Email Author Mickie Centrone

2011 Stories by Mickie Centrone

• The Other Tradition

  published December 22, 2011

  Christmas? Is it a load of bullshit thinking you must celebrate it? Did we not spend all of December hunting down the right gifts for the... More >>

• It's Christmas. Take Out the Nutcracker

  published December 15, 2011

  The holidays make us stray, splurge, and sin -- and why wouldn't we, with the new year right around the corner? (New Year = fresh start; note... More >>

• Naked. Young. People.

  published December 8, 2011

  New Times recently wrote a feature on nudism -- naturism (read it!). And like the good pub that we are, we now provide the info for you to... More >>

• To Be a Superhero or Remain Goth?

  published December 1, 2011

  We have seen the DJs of Black Fridays play records to a pack of goths and rivetheads, folks who flock to the industrial-music scene, at the... More >>

• As Raw as It Gets (These Days)

  published December 1, 2011

  We've gotten more humane, replacing watching gladiators fight to the death with watching the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). And good thing:... More >>

• Trot Like a Turkey

  published November 24, 2011

  The Fort Lauderdale Turkey Trot & Turkey Paddle on Thanksgiving Day benefits the fight against childhood obesity. A very worthy cause. Now,... More >>

• The Force Is Strong With This Village

  published November 24, 2011

  We've been gamboling around FAT Village ever since their Backward Bash in May 2010 that welcomed FAT Village residents to the neighborhood they... More >>

• Merry Fetishmas

  published November 24, 2011

  For those who crave something darker for Yuletide, how about a naughty fetish party honoring Christmas? A Hollywood bar tucked away in... More >>

• Go Dolph-- er, Packers!

  published November 17, 2011

  Let's forget the Dolphins game this Sunday for a moment. At the same time as the Fins take on the Buffalo Bills, there will be a Green Bay... More >>

• Join the Chocolatiers!

  published November 17, 2011

  There are three countdown clocks -- three! -- counting down the time for when the Festival of Chocolate enters the southern half of Florida... More >>

• A Mystical Land at the Fair

  published November 17, 2011

  Come on. Cow milking. Camel rides. Do you know how this story ends yet? A county fair is a surreal event: This is where you see the cutest pig... More >>

• "You're a Wizard!"

  published November 10, 2011

  Wednesday is going to be every dork's wet dream. Read the outrageously famous J.K. Rowling series? Yeah? Seen those Harry Potter movies?... More >>

• Where's the Puppet Man?

  published November 3, 2011

  We thought, there is something so cuddly and warm and comforting about puppets when we pondered the notorious tale of Pinocchio -- why would he... More >>

• Let's Dance

  published November 3, 2011

  Deep in Sailboat Bend, the neighborhood tucked behind and around downtown Fort Lauderdale, there is an artist-ran gallery called 1310... More >>

• Walk for PKD

  published November 3, 2011

  All diseases are bitches. And the ones that still do not have cures yet? What do you call an uber bitch? But, in a way, banding together for... More >>

• Hit Up the Res

  published November 3, 2011

  Yeah, you hear the name Seminole all the time down here. As you should -- the Seminoles inhabited this place way before we were born, and we... More >>

• Let's Go to the Art Show. Ready? All Together Now...

  published November 3, 2011

  This is the Dialect to attend if you haven't gone to any yet -- writingwise, we couldn't put it more simply than that. Go to this event!... More >>

• Halloween Takes the Fetish Party Up a Notch

  published October 27, 2011

  Costuming can be about embracing your alter ego. Or it can be about a shitty downgrade. Your choice. For Fetish Factory's Halloween Fetish Ball... More >>

• Halloween Roundup: The Anti-Survival Guide

  published October 27, 2011

  We don't give a shit whether you believe the origin of Halloween came from the Celtic festival of Samhain, which celebrates the end of the... More >>

• Hit the Boulevard

  published October 20, 2011

  The Las Olas Art Fair needs no introduction unless you're a first-time tourist from Canada reading this -- which you're not. Call us out if... More >>

• A Halloween Treat

  published October 20, 2011

  If women shaking their hips majestically in such serious repetition hypnotizes your soul and gets your heart pumping, shimmy down to Lotus Dance... More >>

• The Zombies

  published October 20, 2011

  There are no rules on Halloween: If it's an event in October, you are allowed to dress up. Committing crimes that follow the protocol of what is... More >>

• "It Seems Unhealthy Here." "It's Just a Party, Janet."

  published October 13, 2011

  Get out of those dirty polyester seats and kiss that stale movie-theater air goodbye, because the interactive Rocky Horror Picture... More >>

• It's Like a Carnival for Zombies

  published October 13, 2011

  Been zombie-drunk before? That feeling where you're nowhere and everywhere at once? It's not the spinning effect -- that means you're going to... More >>

• Downtown Fort Lauderdale Becomes One Giant Art Gallery

  published October 13, 2011

  Art lovers, get ready to prance around downtown Fort Lauderdale via free trolley buses. Art Fallout's back, and for its second year -- for "Art... More >>