1. Artbeat

Kevro's Art Bar

By Marya Summers

Published: August 2, 2007

You don't have to know a cheese knife from a palette knife to know that wine and mingling are what set apart an opening from any other day at a gallery. Photographer and painter Kevin...

2. DVDish

Fuzz Busters

Hot Fuzz

Published: August 2, 2007

(Universal) The second feature from writer-director Edgar Wright and writer-star Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) has been available on home video for decades: Hot Fuzz is, after all,...

3. Dish

How to Eat a Freedom Fry

It's safe to Rendez-Vous again

By Gail Shepherd

Published: August 2, 2007

Looks like they had it right. The French. About Iraq, that is. Notwithstanding their new President Sarkozy, who seems to have all the rigorous intellectual sophistication of George...

4. Feature

Wingin' It

Fledgling Guardian Angels get the call from gang-riddled Lake Worth

By Ashley Harrell

Published: August 2, 2007

Downtown Lake Worth is doing fine. East of Federal Highway near the beach, life is splendid. But walk down South N Street and things get a lot grittier. There's Adrianne, the neighborhood...

5. Film

A Star Is Bourne (Again)

Amnesiac-spy trilogy culminates in a thrilling Ultimatum

By Nathan Lee

Published: August 2, 2007

The Bourne Ultimatum opens in Russia as amnesiac superspy Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) does what he does best: elude capture, crack skulls, brood. Lickety-split, he's en route to Paris,...

6. Film

It Doesn't Suck!

Breathe easy, Simpsons fans. The movie is eeeexcellent.

By Scott Foundas

Published: August 2, 2007

In his big-screen debut, Homer Simpson utters the "d'oh!" heard 'round the world — or at least as far away as Washington, D.C. (which, given the unspecified coordinates of Springfield,...

7. Game On

Trick Play

NFL greats shake off the rust in All-Pro Football 2K8

By Gary Hodges

Published: August 2, 2007

The concept behind All-Pro Football 2K8 is simply wonderful: Imagine a fantasy football league in which you draft from a pool not of this season's top players but of the greatest NFL...

8. Letters

Las Dull-as

Published: August 2, 2007

"Planning" the life out of Las Olas: What really irks me about the city planning commission and the commissioners who voted on the proposal of an "isolated" condominium on the most...

9. Live Wire

Bonerama

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: August 2, 2007

In the post-Hurricane Katrina days, it seems like all things related to New Orleans music could use some extra love. Maybe not Dr. John — frankly, his hoodoo voodoo shtick is...

10. Live Wire

Common and Erykah Badu

By Esther Park

Published: August 2, 2007

Amid rumors of a bad breakup and cheating hearts, Common and Erykah Badu still continue to straddle that awkward "ex-lovers/now-friends" line in public. Who can forget their Billboard...

11. Live Wire

Fernando Villalona

By Fernando Ruano Jr.

Published: August 2, 2007

More than 30 years ago, a lanky Dominican kid with a deep and piercing voice could do no better than third-place in "El Festival de la Voz" ("The Festival of the Voice"), a local talent...

12. Live Wire

Green Velvet

By Arielle Castillo

Published: August 2, 2007

In true space-age, dance-music-weirdness style, Green Velvet was birthed as the alter ego of an alter ego: that of Cajmere, AKA Curtis Alan Jones, a reigning house-music artist of...

13. ¡Ask a Mexican!

Our Islamic Side

Yeah, part moro, moron

By Gustavo Arellano

Published: August 2, 2007

¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans say "¡Ojalá Dios quiere!"? Ojalá refers to Allah the Muslim god, and Dios is the Christian god. Do Mexicans...

14. Music

Push Comes to Show-Me

Legendary blues guitarist John Hammond discovers the joys of songwriting

By Saby Reyes Kulkarni

Published: August 2, 2007

"Man, I been waitin' five years for you to call me!" That, according to John Hammond, was G. Love's reaction when Hammond called him to ask if Love would produce what would become...

15. Music

Outgrowing Tom

Bugged by MySpace's clutter and limitations, some musicians turn to smaller, artist-friendly alternatives

By John Elmwood

Published: August 2, 2007

Candee D*Vine wants to be your friend! She's 19, cute, bisexual, and "up for anything." If you approve her request, and you probably will, she'll go into the pile with the rest of...

16. News

Sex on the Beach

Testing Naugle's fantasy

By Brandon K. Thorp

Published: August 2, 2007

I'm sitting with my legs crossed on a bench outside of a restroom in Holiday Park, screaming for sodomy. There's a way you're supposed to look if you're trying to get laid in a public...

17. Night Rider

Paging Dr. Hardy Harhar

Professional help on the hunt for laughs

By Marya Summers

Published: August 2, 2007

Drink has been called a tonic, laughter the best medicine. But they're not covered by insurance. Between admission fees and drink prices, good health through bar comedy can get pricey....

18. Bob Norman

The Stacy 'n' Russ Show

Ritter & Klenet sounds like a lobbying firm

By Bob Norman

Published: August 2, 2007

Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter couldn't make the June 26 commission meeting, but she took the time to call in her vote on one issue: giving the county's health insurance...

19. Outtakes

The Piano Man

Ben Folds reemerges and hits the road with John Mayer

By Annie Zaleski

Published: August 2, 2007

I caught up with famed singer/songwriter Ben Folds recently and chatted about the ten-year anniversary of the release of Ben Folds Five's landmark album Whatever and Ever Amen and...

20. Outtakes

Bad Girls Don't Cry

Jamaica's new dancehall badass wants you to pay attention

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: August 2, 2007

With striking looks, a voluptuous frame, and a personality that's both sexy and serious, dancehall singer Ce'Cile has a good chance of being reggae's new starlet. She's already the...