You could easily spend your Labor Day weekend soaking up the last rays of summer like the rest of the U.S., but we’re in Florida and this mind numbing heat is no novelty to us. So why not take a cue from the pale-skinned fetish-loving denizens of the Sunshine State…
When you were a child, you sprayed the luminous goo across your room to imagine the magic of nuclear meltdowns. During electronic music’s heyday, they lit your way through the arteries of rave culture. Now, despite that we’re bona fide adults, black lights still pull at our imaginations — if…
Some people celebrate their birthday with cake. Some people celebrate with presents. And some people even party with strippers. But only one antiques home turned eccentric restaurant celebrates in style. That’s right, DaDa in Delray Beach is turning 10! And in honor of the big 1-0 the restaurant with a…
The average lifespan of a show on Comedy Central is only slightly longer than that of the common housefly. So when they pulled the plug on David Alan Grier’s Chocolate News just two months after its debut, it wasn’t too surprising. Fortunately for Grier (or DAG, as he’s known), he…
The Silk Road is remembered as the Route 66 of antiquity. Its 4,000 miles of windblown trails interwove the East and the Middle East with the West. Slaves, spices and, most especially, silk went back and forth, and the exchanges gave rise to cosmopolitanism, and even a pocket of Greco-Buddhist…
Flashing your genitals in public used to be the privilege of homeless people and perverts. Not anymore. Every Wednesday, the VooDoo Lounge holds “Whip It Out,” a talent contest in which people have been known to unleash their trouser snakes. The stage is wide-open to anyone with a knack for…
Judging by the advertisements, The American is a fast-paced, stylish thriller starring George Clooney as a dashing, conflicted hero. Yet the actual movie is a deconstructed action picture in which not much happens (until it does). Directed by Anton Corbijn and adapted from Martin Booth’s novel A Very Private Gentleman,…
Things you should know going in: Mexicans like hydraulics in their cars, and white people assume all Mexicans are janitors or gardeners. Created by Robert Rodriguez for Danny Trejo, Machete is a leather-faced, ex-Federale turned down-and-dirty hitman turned violent crusader on behalf of his fellow illegal immigrants. Machete is hired…
What is it about photorealism that pushes people’s buttons, eliciting oohs and ahhs about as reliably as fine chocolate? I can’t explain the phenomenon, but I’m just as susceptible to it as anyone. I found myself all cut-cooing as I made my way among the nearly two dozen paintings that…
With a small, well-chosen cast, sly script, and slippery, ambivalent characters, The Last Exorcism gives a welcome twist to the demonic-possession movie revival. A fourth-generation minister, Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) of Baton Rouge’s Church of St. Mark was groomed for the pulpit. Onetime child preacher Cotton has grown out of…
You’ll be forgiven for groaning through the first 20 minutes of Rob Reiner’s Flipped, which kicks off in a key of aggressively picturesque whiteness — I mean, wholesomeness. Adapted by Reiner and Andrew Scheinman from a novel by Wendelin Van Draanen and set in a late-’50s America rooted more in…
“Come drink with me from the goblet of destruction,” T.I.’s bank robber quotes Genghis Khan before Takers’ big heist kicks off—and he’s not joking. Acting as both producer and plot fulcrum, T.I. is the big human attraction in Takers, possessing the raw energy that charisma vacuums Paul Walker and Hayden…
Thanks to your run-of-the-mill mid-August South Florida storm, the Miami Dolphins’ first preseason game two weeks ago was a wet, sloppy mess. Problem is, the first NFL preseason game is always the one people get the most revved-up about. You’ve been starving for football, and it’s time to feed the…
Cinema Paradiso (503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale), with its endless film offerings, was founded by those who brought us, according to Guinness World Records, the longest film festival in the world: the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, better-known as FLIFF. But the art-house theater has never featured a festival…
People grind on every dance floor in South Florida. But how often can you watch sexy men grind by competing nationally to join the Las Vegas Men of Playgirl Male Revue Troupe? It’s the 2010 Men of Playgirl Magazine Semifinal Manhunt, and luckily for you, these talented studs need an…
At the bar, upon hearing that there was an unique wrestling match going on, one rowdy reporter quipped: “Nobody eats cream corn anymore; they just wrestle in it.” Well, not to ruin that journalist’s integrity and print his lies, we’ll say that the last half of that statement, at least,…
Sometimes the funniest part about a live comedy act is the heckling. It’s not just the schadenfreude of watching some poor sap tank but the chance to shout along with the crowd. That’s part of what makes improv comedy great; not only do you get to yell dumb shit at…
Drive through the roads of FAT Village and you may take in a condo building, maybe even a storefront. Now stroll through them and you’ll see that those industrial warehouses that were once considered a part of the undeveloped area south of Sistrunk/Sunrise are now pieces of a budding arts/science…
In honor of the start of the academic season, it’s time for a little New Times pop quiz. Let’s take a moment to ponder a question posed by one of the great street philosophers of our time: “What if hip-hop was never born, yo?” Pencils down. Time’s up. Still not…
The last time the Florida Marlins faced the Washington Nationals, rookie outfielder Mike Stanton was busy using Nats pitchers as his own personal batting practice. In a three-game series earlier this month, Stanton collected eight hits and six RBIs, including going five-for-five in game two. He became the second-youngest player…
If you were a tween in the ’90s and you did not watch Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon after school every day, well, congratulations you had a social life. Please turn the page now. For the rest of the Vampire-Princess-Miyu-watching, Demon-Hunter-Makaryuudo-loving, Akira-worshiping freaks, it’s time to come blinking out…
Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli are the God/Jesus team of gays. They’ve got all the tragedy, venerability, and immortality of an Abrahamic religion; the church is cabaret. Judy is long since dead from an accidental drug overdose, but with the right dress, stage makeup, and accent, she can be resurrected…
