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21. Night & Day

    Cairo Rose

    By John Linn

    Published: April 3, 2008

    In November of 2006, Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosny sparked a heap of controversy when he publicly commented about the resurgence of the Islamic veil among Egyptian...

22. Night & Day

    Judge a Band by its Name

    By Brett Gillin

    Published: April 3, 2008

    There are a ton of reasons to check out this show at Radio-Active Records (1930B E. Sunrise Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale): 1) Supporting local record stores automatically makes you a...

23. Night & Day

    Talk Sporty to Me

    By Terra Sullivan

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Whether it’s with baby-stroller-roller-derby challenges or the girl-on-girl action that his prospective “soul mates” go through on VH1’s Rock of Love, it...

24. Night & Day

    Tate à tête

    By John Linn

    Published: April 3, 2008

    If you’re like us, you can spend days navigating the cavernous realm of pulp books, comics, plush toys, statues, kitsch, pop art, anime, cult flicks, and foreign snacks...

25. Night & Day

    Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Men by the thousands are dazzled when they wink coyly into news cameras. Football players share their coveted Gatorade with them like prehistoric man shared fire. And if there...

26. Night & Day

    Making The Family Proud

    By Mike Sauer

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Coming up with your band name might be one of the most important decisions in your musical career – which is why it’s so amazing that Andrew Hung and Benjamin John...

27. Night & Day

    Fangs for the Memories

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: April 3, 2008

    I think we can all agree that Willow was the unsung hero in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sure, Buffy had the whole buxom, blonde, superpower thing going on, but when she needed...

28. Night & Day

    Shake, Rattle, and Roller Derby

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Roller derby is a bit like jai-alai: it’s fast, dangerous, and casual spectators don’t really understand the rules. Of course, that’s where the similarities end,...

29. Night & Day

    Give ΄im the Yokozuna

    By John Linn

    Published: April 3, 2008

    How often do you hear about wrestling at a club these days without the words mud or oil attached? Not that those are bad things, but what about all the other types of wrestling...

30. Night & Day

    Landscapes and Sexy Shapes

    By Tara Nieuwesteeg

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Attention, all lady-friends of local artist Larry Joe Miller: Don’t be surprised to see yourself naked in linocut on Friday. That’s when his latest art show ...

31. Night & Day

    Damn! Keith Richard’s Wrinkles are Three Stories Tall!

    By Bill Frogameni

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Near the end of Martin Scorsese’s epic Goodfellas, the main character, a low-level mobster, spins hopelessly out of control thanks to coke, sex, and violence. Accompanying...

32. Night & Day

    Doctors Say That Giving Feelsgood

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Even denim baffles you: high-waisted, skinny, ultra-mega-distressed – these choices keep you up at night. If you’re that hung up on the basics, how will you ever be...

33. Night & Day

    Gimme Shelter

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Coming of age films have shaped our lives. From the tortured soles of the Brat Packers to the cooler-than-they-first-appear dudes from Revenge of the Nerds, we’ve all...

34. Night & Day

    As Made Famous By Dane Cook

    By Brett Gillin

    Published: April 3, 2008

    When a comedian is featured on a weekly show with Dane Cook, it should be a good thing for his career. After all, it’s hard not to look funny when compared to Cook. But...

35. Night & Day

    How Not To Begin a Career In Politics

    By Brandon K. Thorp

    Published: April 3, 2008

    This is the kind of thing that doomed the Roman Empire. There was a time, not long ago, when the knowledge of all the dumb things you did at the club was reserved for fellow...

36. Night & Day

    A Little Dog’ll Do Ya’

    By John Linn

    Published: April 3, 2008

    If Disney has taught us anything it’s this: People love personified animals. A cat who can talk, an elephant who’s lost his mommy, a dog with a bit of a gambling...

37. Night & Day

    Hoppy Anniversary

    By Heather Burdick

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Georgie’s Alibi (2266 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors) is a South Florida institution of fabulousness, so it’s only right that it commemorates its 11th anniversary...

38. Art

    East Wind A'Blowin'

    The South Asian artists in this show are so far out of the box they rattle the place

    By Michael Mills

    Published: April 3, 2008

    "Exploding the Lotus" is heavy on conceptual art — to the point, perhaps, of inducing a mild headache. The show, now at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, was...

39. Artbeat

    Calder Jewelry

    By Marya Summers

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Most of us know Alexander Calder, the famous sculptor. Both his stationary works, which he called "stabiles", and his revolutionary "mobiles" define our cities in displays of...

40. Game On

    Paging Freaks

    Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records.

    By Chris Ward

    Published: April 3, 2008

    As a kid, I spent countless hours thumbing through a dog-eared copy of The Guinness Book of World Records, determined to find just the right stupid human trick to vault me into...