Miami New Times’ Mastermind Awards honors the city’s most inspiring creatives. This year, we received more than 150 submissions, which our staff narrowed to an elite group of 30. We’ll be profiling our honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year’s three Mastermind Award winners…
Today is Working Naked Day! But don’t get too excited. As much as you want the cute girl from accounting to know that you have a totally sweet tattoo of a hyena using nunchucks while surfing on the back of a giant piranha on your ass, today is not the…
With Radiolab bringing its live show to the Fillmore Wednesday night, Miami is about to get a whole lot smarter. But don’t worry; our beloved good times and sexy dancers aren’t going anywhere. We can expect to get our dose of wonder-stimulating scientific inquiry along with a spoonful of side-splitting…
When you heard the news about Heidi Klum and Seal’s separation this weekend, you probably felt kinda sad. But admit it: the twisted, schadenfreude-loving part of you was a teeny bit thrilled. They were just too perfect, weren’t they? With their beautiful bodies and accents and adorable babies?And they’re not…
It’s almost over, Cultist readers. After today, we’ll no longer inundate you with reminders about our MasterMind Awards, and how great they are, and how you should submit to them right this second because honestly, and we’re not just saying this, but you are, like, talented and stuff, and you…
The Sundance Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, and if you’re sitting in your office reading this right now, it probably means you won’t be in attendance. And that’s a bummer, because you’ll miss out on rubbing elbows with celebrities and seeing some of the world’s most buzz-worthy films.But there’s one…
Psst. Artists. Filmmakers. Choreographers, music-makers, creative types of all sorts. Are you listening? Good, because we have important news — the kind of news that could earn you some sweet cash.For weeks, we’ve been telling you about the MasterMind awards. And for weeks, you’ve probably been telling yourself, “Sure, I’ll…
For weeks now, we’ve been telling you about the upcoming MasterMind Awards, which gives grants to the best artists in Miami. And over those weeks, we’ve received some exciting, promising submissions. But you know us. We’re never satisfied. We want more.If you think you have what it takes to win…
”Miami’s arts scene is really developing these days.” It’s a sentiment we’ve been hearing for so long that it’s damn near a cliche. But that doesn’t make it any less true. The creative types who call South Florida home have been transforming our city into a unique and fascinating community…
The new year is upon us, with all the hopes and dreams that accompany it. Maybe you’ve resolved to lose weight. Maybe you’ve resolved finally stop drinking so damn much. Here at Cultist, we support neither of those goals. But there is one resolution we can help out with: helping…
Miami’s had a tough football year, and that’s putting it nicely. But it’s about to get even worse, when the city’s droves of New York and New Jersey transplants take to the streets, the bars, and Sun Life Stadium clad in green to support the Jets in the last game…
During Christmas in South Florida, a sizable part of the population is left with one dark city and not too many outing options. So 25 years ago, one inventive Jew came up with the greatest idea of all — the Matzo Ball. This annual celebration invites Jewish singles to booze…
Art Basel is over, and the 1% have all gone back to The Hamptons or Dubai or their secret “rich people only” underground compounds where they’ll wait out the apocalypse. But don’t worry, Miami artists — New Times still loves you. We’re handing out our annual MasterMind awards again this…
For the past two years, we’ve supported the city’s quickly evolving art scene with the MasterMind Awards, modest grants that honor the people and projects in the community that are making the biggest impact on visual arts, music, film, and beyond. This week, the submission period for the 2012 MasterMind…
The ’50s had Marilyn Monroe. A few women since have come close to epitomizing her glamor, but none really truly reached her status. Then, came Dita Von Teese. For those of you who don’t know who she is, maybe you are like our mother who asked, “Wait, that girl who…
South Florida’s equivalent to the North Pole is a little patch of land seasonally stacked with games, food, shows, and nativity right off el Palmetto. For 29 years, Santa’s Enchanted Forrest has represented Christmas in Miami. Not to mention it also help launch the career of Hialeah hottie GiGi Diaz…
With “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” officially over for the U.S. military, many more Americans are discovering that old stereotypes about homosexuality simply don’t pass muster. Nowhere is that sentiment clearer than in Scott Pasfield’s Gay in America, a book chronicling the cross-country journey the photographer took to interview gay men…
Shopping malls and haunted houses can be incredibly scary, but a combination of the two, that’s just downright terrifying. Welcome to Doral. If you’re a sucker for deep-fried frights, rickety, fly-by-night carnival rides, and hired talent scaring the piss out of you, you know the beginning of fall triggers the…
As everyone knows, if a guy stays single or sexless long enough, his virginity will grow back–usually thicker and darker than before. However, regular sex that doesn’t require pre-numbing your dominant hand shouldn’t be the only reason to acquire a girlfriend. Girlfriends provide many benefits including love, faithful companionship, and…
If you are an avid reader of Cultist (as you should be), you caught our interview with AshleyMadison.com creator Noel Biderman last week. According to him, at one point or another, everyone in this world cheats. So we got to thinking: There’s no way everyone is an adulterer, right? Right?! Ugh,…
If checked out the New Times sex survey, you know that Miamians are either the horniest, sluttiest lot on the planet or a bunch of no-good liars. As you may remember, 71 percent of the 2,000 people surveyed admitted they think about fornication many times throughout the day. Which is probably…
Miami Beach is going to be crawling with loud, feisty, LGBT this Saturday for Orgullo, the first ever Hispanic LGBT pride event. Organizers put together a saucy line up of Hispanic entertainers, including Jose (from Minuto de Fama), Adora & Teddy Behr, Marytrini, Mariloly, and Shanay Bright. Unfortunately, multi Grammy…
