When the Rubell Family Collection left its longtime Wynwood home of 26 years, it marked the end of an era. This coming December, a new era begins for the family of art collectors when the Rubell Museum opens in Allapattah.
It’s a Saturday afternoon at the Fair Expo Center, and Martha Valdes is standing beneath a collection of palm fronds while neatly folding a T-shirt. She aligns one pile and adjusts a table accent so it all looks just right. After all, her name is on the large sign reading “Martha of Miami.”
Slamdance, the alternative to Sundance, is coming to Miami for an extended weekend of films selected by local programmers and created by local and neighboring filmmakers.
You probably played the board game Clue as a kid. Or you devoured mystery novels in bed at night. Maybe now you can’t get enough of TV shows like Sherlock and True Detective. But have you ever wondered what you’d actually be like at crime-solving? That’s where CluedUpp, a virtual…
Thursday “Weird Al” Yankovic is touring with a damn orchestra, and Fort Lauderdale is blessed to host his South Florida show. The best-selling comedy artist of all time is bringing his Strings Attached Tour to the Broward Center Thursday evening. It’s basically a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Catch all the classics, spanning…
It’s been 50 years since the Stonewall Riots in New York, ushering in a wave of protests, activists, and social changes long overdue for LGBTQIA+ folks in the United States.
City Theatre’s Summer Shorts festival, the start to the less-crowded summer arts season, turns 24 this year. This year’s lineup of six short plays and two mini musicals is, of course, eclectic and playful. But beneath the summer fun, meaningful ideas and issues are afoot. A police trainee has to…
K1 Speed in Medley, Miami, might be tricky to find at first, especially when you’re walking across the expanse of a giant, mostly-empty parking lot on a lazy Sunday afternoon. You may wonder for a second if you’re in the right place. But then you’ll round a corner and see…
John Cameron Mitchell’s “The Origin of Love: The Songs and Stories of Hedwig” isn’t exactly a reincarnation of the show. “I’m not really playing Hedwig,” Mitchell explains to New Times. “I’m playing myself in a Hedwig costume telling the story of its origin, talking about the people involved, the philosophies involved, and just creating a real love fest with our fans.”
National Rosé Day, Las Rosas’ anniversary party, and more of the best free events happening in Miami this week, June 3 through 9.
RuPauls’s Drag Race star Shangela will perform in Miami for the Arsht Center’s Communitea Dance, which will also feature music by DJ Hottpants and the State Of as well as sets by Miami queens Karla Croqueta, Petty Boop, and others.
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 World Red Eye,…
Music by Ariana Grande and Salt Cathedral, a tribute to Woodstock, Communitea Dance with Shangela, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, May 31 through June 2.
Mexican singer, actress and performance artist Astrid Hadad takes the absurd seriously. Her surreal brand of cabaret lampoons the marketing of Mexico’s cultural icons and reframes received historical truths. Her costumes, often marvels of movable set design, unfold, billow and blink. At one moment, she’s a living Diego Rivera calla…
New York-based artist Jake Berman loves maps. If you visit his website, fiftythree.studio, you’ll find the kind of art an Atlas junkie would drool over: colorful public transit maps that range from traditional (Chicago’s L train) to speculative (San Francisco in the year 2050) to pure fantasy (the comic book…
Imagine walking through a forest of illuminated jellyfish and fluorescent coral, letting glowing alligators and flamingos light the night sky, and passing through scenes decorated with the vibrant colors of the Wynwood art district—all made from handcrafted Chinese lanterns. That’s what’s in the works at Miami’s Jungle Island, which will…
Thursday We don’t see too many black bears around these parts. But Blackbear is headed to Miami for a show, and he probably won’t growl at you or eat your trash. This Blackbear was born in Daytona, is a producing extraordinaire, and has worked with the likes of Justin Bieber,…
Collect stars, zoom around a real-life kart track in Mario garb and… maybe even win a trip to Vegas?
People often dismiss summer in Miami as slow season. But in many ways, it’s when the city expresses its truest self. The heat and humidity can be stifling, sure, but with the powers of modern air conditioning, exploding creative energy, and a relentless drive to keep pushing the city forward,…
Memorial Day Weekend in Miami can be a real drain on your financial resources. All those drinks, cover charges, and Uber rides cost money — and that’s if you didn’t lose your wallet on the beach somewhere between your fourth and fifth booze slushie. Luckily, you can still work some…
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 World Red Eye,…
When Becky Smith was 14 years old, she knew she wanted to play jai alai. She grew up in the 1970s surrounded by the sport. Her father was an amateur player whose air conditioning business was just down the street from the amateur court in Medley. Her mother worked…
