If you’ve lived in Miami longer than a single Heat season, you’ve likely heard about the plight of one of the city’s longtime residents: Lolita. The 7,000-pound orca has been living and performing at Miami Seaquarium in Key Biscayne since 1970. Lolita, whose birth name is Tokitae, is in a…
When the Ringling Bros. Circus opens in Miami this Thursday, it will do so in the middle of some serious controversy. Animal advocates allege Ringling Bros. violated the Animal Welfare Act by keeping three elephants confined in a small boxcar for four days. The complaint, sent by the advocacy organization…
Were you thinking about applying for our annual MasterMind award but maybe forgot? Maybe you were swept up by the sublime joy of Christmas, temporarily impaired by rolling your eyes at your drunk uncle, or maybe you are the drunk uncle. It’s okay, we understand. Keeping with the holiday spirit,…
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…
Conspicuous consumption is something Miamians know a thing or two about. It might be the closest thing we have to common cultural identity. And the luxury items Miamians spend money on are very likely influenced by the priorities established by the city’s wealthy. According to a study published in Sunday’s…
Ciclovía, a Spanish term for cycle path, is “the temporary closing of state roads to vehicles and replacing them with pedestrians and bicyclists who are using it for exercise or coming together as a community to celebrate music, art and sports” according to the recent press release by the Florida…
Single Miamians are always on the lookout for couple-worthy men or women and their favorite hunting grounds aren’t bars, clubs or the beach; it’s the world wide web. According to the dating website Match.com, Miami members send more messages than users in any other American city. That’s right, you guys…
Weeks before Art Basel Miami Beach, residents and workers in the downtown area noticed silver, robotic-looking structures going up around popular buildings. Outside the New Times offices in Wynwood we also noticed one of these contraptions that looked like a super sleek station for bikes. The slots are indeed for…
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and while its moniker suggests a time for giving thanks, sometimes that’s easier said than done — particularly when familial relations are involved. It’s easy to be grateful for your kinfolk from afar. Not so easy when they’re invading your personal space and badgering…
Miamians catch a lot of flack. People call us superficial, money-hungry, rude — lots of not-so-nice things. But after last Thursday, they can’t call us stingy. The Miami Foundation’s third annual Give Miami Day raised a whopping, record-breaking $5.2 million through 24 hours of charitable giving. More than 500 local…
There’s nothing like a holiday week. Three days of work, four days of leisure. Nothing but food comas, football, and family time to look forward to. Next time you hear from us, we’ll have consumed potentially lethal quantities of stuffing and will undoubtedly be five (or ten) pounds heavier. And…
Cranksgiving returns for its sixth year of helping charitable operations replenish food banks across the USA. The local leg of the cycling event has, for five years now, sponsored a food drive alley cat race and ride — a fun version of a scavenger hunt for nonperishable goods benefiting the…
For dudes who aren’t into shaving, this is maybe the best month of the year. The chance to grow an epic stache — all for an excellent cause. Oh Movember, how we’ve missed your wild whiskers. To date, Movember participants have raised $559 million for prostate cancer, testicular cancer and…
Miami knows how to throw a party, and raising awareness for important causes by wrapping them in swanky, cocktail-laden packages is our particular area of expertise. Film producer Peter Glatzer and actor-filmmaker Adrian Grenier, co-founders of sustainable living brand SHFT, brought a refreshing take on the activity by outfitting an…
Art Basel Miami Beach is only weeks away, which means we’re about to be overrun by foreign creatives and crazed tourists, scavenging our beautiful city for all it’s got. So there’s no better time to dive in and celebrate what the local cultural landscape has to offer. New Times’ annual…
It’s true that Miami’s affinity for two-wheeled travel pales in comparison to the likes of Portland or any European city. But local bike culture is definitely evolving, and we’ve got more than our fair share of spots to cycle. With the totally fantastic weather we’ve been having lately, there’s no…
This is the season we’ve been waiting patiently impatiently for since the boiling heat sapped the last of our summertime good cheer. Now the trade winds are blowing, the humidity has plummeted, and life is pretty perfect. Sadly, winter weekends fly by in a breeze, but luckily the in-season awesomeness…
HîPleasures via FacebookIt’s unfortunate that in 2014, this far into human existence, American society at large still suffers from sexual apprehensions and taboos long shed by more progressive societies. Here at Cultist, we can’t ignore the psychological ills of a sexually repressed society, and we do our part by concentrating…
On October 4, tattoo artist Jamie Ryscik’s car was broken into behind his shop in Wynwood. Thieves made away with seven machines and his laptop. He needs our help to track them down. Ryscik, a resident ink specialist at Handcrafted, winner of Best Tattoo Shop Miami 2013, has been tattooing…
There has been a shift in the nail game as of late. No longer can one rely on the generic safety of an old-fashioned French manicure, or the same color painted on all ten tips as a means of self-expression. Miami woman look beyond colored lines in search of geometric…
Hallelujah — Miami Beach is about to get more fabulous. The Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club gave lucky local invitees a taste of their Chicago offerings, which include a cast of storied female impersonators owning the stage and dozens of martinis to sip while they werk. The funny, fierce…
Nowadays it seems you can have anything delivered to you without having to get up from the couch or put any clothes on — except maybe to answer the door. Pizza? Check. Arepas stuffed with chicken and avocado salad? Check. Booze? Check. Your own personal Swedish massage therapist? Check. Taking…
