In 2017, José Atencio, owner of Milly’s Empanada Factory, and friends Bryan Herrero and Andre Alvarez set out to entice Miamians to come out west and experience the wealth of emerging talent at the West Kendall Zine Fest (WKZF).
Wild Nights With Emily. Biopics typically choose to maintain the popular image of their subject, one that’s typically a toned down version of reality. Madeleine Olnek’s Wild Nights With Emily, on the other hand, upends traditional ideas of Emily Dickinson for its audiences. Where there was once misery, there is…
After over fifty years of making and exhibiting art, Sheila Hicks has learned the secret to an enduring art show.
Thursday Some awesome musical talents are coming together Thursday evening. New Zealand singer Kimbra, piano-rocker Ben Folds, and Wye Oak singer Jenn Wasner will join the hip Nu Deco Ensemble for a performance. Among the uniquely crafted morsels are Aaron Copland’s classic score Billy the Kid, Bill Withers’ soul tunes,…
Beatriz González isn’t a familiar name for many American art lovers — but it should be. The Colombian artist’s career spans more than half a century, challenging power structures in her homeland and earning her a place among Latin America’s “radical women” artists. When her new exhibit, “Beatriz González: a…
Marijuana is slowly becoming legalized, but remnants of its underground, illegitimate status can be hard to shake off. That’s why so many herbal enthusiasts still treat April 20, or 4/20, as a national holiday, simply because “4/20” has become a code that provokes chuckles from potheads. Miami has long had…
Spotting the street art of Hec One Love and Luis Valle around Miami sparked something in Elisa Padilla. The senior vice president of marketing and community relations for the Miami Marlins found the artists’ work so inspiring that now, each artist’s work graces the concourse at Marlins Park. “I first discovered…
Free films, Earth Day events, a Pirate Festival, and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, April 15 through 21.
It’s Friday afternoon, and I’m standing on a sidewalk in Wynwood waiting to enter another world. When the doors open, girls in polka dots and rainbow stripes, armed with cameras and adorned with unicorn horns, enter to the pumping music of Ariana Grande and Cardi B. The first thing we…
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,…
Alexandra Katya Phillis didn’t have the traditional prom experience. In fact, she didn’t even go to prom. “My mom was working really hard, and I didn’t want to stress her out about trying to have me attend prom and get a dress,” she recalls. “She was a single mom at…
Record Store Day, Game of Thrones watch parties, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, April 12 through 14.
Kodak Black is not known for holding his tongue — and his recent statements about slain rapper Nipsey Hussle’s longtime girlfriend, actress Lauren London, are just the most recent efforts in his apparent crusade to become hip-hop’s most antagonistic outlaw. Hussle was gunned down outside his clothing store in Los…
Every summer, New Times picks the best restaurants, bars, shops, and more that make Miami the bizarrely fascinating city it is. While you’ll have to wait until June 13 to find out the winners, several local tastemakers have chimed in with their own Best of Miami picks. This…
Behind a million-dollar home on Star Island, a pair of sunbathers does a double take as an unusual vessel whizzes through the waves. Imagine a surfboard, but a lot heavier. In fact, half of the watercraft’s weight comes from the electric battery used to propel it through the water…
The Miami Beach Convention Center’s makeover is a stunner. So naturally, the public art incorporated into and around the renovation has to equally wow onlookers. The first six works selected for the site by the Miami Beach Art in Public Places program are designed to achieve that goal. The…
Some contemporary art can feel like a nasty hangover from the orgy of postmodernism known as pop art. Figures like Andy Warhol were known as much for their fabulous lives as their enduring concepts, a trend that seems to have permeated today’s art world. It’s not just the occasional art…
Thursday Unfortunately, you won’t be seeing Pink Floyd live in Miami (or anywhere else, for that matter) anytime soon. But you can catch one of the most awesome rock films on Earth this Thursday when the Fillmore morphs into a movie theater. Pink Floyd’s The Wall will show on a…
If you’re a die-hard Game of Thrones fan in need of a fix to hold you until the HBO show’s premiere (and beyond), here’s a list of Thrones-related events and activities taking place in Miami.
It’s going down at Crandon Park. How much dough will you take home?
A Lorne Michaels impression is kind of like a class ring for Saturday Night Live alumni. Former cast member and University of Miami alumnus Finesse Mitchell uses his own impression to recall some advice given to him by the show’s longtime executive producer.
Miami is a year-round hotbed for queer culture, with events catering to LGBTQ people and their friends and allies from the beach to the mainland. There are drag brunches and gender-blending dance parties and everything in between. But during the first week of April, Miami Beach becomes the Magic City’s…
