of the few works…
While plenty of folks will be hitting the Miami Book Fair for an abundance of novels and memoirs, there’s an audience for art that’s both literary and visual. Destination: Comics is MBF’s spot for all kinds of events involving comic books and graphic novels. Much like the rest of the…
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…
Are you a local artist, filmmaker, musician or dancer? Do you have a unique perspective or challenging project that you think deserves recognition? Then you should apply for New Times’ MasterMind Award. Every year, we offer monetary grants and well-deserved exposure to creatives across Miami. Last year, New Times awarded…
Jessica Lang is inspired by artistic collaborations. Her pieces testify to the transformative power of movement, music, and visual composition coming together to create a mesmerizing performance. All of that will be on display this weekend when Lang’s troupe debuts in South Florida at the South Miami-Dade County Cultural Arts…
When it comes to art, average Joe’s tend to be straight out of luck. Art Basel isn’t designed for the riffraff — those price points are made for the Beyoncés and Dan Bilzerians of the world. But Yo Miami’s Average Joe Sundays are everything Basel isn’t. Started more than three…
Thursday, November 12 Drinking is great, but petty chitchat can be a bore. Some of us would like to have a conversation of substance with our brew, and for those people, there’s Nerd Nite. The national program brings great minds from across the nation together in local bars for an…
Back when the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) opened its doors during Art Basel Miami Beach 2013, nearly two years ago, they displayed an exhibit by the prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. A few months later in February, a local painter strolled into the museum and in an act of…
As galleries make their way out of the Wynwood Art District, plenty of new retail stores are coming in and setting up shop. A leisure stroll along NW Second Avenue will prove that Wynwood is quickly becoming a new shopping district. Most boutiques have moved in earlier this year — especially…
The Knight Arts Challenge South Florida 2015 People’s Choice Awards nominees are live. The community can vote now through November 17 via text message for one of four selected Knight Arts Challenge finalists to receive $20,000 to fund their projects. It’s a text-to-vote campaign: pick your favorite group, and text…
More than 7,000 paint-filled, glitter-faced runners will run, skip, and frolic to the finish line at the fourth-annual Color Run at Sun Life Stadium on Saturday. The vibrant 5K launched its Shine Tour for upcoming 2015-2016 runs, enhancing the experience color runners love with a new Sparkle Zone. Glitter and shine…
The book-publishing industry has a gender gap. Study after study has shown the sector that should be the most enlightened has yet to shatter the glass ceiling: Men publish more books, and the vast majority of major literary awards go to male authors who write books about men. These facts…
First things first: Yes, Gaspar Noé’s arthouse sexbomb, Love, quite literally goes off in your face, with an ejaculation closeup 90 minutes in that might have you wiping off your 3D glasses. You might think that’s an impressive provocation, until you recall that every 12-year-old boy in America sees that…
