The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in Miami

Yet another weekend is upon us, thank goodness. As always, there’s plenty to do in the Magic City. This weekend offers art sales, an orchid show, Cuban-influenced jazz, and French film. Enjoy your weekend, you’ve worked hard. See also: Miami Film Festival 2015: Five Movies to See in the Final…

Miami Film Festival 2015: The Record Man‘s Funky Party

Henry Stone was probably drinking Cognac with James Brown in the afterlife looking down on the rooftop of the Betsy Hotel for The Record Man’s awesome opening party. The Miami International Film Festival event was a mix of hundred million-record sellers like George McCrae, Grammy winners like Willie Clarke, Bahamian…

Miami Film Festival 2015: Five Movies to See in the Final Week

As the curtains prepare to close on the 32nd-annual Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival, there are still plenty of films left to see. From foreign dramas to locally made documentaries, the last few days of MIFF offer cinephiles a bevy of diverse and interesting choices. We’ve rounded up…

Flamenco’s Fiery Duende at Arsht Center

Miami can’t seem to get enough flamenco. And the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts has been ground zero for satisfying that desire, bringing in numerous international flamenco stars and festivals. Like this year’s eighth annual Flamenco Festival inside the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall. The star…

Miami Movies Ranked Worst to Best: 30 to 21

Yesterday we brought you 40-31 which included Brazilian martial arts, Nazis, and part of the Fast and Furious franchise. Today it gets slightly better. See also: Miami Movies Ranked Worst to Best: 40 to 31…

Disney’s New Cinderella Is Sumptuous and Fearless

There’s no empowerment message embedded in Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella, no “Girls can do anything!” cheerleader vibe. That’s why it’s wonderful. This is a straight, no-chaser fairy story, a picture to be downed with pleasure. It worries little about sending the wrong message and instead trusts us to decode its politics,…

Gallery +598 Pops Up Thursday In the Design District

This Thursday night, Jose “Pepe” Frances will bring his online +598 Gallery to life in the Design District with a one-night only pop-up show, “Time and Matter.” The evening will feature nearly 20 photographs including native Floridian Jill Peters, chronicling Miami’s stunning past and a look towards a less soulful…

Miami Movies Ranked Worst to Best: 40 to 31

Yesterday we ranked Miami movies from 50-41. Cindy Crawford, silent movies, and Paris Hilton were bestowed the honor of being some of the worst movies ever made in the 305. Today we bring you 40-31. The movies on today’s list are better than yesterday’s, but they’re still pretty bad. Enjoy!…

Five Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Miami

Far from the family-focused holiday bonanzas that are November and December, March is home to St. Patrick’s Day, an occasion that’s (usually) more about making out with strangers than spending QT with Great Aunt Edith. But getting wasted and puking up green beer isn’t the only option for paying tribute…

Miami Movies Ranked Worst to Best: From 50 to 41

Anyone who has lived in South Florida for a prolonged amount of time has inevitably dealt with a relative or friend that’s completely shocked another Hollywood exists right in our backyard. Having to explain this is to someone at some point in your life is like a Floridan’s right-of-passage. The…

Dennis Scholl To Leave Knight Foundation

In a community event held last night, arts funding organization the Knight Foundation announced that Victoria Rogers, executive vice president of the New World Symphony, will join the foundation in the Spring. Rogers will replace Dennis Scholl, the long-time head of the foundation who’s singular vision of the arts has…