The New Tropic

How well can you just “make it up as you go?” We’re hosting Powerpoint Karaoke at The New Tropic. We’ll have random slides auto-advance while you have to attempt to keep it into one cohesive theme. One slide might be a picture of cats or a bar graph or an inspirational quote. You don’t know […]

Nina Johnson

Helmed by Miami gallerist and local dynamo Nina Johnson-Milewski, Nina Johnson is a shining standout in a neighborhood that can sometimes induce art overload. Focused on emerging and mid-career artists, this gallery frequently offers provocative exhibits and unique uses of their space from artists including Bhakti Baxter, Nicolas Lobo, Betty Woodman, and Charley Friedman.

Off Site

Taquiza’s Steve Santana and beer maven Adam Darnell (formerly of Boxelder) have opened a restaurant that’s utterly unpretentious. Off Site has no celebrity name tied to it, no velvet rope, and only one goal: to serve the best comfort food (and beer) in Miami. The sole item on the menu when the place opened in […]

Panther Coffee

It’s been more than a decade since Joel and Leticia Pollock started serving cold-brew coffee from a bicycle at Miami food truck roundups, ushering in the city’s craft coffee movement. Today, at Panther’s flagship location in Wynwood (other outlets are scattered around the city and Miami Beach), beans sourced from small farms in Nicaragua, Brazil, […]

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This interdisciplinary mecca is artist-founded, artist-operated, and it shows. They’re serious about their art, and their often-controversial exhibitions are always making headlines. Commercial, they ain’t, and they’re a sure bet for attention-getting art – including the infamous Miru Kim’s performance piece where she wallowed naked with two live hogs for 104 hours.