Miami Music Festival and Miami Wagner Institute Stage The Flying Dutchman

When Richard Wagner wrote Der Fliegende Holländer, or The Flying Dutchman, in 1843, he imagined the two-hour-plus opera performed with no intermission. Perhaps fortunately for some audience members, the Miami Music Festival and Miami Wagner Institute will not stay true to the great German composer’s original vision this Friday, July 19, at…

Five Ways to Celebrate Christmas in July in Miami

Have you ever wished that Christmas came more than once a year? If you’re feeling impatient for the most wonderful time of the year to arrive, Miami has got you covered this month. The city is full of Christmas in July events, complete with drink specials, snowball fights, movie trivia,…

The 19 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday Premios Juventud has been honoring everyone’s favorite young Latinx celebs since 2004. Most people throughout the world have to watch the award show on Univision, but you can catch it live at the Watsco Center this Thursday. Lali, CNCO, and Alejandra Espinoza will host this year’s affair, and the…

The Farewell Director Lulu Wang on the “Surreal” Experience of 100% Fresh

Writer/director Lulu Wang is having a 100% Fresh moment on Rotten Tomatoes. The Farewell marks only the second film by the New World School of the Arts alum, who grew up in Miami after emigrating from Beijing with her family when she was 6. She now lives in Los Angeles but recently returned to her former hometown to work the hype for the followup to her 2015 debut feature, Posthumous.

Euphoria‘s Hunter Schafer and Barbie Ferreira Appeared at a Wynwood Screening

Most of us remember the awkwardness of high school. Between finding yourself and trying to fit in, it seemed as if every step of life was a major challenge. Nowadays it’s even worse. Concerns that kids didn’t have to consider ten years ago, such as a photo going viral on social media for all the wrong reasons, makes it a whole new world for teenagers now.

Eyes on Miami: Lil Pump, DJ Khaled, 50 Cent, 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,…

Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys Imagines Life Inside Florida’s Infamous Dozier School

Elwood Curtis watches the news coming out of Florida from his adopted home of New York City. As articles in Tampa Bay, Miami, and even international newspapers are reporting that dozens of skeletons are being unearthed on the grounds of a boys’ ostensible “reform” school, Curtis remembers. He is one of the “Nickel Boys,” those who survived inhumane conditions and continued their route to an adulthood haunted by harrowing memories.

The 19 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week

Thursday Not every city can have a swimwear fashion spectacle. Fargo, North Dakota? Not likely. But in paradise, it’s time for another Miami Swim Week. Presented by Art Hearts Fashion, this year’s show features a number of runway, cocktail, and art events and parties featuring goods from the likes of…

Miami Swim Week 2019 Parties and Events You Can Actually Attend

It’s that time of year again. Miami Swim Week, the annual international swimwear trade show, lands in the city July 10 for seven days of designers, runway shows, parties, and pop-up shopping opportunities. Amid all the glamour and excitement, though, it can be tough to figure out which parties and events you can actually attend…

The Best Free Events in Miami This Week

Congratulations: you’ve survived the first half of 2019. But if you partied too hard during Independence Day weekend, your budget might not have been so lucky. Good for you, then, that there’s another wealth of free ways to have fun in the 305 this week. Kick off this week with…