Another weekend’s come around, and so has another series of suggestions for things to do on the cheap. We’ve kept it extra budget-friendly this time: The most expensive event on this list costs $5, and even then, it’s kind of optional. Read on for the recommendations. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 DWNTWN Concert Series with Suenalo and [...]
Miami New Times, along with sister paper New Times Broward-Palm Beach, will be the latest creative types to call the arts neighborhood Wynwood home when they relocate in February to the Wynwood Building, that angularly gridded, black and white hypnostructure off Northwest 27th Street and Northwest Third Avenue that was also the last Goldman Properties project to [...]
The title quote is from an article by Pablo Babanegra of Miami Autonomy and Solidarity. It sums up problems within local movements fighting the entrance of Walmart into their communities, and focuses on the construction of the Walmart Super Center in Midtown Miami (which has met intense opposition from many Miami residents). The article is [...]
Graffiti, in one form or another, has been a form of human expression since the birth of our species. Its modern incarnation developed during the late 1960s in the Northeastern United States, primarily in Philadelphia and New York. A few aspects differentiated it from simply writing political slogans or obscenities in public spaces and on [...]
When Daniel Milewski and Gallery Diet-owner Nina Johnson opened Wynwood venue Lester’s, the intention was to create a space that fostered a creative dialogue and allowed visitors (neighborhoodies and artists alike) to have a space in which to study or work or think or eat or drink. There just hadn’t been a similar non-commercial space [...]
It was a Bratmobile/Heavens to Betsy split 7 inch that shook up my entire chubby, insecure junior-high existence. It wasn’t just the songs. It was the full tactile experience of vinyl, cover art, and lyrics. Sure, I can’t recall the most basic of daily tasks unless I scribble them down on a sticky note, but [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
