I paid the $12 admission, and the lady at the counter told me: “Galleries three and four are closed for the next hour or so.” OK. Minor inconvenience. I had last been at Pérez Art Museum Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach, when it was free for everyone, basically, and…
The least surprising news of the day is that tickets to Deadmau5’s free February 15 show at Ice Palace Studios were gone in about a minute. A source confirms the 60-second sell-out time is right and that people were only allowed to request two tickets per account. Still, there’s bound…
It seems that Deadmau5 and Space made good on their promise of putting on a 100-percent free event in Miami. This evening, Deadmau5 announced that it will take place on Saturday, February 15, at Ice Palace Studios in downtown Miami. The all-access show will have a capacity of 4,000. Tickets…
After last night’s Grammy Awards, everyone is talking about Daft Punk’s appearance (and a most awkward display of white people dancing), not to mention Beyoncé’s oh-so-very-hot performance, and Queen Latifah marrying everyone while Macklemore provided the music. But before all of that went down, while everyone was coming down the…
Disclosure Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, January 25, 2014 Better Than: Hearing dance music at a South Beach megaclub. “What do you think they will start with?” I wondered before Disclosure took the stage at the Fillmore Miami Beach. “Probably, ‘F For You’ or ‘When a Fire Starts to Burn.’ My…
“Just noise, white noise,” sings Aluna Francis of AlunaGeorge on Disclosure’s track “White Noise.” “I’m hearing static, you’re like an automatic/You just wanna keep me on repeat and hear me crying.” Whether intentional or not, those lyrics describe the current state of popular electronic dance music, AKA EDM — just…
Sounds like the 305. Just stumble down the street, slip into the club at 3 a.m., or tune into some pirate radio station while crossing the causeway from South Beach to the mainland. And almost as if by accident, a Magic City soundtrack will arise from the cacophony — a…
“Who do you think we should book?” It’s a question that Ultra Music Festival founder Russell Faibisch asked me last year when I interviewed him for a feature about the iconic fest. My answer: “I can’t believe M.I.A. has never performed at Ultra.” Yesterday, I got my wish and more!…
Money makes the world go ’round. Nowhere does that ring truer than the gross display of excess and wealth called Art Basel. So leave it to our art director Miche Ratto and photographer Stian Roenning to traverse Wynwood with stacks of (fake) money. Onlookers gawked, velvet ropes disappeared, and taxi…
Would you ever insult your host after you’ve visited his home and eaten his food? Probably not. But every year, after Art Basel takes over the city and leaves its mess behind for us to clean up, we read these horribly asinine quotes slamming the city or the people “who…
At 22 years old, Ben Wash is hoping to become a music mogul and electronic music heavyweight. He’s so committed to his craft, he moved from his native Greenville, South Carolina, to Miami in order to gain wider exposure. And with his label King Head Records, he’s well on his…
A few weeks before Art Basel’s arrival, I noticed Vice’s infamous “I Don’t ‘Get’ Art” article being shared on Facebook. In the piece, Glen Coco (best pen name ever, by the way, and probably written by West Coast editor Jamie Taete) admits he cannot grasp what contemporary artists are trying…
You can pretend you understand contemporary art. But face it: You barely know what blue-chip art is. Luckily, there’s one universal language spoken by everyone at Art Basel, and it’s not artspeak. It’s booze. So thank Lady Gaga for the art lesson in Jeff Koons as you make your way…
The decorative arts sort of get a bad rap. But while everyone oohs and aahs at the blue-chip pieces for sale at Art Basel, you can’t sit on a Picasso — well, you can, but it’s not going to be worth much once you stand up. That’s why Design Miami…
Sure, there’s plenty of art to be seen during Art Basel Miami Beach, er, Art Basel in Miami Beach. But, let’s be honest: You’re in Miami. You aren’t looking to spend your entire day at the convention center or inside some tent. You want to make irresponsible decisions once the…
Tatiana Suarez’s works remind us a bit of the doe-eyed kids painted by San Francisco artist Walter Keane. But while Keane painted eyes with a sort of vacant yet menacing look, the pupils of Suarez’s subjects twinkle with femininity and emotion — something she doesn’t apologize for. “I’m just inspired…
Her million-dollar smile and self-described “deep” voice welcome you home after a long, hellish commute in South Florida traffic. Since 1999, Trina Robinson has been giving locals their daily dose of news — first as a meteorologist (she was the first African-American to hold a TV weather position in South…
Last night, New Times celebrated the best of the web with the second annual Miami Web Awards at Shots Miami. With free samples from Apothic wines and bites from Los Perros and Latin Burger & Taco, we got everyone in the mood to celebrate this year’s winners. And those winners,…
If you absolutely abhor Miami’s hipster culture, you can probably blame the defunct nightclub Soho Lounge for its existence. At the turn of the century, it was the center for the kind of Miami nightlife “cool” that was soon co-opted by the rest of downtown and, eventually, South Beach. Classic…
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Miami New Times and New Times Broward Palm Beach have an immediate opening for an assistant web editor. This position combines journalism with social media marketing and analytical data management to increase the audience for New Times on its desktop and mobile applications. The assistant web editor assigns and edits…
Miami New Times and New Times Broward Palm Beach have an immediate opening for an assistant web editor. This position combines journalism with social media marketing and analytical data management to increase the audience for New Times on its desktop and mobile applications. The assistant web editor assigns and edits…
