Home Grown Concert Series

City of Coconut Creek Parks & Recreation Department’s free “Home Grown” concert series continues with the fifth show of the season, featuring MAGIC BUS. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs for your seating comfort. Coolers are welcomed. Food will be available for purchase from Bobby G’s Drivin’ Diner. Fri., Feb…

ExplorArt: Puerto Rico

Vargas Gallery is proud to present its next exhibition ExplorArt: Puerto Rico. As a space committed to the growth and development of contemporary art in the USA and Latin America, we have created a new exhibition series called ExplorArt. Each year a new country will be selected to participate in…

Black History Month Exhibit

Many African Americans helped blaze the trails that developed into Broward County. Some obtained wealth, such as John H. Hill, Dr. Von D. Mizell, and Silvia Alridge. Many did not, but their hard work contributed to the welfare and economy of the county by clearing the land, building railroads, harvesting…

Nonprofit Academy Awards

The 5th Annual South Florida Community Care Network Non-Profit Academy Awards hosted by Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and presented by 2-1-1 Broward will honor Broward County’s non-profit organizations and leaders for their dedication and impact on the community. Fri., Feb. 13, 2015…

An Evening with Arturo Sandoval

Jazz concert: Enjoy “An Evening with Arturo Sandoval” as Sandoval performs with the South Florida Jazz Orchestra. Sandoval has been nominated for numerous Grammy Awards, has won 9 Grammy Awards, a Billboard Award and an Emmy Award for his compositional work on the HBO movie based on his life, “For…

Sounds and Bites

The best part about living in South Florida is the ability to enjoy the great outdoors year-round, and what could be better than a little alfresco dining? A little alfresco dining with music. Pompano Citi Centre’s Tastes and Tunes Fridays is the perfect way to enjoy this pairing while perhaps…

Shock and Awe

The worlds of pop culture, anime, and cosplay collide at this weekend’s Shock Pop Comic Con in Fort Lauderdale, offering attendees the rare opportunity to rub elbows with hobbits, superheroes, Pokémon, Freddy Krueger, and Cory Feldman. Yes, you read right: Cory Feldman, ’80s wunderkind and star of such classics as…

Cheyenne Jackson

Cheyenne Jackson has starred on 30 Rock opposite Tina Fey and on Glee where he played the voice coach for the group Vocal Adrenaline. On Broadway, Cheyenne most recently starred in Encore’s The Most Happy Fella, Finian’s Rainbow (Drama Desk nomination), Damn Yankees, Xanadu (Drama League , Drama Desk nominations),…

Green is for Love

If you have ever unknowingly passed up on a subtle hangout offer from someone you’re crushing on or leaned in for a kiss while your date was checking her phone for that promised “emergency” call from a friend, you may be really bad at reading other people’s signals. Picking up…

The Wolfman Cometh

Even if you’re in love, you should get the blues this Valentine’s Day weekend. After undergoing mutations in its name and event location and suffering the death of its founder, the Riverwalk Blues and Music Festival celebrates its triumphant 25th anniversary all weekend, boasting a customarily robust lineup of talented…

You’re Single; Go Mingle

Valentine’s is the worst day of the year, no matter who you are. If you’re paired up, there’s the pressure of creating the perfect romantic affair. The person planning the affair has to get it right or potentially hurt the other’s feelings; the partner on the receiving end may end…

Crafty V-Day

Every relationship is different: Many couples like to go out for long, romantic dinners; others prefer spending time outdoors; some just want to sit on the couch. The coolest twosomes, however, like to drink craft beer. This Valentine’s Day, Due South Brewing Co. is knocking off two holiday lovebirds with…

Late Night Thursday

Free with paid Museum admission Experience the Museum during extended hours with gallery tours, activities, and more. Thu., March 5, 2015…

Beautiful Timbuktu Finds Hope and Pain in a City Taken Over

To the idle viewer, the small acts of resistance on display in Timbuktu might seem ready-made for Upworthy, little liberal lessons just waiting to be parceled out to anyone who “won’t believe what happens next.” Yet that type of self-righteous sentimentality — and its opposing strawman, knee-jerk cynicism — is…

The Fifteen Sundance 2015 Films You Need to Know

This year, Sundance started a week late to bypass Martin Luther King Day. Perhaps that’s why buyers bid on films like sprinters racing after lost time. Thanks to their spending spree, every movie on this list should eventually make it to a theater near you — or at least to…

Fresh Off the Boat Is Quietly Revolutionizing the Network Sitcom

(Heavy spoilers for the pilot; very light spoilers for the second and third episodes.) There’s more than one way to start a revolution. You can get high off your own sense of righteousness and authenticity, as celebrity chef and Fresh Off the Boat memoirist Eddie Huang recently did by calling…

Jupiter Ascending is a Fascinating Mess, Grand and Gaudy

“You ready for another miserable video game?” I heard one critic crack to another as I settled in for Jupiter Ascending. “Maybe in March we’ll see this year’s first good movie,” his pal said back, as if Girlhood, Hard to Be a God, Amira & Sam, Timbuktu, Joy of Man’s…

Late Night Thursday

Free with paid Museum admission. Experience the Museum during extended hours with gallery tours, activities, and more. Of special note: February 12, Jazz in the Sculpture Garden with Marshall Turkin. Thu., Feb. 5, 2015…

Golden Boys

These Golden Boys emerged from the same South Philadelphia neighborhood at the same time, and went on to become three of the most popular teen idols of the late ’50s and ’60s. The show spotlights each of the performers and their greatest hits, including: “Venus” (Avalon); “Volare” (Rydell); “Turn Me…

Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights

A classic story of all-consuming passion, revenge, family class and the supernatural, Wuthering Heights recounts the tale of ill-fated lovers on the lonely moors of northern England. With its signature style and skill at creating innovative and modern productions of great works of literature, Aquila re-imagines one of the most…

“Mandela Legacy” exhibit

In honor of Black History Month, Miramar Cultural Center presents original artworks by the late Nelson Mandela. The unique exhibit is free to the public and appears February 2 – 27 in the Ansin Family Art Gallery. Monday and Friday 10am – 4pm, Tuesday – Thursday 10am – 6pm. Thu.,…

Discover Nolet’s: the new face of gin

Discover Nolet’s: the new face of gin at Spazio on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Check in on Facebook, and sip on a signature Nolet’s Gin cocktail or any Nolet’s Gin cocktail for just $5 each. Offer is valid Monday through Friday at the bar from 11am – 7pm. Discounts may not…