This weekend, Ocean Drive was dedicated to fairy boys blooming into butterflies and rippling rainbow flags. Sunday’s festivities promised one thing — equality. Six years ago, Miami Beach put a lid on the closed-minded boy-meets-girl mentality with the explosion of the Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade and Festival. Though equality…
It’s no secret Miami Beach loves her gays, but once a year, there’s still occasion to cover yourself in rainbows, slap some glitter on, and hit the streets. Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade is the most fun you can have with clothes on, not that you’re expected to wear much…
It is once again time for Miami Beach Gay Pride, a week-long festival of the fabulous, featuring beach parties, drag shows, block parties, bachelor auctions, beauty pageants, and dance parties all leading up to the Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, April 13. Some big names are involved this…
Gay pride is a pretty big deal. Think 80,000 rainbow hued-revelers, Miami Beach beefcakes galore, and Gloria Estefan to boot. It’s the party of the year, and only an asshole would miss it. As if it wasn’t fun enough, legendary drag queen, Real Housewives of Miami alum, and Miami Beach…
In the latest news from the adorable animal department, Jungle Island welcomed a bouncing baby baboon last week. Called Makara, the wee one was born to four-year-old Isis. Jungle Island reps say the baby is doing even better than expected. Isis and the three other Hamadryas baboons in residence are…
A pent-house suite, half-drunken champagne, and dildos greet you on stage before the performance even begins, and the first word of the play is a four-letter word for sex. No, this is not just any play, it’s Clark Gable Slept Here, a lively, scandalous peek into the dark and seedy…
With all the festival madness of late; traffic, life, and just getting from point A to B is more taxing than usual. Some locals, however, think we should focus on helping others in trying times instead of dissolving into fits of road rage and grumpiness. One such radical is Miami…
Apps were invented to simplify life’s toughest conundrums; some help dilute our cruddy sense of direction (Google Maps); some to make reservations for brunch at Zuma seamlessly – or not (OpenTable); and some to make our loins burn with passion. A whole techy business has emerged centered around the limbic…
Lucky ColeThe writer as subject.On a recent sunny day, New Times videographer Kathryn Sotolongo and I drove to a place bloated alligators are pecked on by starving vultures and the sawgrass’ll take off a finger. Out on Loop Road, where the Everglades becomes Big Cypress National Preserve, Lucky Cole and…
The new Muppets movie, Muppets Most Wanted hit theaters this weekend. You’d better enjoy it (you will) because Kermit the Frog is probably going to take a little time away from the spotlight after our disaster of an interview with him. Kermit is something of a hero to us here…
Greyhound racing seems like something straight out of 1955 — a track full of dudes in dapper hats all smoking cigarettes and bitching about their wives. It’s over the hill; old school; a blast from the past (in a bad way — like segregation). The stats support racing’s decline –…
Congratulations Miami: it’s a boy. Technically, the little guy was born back in December, but it wasn’t until yesterday that the fuzzball started getting stalked by paparazzi. Meet Zoo Miami’s three-month-old lion cub, K’wasi, now on display with his momma, Asha, every day. He’s a tough guy, and he’s already…
That fierce roar you heard pierce the South Beach night a few days ago was nothing but the ecstatic cry of all the humble and talented winners of the 21st-Annual Shelley Novak Awards, honoring the brightest and most fabulous drag queens on the SoBe scene. It was a wild adventure…
The 2014 Miami International Film Festival is officially underway, and Cultist was there as familiar-looking people followed a red carpet into the Gusman Center downtown for the opening night screening of Elsa & Fred. The film is an unconventional romance that in the words of its star, Shirley MacLaine, is…
This past weekend, Cultist and a few hundred crazy cat lovers descended upon the DoubleTree Convention Center by the Miami International Airport to take in the sights, sounds and luscious fur coats of more than 30 breeds of feline perfection. We’re talking the best of the best flying in from…
This past weekend, Cultist stopped by the World Cat Congress at the Miami Airport Convention Center — because duh. We weren’t about to miss the largest gathering of cat and cat-people, especially when we heard it would never return to Miami again. Cats and cat enthusiasts from all over the…
Shelley Novak’s annual Drag Queen Awards are turning 21, and you know what that means. It’s going to be a shit-show like you’ve never seen. “I’ve got Juliesy y Karla cohosting, along with my usual cast of regulars,” Novak said. “It really threatens to be a great show.” The veritable…
Looking for a musical evening with a little class but no stuffy business? Maybe you like your orchestras with a side of Britney Spears? Sounds like Max Raabe’s beautifully nostalgiac vocal stylings, backed by the incredibly precise Palast Orchestra, is just the ticket. And what’s this about tickets? We’ve got…
Last night, a whole bunch of fun, creative types got together at the Coral Gables Museum despite the rain to honor our nine Mastermind 2014 finalists and see who might walk away from Miami New Times’ Artopia celebration with a giant check for $1,000. Well, the votes are in and…
Looks like Miami’s new sister city is none other than Pawnee, Ind. Yesterday, the 305 was home to Parks and Recreation IRL, as Amy Poehler and Michelle Obama took the stage at the NFL/YET Center at Gwen Cherry Park to announce some new additions to the first-lady’s “Let’s Move” kids’…
So you like competitive sports, and you like to drink, but you wish you could mix the two without the unpleasant side effect of running ’til you puke. Well, you can have your beer and drink it, too, all while winning cold-hard cash at the New Times Beer Pong Tournament…
Celebrity sightings were abound this weekend — at least on paper. As you strolled Wynwood or shopped Midtown, you may have seen the likes of Zoe Saldana, Amy Adams, and Kate Hudson staring at you from posters recently plastered on the walls. The tagline “Stay Small, My Friends” graced the…
