Newspapers are dead, except in the hearts of anyone who has ever loved them — which means there are still narrow slivers of hope. One of them now comes to us in the form of a movie: Tom McCarthy’s bold, shirtsleeve-sturdy newsroom drama Spotlight, which shows how a team of…
How do you dramatize the unthinkable? On August 5, 2010, 33 Chilean miners were trapped when the 100-year-old gold and copper mine in which they were working collapsed around them. For weeks, no one knew if they were alive or dead. But 69 days later, after a team of international…
The best of all heist movies, Jules Dassin’s tough-minded clockwork thriller Rififi, from 1955, is also one of the great films about process, about prepping for and grinding through small challenges, about improvisational teamwork within the framework of a plan, about the satisfaction of the last few cranks of a…
The Sports in Art/Speed & Motion exhibition, the fifth installment of BB Americas Cultural Series, opens today in Brickell. Race car driver Helio Castroneves and some of the featured artists will attend the premiere of the exhibition that is planned to be available for public viewing until January 29 of…
Firelei Báez is a Dominican artist interested in making work endemically tied to the sociological, cultural, and historical roots of her homeland and native region. In “Bloodlines,” her first solo museum show currently on view at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), the artists has laid bare the aesthetic underpinnings…
Most Miamians are familiar with the Intercontinental Hotel’s LED wall, thanks to the infamous “dancing lady.” But next month, the display will showcase something even more impressive than those sexy moves: a music and light installation inspired by Isaac Newton’s famous idea that every primary color works with a musical note. …
While this week contains Friday the 13th, there’s got to be some good luck at work with all the magic happening in Miami. From honoring the city’s veterans to 19-story public art installations, Miamians are in for lots of treats, both edible and cultural. We’ve got sneakers, nail art, movies,…
In its very first scene, Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix series, Master of None, presents something never before seen on TV: an Asian-American male romantic lead at the center of his own series. Granted, that scene is hardly sexy: A broken condom puts the brakes on a bar hook-up between Dev…
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a long stretch of abandoned land transformed into a scenic green area with plenty of space to stroll through or bike across? This thought is exactly what prompted the idea of transforming an old railway track, stretching from Miller to 8 Street and between…
After what can only be described as a totally jam-packed month of classic cinema in October, culminating in a night of way too many movies for anyone’s good, November slows it all down. Here are the goods, which this month will be conveniently split up by location due to the…
Perhaps one of the most important artistic development institutions in the country, Miami’s YoungArts program has nurtured the burgeoning careers of over 20,000 alumni since its founding in 1981. Now, the organization announces the launch of a new residency dedicated exclusively to contemporary dance, inaugurated by renowned YoungArts alumnus Desmond…
The best time of the week is finally here: the weekend. Miami offers just about every activity this weekend. On the music front, you can catch Kaskade at Story, Eric Prydz ar Space, Matt and Kim at Revolution Live, Damien Rice at Olympia Theater, and Chance the Rapper at The Fillmore…
With Art Basel and Miami Art Week a month away, Miami starts to take on a foreign feel. As gallerists and organizers start trickling in, year-round locals tend to be displaced by the seasonal art world crowd. The number of outsiders dwarf the Miami scene, making it easy to forget…
Have you ever wanted to text your buddy an emoji of Miami Dolphins interim coach Dan Campbell desperately staring back at himself as if he was being held hostage but unable to speak? No? Well, congratulations to those that answered “yes,” because a company named SportsManias has made it possible…
Although citrus trees are neither indigenous to Florida nor to North America, the orange has been synonymous with the state for decades. From postcards to tourism ads, through crop booms and frosts, the happy fruit has endured as Florida’s state fruit and beverage, marking its place in pop culture for years…
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…
To say that Catherine Hardwicke has made a career out of balancing edge with emotion isn’t much of a stretch. Her films often mix authenticity with a sense of heightened reality and Miss You Already is no exception. In the first ten minutes of her latest feature, she and writer…
Always wanted to know what it’s really like to live in Cuba? Interested in what’s happening now that the embargo has been lifted? Well, Miami, you’re in luck. On Thursday evening at Ball & Chain, Cuba’s first independent digital news platform, 14ymedio, in collaboration with The New Tropic presents an…
Thursday, November 5 This Thursday, Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art + Design will present “Childhood Memories From the Other Side of the Water,” a visual autobiography depicting childhood experiences and recollections of Cuba by artist Eduardo del Valle. The collection will feature a series of photographs never before exhibited…
The Muppets doesn’t work, exactly, but I’m still watching. As a relative outsider to the 60-year Muppets franchise, I’ve long suspected that early imprinting is the key to loving Jim Henson’s gaudy, unblinking rags. I’ve never felt a particular need to watch pieces of felt tell Borscht Belt–style jokes, and…
The Knight Arts Challenge South Florida 2015 People’s Choice Awards nominees are live. The community can vote now through November 17 via text message for one of four selected Knight Arts Challenge finalists to receive $20,000 to fund their projects. It’s a text-to-vote campaign: pick your favorite group, and text…
Despite the fact that fall temperatures barely take a dip in the 305 during the fall, fashion soldiers on. Boots and scarves hit the streets as soon as thermostats hit 65 (and they linger around even when temperatures stay at a steady 80 degrees). To set the scene for a…
