The Eleven Best Things To Do This Week in Miami

Thursday, July 16:  The unfortunate reality is that you can’t see Pink Floyd. Yeah, it sucks, but thankfully, people are obsessed with this band, and some very special people have become very good at bringing this music to life. One of the most talented of these groups is Brit Floyd…

Lookingglass Alice at the Arsht: Torturously Self-Indulgent

When Lindsey Noel Whiting twice takes to the air in Lookingglass Alice, it’s easy to forget everything and lose yourself in the rhapsody. Dangling on silks and maneuvering through ropes suspended from the ceiling of the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House, the young actress eschews all inhibitions, making…

Seven Must-Read Books For July 2015

Feeling a little blasé about your bookshelf contents? Want something fresh to read but don’t know where to start? Ready to get that new Harper Lee novel, but want something more obscure as well? The following seven book recommendations have a little something for everyone, from families in exile to…

Trainwreck Has Laughs, but at What Cost?

The problem with clamoring for more woman-led comedies is that actual comedy may be the thing that ends up being left by the wayside. Tina Fey, among others, has railed against the boneheaded dictum that women can’t be funny. But in the current climate of watchfulness — one in which…

Robin Williams’ Last Drama Isn’t Great, but It’s a Heartbreaker

It’s heartbreaking that, in his last dramatic film, Robin Williams plays depressed and repressed, burdened by secrets, a man incapable of connecting. In Boulevard, Williams invests himself in the role of a closeted Nashville bank manager married to a woman for whom he feels only sexless affection. Clearly, the actor…

Ant-Man Will Please the Faithful

We may not need another hero, but true believers don’t need to shrink-ray their expectations. Ant-Man is the first Marvel film — and the first of this summer’s pixels-go-kablooey time-wasters — to get better as it goes. The filmmakers save their biggest, wiggiest ideas for the climaxes, where they wittily…

Ian McKellen Is Mr. Holmes, and That’s Enough

Above all else, a movie built around a star promises presence, and in Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes, that promise is dual: Here are 104 minutes with the great Ian McKellen, for once not casting spells, controlling magnetism, or classing up script pages of expositional gobbledygook. It’s not his job, this…

FriendsWithYou Signs Deal with Netflix, Colorful Kid’s Show Coming in 2017

Children’s programming is about to get a little friendlier. Los Angeles-based and Miami-bred art collaborative Friendswithyou recently announced a partnership with Netflix to produce and air at least two seasons of a characteristically bright, colorful, and smiley-faced kids show. According to an interview with artnet News, True and the Rainbow…

Miami Swim Week 2015: Six Can’t-Miss Events

Earlier this year, we broke the news that Miami Beach’s beloved Swim Week would be stripped of its main event, and fashion fiends and PR mavens all over Miami unanimously lost their shit. Throngs of Swim Week producers, presenters, and aficionados took to Twitter to declare that the Swim Week…

The Best Things To Do This Weekend in Miami

The best time of the week is finally here – the weekend. And Miami offers everything from an international mango festival, a boozy arts and craft night, and a laundry list of concerts from The Eagles, Imagine Dragons and Rascal Flatts.  So drink a cup of coffee and take advantage of what this…

Miami Book Fair’s Literati Society Aims For Enlightenment

Just like sea levels, Miami’s book culture is on the rise. Ever since the first Miami Book Fair International was held in 1984 (originally dubbed Books by the Bay), the fair has steadily grown into what is today—namely, an eight-day playground for authors, publishers, agents, writers, readers, and everyone in…

Alejandra Padilla and Chu Teppa Show New Work at Diana Lowenstein Gallery

As beach crowds swell, Miami’s galleries keep opening new exhibitions proving that the off-season shows pack as much of a punch as their winter counterparts. Recently Diana Lowenstein Gallery in Wynwood opened shows by two of Miami’s favorites: Chu Teppa, and Alejandra Padilla. Titled “My Parallel Universe” and “Collages &…