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Meet New Friends, Discuss New Art

Networking has never been more entertaining or inspiring thanks to Life Is Art’s River of Art #12 Showcase and Networker. It will be held Tuesday at Brasileiro Miami (801 Brickell Bay Dr., Miami) and will highlight the artwork of Ernie Novo, Gustavo Ramirez, and Jennifer Maria. The three artists’ work...
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Shape Magazine Names Two Miami Trainers as Hottest in the Country

We're Miami. We know we're hot, and so does the whole world, but now, it's official. Shape Magazine just counted the 50 sexiest male trainers in the country, and two of them are representing us and our scorching endless-summer bods. Who are the gorgeous fellas ready to sweat and sculpt...
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The Mountaintop at GableStage March 15 Through April 13

What did Martin Luther King Jr. do the night before he was assassinated? Did he have a drink, pick up a girl, pray, cogitate, read, write, practice his next speech, hit the pillow early? Whatever activities occupied his time in room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April...
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Norwegian Getaway: Bar Lab Cocktails, Dining by Geoffrey Zakarian on Board

You might have seen her while driving along the MacArthur Causeway. She's the gigantic ship with the colorful mermaid, designed by Miami artist Lebo, dancing on her hull. That's Norwegian's newest cruise ship, the Getaway. The massive, 145,655-ton vessel can accommodate nearly 4,000 passengers on its weekly sailings from the...
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Biogenesis Whistleblower Porter Fischer Wants to Keep Kids Off PEDs

When Porter Fischer exposed Coral Gables clinic Biogenesis as the source of performance-enhancing drugs to scores of top athletes, including baseball stars Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun, his motivation was simple. The clinic's owner, Tony Bosch, had stiffed him on a $4,000 loan, so he shared records implicating Bosch with...
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Harry’s Pizzeria: Now Serving Gluten-Free Pizza and Beer

Gluten-free pizza can be pale, chalky, and have the consistency of matzo. But for the past month, Bradley Herron, executive chef of the Genuine Hospitality Group, has been testing flours and developing a gluten-free crust for Harry's Pizzeria that's just as satisfying as the wheat-based variety. "It's like dealing with...
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Pedestrian Struck in Downtown Miami; Driver in Custody

A Porsche SUV struck a pedestrian crossing Biscayne Boulevard near 14th Street just outside the Adrienne Arsht Center around 7:30 this morning. The driver, meanwhile, is in custody as police try to determine what happened. Traffic around downtown Miami is backed up as a result of the accident. Police have...
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The 2013 Village Voice Film Poll

In 2013 there were a thousand bright lights and no strong center — even with Gravity, which ranked No. 8 on our tally of almost 100 critics' bests. The results in this year's Village Voice Film Poll, like the decisions arrived at by critics' circles around the country, suggest that...
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Steroids’ Long History at the University of Miami

The following is an excerpt from the book Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End Baseball's Steroid Era, published by the Penguin Group and released this week. The story began in Miami New Times. Frankie Ratcliff's phone buzzed just before 7:30 p.m. September 10, 2010. The text...
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RIP Henry Stone, King of Independent Records, Dead at 93

Henry Stone, king of the record business, passed away peacefully August 7, 2014, in Miami. Throughout almost 80 years of wildly prolific musical activity, the 93-year-old had a hand in every aspect of the music business and was a true pioneer of independent manufacturing, promotion, and distribution. In the 1970s,...
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Miami’s Ten Best Bartenders

Anyone can get behind a bar and mix a drink. For that matter, anyone can walk into a kitchen and prepare a meal. We've all cooked for ourselves at home, haven't we? But bartenders, like chefs, have many different levels of expertise. Though the person who pops your Budweiser can...
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The Village Voice Film Poll: 2013’s Winners and Losers

In 2013 there were a thousand bright lights and no strong center -- even with Gravity, which ranked No. 8 on our tally of almost 100 critics' bests. The results in this year's Village Voice Film Poll, like the decisions arrived at by critics' circles around the country, suggest that...
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Jodorowsky’s Dune: The Dune That Died

The most perfect works of art are those suspended between conception and realization, the ones that seize you up with how great they're gonna be. (Well, those and Busby Berkeley numbers.) Alejandro Jodorowsky's daft, daring, surrealist, possibly impossible adaptation of Dune, Frank Herbert's spice-mining science-fiction novel that later proved unadaptable...