Quick survey: You see an empty room. Do you: (a) relish the simplicity offered by the spartan space, or (b) imagine just how many sock monkeys can fit on the windowsill and how many bodies will fit cross-legged on the floor for a successful sewing-circle night? If you answered b,…
The name Sinbad conjures up one of two images: a Persian sailor in a vest and swishy pants, or a black comedian in a vest and swishy pants. (And, no, Sinbad is not Persian for swishy pants; we checked.) Now, if you grew up in the ’80s, we know what…
Through its 23-year run on Broadway from 1907 to 1931, the Ziegfeld Follies — part revue and part vaudeville variety show — assumed larger-than-life proportions. (A 1946 movie adaptation starred Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Fred Estaire, and Gene Kelly, among many others.) In May, the last living cast member in…
Urban art and graffiti culture have always been debatable forms of expression. Well, at least to elitists and cops. Despite graffiti’s roots dating back to ancient Greece and further to the days of caves, it’s often compared to vandalism, which some say, has no place in the art world. But…
The day might be here when abstinent vampires à la Twilight and nymphomaniac vampires à la True Blood can mix — comfortably. Well, maybe not. Every year, South Florida’s underground bureaucracy of lust, The Abusement Park Family, along with Endless Nights invites you to turn all-vampire and pretend — or,…
In 2010, independent-minded women still seem to violate our notions of order. Even though society accepts women moving up the career ladder, we also still expect them to be sources of domestic bliss. We want the everywoman to be superwoman. But women have slowly gained ground, and these ever-changing expectations…
The truth is, nothing is ever as scary as the stuff that scared mini-you: like when the shadows cast by your nightlight were enough to keep you awake in terror; when you were sure your grandmother’s basement was the dungeon lair of some horrible creature; when you made yourself stay…
Jack Goes Boating is Philip Seymour Hoffman’s movie — it’s his directorial debut; he stars as its namesake sad sack; he wears his hair in those terrible dreadlocks that he covered with a big woolen hat at the Oscars last spring — but let’s talk about John Ortiz instead. Yes,…
The Kahuna gives off an upscale vibe from the outside that belies the casual, relaxed mood inside. It does the Polynesian décor in a simple and effective way. Though it might just be all the hookahs everywhere, there also seems to be a bit of Middle Eastern styling to the…
This self-styled gastropub does its French bistro décor (2010 “Best of” recipient for the latter, 2009 “Best of” for the former) so well you may forget that it’s just a theme. This isn’t France. But that’s the candle-lit ambiance you get between the tin ceiling tiles, the clean checkered wall…
For many, the importance of having a good bartender at one’s disposal rests somewhere between having an expert family doctor and an honest mechanic. You instill your trust in them for their sage-like advice, decent pour capabilities, and, on more nights than you’d care to remember, your home address, debit…
Should funerals be somber remembrances or cheerful celebrations of life? Traditional funeral versus jazz funeral. If you prefer the latter, join the artist-run collective 1310 Gallery (1310 SW Second Court, Fort Lauderdale) from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday for the opening of “Love Thy Liberty.” Thirty-three South Florida artists, including…
Calling on all disco fiends: The disco ball is back where it should be — on top of the dance floor — and you’re needed. It’s a ’70s Versus ’80s Party at Posh Nightclub in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and New Times has a gut feeling the ’80s will be represented…
Bobby Lee Rodgers is best-known for his stint as lead guitarist and chief songwriter for the jam band Col. Bruce Hampton and the Codetalkers. Less well-known: Rodgers is a stone-cold jazz fiend. In fact, he was one of the youngest professors at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he…
Your introduction to a full-moon party went something like this: Acting on a whim, you met a handful of women (let’s call it a coven) for a backyard party with promises of potluck, pleasantries, guided visualization, and just enough wackiness to make you a card-carrying member of your own Ya-Ya…
Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps doesn’t have the clean, fable-like arc of its predecessor. The buccaneer charisma of Michael Douglas’ signature role as Gordon Gekko obscured the moral soul of Wall Street. But everything now is so much murkier. Money Never Sleeps employs whiz-kid proprietary trader Jake Moore…
Dorky and earnest, aboriginal teen Willie (Rocky McKenzie) proves deep down a dissident when he escapes Catholic boarding school in 1969 Perth, extinguishing the fire and brimstone of Father Benedictus (a hammy, German-inflected Geoffrey Rush) through cheeky song: “There’s nothing I would rather be/Than to be an Aborigine/And watch you…
Animal Logic, the digital-effects studio responsible for both dancing penguin phenomenon Happy Feet and Zack Snyder phenomenon 300, creates more anatomically accurate anthropomorphic protagonists and expressionistic landscape panoramas in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. Directed by Snyder and based on Kathryn Lasky’s children’s books, Legend of the…
A couple of seasons ago, Chad Pennington led the Miami Dolphins to an AFC East-winning victory over his former team, the New York Jets. Last season, after getting into a war of words with Fins linebacker Channing Crowder, Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan and his team were served up a…
Living in South Florida, one can easily miss the changing of seasons. In fact, it’s not unusual for South Floridians to forget that there is such a thing as fall. The upside to this is that we get to surf without wet suits on Thanksgiving morning. The downside is that…
Oprah recently made a plea to Jay-Z to stop using what we in America call the n word. Jigga Man said no — and comedian Eddie Griffin has got the rapper’s back. When it comes to his very much R-rated comedy, you can’t help but notice his love for the…
We’re not sure how last month’s So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD, the longest acronym in television history) ended up without any South Floridians in the finals. Remember androgynous Billy Bell and chongo b-boy Jose Ruiz? They represented SoFla with flamboyance fitting Sobe. But they went out before the…
