After Apu, Hari Kondabolu Is Settling Uneasily Into Fame
Comedian Hari Kondabolu — who has seen his profile rise thanks to his Netflix special and the documentary The Problem With Apu — will perform October 6 at the Broward Center.
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We the Future Campaign Brings Miami’s 13-Year-Old Leah the Activist to Classrooms Nationwide
Young people are leading a new era of activism in America. And We the Future, a new initiative launched by nonprofit design lab Amplifier, aims to support and inspire the next generation of activists. The idea is to put posters depicting young activists into at least 20,000 sixth- to 12th-grade…
The Hate U Give Gives Powerful Voice to a Young Woman’s Outrage
The Hate U Give takes time to focus on the nuances of Starr’s life, on the ways Williamson has split her consciousness, on the effort of code-switching, on the layers of self that Starr must sort through in everyday interactions
The Best Free Events in Miami This Week
Flaming Classics, an academic discussion about Beyonce and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, October 1 through 7.
Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born Earns Every Tear It Jerks From You
To fall in love with A Star Is Born is to embrace these paradoxes and, to quote a song Gaga sings in the film, go “off the deep end” and submerge oneself “far from the shallow.”
Queer Women’s Group This Girls Lunchbox Offers Space, Acceptance, and Snacks
Launched in June of 2017 by artists Octavia Yearwood and Najja Moon, This Girls Lunchbox (TGL) began as a quest of sorts: both knew that there were lesbian, bisexual, and queer women living in Miami, but couldn’t seem to find them within the sprawling confines of the city. From that…
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InterContinental Miami Is Looking for Its Next Skyline Dancer
To enter, all your booty-shaking self needs to do is submit a video before October 22.
1950: The Nationalist Uprising Explores a Forgotten Chapter in Puerto Rico’s Past
The year is 1950. The place: Puerto Rico. A militant uprising erupts the day before Halloween when coordinated attacks are launched on police stations and government buildings around the island. Police officers are killed, and revolutionaries are arrested and summarily executed. A shootout in San Juan is broadcast live over…
The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend
David Byrne, Father John Misty, Classic Album Sundays and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, September 28 through 30.
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Night School Is Hilarious When It Actually Lets Its Stars Go Wild
The idea practically sells itself: Kevin Hart has to take night classes to get his high school degree, and Tiffany Haddish plays his suffer-no-bullshit teacher
Eyes on Miami: Diddy, Typoe, Lil Wayne, 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 WorldRedEye, New Times…
Filmmaker Dylan Redford Challenges the Tourist “Fantasy” of Miami
Hailed a “documentary of fantasy,” My Trip to Miami runs 13 minutes, during which Dylan Redford straps on five GoPro cameras and attempts to visit TripAdvisor’s “Top 315 Attractions in Miami” in five days.
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Revisiting Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Surrounded Islands 35 Years Later
In May 1983, Miami transcended all of its woes — the violent madness of the drug trade, the vehemence and unrest that followed the 1980 riots, the shame and degradation of being seen as a town in the throes of chaos — and was reborn in a vibrant pink that spread across Biscayne Bay. To this day, it remains a sight that almost defies belief…
David Castillo and Fredric Snitzer Galleries to Return to Art Basel Miami Beach in 2018
Art Basel Miami Beach released its list of 2018 galleries this morning, and the numbers break down thusly: 268 galleries from 34 countries, two Miami art spaces, and zero surprises.
How to Get “Mentally Fit,” According to Memory Champion Nelson Dellis
Close your eyes and imagine a place familiar to you. Almost as if you’re painting a canvas, fill the scene with lucid color, detail upon detail forming in your mind. Picture a walkway assembling itself on the ground ahead, puzzle pieces of a passage whirling through the air before settling on the path below. Now stroll along this visual trail as you take in all of the memories stored amid the dreamscape scenery.
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The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week
Thursday You don’t need to travel to Orlando for a magical Mickey Mouse experience. This Thursday through Sunday, American Airlines Arena will be home to Disney on Ice’s Mickey’s Search Party. The multisensory experience boasts skating, acrobats, and stunts as a crew of Disney characters tries to track down Tinkerbell…
The Black Queen Project Descends on Miami With Female Power and Humanity
This Thursday, the MDC Live Arts Lab will transform into a medieval castle, shrouded in a mysterious creepiness that evokes the tension of falling into a trap and not quite believing you can get out. Enter the world of Barbara of Cilli, the notorious Black Queen, a powerful ruler who lost an empire to the forces of misogyny and intrigue, her life rewritten as that of a sorceress, a sexual deviant, an evil myth.
Author Gary Shteyngart on Working for TV: “Put Me in a Writers’ Room and I Really Shine”
Gary Shteyngart has achieved plenty of respectable goals: teaching at Columbia, speaking at Google, being featured in publications such as Rolling Stone and the New York Times. But mainly, he writes award-winning satirical fiction. Super Sad True Love Story, his 2010 novel following a budding relationship against a backdrop of dystopian consumerism, appeared on dozens of lists of that year’s best books.
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Raw Pop Up Brings Interactive Art to Brickell City Centre
It’s always tempting to break the cardinal rule of art museums: look, but do not touch. At the Raw Pop-Up, an interactive art and design experience, you can do just that. Its production team and artists want you to not only see but also touch, feel, taste, and smell the art.
Forward Motion Dance Festival Brings Dancers of All Abilities to the Stage
Respect. Equality. Inclusion. These are tenets that should be upheld in all facets of life. Karen Peterson, founder and artistic director of Karen Peterson and Dancers, is working for dancers with disabilities to be respected and included in the contemporary dance world. September 26 through 29, the inaugural Forward Motion International…
Unlike Joan Jett’s Music, Bad Reputation Doesn’t Cut Deep Enough
Too bad, then, that even Laguna’s input doesn’t get to the heart of Jett’s essence, as Bad Reputation comes off more as a fanboy’s declaration of reverence to the queen rather than an interrogation of one of the most iconic women in music
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Miami Beach’s SoundScape Cinema Series Announces 2018-19 Films
Autumn is here (even if it doesn’t feel like it yet), and the City of Miami Beach wants to get South Floridians outside again. Just about every Wednesday night from October 3 through May 29, a different movie will be screened on the 7,000-square-foot wall outside the New World Center for the SoundScape Cinema Series.