The Delray Beach International Tennis Championships will feature Tommy Haas of Germany, who’s ranked 17th in the world, and brothers Bob and Mike Bryan, the tournament’s defending doubles champions. But if you’re a rabid tennis fan, chances are you’ll care more about tennis legends like John McEnroe and Guillermo Vilas,…
There’s a saying in Turkey: The soul comes through the throat. So it’s probably no coincidence that the lamb kebab, the meat stew, and the stuffed ribs are so damn tasty. Lucky for you, this Saturday and Sunday starting at 10 a.m., Huizenga Plaza (32 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort…
Minneapolis’ Toki Wright, who was raised Buddhist, developed an awareness of the world that influenced his work as a hip-hop emcee, community activist, and world traveler. This awareness is reflected in his debut album, A Different Mirror, notably on songs like the socio-political anthem “State of Emergency.” Wright mixes the…
“Rhythm and Color,” the inaugural exhibition at Fine Arts R Us Art Gallery and Studios, explores how music and art have inspired each other. This multimedia exhibition will feature visual art, spoken word, and poetry, complimented by background music composed by local artists Melissa Shawn Griffin and William M. Alexander…
“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.” A French guy named Antoine de Saint-Exupery said this, and we think the same concept applies to indie space the Bubble. The brainchild of Garo Gallo…
When you think of Germany, perhaps springing to mind are the Autobahn, Oktoberfest, and lederhosen. Beautiful dancing girls and titillating sexual intrigue probably do not. But that’s just because you haven’t seen Cabaret at the Crest Theatre in Old School Square (51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach). More than a…
Lucky for us, Tom Gabel and crew are totally cool with young, hip Broward County — because, despite being Florida boys themselves, the members of Against Me! sure have no love for Dade County. The song “Miami” speaks its piece shout-along style: “Your gut’s expanding, your hairline’s receding/The sores are…
Joan Didion’s pretty big in the literary world. Born in 1934, she has had a successful, lengthy career penning novels (Play It as It Lays), journalistic essays (Slouching Towards Bethlehem), and movie scripts (Up Close & Personal). The movie scripts, though, were a writing project she and her husband, John…
When the Miami Heat traded for Daequan Cook in 2007, he was supposed to become the Toni Kukoc to Dwyane Wade’s Michael Jordan. Cook was to take full advantage of D-Wade’s drawing double-teams and sucking in defenders by draining wide-open threes. But the self-proclaimed “Bail Bondsman” — he calls himself…
For each phrase that ends in someone gasping, “That would make a great band name,” there’s an equally lazy epiphany that results in bands winding up with names like !!!, The Devil Wears Prada, and Gringo Star. Luckily, Atlanta-based garage-rock rising stars Gringo Star are more than just a derivative…
What you’ll notice first about listening to a chat with Tenzin Gyatso, known in the hood as the 14th Dalai Lama, is his aura of humble, genial calmness. This is no small feat for a man who has been the spiritual leader of his people for 49 years; he has…
How’s this for a cool concept? Solicit works of art in various media from more than a hundred top South Florida artists, then raffle everything off ßso that all raffle participants take home a piece of original art. The holder of the first randomly drawn ticket, for example, is entitled…
The White Ribbon is Michael Haneke’s first German-language film since the original Funny Games (1997) and, addressing what used to be called “the German problem” while dodging the filmmaker’s own likability issues, it’s his best ever. A period piece set on the eve of World War I in an echt…
In Pretty Woman, director Garry Marshall’s personal cinematic high score, the opening credits close (and the closing credits open) with the voice of a street freak, barely noticeable in wide shot, chanting an absurd mantra — “Welcome to Hollywood, land of dreams!” Twenty years later, Marshall dips into the same…
Who knew Oprah could serve as a symbol of revenge? For the past 25 years, the talk-show host seems to have dedicated herself to inspiring others to improve. She has used her platform to bring viewers whatever she believes can increase their quality of life, from books and book clubs…
Sordid LivesHalf Rocky Horror Picture Show, half John Waters-esque dark comedy, Sordid Lives is about what happens when hillbillies, their friends, and their gay relatives collide in that curious territory we call Texas. More cultish than classic, it garners big laughs from the audience by being over-the-top as opposed to…
The Wolfman has it all – mist drifting over moonlit moors; Geraldine Chaplin as a gypsy fortune-teller; a dark, gloomy castle full of cobwebs and family secrets; effective fake-out scares complete with crisply jarring sound; a bombastic score and a soundtrack overstuffed with creepy whispers. Benicio Del Toro stars in…
It’s another Valentine’s Day Eve, and even though you’re now years into adulthood, you’re still a newbie in the liaison department. You think not? Here’s a checklist: Have you ever approached a fem dom? Rubbed elbows with swing-style players? And fetishes — could you name 15? There’s a whole spectrum…
Maybe it’s the glut of He’s Just Not That Into You/Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus crap advice floating around lately, but doesn’t it seem like we all waste far too much time trying to figure out the opposite sex? If current circumstances make you misty-eyed for simpler…
If Renaissance festivals need a mascot, there’s no better choice than Petrarch. A 14th-century Italian poet who invented the sonnet, Petrarch also had the world’s most well-documented and horrific case of blue balls. Over the course of 21 years, P-diddy wrote more than 300 odes to Laura, a woman he…
The 11th annual Delray Beach Garlic Fest is designed for a certain breed. Because, in order to venture out to a festival so dominantly garlic-related, the traveler has to be crazy about garlic. Even though it knows it’ll never have the same appeal as a beerfest, the garlic fest also…
Get out the required black attire; there’s an Anti-Valentine’s Party to attend at 1310 Gallery in the Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts. “The commercialism and focus of the holiday,” says artist/host Lisa Rockford, “creates a very stereotypical view of women as gold-digging — i.e., that all we care about is the…
