Mr. Robot: Who Says the Revolution Has to Make Sense?
Despite, or probably because of, the density of its plot, Mr. Robot is almost more enjoyable if you don’t really know what’s going on
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Joe Biden at Miami Book Fair: “This Is One of the Most Dangerous Times in American History”
The former vice president of the United States sat down with Man Booker Prize-winning writer George Saunders at the Adrienne Arsht Center as an accomplished foreign policymaker and bereaved father to discuss his new memoir, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.
You Should Probably Bring Some Tissues to Wonder
It starts off as the portrait of a troubled child, but expands to become a film about community
Artist Claudia La Bianca Goes Beyond Murals to Empower Women
Claudia La Bianca never took an anatomy drawing class. Instead, her lessons about the human form were learned as a child. Night after night, the wide-eyed, golden-locked dreamer sat backstage at her big sister’s lingerie fashion shows in Sicily, where she gazed at beautiful, scantily clad models strutting on the…
Ellen Latham Took Orangetheory From Home Business to Fitness Empire
Today, Orangetheory Fitness is the fastest-growing women-owned company in the U.S., an exercise phenomenon with 750 studios and half a million members. But it started much more humbly, when Ellen Latham began offering Pilates classes in a spare room at her Pembroke Pines house. The year was 1996, and Latham,…
Miss Toto Upends Miami’s Drag Scene With Bodybuilding Physique, Post-Graduate Smarts
Miss Toto does not have time for your bullshit. You can either accept that Miami’s undisputed party queen is six-plus-feet of pectoral muscles, glitter, rock-hard abs, track-star thighs, shoulders so round and defined they look like cantaloupes, and the flowing tresses of a pageant queen, or you can get the…
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Typoe Puts the Miami in Miami Art
For developers, Miami’s untapped potential is like a delicious morsel waiting to be devoured. The Magic City is a pit stop for the rich and famous, a playground for the world. Not many people consider what it’s like to live in a playground. That is, they don’t consider it unless…
Gabrielle Union Feels at Home in Miami
Fifteen years ago, Gabrielle Union was already an icon to her fans thanks to her breakout role as Ivy in the cult cheerleading hit Bring It On, but she had yet to land a leading part in a major movie. In 2002, the then-29-year-old was still on the cusp of…
No, You’re the One Bawling at Pixar’s Death-Carnival Wonder Coco
Here’s a kiddo’s quest to define a self, in this case the descent of young Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez) into a land of the dead inspired by Dia de los Muertos celebrations
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The Best Free Events in Miami This Week
It’s Thanksgiving week in Miami, which means one thing: You’re going to get shit-faced. An unfortunate side effect of this fact, one that cannot be solved by carb-loading leftovers, is the hit to your bank account. Whether you’re buying rounds for old friends or forgetting your wallet at your high-school ex’s parents’ house before an awkward walk of shame, you’ll need to pad your pockets. From the Turkey Turn-Up at Mana Wynwood to the Jack Daniels’ Barbecue and Beats festival in Hialeah Park, we’ve got you covered.
Best Marvel Comic of Early ’00s Is Now an Agonizingly Slow Hulu Series
This is the first time a Marvel TV show has stunned me: Why in the era of binge-able continued-narrative TV series would the producers kill dead their momentum
Twenty Thousand People Contributed $10 Million on Give Miami Day
Miami has a lousy reputation when it comes to civic pride and generosity. Thursday belied that notion. The Miami Foundation’s Give Miami Day set a fundraising record, making it one of the most active 24-hour charitable-giving events in the nation. According to the foundation, 20,413 donors gave $10.1 million to 695 local nonprofits.
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The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend
Sway those hips to the crooning of Marc Anthony Friday. Eat your way through delicious Tex-Mex cuisine at Tacolandia Saturday. Brush up your K-pop knowledge at the Fillmore to close out the weekend. And then get ready to do it over and over and over again until the New Year.
Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying Never Snaps to Attention
Despite the many troubling trends in our media culture, the movies’ response to the Iraq War has been (gasp) surprisingly admirable. Since the mid-2000s, a steady stream of films have artfully addressed war’s aftermath and the homefront — from Stop-Loss and In the Valley of Elah, to Grace is Gone…
Eyes on Miami: Jason Derulo, Teyana Taylor, Danielle Knudson, 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 brings you a solid recap of all the recent experiences you might have missed around Miami. It’s impossible to be everywhere, but hey, we can try to keep our Eyes on Miami.
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Five Local Authors to Catch at the Miami Book Fair
If you live in Miami long enough, chances are you have a Miami story. At this year’s Miami Book Fair, there’s no shortage of intriguing tales from authors who’ve documented the highs and lows of the Magic City. New Times has handpicked a shortlist of page-turners uncovering secret haunts, seafront vistas, ventanitas, best buys, and wildlife adventures — all to remind you there’s no place like home.
Justice League Is Fleet and Fun, Even With the Emo Gloom
Action scenes start and stop and then start again, then go in different directions, and it was a few moments into The Big Climactic Face-Off before I realized we’d arrived at The Big Climactic Face-Off
Bearded Ladies Cabaret Riffs on Tech and Old Hollywood in Marlene and the Machine
In an age when we are tethered to our screens and gadgets, and emojis supplant real emotion, we can easily lose touch with the elements that make us human. Explorations of technology and control are at the heart of Marlene and the Machine, a cabaret performance by The Bearded Ladies…
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“First Look” Film Exhibit Shows Little River’s Blooming Creative Atmosphere
Local filmmakers Lulo Rivero, Brandon de Reuver, and Andy Ryan Flores will show their work this Thursday, November 16, at “First Look,” an exhibition of recent endeavors by notable local creatives curated by the Little River Creative Collective.
The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week
Thursday Early film star and cabaret legend Marlene Dietrich is here to lead a seminar on emotional control in a sea of film, DIY stage design, and choral arrangements. At least that’s the concept of the Philadelphia-based performance troupe the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, who will take their audience through a…
The Porch: A Getaway From the Books at the Miami Book Fair
Every book lover can remember a lost weekend while binge-reading a novel whose ending had to wait because the body just gave out. No matter how compelling the story, somewhere around the 30th hour the brain shuts down and nothing more goes in.
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NBC’s Katy Tur Brings Her Trump Campaign Saga to Miami Book Fair
The prologue of Katy Tur’s Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History tells the story of the night Donald Trump became President Trump. Tur, defeated and sleep-deprived after a year and a half of covering the Trump campaign, recalls nearly shutting down mentally after learning that Trump planned to continue staging rallies after his victory.