Class fee: $45 (members $41; advance registration required) Sumi-e, literally “charcoal drawing,” is a form of Japanese ink painting brought from China in the 12th century. Students learn to grind their own ink and execute the primary sumi-e brushstrokes to capture the beauty of flowers and bamboo. Required materials: May…
Among its many attributes, Justin Simien’s exuberant debut feature, Dear White People, proves we’re not yet living in a “postracial America”: Forget for a moment there are so many vexing problems entwining race, class, and economics that we haven’t been able to put a Band-Aid on, let alone solve. In…
Mathieu Amalric’s brisk, agreeably nasty thriller The Blue Room turns on a couple of murders — or does it? — but rather than corpses, it’s time and space and human connection that get most memorably diced here. Working from Georges Simenon’s ’64 novel of a wrong man accused — or…
You can’t live in New York for more than ten days without meeting some truly dreadful people: couples who fret about having to choose between buying a summer home and having a second child, even as you’re struggling to pay your monthly rent; large groups of people getting together for…
Jake Gyllenhaal is used to exhaustion. During his research for the LAPD drama End of Watch, he spent five months patrolling the streets with real-life police officers until 7 a.m. It was good preparation for his new movie Nightcrawler, a blistering portrait of a morally corrupt crime-scene videographer who works…
With the first two documentaries in her post–9-11 trilogy — My Country, My Country, a portrait of Iraq under American occupation, and The Oath, which focused on two Guantánamo Bay prisoners — Laura Poitras seemed to be making a bid for the title of film’s most vigilant observer of American…
There are but a few instructions on pulling off a perfect zombie walk. Start by slouching one shoulder toward the ground. Now do your best deadleg, and cock the foot of that leg sideways so that it ever so slowly drags behind your body as you lurk forward, all the…
The 17th-Annual New Times’ “Original” Beerfest, presented by Isle Casino, the biggest beer event of the year, returns to Esplanade Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale Saturday, October 25. Beerfest is the oldest and largest in the area, offering guests 100-plus local, international, and craft beers, live musical performances, interactive games,…
Many a starving artist can attest to this little truth nugget: Art is a struggle. A little support — be it financial or just a shoulder to cry on when you don’t get into that cool new show — can mean the difference between pursuing your passion full-time or joining…
Instead of sitting around devouring as much candy as possible, why not get your kids active and engaged in a worthwhile cause this Halloween weekend? The City of Parkland’s Monster Dash 5K/10K and 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk, presented by Northwest Medical Center, will do just that. Benefiting SOS Children’s Villages of…
Forget medals, trophies, or the satisfaction of a race well-run. What could be better than participating in a 10K with the reward of free beer, wine, and award-winning baby back ribs? If that doesn’t sound like the perfect way to treat yourself after such a lengthy run, then we don’t…
Ghosts, vampires, sci-fi monsters, and whatever cartoon is the flavor du jour are all fun and acceptable Halloween costumes, but they fall a little short on the “Floridiana.” With Florida’s colorful history involving fearsome raids by pirates and buccaneers, you’d think piracy as a costume motif would be more rampant…
The annual Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Craft Festival is now in its 16th year, proving the enduring appeal of this event in this sun-loving community. There’s an older sibling in the spring, looking to turn 19 next March, but the best part about these two is that given South Florida’s unique year-round summer…
Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco’s humor exposes all the things you probably think about when encountering the ridiculousness of everyday life in our modern world. Unforgivingly sarcastic, Maniscalco’s approach to comedy is comparable to that of a young Jerry Seinfeld. His comedy career began like many others who have moved out to…
The charity-event season is in full swing in South Florida, with the palatial grounds of Davie’s the Signature Grand playing host to several of the swankiest philanthropic parties Broward County has to offer. And with Halloween lurking around the corner, the 13th-annual Signature Grand Ghoul is set to be the…
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Well Go Entertainment announce the exclusive South Florida red carpet premiere of The Lookalike on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL. Red carpet arrivals begin at 6:30 p.m. and the film…
If you like networking and helping others for a good cause, this Wednesday presents the perfect opportunity to do both. Join the Young Professionals for Covenant House at Fork and Balls in Fort Lauderdale for one of its monthly networking events organized to help raise money for and awareness of…
Not everyone is into musical theater. It’s a particular kind of entertainment. If there is any musical, however, that you could drag a non-musical-loving person to, it’s The Rocky Horror Show. Most people know of it as the film starring Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, and the wickedly amazing, cross-dressing Tim…
From life to the inevitable decline of nature, Dolores Kiriacon photographs flowers, leaves and other natural forms throughout their life cycle. Hailing from Parsons School of Design in NYC, she has worked in the arts her entire life, from printmaking to bronze sculpting to architectural design, Kiriacon has currently settled…
In 1974, decades before bullying became a national cause du jour, Stephen King created the issue’s avenging spokesperson: Carrie, the sheltered, ungainly high schooler who begins menstruation at the wrong place and wrong time, is tormented by her classmates, learns how to move things with her mind, and, when humiliated…
God save us from old coots and the actors who play them. Is that a terrible thing to say? Actors, like the rest of us, grow old, and there aren’t a whole lot of good roles available to them. But do we really need to see Robert Duvall playing a…
It says something about current global affairs that a movie set during the UK miners’ strike of the mid-1980s — an event that tore lives to shreds, representing a dismal and damaging period in late-20th-century British history — is likely to make you feel better rather than worse about the…
