The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday: Put down the potatoes — you have to earn them first! Turkey Trot Miami is back, providing locals with the perfect opportunity for some exercise before properly gaining ten pounds on Thanksgiving. There’s a 5K, 10K, and kids’ race, all of which weave in and around Tropical Park. So…

Maria by Callas Strips an Opera Great of Her Agency

Volf supports his interpretation of Callas’ personality with sound bites from her understandably guarded televised appearances, all of which devolve into terse discussions about her years-long romance with Onassis (before and after his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis)

Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill Is a Friend to Fauna

He became the face of Zoo Miami entirely by accident. A passionate, lifelong animal lover, Ron Magill was the assistant curator of reptiles the day in 1986 when the zoo was hosting a news conference about endangered crocodiles born in captivity. It was an extremely rare, exciting moment, but you…

Esther Park-Clemetson Puts the Cool in Culture

Esther Park-Clemetson never thought she’d stay in Miami. When she came to town in 2003, she was on assignment for a New York City magazine that had hired her to write about Miami’s then-nascent hip-hop scene. “I met Pitbull — Armando, before he was Mr. Worldwide,” she recalls. “I met…

Colin Foord and Jared McKay Make Coral Cool

Eleven years after forming Coral Morphologic, marine biologist Colin Foord and musician Jared McKay still don’t exactly have the words to describe it. Sitting inside their home/laboratory in Miami, Foord calls the group an “art/science hybrid endeavor” or “an experiment” of what 21st-century science could look like. McKay begins saying…

Janet Jones Makes Women Top Dancers

All her life, dance has been a way of escape for Janet Jones. “When I danced,” she says, “everything would just flow out of me.” But when she was nearing the age of 30, the Miami native and former Heat dancer, believing it was time to grow up and get…

MeduSirena: Fort Lauderdale’s Underwater Beauty

South Florida’s most famous mermaid has never had a problem using her voice. In 2006, Marina Anderson — an aquatic performer known as MeduSirena — was turned down by the hotel manager after auditioning for an underwater show she hoped to start at the Sheraton, a historic resort in Fort…

Octavia Yearwood Instills Confidence in Kids

Octavia Yearwood is beautiful. But in January 2018, while speaking at a fundraiser for a group that helps at-risk teen girls, c, she said she used to hate looking in the mirror. “I used to avoid taking photos with my friends, from junior high school all the way into my…

NightGarden Turns Fairchild Garden Into a Fairy Wonderland

Lights, camera, selfie. A new immersive experience is coming to Miami, and this one is bound to give your photos that sought-after perfect lighting. By day, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is your run-of-the-mill nature escape. There are trees, awe-inspiring views, and some cool plants. But this holiday season, all of that will change when the sun goes down…

The Creators of the Podcast The Flow Down Want to Destigmatize Your Period

When Jessica Weiss was laid off from her job earlier this year, the local journalist contemplated the kind of reporting she wanted to do next. Women were coming forward under #MeToo. Politics were dividing the nation. “I knew I wanted to do something intentionally connective,” Weiss tells New Times, “something about women and for women, something that would make us feel more connected to one another.”

Eyes on Miami: Travis Scott, Tiësto, Anitta, 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 WorldRedEye, New Times…

R House: The Drag Brunch Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Step inside R House, and you’re immediately transported by the elegant and modern ambiance. The many canvases that hang from its walls (all of which are available for purchase) give the space a feel that rivals the art galleries and showrooms in Wynwood. It’s clear that co-owners Rocco…

Contra-Tiempo Director Ana Maria Alvarez: “Joy Is a Radical Act”

Ana Maria Alvarez fights the patriarchy with creativity. The founding artistic director of Los Angeles dance company Contra-Tiempo will premiere her new work, joyUS justUS, at the Arsht on November 16. “We’re an urban Latin dance theater company. Our mission from day one has been about social justice and using…