The 15 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Looking for events in Miami this week? Check out Iann Dior, Big Bounce America, The Genuine Somm Slam, Isabel Allende, the Canine Film Festival’s Bark-Off 2020, and more things to do in Miami January 23 through 29.

Sandra Lopez Adds a Personal Touch to Madama Butterfly

Soprano Sandra Lopez – who is returning to South Florida in the Florida Grand Opera’s Madama Butterfly – has a story not many performers can tell. She was one of the first singers on the second-largest performing arts stage in the United States: the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the…

ICA Miami Celebrates Five Years of Firsts and Forward Thinking

Back in 2014, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, presented their very first exhibition: an installation by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes called “Sanitorium.” In the exhibit, visitors were guided by volunteers who had been trained by the artist to act as “therapists,” and they participated in a variety of exercises…

Eyes on Miami: Dita Von Teese, Nelly, Snoop Dogg, and Others

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 World Red Eye,…

Local Jeweler Kathe Cuervo Opens First Store, in Upper Buena Vista

Artisan Kathe Cuervo carries a large brown box in one arm and holds her 6-year-old son’s hand with the other. She excitedly unlocks the door to her store and carefully places the heavy box on an empty countertop. The Colombian jewelry maker is gearing up to open her first brick-and-mortar location — inside Upper Buena Vista — and it’s a moment she’s been anticipating for some time.

The 15 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Despite the occasional cold front that drops temperatures into the frigid 50s and 60s, Miami doesn’t get much of the strange season northerners refer to as winter, where the rain freezes and covers the ground (how bizarre!). If you’d like to get a taste of this weird…

Eyes on Miami: Gucci Mane, Gloria Estefan, Rick Ross, and Others

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 World Red Eye,…