New Times Looking For an Assistant Web Editor

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 Web Awards 2013: Calling For Nominations

It’s back! The New Times’ Miami Web Awards is here to pick the best of the web. Who’s the Funniest Twitterer? Who can lay claim to Meme of the Year or Best Viral Video? Can you choose just one Food Instagram User that has you salivating when you look at…

Genting’s Miami-to-Bimini Cruise: A Review

It’s 3 a.m. and pitch-black except for a spot of light pollution emanating from the island of North Bimini — and a 669-foot-long ship bumping with club music. Suddenly, DJ Zog, of Power 96 fame, cuts the sound. He announces that Kok Thay Lim has arrived to cut his birthday…

Aboard the Bimini SuperFast Evening Cruise

South Florida is no stranger to casino cruises and party boats. They leave from Port Everglades and Bayside Marketplace, taking people to the open waters to party. In the case of casino cruises, boats actually head three miles out to international waters, where U.S. law no longer applies. But with…

Calvin Harris Calls Heckler “Dumb Fucking Bitch” at LIV Miami

Must be lonely at the top for the world’s richest DJ, Calvin Harris. Harris was once an underground sensation — a favorite among late-2000s hipsters — thanks to cuts like “Acceptable in the ’80s” and “The Girls.” Needless to say, he has taken a more pop approach to dance music…

Chase & Status at Mansion Miami August 30

If you’ve haven’t heard of Chase & Status (AKA Saul Milton and Will Kennard), don’t fret. For ten years, the British duo has been making music, spanning everything from classic UK garage to dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass. But around 2009, pop star Rihanna came calling, looking for a sound…

Ultra Music Festival 2014 Ticket Payment Plan Now Available

Seems like Ultra Music Festival organizers took our suggestion to heart, because today the festival has announced it will let allow festival-goers to purchase a limited number of tickets via a payment plan. See also: – Ultra Music Festival: It’s Time for Ticket Layaway – Ultra 2014 Early-Bird Tickets Sell…

Iron Fork 2013 at Arsht Center (Video)

Sad you missed all the action at last night’s Iron Fork? Well, we missed you. But not to worry — we’ve got enough photos and recaps to make you feel like you were there. And just in case you’re a moving-images sort of person, we have video too. Check it…

Swim Week Miami 2013: Eight Best Parties

Models and bottles, y’all! If there is any week out of the year when that statement rings truer, it’s the awkwardly named Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, AKA Swim Week. While most of the official and satellite events are happening around the Raleigh, Soho Beach House, and the Miami Beach Convention…

Five Things to Know for the Catfish Ball at Gramps

We’re going catfishin’! Well, to be more accurate, we’re going to the Catfish Ball at Gramps this weekend. Now you’re probably wondering, What the hell is a Catfish Ball? And up until yesterday, we weren’t exactly sure what it was either. But we called up the lovely Southern belle behind…

Sensation USA Announces 2013 Tour Dates, Coming to Miami

If you don’t know about the massive Dutch EDM event known as Sensation, there’s still hope for you. Sensation will finally make its Miami debut this year! This is the second time that the event has come to America. Last year, Sensation made its U.S. debut in New York. But…