Miami Life

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…

Imagine yourself in the 1920s, when the Hialeah Park Race Track was founded. The pistol snaps, and thoroughbreds race furiously around the track. The crowd claps and hoots as the horses sprint. At the afterparty, flappers dance to snappy jazz music, partiers sway while holding cocktails, and the opulent ambiance is akin to that at the lavish parties in Gatsby.

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…

LIV on Sunday Art Basel edition was out of control as DJ Khaled celebrated his birthday with friends including Future, Fat Joe, Meek Mill, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Carnage, Skrillex, Tyson Beckford, Jim Jones, A$AP Rocky, and Jonathan Cheban.

Since 1990, Paul Castronovo and Ron Brewer have cohosted the Paul and Young Ron show on South Florida radio airwaves. For years, the two have been some of the most recognizable faces plastered across billboards and signs all over Miami. If you have lived in South Florida for any meaningful amount of time, you’ve likely come across the duo at a festival or event.

This year during Art Basel week, Jungle Island is making room for itself with an event that is as zany as it is philanthropic: Orangutan Art for a Cause. Head to Jungle Island at 1 p.m. December 1 through 4 to witness orangutans showcasing their painting skills. The intelligent primates are eager to share their creative process.

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…

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…

It’s not always easy running a business with your twin sister. But Verónika and Valerie Pagán, the minds behind swimwear brand Verónika Pagán, have one simple rule for working together. “We were taught that we can be mad at each other for five minutes,” Valerie explains. “After that, we deal…

It takes a special kind of tenacity to go from educational consultant to popsicle innovator to tech guru. But that’s just how Felecia Hatcher was raised. “I opened a popsicle business, and my brother is a standup comedian,” Hatcher says with a laugh. “Our parents have always supported us totally…

The first couple of walls Douglas Hoekzema ever painted were at his high school. He thinks the murals are still there today: three large faces and the school’s mascot, a shark. Almost 20 years after leaving Spanish River High, the artist now known as Hoxxoh has graduated to bigger things…

When Lauren Foster was outed as transgender in tabloid magazines in the 1980s, the Vogue model thought her career was over. Rather than slink into the shadows, though, the striking South African blonde mustered the courage to own her gender identity at a time when the Zeitgeist wasn’t nearly as…

As she sits at a table inside a Wynwood coffee shop, Aileen Quintana projects an otherworldliness. Though she’s dressed mostly in black, she seems to radiate the colors that characterize her vibrant art projects, such as her vaporwave mall installation, Sunset @ Noon, which recently showed at this year’s III…

When Della Heiman, an Ohio native, started at Harvard Business School in the fall of 2012, she envisioned following three generations of her family into the textile business. But while she was taking classes on international business and global supply chains, she was also hosting regular dinner parties for her…

As a salesperson at a Miami boutique, Irma Martinez used to dress the mannequins in the windows. Customers loved the way she put the outfits together — so much so they’d come in and buy all the pieces. Irma has always been a creative dresser, skipping the rules and mixing…

From the time she was 12 years old, Inez Barlatier would drive to Miami Beach every Friday night with her dad and younger sister. For three hours, her family’s musical group would play to tourists dining at Tap Tap, a colorful Haitian restaurant on Fifth Street. Murals by artists from…

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…

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…