Look up in Miami and you’ll see rows of empty luxury condos, strip club banners flying through the clouds, and, now, three headless chicken sculptures. These latest additions to the Magic City skyline are part of Whithervanes: A Neurotic, Early Worrying System, thanks to Locust Projects.
Produced for half a million, and shot (by cinematographer Yuri Neyman) sometimes in Tsukerman’s own apartment, Liquid Sky has always been caught smack between delirious curio, avant-garde put-on, exploitation cheapie and naive masterpiece
Friday, April 13, a special, one-night event in Wynwood will honor one of Miami’s first queer spaces through poetry, films, and performance art.
Lost in Space is nearly Steven Spielberg airy, telling the story of a super-smart family selected to populate a Utopian space colony but who get lost somewhere along the way
Fútbol is far and away the most beloved sport on the planet. Even in Miami, where the game is often eclipsed by the Miami Heat, the Dolphins, and the Marlins, soccer has an enormous devout following. Now, before that following has a chance to cheer in the stands of this city’s own MLS pitch, they’ll be able to enjoy their love of the game at a museum.
There’s a reason the cliché of the starving artist has stood the test of time: Getting by as a working creative is hard — really hard. Studio spaces cost money. Paints, brushes, and canvas cost money. Clay and steel and camera gear, they all cost money too. And in a city as expensive as Miami, money isn’t the easiest thing to come by for artists on the rise. Fortunately, ArtCenter/South Florida just made their lives a little easier.
Thursday Imagine traveling back in time to see your parents through your grownup eyes. Fun Home does just that, zooming in on a graphic novelist who takes a deep dive into her father’s life, the mystery around him, and her upbringing in her family’s funeral home. Presented locally by the…
Brad Anderson’s talky-smartish thriller Beirut, like the first half of Million Dollar Arm, sets Hamm’s sharpie loose in a country — in this case a fractious Lebanon — where the rules aren’t his
Zines are all about cutting out the middleman. You want to get your ideas or art out there? Just do it your goddamn self. Dale Zine was launched in 2009 by art director Steve Saiz as a DIY publishing project he used to highlight the talents of his friends. He…
From classic musicals to obscure dark comedies to movie adaptations, here’s all the best theater you can check on this month.
Hashtags and rallies are important parts of raising awareness and calling the public’s attention to an issue, but sustaining engagement and momentum requires more than that. If the #NeverAgain movement — or any other movement — is going to last, activists need to learn a lot of truths about organizing and activism from those who have come before them.
If the original cut was a couple of Desplechin distinct movies loaded into a woodchipper and then splatted all out on the screen, this new, longer Ismael’s Ghosts at least can be said to beef up the splats
The Miami Beach design museum is marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution with a deep look at early Soviet propaganda.
The mode is comic frustration, the story centered on a reasonable man (played by Armie Hammer) frustrated at the eccentricities of a wild-haired genius (Geoffrey Rush, as the painter Alberto Giacometti)
Unplug this week at FIU’s “Awaken Florida” exhibit, the third-annual Water Dance, and UHealth’s Journey to Wellness, offering free yoga, Pilates, and meditation.
For intrepid spirits hoping to connect with local artists, Miami’s SWAN Spoken Soul Festival is one of the city’s premier ways to connect with women visionaries. This flagship is part of the city’s SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day celebration, a yearly observance designed to provide exposure to and reinforce the importance of female artistry.
Artist and activist Niki Lopez is a survivor. From age 11 to 25, she was trapped in a religious cult in Georgia, where she was separated from the rest of her family. The cult’s leader sexually abused her. But in 2000, Lopez escaped and worked with the FBI to put him in prison.
Pride Week wraps up this weekend, but not before unique drag shows with Miami’s top queens take place at Concrete Beach Brewery and the Institute of Contemporary Art. Plus, there’s the can’t-miss main event: the Miami Beach Pride Parade.
The Museum of Art + Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College will reopens it doors this weekend with two major shows following a months-long renovation. The institution, which is housed in the historic Freedom Tower in downtown Miami, will host a group design exhibition presenting selected architectural and urban…
Director John Curran has a varied career as a filmmaker. His previous film, Tracks, followed a woman (Mia Wasikowska) undertaking a solitary journey across the Australian desert. He’s probably best known for 2006’s The Painted Veil, a period drama starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts about a doctor dealing with marital strife…
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…
Iconic Fort Lauderdale businesses including the bar Treasure Trove and the Gym at Fort Lauderdale Beach have been ordered to close within six months, according to several owners. In their place will rise yet another beachside hotel.
