Remember that Vikings versus Saints playoff game? The nail-biting fumbles? The deep sweats in overtime? The inevitable realization that fate had dealt its unflinching hand? Well, Lingerie Bowl VII: The Ultimate Cat Fight won’t be anything like that. Lingerie Bowl became a Super Bowl halftime sensation by honing in on…
Welcome to South Florida, you delirious pigskin fans, you! If you’re here to root for the New Orleans Saints, congrats — it sure as hell took you long enough. If you’re an Indianapolis Colts fan, likewise, congrats — you lucked out by dodging the Patriots in the playoffs. Now that…
Give everything Barbie the attention, the honor, and the intensity it deserves at “Barbie: The Golden Exhibit” at the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History at the Boynton Beach Mall (801 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach). Why now? Well, because Barbie’s 50. And she’ll turn 51 in March. And it’s…
Nova Southeastern University will celebrate Black History Month with a grand-opening reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday for the seventh-annual African Presence Art Exhibition “Road to Empowerment: Art of the Florida Highwaymen,” which will run through April. Then from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, learn about…
Owl City is the kind of musical act that wouldn’t have existed just ten years ago. Adam Young began with a keyboard and laptop in his parents’ basement and gained notoriety as a synth-pop musician by adding songs to MySpace. In under two years, Young has gone from an unknown…
For this American holiday, we get together with friends and family in the flickering glow of a big screen. We eat. We drink. We rate commercials. We make art out of consumerism, capitalism. We gamble. We root for the stories, the symbol of resurgence in a great American city, the…
Thursday is not too early to start partying for Sunday’s Super Bowl — especially if you’re helping those in need while you get your kicks. The Florida Athletes Ball at Jungle Island (1111 Parrot Jungle Trail, Miami), hosted by AAG Foundation and Foxx Entertainment, will give you the chance to…
Last year, the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood “went to the dogs” with its exhibition of works created by a Jack Russell terrier named Tillamook Cheddar. Now the Coral Springs Museum of Art goes all zoological on us with “Hunt Slonem: Birds, Butterflies & Bunnies” and “Donna Long: A…
Artist’s Eye Fine Art Gallery owner Timothy Leistner has done it again. And by that, I mean he has once again shoehorned a surprising volume of art into his little space in Canterbury Square in Dania Beach. For “Of the Earth,” Leistner has assembled a small but representative sampling of…
Yesterday’s honky-tonk hero, Bad Blake, arrives at a Clovis, New Mexico, bowling alley. It’s another in a string of low-pay, low-turnout gigs with pickup bands half his age, grinding the greatest hits out of an old Fender Tremolux, including his breakout — with the chorus “Funny how falling feels like…
“Did you shoot my daughtah?” is the question posed, in flat-voweled Bostonian, in the trailer for Edge of Darkness. And Mel Gibson, much-bereaved and much-vengeful, from Hamlet to Ransom to Revolutionary America, sets out to settle another score. Gibson is Thomas Craven: veteran, homicide detective, lonesome widower. His daughter, a…
Endgame, about the covert negotiations in the ’80s that helped bring down apartheid, follows Michael Young (Jonny Lee Miller), a public affairs director for a British gold-mining firm. Miller secretly assembles talks between African National Congress representatives led by Thabo Mbeki (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and powerful Afrikaners like philosophy prof Will…
For better or worse, there isn’t a human experience that French director André Téchiné can resist lathering into a tone poem. Tackling a 2004 incident whose sociopolitical ramifications can hardly be ignored — a young Gentile woman set off a media storm by falsely claiming to be the victim of…
The bar for romantic comedies has been set so low that when one — especially one whose press materials boast “from the studio that brought you The Proposal” — doesn’t leave you with the feeling that you’ve witnessed onscreen gynocide, consider it a small victory. When in Rome is confused…
It’s liable to get lost in the avalanche of pregame media coverage, but on January 30, Fort Lauderdale’s Lockhart Stadium will host the first-ever Junior World Championship, pitting 45 of America’s best football players against 45 of the best who play the sport outside the States. For the age 19-and-under…
Although the Miami Heat’s Mario Chalmers remains the starting point guard, he continues to struggle with a severe case of the Suck on a night-to-night basis. So, to offset this, the Heat traded for Rafer Alston from New Jersey in exchange for Chris Quinn and his 1.2 points per game…
The Samba Room (350 East Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale) is a classy little joint along Las Olas with hot music, gourmet Latin food, and offshoots in Orlando and Denver. And now it’s sexing itself up with a lingerie show. Every Sunday at 7 p.m., Samba Room hosts the music/art…
Considering the quality of music that fills the airwaves, it’s likely that your intellect could use some sonic relief. And, we all know, the people in Haiti need some relief as well. Tonight’s Live Arts Florida event featuring Mark O’Connor will provide relief for both your mind and our friends…
Attention, husbands of South Florida: Keep a watchful eye on your wives because, this weekend, the Pro Bowlers will be pillaging. And we’re not talking about the Pro Bowlers Association. We’re talking about the Ochocinco name-changing, 40-year-old Brett Favre-playing, Sparano-wildcatting National Football League. So much manpower will be walking the…
Yeah, downtown Fort Lauderdale has a cast of interesting characters (have you met Flasher Homeless Guy?), but you can catch some real local talent tonight when local performing arts organization Conundrum Stages presents The Speakout: An Evening of Poetry and Song. Rhymers and songbirds, including Kenyatta “Xodus” Browne, Anastasia Clark,…
A comedy a cappella two-fer? You got it. Ron Feingold will not only deliver a stand-up routine, but will then proceed to entertain his audience by becoming a one-man band—lead vocals, vocal percussion, and even back-up singing. Watch out, Black Eyed Peas. Myke Herlihy, an Orlando-based comedian, musician, and singleton,…
Last Halloween, it was clear — with the abundance of unkempt facial hair and trifecta of bandannas, leather, and smudged eyeliner — you were the best Capt. Jack Sparrow in the room. So when everyone exclaimed “Cool biker getup!” you became… less-than-thrilled. But it’s no one’s fault for the mix-up…
