48 June 18–24, 2026 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com NEW TIMES GLASS is HOT & CERAMICS are COOL at WMODA! 3250 North 29th Ave., Hollywood, FL 33020 10 minutes south of Ft. Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport Open: Wednesday to Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm www.wmoda.com | [email protected] | 954.376.6690 Explore elegance and innovation at the Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts 2026 Our world-class collections showcase masterpieces by Chihuly, Lalique, Lladró, Wedgwood and Royal Doulton. Our Museum Shop features unique jewelry, ceramics and glass art by Florida artists and beyond. BEST PARTY My Friend Misty Floyd 34 NE 11th St., Ste. B Miami, 33132 instagram.com/friendsofmisty A dark red room, endless roses, melting beats and a sonic love affair are what set My Friend Misty apart from most. Hosted about monthly at downtown Miami’s Floyd and spearheaded by David Sinopoli, Veronica Gessa and Elad Zvi, the party enters its third year with music meant to keep you in a trance. The sounds range from house, techno, disco, left field and rock, twirling into a haze. The room adjacent to the stage is turned into a space Gessa designs to fit the mysterious motif of Misty. The sets are all back-to-backs by locals, with Sinopoli and Zvi usually closing. The beats seldom peak past 125 BPM, yet the slow, humid basslines are just as enveloping as any hard techno. Together, Gessa, Sinopoli and Zvi shape a room that binds Misty to her l’amour fou: the crowd. BEST PLACE TO DISCOVER YOUR NEW FAVORITE ARTIST Palapa 5040 NE Second Ave. Miami, 33137 305-539-9555 upperbuenavista.com/events There are venues that host shows, and then there are places that feel like they’ve slipped through a portal. Palapa lives firmly in the sec- ond category. Built by a team from the Semi- nole Tribe of Florida, it looks as if Tulum and Morocco had a creative collision and decided to stay up late designing a dream. The vibe is set by lantern light, textured wood, open air and just enough mystery to make you wonder if you’re still in Miami. When it first opened in 2020, acrobats quite literally shared the stage with the crowd. These days, Palapa leans into curated tribute nights that sell out fast, from Sade and Prince to Freddie Mercury and Buena Vista Social Club. The reinterpretations don’t feel like cover shows so much as reinven- tions, pulling familiar music into something warmer, looser and more transportive. It doesn’t feel like a night out. It feels like being dropped into another world where your next favorite artist is always about to come on stage. BEST R&B ACT Kanis youtube.com/@KANISOFFICIAL If you were raised in the County of Dade, your bus driver was likely giving you a musical ed- ucation by blasting Hot 105.1 to and from school every day. Today, the smooth, soulful genre you grew up with has since been given a makeover by a new generation of artists. Modern R&B might feature rhythms from around the globe or, with alt-R&B, an elec- tronic edge. Haitian-born Miami artist Kanis brings the latter to her songs that feel like a slow dance in crystal clear waves. She infuses her particular style with Caribbean genres Racine, Voodoo and Rara, forging a fresh path for R&B. When she recently shared that she’s gay, she shattered social norms in a tradition- ally conservative genre, creating a new safe space for LGBTQ+ musicians. BEST R&B PARTY Love Language 801 Brickell Bay Dr. Miami, 33131 instagram.com/lovelanguagepresents Every Sunday night, tucked inside Brickell’s sultry restaurant-lounge hybrid SunKissed, Love Language transforms the end of the weekend into one of Miami’s most coveted gatherings. Founded by Toronto native Kyle “Hoto” Reid and soundtracked by veteran DJ Michael “mikeflo” Flowers, the weekly gath- ering trades velvet ropes for something in- creasingly rare in Miami nightlife: genuine connection. Bathed in romantic red lighting, the room bumps with a timeless mix of ’90s R&B slow jams, dancehall classics, hip-hop and Afrobeats anthems. Now in its third sea- son since launching at Dua Hotel and a stint at Bargean Miami in Little Havana, the eve- ning unfolds in two acts: an intimate supper club where guests enjoy cocktails, small plates and live performances from an R&B cover band, followed by a packed after-hours experience where every corner of the room becomes a singalong. On any given Sunday, celebrities like Shenseea, Leon Thomas, Flo Rida and Erica Mena may pop in, but status takes a back seat to the vibe. Flowers prefer to spin from the couches instead of a traditional DJ booth, blurring the line between DJ and guest. What began as an idea to bridge the gap between entrepreneurship, culture and nightlife has evolved into the hottest R&B night in the city. Love Language proves the best parties aren’t about who gets in, but making everyone feel like they belong. BEST PRODUCER George Spits instagram.com/georgespits George Spits has trouble sitting still; always has. For most of the past year, he barely spent two weeks at home, bouncing between shows, festivals and studio sessions. Then, on March 25, he broke his ankle in two spots, tore tendons and fractured his heel. He’s been mostly bedridden since. The universe con- spired to make him slow things down, but he’s responded by mixing and mastering re- cords from bed. That’s just how he operates. The Miami producer and rapper, raised here since he was a year-and-a-half old, has spent 48 Arts & EntertAinment
