Taylor Swift Announces 1989 World Tour, Coming to Miami

“I CANNOT WAIT!” Oh yes, all caps and exclamation points… That’s how excited Taylor Swift is about her 1989 World Tour. Another reason Ms. Swift is stoked: The 24-year-old record sales machine just released 1989, her fifth studio album (named, obvi, for the year of her birth), and it’s already…

Bizerq and Benchwarmers Closing, “Barely Open a Few Months”

Shockingly and suddenly. Just an hour ago, Wood Tavern owner and Wood Tavern Group founder Cesar Morales announced that he is shutting down both of his most recent nightlife ventures, Bizerq and Benchwarmers. Located in the former Soho Lounge building at 175 NE 36th St., Morales’ club and sports bar…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

Still recovering from all those candy corn shots and endless Pixie Stix you consumed over the weekend? So are we. That’s why we’re hooking you up with the ultimate hangover/sugar rush cure: a little bit of music. Just check out the five best concerts going down this week, from the…

Miami’s Ten Best Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend

Rise and shine, you little monsters … It’s Halloween! With All Hallows’ Eve falling on a Friday this year, you may have already spent most of your cash on candy corn shots and Pixie Stix. That doesn’t mean you’ll have to stay home and give away free candy to all…

Sidebar Opening in Former PAX Space

Remember Bar? It was the nightlife spot on NE 14th Street that became one of the city’s most infamous watering holes until it closed in July 2011. A lot of people were involved with it, but the main contributors were Raul Sanchez (now of Peachfuzz fame), Pres Rodriguez, and the…

New Times Is Looking for an Arts and Culture Editor

Miami New Times is looking for a writer and editor to oversee coverage of all things related to art, theater, and other cultural happenings in America’s hottest city. The job entails working closely with a pool of freelancers to produce Night+Day, our weekly print guide to the city, while editing,…

Miami’s Six Best Club Parties This Week

Halloween may be just a few days away, but in the Magic City, the freak show never ends. So grab your crew of bikini clad monsters and tri-breasted vampires and get your spook on. Here are the six best club parties going down this week, from Drake and Marco Carola…

Ultra Lawsuit: X-Rays and Photos of Security Guard Erica Mack’s Injuries

Her skull was fractured. And her leg was broken. However, beyond those basic facts, the seriousness of security guard Erica Mack’s injuries, sustained during a gatecrashing incident at Ultra Music Festival 2014, was unknown. At least until yesterday, when Mack spoke for the first time, after seven months of silence,…

Midnight Magic: “High-Energy, Always Funky”

Midnight Magic is their name, and that funky disco groove is their game. Founded by production veterans Morgan Wiley and W. Andrew Raposo, fronted by soulful chanteuse Tiffany Roth, and backed by a stellar ensemble cast of musicians, the group has been making major waves on the NYC underground dance…

Erica Mack Discusses Ultra Lawsuit

On Friday, March 28, 2014, Erica Mack, a 29-year-old security guard working Ultra Music Festival was critically injured when she was trampled by a stampeding horde of gatecrashers. “I suffered two fractures in my skull. A temporal fracture and a fracture at the base of my skull,” she tells Crossfade,…