Arts & Culture

As Hurricane Irma approaches, many of these events may be canceled or rescheduled. We will update this post as cancellations are announced. Thursday Thanks to rappers like Kodak Black and Zoey Dollaz, Haitian-Americans are more prevalent than ever in popular American culture. But what about les beaux arts? The Museum…

Are you ready for Hurricane Irma? Do you have your bottled water, your batteries, your canned goods? Is your car full of gas in case you need to evacuate? Do you have enough booze to last you through the weekend? Then there’s only one thing left to do: Laugh at…

Last September, as Hurricane Matthew lurked in the Atlantic, hundreds of patrons gathered at Gramps bar in Wynwood. “People came out and hung out until the last minute,” recalls owner Adam Gersten. “We were understaffed because we didn’t realize how many people would already have done their prep and had nothing…

Art fairs and gallery openings are the name of the game this week.

Lynnette Abbott, a native Miamian and mother of a 5-year old daughter and 9-year old son, is heading a Kickstarter campaign to launch her mermaid-themed party supply line for girls of color.

Surfside is a rare bird among Miami’s beach destinations. Sandwiched between the ritzy Bal Harbour and the working-class, ethnic enclaves of Miami Beach’s northernmost neighborhoods, the quaint town of Surfside — all one square mile of it — stands out for what it’s not. You won’t find nightclubs, McMansions…

Gone are the days of going to the mall with your mom to buy three more handbags you don’t need. This Saturday and Sunday, head north to Allapattah Market Miami for the Opening Pop-Up Event, a free two-day open-air market offering more than 10,000 square feet of local vendors, artists, craft beverages, and artisanal eats to introduce its permanent market concept worthy of the seasoned Miami shopper.

Most people in the U.S. are preparing for cookouts and parties to last them throughout the long Labor Day weekend. Kudos to you if you’re one of them. But this guide goes out to all the service industry soldiers, bartenders, waiters, and hotel staff who’ll have to work twice as hard while everybody else is on vacation. No matter who you are, here’s hoping you find time to enjoy at least a couple of these weekend events.

Thursday Pants are not the bottoms of choice in a tropical climate, which is why you’ll see everything from biking shorts to thong bikinis covering the privates of Miami citizens. No Pop decided to immortalize this wide variety of attire in its Pants Zine, which consists of photographs of guests…

Unlike many people who become enamored with romanticized ideas of certain eras of the past, Von Teese maintains perspective on the shortcomings of the period she so adores, transporting to the present the vintage styling of the era while parting with its societal hypocrisies and sexual repression.

For Isabella Cisneros and Ramiro Carranza, the launch of their eco-conscious swimwear line was kind of a perfect storm. Both felt a profound connection to nature, with Carranza turning to the outdoors when he moved to Miami from Argentina as a young man. After watching A Plastic Ocean, a documentary on Netflix exposing dangerous levels of plastic polluting our oceans, the two felt restless about the consequences of pollution and somewhat powerless to make a major, lasting change.