New Year’s Eve 2019: Miami’s Most Expensive Parties

Are you a 1-percenter looking for more creative ways to spend your money than lighting your cigars with hundred-dollar bills? Miami has a worldwide reputation as a place where ballers can blow their hard-earned cash (or inheritances) on partying. If you’re not of the retirement-plan philosophy and still use “YOLO” as a mantra, peruse this selection of New Year’s Eve parties with the most outrageous price tags.

Miami New Year’s Eve Party 2019 Guide

It’s time to wrap up 2018. How will you celebrate the end of the year that brought us Kanye West rapping, “Poopity scoop”? It won’t be an easy choice, because few cities can match Miami’s New Year’s Eve prowess. Great weather and party excess come together perfectly to create…

By and for Young Artists, the Flex Brings a Fresh Music Competition to Miami

Kalil Bohannon invested only $150 in the launch of his avant-garde music showcase. It took place in an empty parking lot at Florida International University. Only 40 people showed up for the outdoor open mike composed of a tent, lights strung on a wall, and a few strewn-about tables. “It wasn’t that great,” Bohannon recalls. “I thought it went terribly. But the people who showed up, they loved it. They saw the vision, what I was trying to do.”

From Peaches to Hustler: The Past and Present of 1500 Sunrise Boulevard

Splashed across the sidewalk outside Hustler Hollywood is a long row of handprints and footprints in swaths of worn cement. A closer look reveals names belonging to visionaries. Iconic musicians such as Rick Springfield, Charlie Daniels, Peter Frampton, ZZ Top, Ted Nugent, and Jaco Pastorius have all left their mark on the stretch of pavement outside a store that now sells sex toys.

A Snoop by Any Other Name Would Sound as Swizzle

We live in uncertain times. But through all the ups and downs, one man has remained reliable, if only in his inconsistency. That man is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., better known as Snoop Dogg. Deliciously chill, Snoop answers to no one and nothing. His is a brand that has left a timeless legacy, defying shifts…

The Ten Best Holiday Parties in South Florida

The children’s voices on the airwaves summoning you to Santa’s Enchanted Forest are a good indicator that the holidays are here. The temperature has dropped below 70, and the ironic Christmas sweaters are coming out in full force. Before the stresses of the holidays get you down, check out this list of the hottest parties…

Bayskate Miami Returns With “Holiday Boogie” Skate Jam, Tunes, and Cocktails

That whole ice-skating thing at Rockefeller Center in NYC can just step aside. While those peeps up North freeze while falling on ice, Miami is converting one of its parks into a bayside, old-school, rollerskating jam. Take that, Northerners! Bayskate Miami is back for a fourth year. And after a spooky, Halloween-inspired skating spectacle in 2017, a holiday shindig is set to happen this month.

Stop Mispronouncing the Name of Alternative-R&B Artist 6lack

What does R&B sound like today? The once-dying genre filled with sexual innuendos and soulful riffs has quickly modernized into a fusion of several elements. Chilling vocals and sassy wordplay are no longer revered; instead, fans love the way an artist tells a love story. They want something they can sing off-key at the top of their lungs and dedicate to their exes…

III Points 2019 Daily Lineup Revealed

With 2018 quickly coming to an end, it’s time to look forward to what 2019 will bring — including the music festival season. Leading the charge will be III Points, which switched dates from October to February, skipping 2018 altogether. The date change should help the sixth edition of the festival avoid…

Samsara Cabaret Combines the Ethereal and the Burlesque in an Examination of Life’s Duality

According to Buddhist philosophy, humans live in an individual world created by subjective thoughts and perceptions. We are continuously re-creating our “self” through our experiences and choices, trapped in samsara — an endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth — until we are able to liberate ourselves from our illusions and find awakening through enlightenment…

Freddie Mercury Doppelgänger Marc Martel Does a Killer Queen

When Marc Martel started a rock band with friends from Bible college in the desolate plains of Saskatchewan, Canada, he wasn’t looking for a record deal. But he got one. Martel took his degree in worship ministry and headed to Nashville, where his band Downthere enjoyed moderate success. Even so,…