Alexandra Katya Phillis didn’t have the traditional prom experience. In fact, she didn’t even go to prom. “My mom was working really hard, and I didn’t want to stress her out about trying to have me attend prom and get a dress,” she recalls. “She was a single mom at…
Record Store Day, Game of Thrones watch parties, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, April 12 through 14.
Kodak Black is not known for holding his tongue — and his recent statements about slain rapper Nipsey Hussle’s longtime girlfriend, actress Lauren London, are just the most recent efforts in his apparent crusade to become hip-hop’s most antagonistic outlaw. Hussle was gunned down outside his clothing store in Los…
Every summer, New Times picks the best restaurants, bars, shops, and more that make Miami the bizarrely fascinating city it is. While you’ll have to wait until June 13 to find out the winners, several local tastemakers have chimed in with their own Best of Miami picks. This…
Behind a million-dollar home on Star Island, a pair of sunbathers does a double take as an unusual vessel whizzes through the waves. Imagine a surfboard, but a lot heavier. In fact, half of the watercraft’s weight comes from the electric battery used to propel it through the water…
The Miami Beach Convention Center’s makeover is a stunner. So naturally, the public art incorporated into and around the renovation has to equally wow onlookers. The first six works selected for the site by the Miami Beach Art in Public Places program are designed to achieve that goal. The…
Some contemporary art can feel like a nasty hangover from the orgy of postmodernism known as pop art. Figures like Andy Warhol were known as much for their fabulous lives as their enduring concepts, a trend that seems to have permeated today’s art world. It’s not just the occasional art…
Thursday Unfortunately, you won’t be seeing Pink Floyd live in Miami (or anywhere else, for that matter) anytime soon. But you can catch one of the most awesome rock films on Earth this Thursday when the Fillmore morphs into a movie theater. Pink Floyd’s The Wall will show on a…
If you’re a die-hard Game of Thrones fan in need of a fix to hold you until the HBO show’s premiere (and beyond), here’s a list of Thrones-related events and activities taking place in Miami.
It’s going down at Crandon Park. How much dough will you take home?
A Lorne Michaels impression is kind of like a class ring for Saturday Night Live alumni. Former cast member and University of Miami alumnus Finesse Mitchell uses his own impression to recall some advice given to him by the show’s longtime executive producer.
Miami is a year-round hotbed for queer culture, with events catering to LGBTQ people and their friends and allies from the beach to the mainland. There are drag brunches and gender-blending dance parties and everything in between. But during the first week of April, Miami Beach becomes the Magic City’s…
Record Store Day, Game of Thrones watch parties, and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, April 8 through 14.
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,…
Miami Pride Week, Of Montreal, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, April 5 through 7.
Australian actor Jason Clarke can’t get over how much art has influenced life in Miami. “It’s exactly like Michael Mann’s Miami Vice. I’ve seen so many [Ferrari] Testarossas so far, I’m out of my mind,” he declares. Tampa-born actress Amy Seimetz, a filmmaker known to Miami audiences for her work…
On the corner of NE Second Avenue and 17th Street in downtown Miami stands an old villa enclosed by wrought-iron gates. On one side, there’s a hardware store, and on the other there’s a modern-day fast food joint. But step inside the villa, and you’re no longer in 2019 Miami…
You might not think drag queens and frat bros have much in common. But Johnny Milan of House Milan, the longest running commentator of the annual POP Ball, begs to differ. “The way I explain it [to my straight friends] is that we’re like a gay fraternity,” he says, referring to…
Bad boys, bad boys — whatcha gonna do when they come for you, Miami? Bad Boys for Life, the third installment of the buddy-cop movies that helped turn Will Smith and Martin Lawrence into A-list movie stars, will be filming in Miami this month. Under the production name “Garden Films Productions…
Thursday Since its 2009 inception, Miami Beach Pride has simply been a blast. The 2019 edition looks like it won’t buck that trend. After attracting more than 145,000 people to its events in 2018, Pride this year will boast special events, social mixers, a VIP gala, a two-day festival, and…
Miami’s drag scenes are experiencing a renaissance, and if you aren’t paying attention, you’ll miss something truly incredible.
When was the last time you visited a library? Oftentimes, we forget what a community staple our local library is, and all that it offers its patrons. In Emilio Estevez’s latest film, The Public, the filmmaker focuses his lens on the lives of librarians. Opening in select cinemas…
