If you’ve been in Miami long enough, you know the Magic City runs on cafecito. Yemeni-American coffee entrepreneur Mokhtar Alkhanshali, the subject of Dave Eggers’ most recent book, “The Monk of Mokha,” will share his love of coffee and indulge in Miami’s own when he visits Books & Books…
Thursday A bunch of clowns and mimes down by a river? In most towns, that would sound like a horror movie. But all of this and more will happen at the beautiful Wharf Miami during the Riverside Circus. The waterside space will boast stilt-walkers, jugglers, acrobats, magicians, and other performers,…
Miami’s annual film review has returned. The tradition of polling a collection of local film experts, including critics and programmers who work for numerous publications, festivals, and cinemas in the city, was published on the website Dim the House Lights for 2015 and 2016, and the winners of the Miami…
Freedom is a short, seven letter word with immeasurable depth. For local artist Camilo Rojas, that one word has inspired some of his most meaningful pieces. His latest creation is on display not at an art gallery, but rather at the entrance of a new fast casual franchise of Sergio’s…
Maybe you’re convinced now that you’ll head home after the ball drops at midnight, but a little part of you knows that you’ll stay out until sunrise. It’s New Year’s Eve — going hard is on the agenda. And this is Miami, the magical city that never sleeps and parties…
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,…
Leder’s film mostly devotes itself to the future Supreme Court justice’s first world-shaking sex discrimination case, 1972’s Moritz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue: Ginsburg and her husband … argued against a discriminatory statute before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Year’s Eve, Giralda Under the Stars, Palomino Blond, and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, December 31 through January 6.
Twenty years ago, Wynwood was a place where Puerto Rican families lived and warehouses offered cheap deals on stuff. If you wanted to open a creative business just after the turn of the millennium, you could do it in Wynwood where an artsy community was sprouting. It grew so strong…
Sets by the Roots and Nicole Moudaber, New Year’s Eve events, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, December 28 through 30.
In 2018 we saw Miami get more crowded, more expensive, and more dedicated to massive projects like David Beckham’s soccer stadium and the American Dream Miami mega-mall. But as our economy and population seem to build beyond our physical limits, our art and culture have increasingly turned inward. For the…
The January, February and March months of 2019 are already boasting a strong slate, with U.S. distribution of international festival favorites along with welcome returns of first-rate genre filmmakers like M. Night Shyamalan and Jordan Peele
Just west of American Airlines Arena lies a freestanding building. Climb its stairs and you’ll begin to hear throbbing dance music accompanied by the thwack of medieval weaponry. Reach the second floor and you’ll see the sport that’s quickly invading the American Zeitgeist – indoor axe throwing. For…
Rey Jaffet says he’s always been a curious guy. That lifelong seeking instinct led the artist to create a visual voice for the misunderstood. His work across different mediums and styles has earned him international recognition, and now, with his artistry on display in the largest mural in all of Miami,…
The movie experiences I treasure most from this year found me sharing moments and laughs and tears with strangers who, just before and after the house lights dimmed, I might have been arguing with on Twitter
It was a terrible year in so many ways, but onscreen, with shows including Sharp Objects, My Brilliant Friend, Better Call Saul, The Americans and Atlanta, it sparkled
Thursday You know a Riot Ten show will be anything but boring. The word “riot” is right there in his name. Hitting Club Space this Thursday is his Hype or Die Tour, bearing the same name as the El Paso-bred artist’s EP, which dropped earlier this year. If your soul…
The art houses and Drafthouses again pull more than their fair share of the burden of quality, but my No. 2 (and many people’s No. 1) is a straight-up Netflix production, already available to watch on your phone
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,…
Hollywood now begrudgingly must honor a company committed to upending the business model of theatrical distribution, but it’s hard to gainsay Netflix’s strategy in this instance
Don’t look to Vice for psychology or even a sense of presence; McKay uses the Cheneys’ grim unknowability as an excuse not to bother going for either
Baldwin’s central story, dialogue and time-jumping narrative structure are all in place, but so, too, is a sumptuous visual style that serves to deepen the novelist’s themes of racial injustice and the powerful countering force of love
