The Coconut Grove Playhouse doesn’t look like a building that’s worth over $20 million. After nearly six years of disuse and neglect, its windows are broken, its sides are graffiti-tagged, and pieces of the building are literally falling off.But $20 million in Miami-Dade county bond funds have been allocated to…
Yeah, spring break! Let’s lie in the sun all day, get wasted, and flash our tits!Thousands of kids come to Miami in just that mindset every spring. But for some of us, the aforementioned display of exuberance is so 10 years ago. Not all college students are 18-year-olds fresh out…
When Crossfade gave us 10 Reasons to Not Hate Skrillex earlier this month, it got us thinking: Who’s the Skrillex of the art world? Who’s the blatantly successful, divisive creative force in visual media? What artist of our time is simultaneously so loved and so hated by so many? Obviously,…
The velvet ropes, the blistering heels, the lists, the headaches, and the skinny bitches. Oh, fashion. (Or any night at any club on Miami Beach.) But not Funkshion.Funkshion is a rare breed of fashion event; it’s open to the public. All you have to do is RSVP on their website…
Can you hear it? The rhythmic chugging, the clanking on the tracks, the screech of a frost-covered whistle? That’s the Silver Bullet, and it’s coming to Miami.Yesterday, we reported that MillerCoors, which brings the world such boozy swill as Miller, Coors, and Corona beers, is moving its Latin American headquarters…
Miami may be one of the vainest cities in the country — but at least we look good doing it. In that spirit, we’re indulging our love of the superficial by spotlighting fashion finds in the 305.The Find: A colorful stretchy Xirena bra with chevron print and glittery side panels…
Imagine you’re in high school again. The bell rings and you’re off to third period art class — that’s the one where you have that eccentric art teacher, like Peter Santa-Maria (or, as his students refer to him, Mr. S).The kids at the public school where Mr. S teaches visual…
There’s no denying Miami’s weird-ass ways. So every other week, Welcome to the Future addresses the absurdity of life in the Magic City — in comic art form, naturally…
Mark Wahlberg. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Bethenny Frankel. One of these things is not like the others.And yet, US Weekly reports, the three could soon have something in common: a role in Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain, the film based on this New Times crime feature. Two unnamed sources told…
Oh, how quickly the tables turn in the world of Basketball Wives. Only a month into season four, it seemed that Kenya Bell was a shoo-in for the title of Most Hated Wife, much like Meeka Claxton in season three. But we were wrong.After last night’s episode, it’s looking like…
Admit it, Miamians: You’re sexy and you know it.It’s no secret that Miami boasts an unprecedented proportion of beautiful people. Hotties abound, from bikini-clad models on South Beach, to sexy hipsters in Wynwood, to studs in suits in Brickell. LMFAO can shove its West Coast pride, because that irritating, inescapable…
After nearly two full weeks of movie screenings, directors’ lectures, and more, the Miami International Film Festival’s 2012 edition wrapped up Saturday with the announcement of this year’s winners at the Gusman. While you were drinking your way from premiere gala to premiere gala and celebrity-spotting at red carpet events,…
Photography by Pamela WasabiFashion Breakdown: Tie-dye shirt from Urban Outfitters; pants from Greece; woven purse from Anthropologie; shoes from Montauk, NY; glasses from Phylum…
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Othello, Djanet Sears’ Harlem Duet, which opened this weekend and is performed by the M Ensemble at the Light Box at Goldman Warehouse (404 NW 26 St., Miami), is a production that tediously tows the line of racial identity, sexual politics, and mental illness in the black…
A couple of weeks ago, we heard that Stephen Glover, aka Steve-O, of Jackass fame, would be at the Miami Improv. We weren’t just excited; we were intrigued. The man we have seen staple his testicles to his thigh is going to do a stand-up show? We expected a rehash…
Next to Cinco de Mayo, St. Patrick’s Day is probably the holiday most exploited by Americans in the name of getting completely tanked. We’re willing to bet the majority of people celebrating these two days don’t know a) what Cinco de Mayo actually commemorates or b) where St. Patrick is…
If you’re on Facebook, the video called called Kony 2012 has surely popped into your feed sometime this week. Again and again, its re-posted by dozens of your friends with tags like “inspirational” or “I cried so many times while watching.” Next thing you know you’re watching the half-hour film…
Some three years ago, Riptide told us about Miami bikers’ penchant for listening to country music divas and sharing their feelings with their moms.The data in the article, compiled by Progressive Insurance, reflects the current reality of the rider scene in South Florida. The truth is bikers today are less…
Three more days, 45 more screenings of films from around the globe. It’s time to kick our Miami movie madness into high gear. Five MIFF-tastic theaters, distributed across several Miami neighborhoods for your viewing convenience, are offering British-born, star-studded thrillers, Cuban zombie flicks, culture clashing comedies, and reels of down-home…
When we saw the crowd outside the Moore Building stretching down the street, we knew the Dali Miami exhibit was going to be exciting.The hyper-sexual drawings, lithographs, paintings and sculptures — which show through Sunday were enticing – much like Miami. Also like the Magic City, the prices were a…
So, Rick Scott has been promising us all a lot of jobs.And then he wasn’t. And then he was. Basically, he’s been pretty wishy-washy about the whole situation, but he may have found his redemption in a new California law that will most likely send its massive porn industry packin’…
View photos from Artopia 2012 at Villa 221 here.The Big Mango got shellacked with a savory dose of the surreal and no, we’re not talking about the Dali exhibit in the Design District that’s left some eyebrows raised. Instead it was the Miami New Times’ 4th Annual Artopia bash that…
