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An Evening With Christo and His Surrounded Islands at PAMM

By Travis Cohen

Even before Pérez Art Museum Miami’s big opening night for the exhibition of historical and archival materials from Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Surrounded Islands, it was clear this would be a different kind of show. As Christo himself said during a private tour a few days before the official opening: “This is not a normal exhibition. It’s a documentary exhibition — it goes beyond a work of art. It’s more like a museum of natural history.”

Museums Across Miami Explore Themes of Identity and History

By Taylor Estape

If art reflects life, the art world has had a lot to deal with in the past year. It’s no surprise that many local art institutions’ programming reflects the identity crisis sweeping the nation. A good example are two shows that ended the Wolfsonian-FIU’s previous year of programming: “Wit as…

Miami Book Fair Returns With a Feast for Voracious Readers

By Liz Tracy

In 1984, the crime-fighting duo of Crockett and Tubbs went face-to-face with dangerous drug lords and other unsavory characters, making Miami famous for cocaine, synths, and violence. While Miami Vice was lighting up every living room in America in pastel shades, Miami Dade College was launching the Miami Book Fair,…

Eyes on Miami: Trina, Amara La Negra, Phil Collins, and Others

By World Red Eye

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 WorldRedEye, New Times…

The Ten Best Running Races in Miami

By Luis Gomez

It’s that time of year in Miami when we say adios to the treadmill and hit the pavement. Summer is officially in the rearview and the weather soon will be changing from miserable to warm, making running outside tolerable-ish. The fun runs and half marathons around the city are starting…

The Best Arts Events of Miami’s 2018-19 Season

By Emily Bloch and Others

October Christo & Jeanne-Claude: “Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83: A Documentary Exhibition.” Thirty-five years ago, an art installation titled Surrounded Islands premiered in Biscayne Bay. In May 1983, Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 11 uninhabited islands in Biscayne Bay with 6.5 million square feet of fabric. The pink…

South Florida Festivals Reflect the Region’s Growing Film Scene

By Emily Bloch

Jaie Laplante is excited. For the past decade, he’s been watching South Florida’s film scene blossom, and next year will be no exception. “It’s so exciting to see how the seeds the film community members have been planting over the last ten years are growing strong,” Laplante says. He’s the…

The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

By Jesse Scott and Others

Just like you, New Times likes to party. So we’re throwing a big fiesta with food, drinks, and all kinds of fun at Iron Fork. It’s a chef competition and a grand tasting event. And by tasting, we mean you get unlimited samples from nearly 40 restaurants, including Pink Pie, Bagatelle, Ra, and Brain Freeze…

Colmado 305 Celebrates Hispanic Heritage With Free Presidente Beer

By Christian Portilla

This Saturday, October 6, Dominican designer Tony Peralta of the Peralta Project and brand creator Jose Morales of Apt.78, in partnership with Cerveza Presidente, the official beer of the Dominican Republic, will host their pop-up version of a colmado, dubbed Colmado 305. Heading to the Wynwood Marketplace, the art installation is a spinoff of the Uptown Colmado in New York this past June. And, yes, free Presidente will be served.