The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday Happy birthday to Pérez Art Museum Miami! The beloved local art institution is turning 35, and it’s time to party. This month, PAMM’s Free Community Night (which happens the first Thursday of each month with free admission) is dubbed “Our Birthday, Your Party.” Millionyoung and DJ Ray Milian will…

In Dov, a Young Basketball Player Bares His Soul Onstage

Izzi LieberPerson talks to the beat of his own basketball. Through hours of rehearsal, the 13-year-old rarely stops dribbling, the punch of ball against floor reverberating throughout the intimate studio next to Miami Theater Center. Even when he’s not performing — when he’s talking, or laughing, or just passing the time…

VH1’s Cartel Crew Shows Life After Narcos

Michael Corleone Blanco, the son of deceased drug lord Griselda Blanco, spent the first 33 years of his life in the drug business. Now, he’s the star of “Cartel Crew,” a VH1 docuseries that follows the sons and daughters of former cartel members. The drug trade isn’t a field that…

Artist David Best Is Building a Temple for Parkland to Burn

From afar, David Best’s temples resemble a Western take on Jain or Japanese places of worship: thirty-five feet of cut pinewood arranged in mosaic patterns of swirls and flowers, reaching into a crisp peak pointing toward the heavens. Up close, names of loved ones can be seen written on the delicate layers of wood; photos and memorabilia from a time lost are sandwiched behind the structure.

Eyes on Miami: Mark Ronson, Bella Thorne, 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,…

Florida Filmmakers Break Through at Sundance

The Sunshine State shone brightly at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with filmmakers from southern Florida taking center stage. One of the festival’s strongest films was Pahokee, a documentary feature directed by the West Palm Beach-based husband and wife team of Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan…

Five Ways to Celebrate Black History Month in Miami

February is all about remembering and celebrating black history, and Miami has a ton of options to choose from. Chill historic tours? Check. Intellectual conversation? Yep. Moving and grooving? Always. Whether you’re a kid, an adult, or someone in between, there’s an event for every person and budget.

Velvet Buzzsaw Uses Miami to Establish Its Cheap Art Scene Premise

Opening with an establishing shot of Art Basel Miami Beach, Dan Gilroy’s new Netflix movie, Velvet Buzzsaw, which recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival, sets up its premise by cheapening Miami’s art scene in the predictable manner you’d expect from a California-based filmmaker. Miami is there to provide a colorful, superficial backdrop…

Inside “Cristine’s Secret Garden”: Symbols, Santeria, and Resilient Women

Artist Cristine Brache identifies three levels to the immersive front-yard-world she’s built at Locust Projects. Titled “Cristine’s Secret Garden,” the installation’s most pressing significance, for Brache, lies in an experience of oppression. “I’m interested in different systems of power and how people who are oppressed codify their oppression,” says the…

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday: Ready to get scandalous? The 1923 play “Indecent,” written by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, was ahead of its time. It zoomed in on a Jewish brothel owner and a bit of lesbian love. At the time, some viewer loved its risqué approach, and some absolutely hated it. Now…

Florida Renaissance Fest Kicks Off With a Game of Thrones-Themed Weekend

A decade ago, you couldn’t swing a Medieval-inspired battle axe at a renaissance fair without hitting someone dressed as Xena, according to Florida Renaissance Festival show director Richard Weber. Now? The warrior princess’ moment in the sun has passed and been replaced by a much bigger cultural phenomenon: Game of…

Miami City Ballet Draws Inspiration and Experience From Wynwood

Alfredo Garcia, associate executive director of the Miami City Ballet, wants his students to be ready for life after school. “These are young men and women who have dedicated their lives to dance and are trying to obtain gainful employment after they leave our school,” Garcia said about the challenge…