The biggest surprise of the list: Local filmmaker Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” snagged only three nominations. These included nods for Original Score, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. But there was an obvious snub for the incredible flick in key categories such as Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director.
Pamela Weiner, president of Dachshund Rescue South Florida, makes it clear that her last name is merely a coincidence. “It’s Weiner,” she says unbothered, like she’s had to clarify this a hundred times already and she’s ready to do it a hundred more times. “It’s kind of funny cause it…
Anna Kasperski spent the first seconds of 2019 surrounded by people she loves. “I have three really close friends, and we went over to one of their houses. I slept over, and we rung in the new year that way,” she explains. “I never really spent New Year’s with my friends before. In years past, I just stayed at home. But this year, I thought, Why don’t we be together?…”
With the Latinx Art Sessions, happening between Pérez Art Museum Miami and ArtCenter/South Florida, New York and L.A.’s brightest curators, academics, journalists, and artists are arriving for complex and nuanced conversations about the Latinx art world.
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. landed in Miami in April of 1966, he didn’t exactly receive a warm welcome. In describing his arrival to the Magic City, Dr. King said he was met with both “hostility and alienation.” Today, 50 years after his untimely assassination, you’d be hard-pressed to…
A Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade, TransArt at Villain Theater, MOAD’s family day and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, January 21 through 27.
Just a few weeks into 2019, &gallery is already making a bold statement. Since its founding in 2014 by the husband and wife team of Annie Berkowitz (a commercial realtor) and Jordan Trachtenberg (a licensed architect), the Little Haiti gallery has supported South Florida artists —…
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,…
Cher, Art Deco Weekend, NoMi Mac & Cheese Fest and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, January 18 through 20.
Stretch those hamstrings and tape those nipples, because here are some of the weirder moments in Miami Marathon and Half Marathon history.
In times of turmoil and chaos, Miami choreographer Brigid Baker encourages us to see the beauty. In her show Big Wonder, premiering January 18 at the Miami Dade County Auditorium, Baker will take audiences through a journey of remembrance and celebration. “In the end, there is only beauty,” remarks Baker,…
From big-budget blockbusters to indie films, here’s your guide to the movies opening in Miami theaters this week. “Cold War.” Pawel Pawlikowski, whose movie “Ida” won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2015, has returned with a much lighter but no less weighted film, “Cold War.” Zula (Joanna…
I think I was ten years old the first time I saw Eyes Wide Shut. I was sick in a hotel in Orlando, probably delusional from cough medication and exhaustion while my family was out having dinner. Flipping through the channels, I ended up on either HBO or Cinemax—both of…
Thursday The 22nd-annual Miami Jewish Film Festival is well underway. After attracting more than 30,000 movie lovers last year, the fest this year boasts more than more 80 films from 25 countries at 15 venues throughout the area, including Faena Bazaar, SoundScape Park, and Coral Gables Art Cinema. Another awesome…
Bodies swirling in motion, traversing space, and challenging expectations, all on the big screen. That’s what ScreenDance Miami, a film festival dedicated to showcasing dance on film, is all about. From Wednesday, January 16, to Saturday, January 19, ScreenDance will project films at three locations: The Light Box at the…
Who would have thought that in 2019 a show that delivers the diversity we crave would follow a bunch of would-be teenage assassins? Syfy sure did. The television network has adapted Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s graphic novel series “Deadly Class” into a program with a 10-episode…
For his first solo show at ArtCenter/South Florida, “Dancing In The Absence of Pain,” Terence Price’s collection of family photographs will appear beside the artist’s own practice of street and personal photography.
For the past few decades, director Christian Petzold has been delivering a consistent stream of fascinating works of art. His latest, Transit, is an adaptation of Anna Seghers’ novel, described as “an existential, political, literary thriller that explores the agonies of boredom, the vitality of storytelling, and the plight of the exile with extraordinary compassion and insight.”
Art Deco Weekend, Counter Corner, Sistrunk-A-Fair, and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, January 14 through 20.
It’s been 40 years since Miami Beach’s art deco architectural district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and it continues to be an iconic cultural landmark and internationally recognized symbol of the art deco period. Art Deco Weekend, a free, three-day festival, celebrates the country’s…
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,…
Take This to Your Grave, Gender Blender, Stiltsville’s Bubble Bath Brunch, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, January 11 through 13.
