This doesn’t have to be the greatest sports town, what with all the beaches and clubs and year-round parties — but still, there’s no doubt that South Florida loves winners, as evidenced by the Miami Heat’s welcome party for Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh last month. And, as…
In the beginning, there was man. (For the purposes of this article, only man.) And man needed tools, because without tools, he was no different from the common beast, a big gorilla with less hair. Not only were tools practical; they made life easier and the impossible possible. And like…
The Japanese come from a tiny island filled to the brim with immense culture, rich history, and cutting-edge technology. Despite having such an advanced society, their food is flat-out foreign to most Americans. Chances are you won’t be seeing McSushi at the drive-through anytime soon (thank God). Rest easy, because…
Until now, there was never a need for roller-derby girls to justify their existence. They apparently got off on giving themselves bad-bitch names, slithering into tight-fitting shorts and kneepads, and knocking the bloody snot out of other skating dames. (The key here, of course, is the addition of women plus…
There’s going to be an orgy of the quaint and archaic at the Antique and Collector Faire Saturday and Sunday. You can tell because they’re even spelling faire old-fashioned-like. About 75 dealers will sell heaps of antiques, collectibles, memorabilia, and jewelry. If you’ve got crusty silver or a cracked crystal…
Lea DeLaria has worked the standup comedy circuit for more than 25 years, but her shows are oh so much more than just jokes: The openly gay performer is part comedian, part jazz singer, all topped off with a dollop of political commentary and a dash of raunch. DeLaria is…
Would it change how you felt about one of your deranged family members if you found out they happened to be crazy rich? Before you delve down that morally questionable road, you’re advised to see Crazy Mary at Main Street Playhouse, a comedic drama that revolves around a woman isolated…
Thanks to their rebirth in 2007, it’s nice to find Crowded House fully occupied once again. Formed from the ashes of a quirky combo from New Zealand that cleverly dubbed itself Split Enz, Crowded House was Neil Finn’s attempt to strip away the theatrics and further the Enz’ more melodic…
Times are tough: Many people, who in a better economy might have impressed a new love with a getaway to France (pronounced Frahnce), are now stuck to working their charm at the same old South Florida spots and clenching their teeth as the bills arrive. For these poor souls, here’s…
James Ivory and cast make every scene flutter with feeling in this adaptation of Peter Cameron’s 2002 novel, written for the screen by Ivory’s collaborator of 50 years, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Omar (Omar Metwally), an American PhD student, shows up unannounced at a secluded Uruguayan country estate to petition the…
Somewhere in the middle lies Side Bar in downtown Fort Lauderdale: It’s doesn’t have the divey feel like Fat Cats and Poor House or the clubby feel like VooDoo Lounge and the Green Room. It’s more of a club/bar: No hats or shorts allowed. And, literally, it rests in the…
Summer has long been the Season of the Sequel in Hollywood. Just look at this year, which has already seen the release of Iron Man 2, Shrek 4, Sex and the City 2, Toy Story 3, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Lately, it seems, South Florida museums are getting in…
Serious comedy, powered by an enthusiastic cast and full of good-natured innuendo, Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right gives adolescent coming of age and the battle of the sexes a unique twist, in part by creating a romantic triangle among a longstanding, devoutly bourgeois lesbian couple, Nic and Jules…
So one-sided that it nearly validates what the right says about Hollywood’s liberal crusaders, Oliver Stone’s essay/lecture/travelogue South of the Border is propaganda in the form of a home movie, documenting Stone’s summer vacation spent in the collegial company of the figureheads of various South American states. About ten minutes…
Despite the presence of Mouse House starlet Selena Gomez, Ramona and Beezus is less Disney than Hallmark Channel, a loose adaptation of Beverly Cleary’s first novel in her beloved kid-lit series that’s wholesome to the point of dull. Without much in the way of a governing narrative structure, Elizabeth Allen’s…
Surrounded by steaming swampland rife with 20-foot pythons, man-eating gators, and marauding skunk apes, our station at the end of the continent is a certified hot spot for the dangerous, deranged, and bizarre. We’ve already had sex offenders under a bridge, cat killers in our midst, and tar balls on…
Long before Lil’ John and his sweaty balls were skeeting all over our earholes, the 20th-century blues musician Lil’ Johnson was singing about his hot nuts. Meet the dirty blues: a raucous and comical style of blues music that first gained popularity in the 1920s that dealt with taboo topics…
All we know, for certain, about Laser Wolf Productions is what the world wide web tells us: that it’s an intergalactic wolf pack that inexplicably finds South Florida’s climate hospitable, that it’s about 30 years old, and that it plans to “do things” (ominous much?) in Fort Lauderdale. For the…
Even on a Tuesday, Feelgoods in West Palm Beach demands a strict dress code — it knows its bar flock will dress to the nines. It knows its patrons will shine their shoes as well as the jewels on their T-shirts — and that’s not just because it’s the only…
When the League of Paranormal Investigators set up cameras to document ghosts at the Deering Estate (16701 SW 72nd Ave., Miami), it captured an image of a man watching them from the boat basin. It also saw a woman dressed in Victorian clothing floating above the bay. So keep an…
OK, so maybe the headline’s a little misleading. Local darling House of Vintage hasn’t exactly fallen victim to the foreclosure crisis, but come this Saturday, it will sadly be closing the doors of its quaint cottage home. Now take deep breath and read on before staining your vintage duds with…
Six months after a Biblically destructive earthquake, Lil Haiti: The Untold Story is a much-needed affirming tale about the Haitian people. The play’s tour of Florida has made headlines. It’s the autobiographical account of playwright Damien McKnight, an African-American kid who contravened unwritten code in the 1980s by befriending Haitian…
