Circ X’s Diana Andrew-Lozano | The Cabaret Life
Diana Andrew-Lozano of Circ X of Miami’s beautifully bizarre performance troupe talks about their past and future plans … […]
Articles by Joseph Brown
Eyeliner Subculture Party | Stylistically Unconventional
You can think of Saturday night’s Eyeliner Subculture party as sort of a charm school for wayward fashion freaks … […]
Chippendales Miami
Beginning last Thursday night Mansion nightclub was filled with screaming women as the the #1 male revue in the world, Chippendales, took the stage … […]
The Cabaret South Beach
If you’ve ever seen the clip of Judy Garland singing “The Man That Got Away” in her 1954 film “A Star is Born,” then you know exactly what The Cabaret South Beach is like … […]
Gianni Versace | Walking in Miami’s Golden Light
Gianni Versace’s initial connection with Miami—South Beach in particular—came when he designed the sensual T-shirt-and-pastel-jacket look for Miami Vice … […]
10 Greatest Surf Songs (Ever)
Just for the record we’d like to present our view of the 10 Greatest Surf Songs, ever! With deepest apologies to Interview Magazine, of course … […]
Last Call at Warsaw / Notorious South Beach Club Closes
One of South Beach’s legendarily decadent nightclubs was laid to rest in a blaze of glory on Friday, May 25th, when the Warsaw Ballroom pulled the velvet ropes for one final fling. Gerry Kelly, Maxwell […]
Miami Faces in the Crowd: Miguelito Valdés
A closer look reveals that the gentleman on the left is Miguelito Valdez, the famous Cuban singer and band leader who in the 1940s was known as “Mr. Babalú” … […]
Nicholas Schenck | People on Miami Beach
Nicholas M. Schenck was a Russian immigrant who rose from selling newspapers on the streets of Harlem to become head of MGM/Loew’s Theatres … […]
A New Perspective on the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926
Anyone who’s lived in Miami for more than a year or so has undoubtedly heard about the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926. The disaster is trotted out every year at the beginning … […]
Music at Tap-Tap Haitian
The constant drumbeat of Euro-glamour hype in Miami Beach can sometimes wear a little thin, and every now and then one needs a down-to-earth night on the town … […]
Will the New Fontainebleau Change Miami Beach’s Nightlife Scene?
In the late 1950s Miami Beach’s oceanfront hotels became the new “place to be” and it was the Fontainebleau hotel and others that changed the nightlife scene … […]
La Dolce Vita
The film centers around a gossip columnist named Marcello who moves through Rome’s nightlife netherworld exposing the glamorous but shallow existence … […]
Swinging Sixties: When the Boom Turned to Bust in Miami Beach
Miami Beach was conceived as a glamorous tropical destination where well-to-do visitors could enjoy the sun and surf unfettered by the masses. But, by the late 1950s … […]
Boys Will be Boys: The Miami Ku Klux Klan in 1937
Well, here’s a photo that never made it into the travel brochures. From 1937, it’s the Miami nightriders assembling at Moore Park for a night of fun and games doing that voodoo that they do … […]
Eden Roc Hotel Miami Beach: A New Tower that Ends the Feud
The Eden Roc Resort in Miami Beach is getting a complete renovation including a new 21-story hotel tower on the southern edge of the property that borders the Fontainebleau hotel … […]
Miami or Miami Beach? A Question from the Swinging Sixties
“My father says he remembers going to the old Playboy Club in Miami, while his golfing buddy swears it was located over in Miami Beach. Is it possible there were two Playboy Clubs …” […]
Miami Beach’s Long-Gone Lincoln Road Movie Theatre
We’ve had several inquiries from Miami Beach history buffs asking for information on a movie theater that once stood in the 1000 block of Lincoln Road on the north side … […]
Sheridan Theatre in Miami Beach
Sheridan Theatre, Miami Beach … […]
TAO Restaurant Coming to Lincoln Road in Miami Beach
Miami Beach will be the third in a series of upscale TAO eateries that include East 58th Street in New York and another at the Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas … […]