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Zak the Baker Alum Opens Caracas Bakery in Doral

Zak the Baker Alum Opens Caracas Bakery in Doral

DJ Khaled's History of Meme-Driven Success

DJ Khaled's History of Meme-Driven Success

At Super Bowl LIV, Dayanny De La Cruz Is the Woman in Charge

By Zachary Fagenson
Jan 20, 2020

How do you feed more than 25,000 people in the span of a few of hours? Ask Dayanny De La Cruz. The effervescent 47-year-old executive chef for Centerplate, the catering company at Hard Rock Stadium, at this very moment is in the midst of planning how to feed legions of rabid football fans before and when Super Bowl LIV kicks off Sunday, February 2.
Eyes on Miami: New Year's Eve With DaBaby, the Jonas Brothers, Snoop Dogg, and Others

By World Red Eye
Jan 3, 2020

It's not easy having eyes all over the scene, being around to take in all the wild visuals at all the worthwhile places in the city. There are, however, those parties and gallery openings where a fortunate photographer can point and shoot. Every week, in collaboration with World Red Eye,...
Eyes on Miami: Lil Jon, Patti Smith, Romero Britto, and Others

By World Red Eye
Dec 27, 2019

It's not easy having eyes all over the scene, being around to take in all the wild visuals at all the worthwhile places in the city. There are, however, those parties and gallery openings where a fortunate photographer can point and shoot. Every week, in collaboration with World Red Eye,...
Miami Films Among Those Selected to Screen at Sundance Film Festival

By Carolina del Busto
Dec 26, 2019

"Mucho Mucho Amor" — a documentary about the late astrologer Walter Mercado — and the Borscht-produced film "Omniboat" are among the Miami-born projects that will screen at the 2020 edition of Sundance.
Jason Odio to Open Bebito's Modern Cuban Cafe

By Chelsea Olson
Dec 23, 2019

Cuban-American restaurateur Jason Odio is set to open his first Miami Beach concept in early January 2020: Bebito's Casa de Cafecito.
Minnie's Disco Pops Up in Wynwood in Time for Miami Art Week

By Jose D. Duran
Dec 4, 2019

The disco-oriented pop-up lounge at Alter in Wynwood is the latest venture by Miami nightlife veterans Max and Sam Baum.
Nu Deco Ensemble Releases Debut Album With Guests Danay Suarez and Kishi Bashi

By Celia Almeida
Nov 21, 2019

Nu Deco Ensemble's self-titled debut album was 18 months in the making. The record includes the Miami classical group's renditions of songs by artists such as Daft Punk and Outkast.
Nicolás Maduro's Personal Brujo Lives in Miami, Charges $90,000 Per Consultation

By Manuel Madrid
Jul 29, 2019

When he's not busy speeding up the slow-motion collapse of what was once South America's wealthiest nation, Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro enjoys engaging in the occult and esoteric. The dictator's penchant for the supernatural is one of the worst-kept secrets in Caracas, though his regime maintains he's a faithful Christian.
Sweet Liberty Celebrates John Lermayer Day With Bar Pop-Ups and Music

By Amber Love Bond
Jun 19, 2019

This past June 6 marked the first anniversary of the passing of John Lermayer, but Miami can remember the charismatic bartender this weekend with John Lermayer Day.
Aboard His Boat, Miami Boat Show’s Director Dishes on the 2019 Event

By Jesse Scott
Feb 14, 2019

This year's spectacle features more than 1,400 boats, an all-new conservation village, and chances galore to try out a new boat.
Zoo Miami's Ron Magill Is a Friend to Fauna

By Brittany Shammas
Nov 20, 2018

He became the face of Zoo Miami entirely by accident. A passionate, lifelong animal lover, Ron Magill was the assistant curator of reptiles the day in 1986 when the zoo was hosting a news conference about endangered crocodiles born in captivity. It was an extremely rare, exciting moment, but you...
Valerie Navarrete Is on a Mission to End Homelessness, One Person at a Time

By Meg O'Connor
Nov 20, 2018

By trade, Valerie Navarrete is a Miami Beach real-estate agent with Keller Williams. But she is most passionate about helping the homeless. As far back as she can remember, seeing homeless people always made Valerie Navarrete feel deeply distressed. Growing up in São Paulo, Brazil, she couldn't comprehend how, as...
Esther Park-Clemetson Puts the Cool in Culture

By Ciara LaVelle
Nov 20, 2018

Esther Park-Clemetson never thought she'd stay in Miami. When she came to town in 2003, she was on assignment for a New York City magazine that had hired her to write about Miami's then-nascent hip-hop scene. "I met Pitbull — Armando, before he was Mr. Worldwide," she recalls. "I met...
Miami People 2018: The 15 People Who Put Their Stamp on the Magic City

By Miami New Times staff
Nov 20, 2018

The ninth edition of Miami New Times' People issue will dunk you in the water with the mermaid MeduSirena, fly you to a rooftop with Miami Marlins top prospect Lewis Brinson, and then drop you on the street with one of the city's most beautiful women, Gabriella Katia, and her...
Amara La Negra Is a Role Model for Afro-Latinas

By Jerry Iannelli
Nov 20, 2018

Amara La Negra comes across as a relentlessly, unapologetically positive figure. She constantly Instagrams herself dancing. She posts photos of the Halloween costumes that fans made to honor her. She stands on stages with her fist clutched defiantly in the air. But the Miami-raised singer, actress, and reality TV star...
Lewis Brinson Is Miami's Hometown Hitter

By Jerry Iannelli
Nov 20, 2018

From a public-relations standpoint, 2018 was a rough year for the Miami Marlins. The team sold off or traded away many of its most famous and skilled players. The Fish then played to small crowds for much of the year. But hated team owner Jeffrey Loria has finally skipped town,...
Colin Foord and Jared McKay Make Coral Cool

By Jessica Lipscomb
Nov 20, 2018

Eleven years after forming Coral Morphologic, marine biologist Colin Foord and musician Jared McKay still don't exactly have the words to describe it. Sitting inside their home/laboratory in Miami, Foord calls the group an "art/science hybrid endeavor" or "an experiment" of what 21st-century science could look like. McKay begins saying...
Gami Pushes for More Feminine Energy in Miami Dance Music

By Jose D. Duran
Nov 20, 2018

Gami dreams of one day spinning at Space. The 23-year-old Miami native wants to hoist her city out of its tech-house and EDM rut and explore new ideas bubbling up in dance music. "There's not a huge interest in the music that I'm bringing into the city yet," Gami laments...
Valencia Gunder Wants to Transform Miami

By Ciara LaVelle
Nov 20, 2018

Valencia Gunder isn't merely "from Miami." The roots of her Miami heritage run deeper. "My family is one of the pioneer Bahamian families in Miami. My great-great-great-great-grandfather was born in Dade territory 20 years before the city was chartered," she explains. "So I consider that I have a birthright to...
Janet Jones Makes Women Top Dancers

By Brittany Shammas
Nov 20, 2018

All her life, dance has been a way of escape for Janet Jones. "When I danced," she says, "everything would just flow out of me." But when she was nearing the age of 30, the Miami native and former Heat dancer, believing it was time to grow up and get...

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