This week we celebrate America’s independence. And while we can’t offer you an interview with George Washington, we can offer something much better: George Takei. After all, by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Takei was the captain of his own spaceship. The best Washington ever managed was a glorified…
This Saturday the skies opened up and let loose a torrent of gray water over Downtown. Despite the momentary monsoon, the slightly waterlogged lot on the corner of 11th and North Miami Avenue was abuzz with music and good vibes. People were celebrating and feeling good, rains be damned. The…
When it comes to social media, celebrities tend to fall into one of several categories. You have your wacky comedy types like George Takei, posting funny pictures. You have your obsessively perfect celebs (ahem, Beyonce) whose every Instagram photo is expertly framed and filtered. And then you have the oversharers…
Yesterday, New Times unleashed its annual Best of Miami issue, including this year’s pick for Best Feud — Lisa and Leonard Hochstein versus the Miami Design Preservation League. Now it appears the Hochsteins have taken a lead in the fight. On Monday, the MDPL lost its appeal of a Miami…
Taylor Mac likes pop music. And he’s pretty indiscriminate about the pop music he likes, from primitive folk songs of the 1770s to the Auto-Tuned, focus-grouped hits of today. The actor and gender-bending diva, recognized in New York City and beyond for his politically conscious, impossible-to-reproduce theatrical spectacles, is channeling…
It’s hard in Miami for a film fanatic. Yes, things have gotten exponentially better in recent years, with indie theaters like O Cinema showing rare, experimental, and underground movies every week. But audiences in film capitals like New York and Los Angeles still get most movies weeks or even months…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Have a question for Nikki? Email it to cultist@miaminewtimes.com. When it comes to dating, Miami gets a bad rap. Maybe it’s partially deserved. But perhaps we’re just failing to see the good? After…
Sometimes, the world seems like a cruel and heartless place. Children go hungry. Natural disasters wreck entire cities. Madmen commit unspeakable violence. Who among us hasn’t wondered why life is so unfair, why the universe seems out to punish us, what kind of a god would allow these things to…
Deep within a room that lies within another room – which is behind a locked door — there exists an old steel cabinet labeled “Metaphysical Sciences.” The documents date back to the 1950s and belonged to Dr. Valentine, a local and peculiar expert on telepathic communication and a foremost scholar…
In theory, Miami is a perfect pit stop for any solar-powered vehicle — hell, it’s the sunniest city in the Sunshine State. But in practice, this town’s been overcast and soggy for weeks now. Luckily, the crew of the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar came with their batteries charged. The ship –…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Have a question for Nikki? Email it to cultist@miaminewtimes.com. Breaking up is hard to do. And it seems like people rarely offer the right amount of sympathy towards someone who is going through…
Imagine you’re a lonely, dorky high school senior in L.A. You’re Jewish, 5’9″ on a good day, and you can’t dance. All you have are your skills with a digital camera and your Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, the one with Kate Upton on the cover. You sure as hell don’t…
Christian Slater hasn’t given up on you, Miami-Dade County. Sure, you screwed him out of participating in the electoral process last November, when he waited in line on Election Day only to discover the vote he eventually cast wasn’t counted. You even misidentified him as “Christina Slater.” What, haven’t you…
South Florida’s about to get a little freakier. Mindfreakier, that is. Criss Angel — magician, illusionist, guyliner aficionado, and doppelganger of Mystery from VH1’s The Pick-Up Artist — is headed to the Everglades for yet another dramatic stunt. It’ll probably be like his other tricks, in that you won’t know…
There are few cities in the United States that are as perfectly suited for motorcycle riding as Miami. Riding season lasts all year in South Florida; when most bikes up north go into the garage as their owners mournfully accept the onset of another bitter winter, the Magic City is…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: Chin up, Miami singles — flying solo in the Magic City is actually pretty great. The grass is always greener on the other side, right? Many times, couples want some freedom, and…
Maybe you love George Takei because he was the original Mr. Sulu on the original Star Trek series back in the ’60s. Maybe you love George Takei for his unlikely alliance with Howard Stern. Maybe you love George Takei for his firm, friendly, and flamboyant support of marriage equality, or…
Bang With Friends, an app that lets you know when one of your Facebook connections is interested in doing some real-life poking, made headlines when it launched in January. Today, the site boasts hundreds of thousands of users. And a huge chunk of them reside right here in Hialeah. According…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: How to get through this year’s barrage of other people’s wedding bliss. After months of dressing your fridge with a collection of heart-shaped save the date cards and magnets of happy couples,…
Free Cock?! Yeah, it’s a cheap ploy to grab your attention. But it’s also true: We’re giving away free tickets to GableStage’s upcoming performance of the show titled — no, really — Cock. Not since The Motherfucker With the Hat has GableStage mounted a play with a title as controversial…
You can call it the Sofia Vergara effect. You can call it racist fetishism. Or you can just call it the hot, wet truth. Either way, Colombian women are now considered to be the sexiest lady specimens the world over. That’s according to a poll conducted by MissTravel.com, which asked…
Take a look at the painting below. Closer. Closer still. What at first glance appears to be a fairly standard nature scene is actually a painting of a woman’s runny nose. We think. If you’re an anatomy expert, maybe you can correct us if we’re wrong. And if you’re not,…
