You hate holiday shopping. Rushing from one crowded parking lot to another in search of the perfect gift doesn’t fill you with the holiday spirit — unless the “holiday spirit” is actually a potpourri of rage, disillusionment, frustration, and nervous tics, in which case, you’re Charlie Effin’ Christmas. Sit down…
What is it about the impending new year that stirs up all kinds of hopes for self-improvement each year (only to slip away from February through November)? Right around now, many people are pledging to begin marathon Stairmaster sessions or start attending sweaty-palmed Toastmasters classes, while others are finally acting…
The Jacuzzi Boys have done something that most of South Florida’s garage rockers have failed to do over the past 40 years or so. They’ve melded the carefully coifed and manicured image of Frankie and Annette playing with beach balls with that of the dirty toothless guy at the edge…
“As a Jew, you have to pick something on the menu… and alter it beyond all recognition.” That’s one of the not-so-Talmudic teachings handed down in Jewtopia, which became the longest-running comedy in off-Broadway history in 2007. Now, the show is coming to the Coral Springs Center for the Arts…
Miami duo Raffa and Rainer — made up of Raffa Jo Harris and Rainer Davies — plays the sort of wistful folk that makes your heart leap. Romantic and beguiling, Harris floats her jazzy vocals over bluesy, understated guitars and syrupy saxophones on the pair’s latest, No Mercy. The 11-track…
Once a dance genre appreciated solely by the growing Latin community stateside and abroad, salsa has become a truly international sensation. Evidence of this is the fourth edition of the World Salsa Championship, which returns to South Florida this year after a one-year hiatus (and two installments in Vegas) due…
The annual Holiday Fundraiser and Toy Drive at Avenue Pilates (430 Northeast 5th Ave., Delray Beach) is gathering donations and toys for AVDA, Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse. The goal is to collect $5,000 for AVDA and more toys than ever for children in need. The fundraiser will offer…
American men’s tennis is in the crapper right now. Andy Roddick looks more and more like a one-slam wonder; James Blake can’t stay healthy; and the next big thing, John Isner, is still merely the next big thing. However, hope always springs eternal at the Junior Orange Bowl, where the…
Do you watch Broward County’s most arresting guilty pleasure Police Women of Broward County? Well if you’re single Detective Julie Bower and Detective Andrea Penoyer will be at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek’s Sweet Dream Singles Party Thursday, signing autographs and posing for pictures with Singles Party guests. Julie Bower will…
For one of the best group exhibitions of the year, look not to the area’s museums and traditional galleries but to the alternative display space Girls’ Club in downtown Fort Lauderdale. There you’ll find “Set to Manual: An Exhibition of Works in Diverse Media Characterized by Intensive Hand Manufacture.” Clunky…
Aside from Morgan Freeman, who makes a fabulous Nelson Mandela, there’s this to savor about Invictus, a rosy tale of racial reconciliation neatly wrapped in a triumphalist sports movie: The film is blessedly free of Obama parallels. Also, we could use a happy global moment, and Eastwood picks one out…
The most significant American artist before Andy Warhol to take “the media” as his medium, Orson Welles lives on not only in posthumously restored director’s cuts of his rereleased movies but as a character in other people’s novels, plays, and movies — notably Richard Linklater’s deft, affectionate, and unexpectedly enjoyable…
On December 5, as this bleary-eyed adult chugged bitter gas-station coffee in the parking lot of Plantation’s American Heritage School at the ugly hour of 8 a.m. — on a Saturday! way the hell out west! — there was a riot of teenaged bodies at the foot of the big…
The Miami Heat kicked off the year with a bang, boasting a franchise-best 6-1 record. Since then, however, they’ve been hit with a mild case of mediocrity, dropping games to top-tier teams such as the Cavs and Celtics, as well as bottom-of-the-barrel teams such as the Wizards and Thunder. It…
The Panthers are as good a team in the NHL as any — for the first 2-1/2 periods, anyway. After that, they seem to have problems finding ways to close out opponents. Well, here come the Atlanta Thrashers at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, to the BankAtlantic Center (1 Panther Parkway, Sunrise)…
Santa may have a sleigh and eight mangy reindeer, but the 2009 Winterfest Boat Parade has Kim Kardashian and Alonzo Mourning. This pair of hoops-loving celebs are the grand marshals for this 38th-annual orgy of seagoing Christmas spirit — call it Boats Gone Wild — which kicks off tonight at…
Put down the dreidels and schlep over to the Seminole Hard Rock Improv tonight for A Merry Merry Midnight Nuthouse starring locals Yamil Piedra and Johnny Trabanco (a.k.a. A Pair of Nuts). Piedra describes the comedy show as “old school, cheesy holiday TV special meets insane asylum,” probably because the…
Two words: Monster Pussy. What image does that conjure up in your skull? We’re willing to bet it’s not a delectably hip orange cat donning a purple T-shirt, like the one in Helena Garcia’s painting Monster Pussy. And hell, if it is, you wre born to attend the Wee Beasties…
If you’re looking to be publicly flogged, spanked, and humiliated this holiday season — or, alternatively, if you’re looking to administer brutal discipline — show up tonight at Purgatory Nightclub (1000 State Road 84, Fort Lauderdale) for this month’s fetish party. The theme is Alter Ego. And your alter ego’s…
By today, Hanukkah’s in full swing and there are only 13 more days until Christmas. So, you can go to the ritzy malls to shop for gifts, or hit up garage sales (Maybe gems are found there!), and hmm… there’s also that holiday shelf at 7/11! Actually, we encourage you…
It’s your choice. You could either elbow your way through the crowds at Sawgrass to get your loved ones T-shirts from Old Navy, or you could come to the Indie Craft Bazaar at Cinema Paradiso (503 SE 6th St., Fort Lauderdale), a historic movie house, and pick up one-of-a-kind pieces…
These days, R&B singer and songwriter Lionel Richie might be best known for being Nicole Richie’s dad, but those over 30 will remember the string of hits he either wrote, co-wrote, or recorded since the late 1970s, including “Truly,” “All Night Long,” “Say You, Say Me” (which earned him an…
