Gathr Giveaway: Win Free Movie Screenings at O Cinema!

It’s hard in Miami for a film fanatic. Yes, things have gotten exponentially better in recent years, with indie theaters like O Cinema showing rare, experimental, and underground movies every week. But audiences in film capitals like New York and Los Angeles still get most movies weeks or even months…

Three Miami Love Stories to Give Us All Hope

Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Have a question for Nikki? Email it to cultist@miaminewtimes.com. When it comes to dating, Miami gets a bad rap. Maybe it’s partially deserved. But perhaps we’re just failing to see the good? After…

Four Reasons Why Rebound Dating Is More Dangerous Than You Think

Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Have a question for Nikki? Email it to cultist@miaminewtimes.com. Breaking up is hard to do. And it seems like people rarely offer the right amount of sympathy towards someone who is going through…

Nina Agdal Takes Kate Upton’s Would-Be Date to Prom

Imagine you’re a lonely, dorky high school senior in L.A. You’re Jewish, 5’9″ on a good day, and you can’t dance. All you have are your skills with a digital camera and your Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, the one with Kate Upton on the cover. You sure as hell don’t…

Christian Slater Bought a Coconut Grove Home for $2.2 Million

Christian Slater hasn’t given up on you, Miami-Dade County. Sure, you screwed him out of participating in the electoral process last November, when he waited in line on Election Day only to discover the vote he eventually cast wasn’t counted. You even misidentified him as “Christina Slater.” What, haven’t you…

Five Reasons It’s Great to Be Single in Miami

Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: Chin up, Miami singles — flying solo in the Magic City is actually pretty great. The grass is always greener on the other side, right? Many times, couples want some freedom, and…

Hialeah Is the Bang With Friends User Capital of Florida

Bang With Friends, an app that lets you know when one of your Facebook connections is interested in doing some real-life poking, made headlines when it launched in January. Today, the site boasts hundreds of thousands of users. And a huge chunk of them reside right here in Hialeah. According…

A Single’s Guide to Surviving Wedding Season

Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: How to get through this year’s barrage of other people’s wedding bliss. After months of dressing your fridge with a collection of heart-shaped save the date cards and magnets of happy couples,…

Colombian Women Are the World’s Sexiest, Survey Finds

You can call it the Sofia Vergara effect. You can call it racist fetishism. Or you can just call it the hot, wet truth. Either way, Colombian women are now considered to be the sexiest lady specimens the world over. That’s according to a poll conducted by MissTravel.com, which asked…

Five Florida Girls in Maxim‘s Hot 100 Issue

Maxim, like all magazines sporting scantily clad, heavily Photoshopped women on their covers, is selling a fantasy. That’s especially true of its “Hot 100” issue, which ranks the sexiest women celebrities in a series of photos for straight dudes to, um, appreciate. Sorry, fellas, but Maxim’s pages are about as…

Four Reasons Why You Can’t Get a Date

Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: What not to do to land that elusive first date. Ah, the first date. Do they even exist anymore? After a string of group hangouts and zero dinner invites, you’re starting to…

Miami Singles Rank Eighth Most Superficial in America

Internet dating site What’s Your Price is at it again. The service, which connects rich men to women who could be bribed into spending time with them, released yet another study of the country’s singles scene. And you’re going to be shocked to hear this, Miami, but: You’re kinda shallow…

Five Great Things About Dating in Miami

Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: Five reasons to stay optimistic about Miami’s dating scene. I admit it: Like many other Miamians, for a long time I was under the impression that in order to find a suitable…