There's something to be said for a collective that brings together an expansive community brimming with talent. Empowering is just one word to describe Miami's ArtCenter South Florida. A nonprofit devoted to furthering the knowledge and practice of contemporary visual arts, the organization launched the Ellies, a grant program inspired by their founder, Ellie Schneiderman, in April. More than six months later, the long-anticipated moment has arrived: 44 winners of close to $500,000 in artist funding have just been announced.
Read MoreThe midterm election is right around the corner, and it's causing people to feel every kind of way. Blue and red waves are crashing together tsunami-style as party candidates vie for political seats in a race instrumental to our nation's imminent future. Drowning in a media riptide of mudslinging public servants, we the people deserve a break every once in a blue moon. And what better way to escape the roar of the dichotomy than to ensure your spot in the audience of one of America's most universally beloved musicals?
Read MoreAh, tequila, burning like a raging inferno of poor decisions as it glides down the gullet. But the blue agave beverage isn't used only by college kids for nights of debauchery. Fifteen pushups and a shot of 1942 Don Julio are the winning ingredients behind GTA’s success onstage.
"It helps to get a little blood flowing — gets you all hyped up," explains Matt Toth, half of the dynamic DJ duo that makes up Good Times Ahead, or GTA.
Read MoreIf the audience had mixed reactions about X's win, they were drowned out by the swell of applause and carefully curated shots of attendees clapping vigorously. As XXXTentacion’s family made its way to the stage, split-second frames focused on audience members standing in solidarity.
Read MoreMillions of fans grew up watching West Side Story, longing for the day they could snap their fingers alongside those effortlessly suave Sharks and Jets. Well, thanks to 20th Century Fox, those childhood dreams could turn into a reality. Prepare your best show tune, break out those jazz shoes, and head over to Miami City Ballet on Monday, October 29, for the remake's open casting call.
Read MoreWith this amendment, says Pearson, “a corporation now has the same standing as a human victim; as the next of kin that you’d normally think of in a homicide case... They now have the same footing.” She warns that corporations could easily pour resources into changing outcomes in the criminal justice system, which is not necessarily based on justice, but on “corporate needs and desires.”
Read MoreTalent is not just limited to the actors, either. Gleason’s script is taken from ideation to full-fledged movie in a way that suggests nothing we see on-screen is an accident. Best of all, she frames it all so stunningly. Shots melt together like the mouthwatering ice cream sundaes of summertime.
Read MoreThe general response to Hart's history of misogyny has been as divided as the political partisanship of America. Some say these are harmless jokes; others say they promote sexist attitudes and are compounded by Hart's real-life cheating scandals. But does a tendency to privately betray women translate to publicly excusing or even advocating for mistreating women in his work?
Read MoreAudiences were spellbound by a video of a young girl pirouetting beautifully across a stage Friday night at the Coral Springs Museum of Art. The 14-year-old leaping across a screen was Jaime Guttenberg, one of the 17 victims murdered by a school shooter on February 14th, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Read MoreLet’s play a game of word association. When you hear “boy band,” what’s a natural link? Many would instantly jump to "adolescence.” The '90s? 'NSync. Jessica Simpson? Nick Lachey. Mix them together and what do you get? 98 Degrees. Justin Jeffre, Jeff Timmons, and brothers Nick and Drew Lachey make up the Grammy-nominated band that sang its way into the hearts of women everywhere in the late '90s.
Read MoreIration does address politics, though. Pueschel says he and Brown are the most outspoken on social media platforms such as Twitter. The singer feels "no guilt" when speaking out against anything that threatens the "right side of emotion and humanity." Does that include Trump? Yes, he confirms he is by no means a fan of the POTUS.
Read MoreIt's 10 in the morning, and Daniel Chimowitz already simmers with energy. He speaks with an impassioned flair that accentuates a hint of a twangy West Coast accent. (The London-born international artist and fashion designer grew up in San Francisco.)
Read MoreA man with a mission to discover the answer to a question that no one else seemed to be considering, Jason set out to investigate how Americans vote – down to the very machines they cast their ballots with. What he found is nothing short of extraordinary. Ahead of this year’s heavily anticipated midterm elections, we sat down with the director to discuss the ever-relevant message of I Voted?
Read MoreThere’s something about Dylan Redford. It could be the way he authentically commands the attention of a camera or the intellectually vulnerable manner in which he expresses himself. Whatever it is, Redford is having a moment, and audiences of his Borscht Corp.-commissioned film, My Trip to Miami, seem to agree.
Read MoreClose your eyes and imagine a place familiar to you. Almost as if you're painting a canvas, fill the scene with lucid color, detail upon detail forming in your mind. Picture a walkway assembling itself on the ground ahead, puzzle pieces of a passage whirling through the air before settling on the path below. Now stroll along this visual trail as you take in all of the memories stored amid the dreamscape scenery.
Read MoreBroward College student Erika Garcia reaches for what looks to be a flash drive, slipping it nonchalantly into her mouth while simultaneously pulling up the hood of her sweatshirt. From a distance, the device she's holding looks like an elongated USB drive or a stocky pen.
Read MoreThe tone of his new music is different from the fluffy, loud, pop-on-a-stick songs for which 1D was known, but the themes aren’t too far off. With Flicker, he’s still crooning about plenty of heartbreak and romance and pining for girls who don’t know they’re beautiful.
Read MoreTwo middle-aged guys in loud Hawaiian shirts and captain's hats puff away on pipes in front of a painted backdrop of an ocean. The scene sounds like it could be plucked from a slapstick comedy, right? Throw in a DJ booth on a casino club floor and mixes of '70s and '80s soft rock featuring occasional screeching seagulls, and it becomes almost hard to believe.
Read MoreA bundle of nerves and anticipation, a young, fresh-faced New Yorker steps off of a plane onto a ground ripe with rich cultural heritage. It’s 1961, and the student has arrived in Bogotá, Colombia, for the first time. In a time before cell phones, the girl’s parents wring their hands in fear on the other side of the hemisphere as their daughter ventures off, ready to forge her own destiny.
Read MoreIt's no secret a prevailing Cuban influence thrives in Miami. But over the years, the metropolitan area long celebrated for its diversity has welcomed a growing expansion of multicultural films, music, and art beyond Cuba to include many of its Caribbean neighbors.
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