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The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

The best time of the week is finally here — the weekend. And Miami offers everything from a a yoga social at Whiskey Blue, the Mad Decent Block Party at Revolution, and Jessie Andrews spinning at Bardot. Here's just a glimpse at what our city has to offer this weekend,...
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Freddo Helado

Argentine ice-cream company Freddo Helado has been churning out crafted frozen delights since 1969. The company has landed in Miami Beach and features frozen treats made with fresh, hormone-free milk, pure cane sugar, fruits, and other natural and raw ingredients. The helados, free of any artificial flavorings, colorings, preservatives, or added vegetable fats, are made […]
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Billy Corben Directing Docuseries About Billionaire John McAfee for Spike TV

Miami-based Rakontur studios is bringing its latest obsession to the big screen. From the same group that produced Cocaine Cowboys, The Tanning of America, Limelight, Square Grouper, The U, Broke, and the recently released The U Part 2, comes the newest creation from director Billy Corben; The McAfee Project. Spike TV has picked...
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Best Comedian

Orlando LeybaOrlando Leyba is the voice of the Miami Everyman, and anyone who knows an Everyman in Miami should already know that’s a pretty solid bedrock for a comedy act. A married man who until recently was stuck in a dead-end 9-to-5, Leyba took his stories of domestic quibbles, office blues, and general life in South […]
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Miami’s Best Eats and Drinks This Weekend: National Ice Cream Day

It's another weekend in Miami and the air is hot and sticky. Luckily there are many activities to keep your mind off the fact that you're literally melting. From enjoying frozen treats (some with beer) to celebrating Swim Week, here are the best ways to keep your cool. Weekend starts...
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Best Ribs

Sparky's Roadside BarbecueWalk into Sparky’s during lunchtime and you’ll see a herd of suits rolling their sleeves up and getting their hands dirty as they attack racks of St. Louis-style pork ribs. Owners, chefs, and barbecue mavens “Sparky” and “Sparky” (they nicknamed each other years ago, hence the name of the restaurant) came up with a special […]
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Best Brewery

J. Wakefield BreweryMiami’s beer scene is lighting up, with breweries making suds that really reflect the Magic City’s diverse cultures. But of all the fantastic new concoctions, J. Wakefield’s are the most innovative. Key limes, hibiscus flowers, and exotic teas are some of brewer/owner Jonathan Wakefield’s flavor muses. The result is beers that are sophisticated and playful. […]
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Best Supporting Actor

Chaz MenaHenry David Thoreau, the original hipster, famously wrote that “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Occasionally, a performance will so accurately convey that axiom that it’s almost uncomfortable to witness. Chaz Mena accomplished this feat in Zoetic Stage’s Detroit at the Arsht Center. He found the quiet desperation in Ben, an unemployed […]
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Best New Play

Third TrinityAs a creative mantra, “write what you know” doesn’t always work: It can result in myopic self-absorption as much as personalized insight. But Third Trinity, the new solo show from Miami wunderkind Teo Castellanos, cemented the value of autobiographical writing in its spartan production at the Light Box at Goldman Warehouse. His frequent partner in […]
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Meet the 2015 Miami Heat, a Legit Threat in the East

Welcome to a brand-spanking-new Miami Heat basketball season, folks — hold onto your butts, because this one's gonna be exciting. Last time we saw the Miami Heat, all of our pets heads were falling off. Everyone was sick or hurt, and by the end of it all, a guy we...
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Heat Fans Proved This Year They’re the Best in the NBA

It's official; the 2014-15 Miami Heat season will end in shocking disappointment on the court. Last night, the team was finally mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. A mixture of bad luck and bad performances the second-half of the season resulted in the Heat missing the postseason for the first time...
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Best Restaurant Worth the Wait

Finka Table & TapWhen this hip restaurant first opened its doors in the middle of a shopping center anchored by a Publix on Coral Way, the throngs of people waiting to get a table extended beyond the parking lot. Among the excited chatter from hopeful customers was the phrase, “This restaurant feels like it belongs in Wynwood.” It’s […]
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PAMM’s “Poetics of Relation” Probes the Immigrant Experience

Miami is constantly in flux, negotiating and renegotiating its sense of self, in large part because of its ever-changing population. It's a city whose identity is formed by constant change, by absorbing and adapting to new immigrant populations who — for myriad reasons — have sought a home in the...
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Mad Cat’s Lazy Fair Needs a Better Payoff

What is money, really? You may think you know the answer, and you could probably produce a few bills as proof. But physical currency is on its way out, like the printing presses that produce it. Money today is an ephemeral thing, as invisible as radiation, digits shuffled and wired...