For those who dived headfirst into the Ultra madness over the weekend, we hope you’re still topside. And for those who got the hell out of dodge rather than face the surplus of bodies and traffic jams, welcome back. Whether you’re bass-drenched and bruised or emerging from your WMC-induced house…
Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne are at the top of the fashion game. The duo behind Public School earned the CFDA Swarovski Award for Menswear and the prestigious CFDA/Vogue Fashion Award in 2013, and were named 2014’s CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year. As if that wasn’t enough, they were…
From Cane to Cannes: One letter makes all the difference, especially for University of Miami graduate and first-time director Tony Mendez. At the end of each academic year, UM’s film program hosts a film festival for all the student films (this year’s runs May 1-3 at the Bill Cosford Cinema),…
On the tail end of women’s history month, there’s some good news for the women of Miami. A new study shows that the Magic City is one of the best paying cities for women. According to the website 24/7 Wall Street, the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale corridor ranks number six among pay…
Love it or hate it, reality television is here to stay; and unfortunately, over the years Miami has been one of the genre’s favorite towns. Yeah, sorry about that, America. MTV gave us the greatness that was the Real World Miami in 1996, but it seems since then anyone and everyone…
The weekend is finally here, Miami. And, as always, the Magic City offers plenty to keep you entertained. Ultra brings its dizzying thump-thump to town starting on Friday, but if EDM isn’t your thing, then there’s classical music, literary festivals, modern dance and more. Enjoy your weekend, you’ve earned it. …
Last week, New Times brought you the story of Doral’s Coco Farm, an illegally operated slaughterhouse that was recently shut down by Miami-Dade law enforcement and Animal Recover Mission (ARM). The 70-acre “farm” was not nearly as idyllic as its name suggested. Via our previous report: Animals were bought and…
Let’s be honest, Miami wouldn’t be Miami without celebrities dropping in town, sunbathing, and making bad decisions. So we’ve decided to launch a weekly roundup where you can get all of your gossip about the weird, wonderful things happening in town: from singers at LIV, to gallery gossip, celebrities sunbathing…
Despite the thrilling exploits that have spammed the breadth of human history, the topic can be deadly dull, particularly in the context of freshman core. For many people, their only experience with historical events is via overtired teachers and textbooks. But when it comes to the work of writer Erik…
Commissioned to create a new dance for Miami City Ballet, Justin Peck ran up against a wall — many, in fact. Lucky for him, these loomed among the ones with vibrant colors and suggestive figures that have turned the streets of Wynwood into an open-air art museum, a source of…
Quickly emerging as one of the most prominent creative communities in the world, Wynwood and its walls were recently hand-picked by Google as an artifact worth preserving. The Google Art Project’s Street Art Collection has enlisted the participation of over 55 street art collectives across 34 countries in order to…
In the past several years, Miami’s street art scene has really come into its own. From Wynwood to Downtown to Overtown, talented muralists have brought color and culture to the city through a plethora of riveting designs. All the while, photographer Diana Larrea has been faithfully documenting these blossoming works…
It’s not really news that modern dance companies have experienced extraordinary pressures since the 1970s, with seasoned companies closing their doors and celebrated choreographers fleeing for shelter to coveted academic posts. However, New York-based Carolyn Dorfman Dance has defied the trends, remaining independent and producing critically acclaimed, avant-garde modern choreographies…
Magnus Sodamin has been busy. The multidisciplinary artist has not only been showing his work throughout Miami Fashion Week, but will debut a solo show this week at Primary Projects. While Sodamin is no stranger to the downtown Miami space, this latest endeavor will be his biggest. Titled “Infinity Split,”…
Pérez Art Museum Miami’s latest exhibition, “Tàpies: From Within,” is a major historical survey of Barcelona-born artist Antoni Tàpies, whose life was dedicated to an exploration of spirituality and humility. In partnership with Fundació Tàpies and curated by former Tate Modern director Vicente Todolí, “From Within” is a reconfigured retrospective…
In addition to its popularity for use in knitting circles and Etsy stores, yarn has plenty of other applications. As art, for example. What better way to use a lot of leftover yarn than in a massive, interactive art project? This Thursday, the Bakehouse Art Complex will be wrapping Gramps…
The Golden Girls has been off the air since 1992, but this show about four women in their golden years remains fresh as ever. All that sharp, sassy, and sometimes crass as hell comedy keeps delighting audiences through reruns on TVLand, Hallmark, and YouTube. And as fictional residents of Miami,…
Get Hard, Etan Cohen’s comedy about a white stockbroker who hires a black man to prepare him for a ten-year stretch in San Quentin, is like a spoon that’s almost-but-not-yet sharpened into a shiv. With just a little more effort, it could kill. Judging by the poster, in which star…
The Amazing Randi insists that the public wants to be fooled, that it’s easier and more comforting for us not to see unromantic truths. You can see him proclaiming this, a little sadly, in Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom’s doc An Honest Liar, which plays like a companion piece to…
People buy Playboy magazine for their awesome, award-winning interviews and thought pieces. This is a fact. That there happens to be some T&A thrown in to break the monotony of text; that’s just a minor plus. No, but seriously, Playboy might not be what it used to be, but in…
The first date in Actors’ Playhouse’s First Date is neither a hellish mismatch nor a heavenly connection. It’s rather like most of them—generic questions, nervous laughter, the occasional foot-in-mouth blunder—except for the irrepressible song and dance that erupt from the voices in the characters’ heads. In this musical comedy, which…
If you’re attending the countless Winter Music Conference events starting tomorrow, and the frighteningly huge Ultra Music Festival this weekend, you’re going to need all the extra money you can get. Instead of vegging out before the big shows, we suggest gradually upping your activities to build endurance. With these…
