Her sets are frenzied blends of self-deprecation and feminism, with a healthy smattering of raunch intertwined throughout. Brave has been performing, seemingly nightly, from South Beach to Boca Raton, since moving to Florida last fall. It almost makes you want to denounce all the great things we have here that got their start in New York, like the Russian & Turkish Baths, Smith & Wollensky, and Brittany Brave, the hardest-working comic on Miami's stand-up circuit. Miami is NYC's "sixth borough." It's patronizing, it's soul-wearying, and it minimizes how culturally significant the Magic City is in its own right.
You've heard it before from some New York transplant, or worse, a tourist. Springing up in warehouses and other venues around Miami, Masisi serves the community by holding space for black artists and revelers alike. This is a party that is geared towards and prioritizes black and queer pleasure." Fed up with being discriminated against by bars and clubs with exclusionary dress codes and door covers, the creators sought to make a space for their community that's both iconic and intentional - and that's precisely what they did.
Their mission is rooted in political activism and the need for a safe space and nightlife event for queer and trans people of color, to, as Dorsainvil puts it, "come together and share mind, thoughts, theory and body and soul. The party was born from the flames of the radical queer feminist activist group (F)empower, where the founding members met. A Haitian Creole word that translates to "faggot," the collective's name is a reclamation of the term and relates to the unification of the masculine and feminine. The fourth member, says Dorsainvil, is the community that has made Masisi what it is. Helmed by cofounder and creative director Akia Dorsainvil, cofounder Ashley Solage, and art director Terrell Villiers, Masisi is Miami's black queer Caribbean party. But at heart, we're a bunch of rule breakers see "Best Happy Hour.") (Every year, we employ a rule that no business may be honored with more than one Best of Miami award from the editorial department.
And if he doesn't, remember you can do whatever the hell you please and ask him what he's drinking. In either case, there's like a 97 percent probability that a reasonably sober dude will catch your eye and ask you what you're drinking. If it's a Friday night, the crowd looks ready to jump until 3 a.m. If it's a weeknight, you spot the clusters of coworkers who stopped by for drinks and to bitch about work. After a bit of liquid courage, you scope out the place. But for now you hang at the bar and peruse the menu. At one end, classic leather booths are there for the taking, or you might opt for a high-top adjacent to the area for dancing at the other. No, you're not in the Twilight Zone, you're at Mama Tried. When you order a serious cocktail from the list of serious cocktails, you take note that the bartender makes actual eye contact with you. Some dweebs are hogging the pool table, but that's OK because you aren't here for idle games. The lights are dim and good music is playing. You enter beneath the neon sign and through the heavy doors into a space that's dark and velvety but somehow warm and inviting. Don't know anything about art? Don't worry! Rather than a traditional museum where you're surrounded by "masterpieces" you're supposed to gaze at in ignorant awe, Superblue invites you to create your own experience. Visitors can float through the clouds, get lost in a maze of mirrors, or look up at a breathtaking floral installation that hangs from the ceiling. (It's also the art that looks really cool on your Instagram page.) Thankfully, rather than skip town after one show, Superblue opened its magical doors to the public this spring and stuck around, having chosen Miami as its first location. It seems like Miami is the newest hot spot for immersive art, with traveling experiences popping up nearly every month - many of them zeroing in on Van Gogh, but whaddayagonnado? If you're new to immersive art, think of it as an exhibition that allows visitors to view what's on display from inside it. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to float through the clouds, Superblue is the place for you.
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