Miami Sports Story Lines to Follow in the 2020s

With all of the reflecting and reminiscing for the 2010s over and done with, now’s as good an opportunity as any to look ahead to the next 10 years, specifically, the upcoming decade in Miami sports. While it’s impossible to predict whether or not the Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo will…

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Awakens With a New Live Score

South Florida visual and sound artist Richard Vergez is set to perform an original soundtrack for the influential 1920 German horror film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” during a special screening this Saturday, January 11. The special screening is celebrating the movie’s 100th anniversary.

The 15 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday, January 9 Forget eight nights of presents: Try two weeks of cinema. Taking place at theaters, synagogues, and community centers across greater town, the Miami Jewish Film Festival will show dozens of new films and documentaries on the Jewish experience alongside classics such as Casablanca, Amadeus, and The Cabinet…

Five Reasons Miami Rocks in January

January doesn’t get enough credit in the Magic City. The month between New Year’s and Valentine’s Day usually catches a lot of flak for being long, uninteresting, and devoid of things to do. It’s also smack in the middle of tourist season, meaning the city becomes flooded with out-of-towners clogging…

Director Tod Lending Premieres the Resilient Saul & Ruby, to Life! at Miami Jewish Film Festival

Nearly a century onward from the Holocaust, filmmaker Tod Lending figured every story about the atrocity that claimed the lives of 6 million Jews had already been told. That was until he heard about Saul Dreier and Ruby Sosnowicz. The two, who reside in South Florida, survived the religious persecution of the Nazi regime and went on to form a klezmer act the Holocaust Survivor Band 70 years later.

Peek Into Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Moundverse at Locust Projects

Trenton Doyle Hancock has dramatically transformed Locust Projects in Miami. The entryway into the alternative art space now resembles a fully stocked toy store, offering Hancock’s branded “Moundverse Infants” action figures, meticulously displayed. A brightly colored quatrefoil pattern animates the packaging and provides a floor pattern that leads back to the main gallery…

The Best Films of 2019

Making a list of the year’s best films is an overwhelming endeavor for a film critic. Having seen more than 150 cinematic works this year, I found it tough to limit the stellar ones to 20. The list lost exciting films as ambitious and messy as the Matthew McConaughey-starring Serenity, as provocative and intriguing as Holiday, and as gorgeously animated and tender as Weathering With You.

The 15 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday, January 2 Start your year off in an artistic fashion at Pérez Art Museum Miami, which offers free admission every first Thursday of the month. If you haven’t visited PAMM in a while, check out the exhibition “Teresita Fernández: Elemental,” where the Miami artist explores colonialism through the lens…

The Ten Best Gyms in Miami

Whether you’re searching for a weekend adventure, something poolside, or more routine workouts, there are myriad fitness options to choose from in the Magic City.

Miami Film Awards 2019: Local Experts Pick Their Favorites of the Year

For the past half-decade, local film experts — including critics, programmers, professors, and filmmakers — have picked their favorite flicks of the year for the Miami Film Awards. The results were published on the website Dim the House Lights in 2015 and 2016 before moving to New Times in 2017 and 2018. Now they’re back to close out the decade.

Eyes on Miami: Lil Jon, Patti Smith, Romero Britto, 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,…

The Seven Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

It’s the last weekend of the year and the decade, so be sure to leave 2019 and the 2010s on a high note. If you’re a sports fan, check out the Miami Heat at home. The team is riding a three-game winning streak and will host…