The week finds a kind of shared ground between the creative frontier of A.I. and the quiet clarity of meditation. One asks what it means to make something at all — who holds the authorship, where the boundaries sit — while the other steps back from all of it, if[Read More…]

Last week everyone stayed out of the rain, but this weekend the sidewalks have dried off and it’s time to get out. Wolverines set an appropriately leisurely pace in Kennedy Park, and the rest of the week follows that cue with music, conversations, and a few reasons to leave the[Read More…]

Don’t make a scene when you elbow your partner and whisper, that’s the Grove! Ethan Bloom, directed by local filmmaker Herschel Faber, follows a 13-year-old who is supposed to be preparing for his bar mitzvah but instead finds himself drawn toward the Catholic church. Along the way appear a patient[Read More…]

Wait — what? A real golden ticket? And not the Willy Wonka kind. Miami-Dade County created something that feels almost too good to be true: a Golden Ticket Arts Guide that opens the doors to a huge lineup of cultural venues — museums, concerts, theater performances, galleries, even the zoo[Read More…]

New to town? You should know that the annual art stroll down Gifford Lane is definitely a participatory event. No snobbery here. Baby buggies bump billionaires.  Flip-flops flirt with Ferragamos.  James has his barbecue smoking near the tennis courts.  Dance (or at least sway) to Mike’s group halfway up the[Read More…]

The art festivals aren’t over after all. South Miami Art Fest keeps the paint flowing just a few Metro stops south with canvases lining the streets and the Lowe Art Museum just a short walk away. Meanwhile, Gifford Lane is already prepping for its own homegrown takeover, where porches double[Read More…]