1. Art

Southeast Campsite

The good art floats to the top in FAU's regional show. The rest? Sinks to the bottom, silly.

By Michael Mills

Published: February 28, 2008

To get into "southXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art" — or at least the half of the show that's at the Schmidt Center Gallery at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton (the...

2. Artbeat

Habatat Galleries

By Michael Mills

Published: February 28, 2008

You could be forgiven for wondering whether you're in an art gallery or a plant nursery when you come upon the work of glass artist Debora Moore, now on view at Habatat Galleries in...

3. Dish

Havana Is Open

And you don't need a boat to get there

By Gail Shepherd

Published: February 28, 2008

Castro resigns! I'm not old enough to remember a Cuba without El Caballo in the presidential compound, but in solidarity with those who are, we hied ourselves over to Little Havana...

4. Dred Scott!

Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: February 28, 2008

Everyone's had that embarrassing moment, right? You're belting out the lyrics to your favorite song standing there like Freddie Mercury at Wembley Stadium, acting the ham. The jukebox...

5. DVDish

Move Along, Kids

By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper

Published: February 28, 2008

Justice League: The New Frontier (Warner Bros.) Based on Darwyn Cooke's comic-book miniseries — a masterpiece starring all of DC Comics' major-leaguers at the dawn of their...

6. Feature

Accidental Hit Man

Sure, Paul Brandreth talks like a wiseguy. But is he a cold-blooded killer?

By Tamara Lush

Published: February 28, 2008

Tom Lehmann and a few buddies had been partying for nearly a week without sleep. They had started the binge long before the new year — a lot of meth, a bit of coke, some hits...

7. Film

Sister Act

Sibling rivalry in all its royal glory in Boleyn Girl

By Chuck Wilson

Published: February 28, 2008

When you sleep with the king, it ceases to be a private matter." And so it comes to pass that young Mary Boleyn (Scarlett Johansson) must stand before her father, Sir Thomas (Mark...

8. Film

Personal Foul

Will Ferrell's umpteenth sports comedy is only half-bad. His half.

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: February 28, 2008

Semi-Pro's much better than Blades of Glory, which wasn't nearly as good as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, which was a little better than Anchorman: The Legend of Ron...

9. Game On

Text Adventure

Words get in the way of an otherwise stellar Lost Odyssey.

By Gary Hodges

Published: February 28, 2008

Lost Odyssey wants to be Microsoft's answer to Final Fantasy — not that that's such a good idea. Like Star Wars, Final Fantasy survives as a power brand thanks to the shining...

10. Letters

Letters for February 28-March 5, 2008

Published: February 28, 2008

Phantom Votes Can you run that by me again? Phantom voting in Florida again ("Incredible Turnout," Tailpipe, February 21)! Once again, the magical, secret vote-counting computers...

11. Live Wire

Paul Potts

By Lee Zimmerman

Published: February 28, 2008

For starters, you gotta love anyone who can bring that sharp-tongued Simon Cowell close to tears. That's exactly what transpired when Paul Potts auditioned for Britain's Got Talent,...

12. Live Wire

Smokey Robinson

By Makkada B. Selah

Published: February 28, 2008

You'll have to go to Albertsons to get it, but Smokey Robinson now has his own line of grocery products, aptly titled "Smokey Robinson Foods." They feature select meals he's fallen...

13. Live Wire

k.d. lang

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: February 28, 2008

Talented songwriter k.d. lang has clearly learned a few things from spending so much time around Tony Bennett. The two have been recording together since they released 2002's A Wonderful...

14. Live Wire

Yoni

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: February 28, 2008

These days, it's hard for pop artists to make a lasting impression with Generation Y. MySpace and YouTube have hijacked America's attention span when it comes to music, and a singer/songwriter...

15. ¡Ask a Mexican!

It Ain't About Skin Color

How many times?

By Gustavo Arellano

Published: February 28, 2008

Why won't Mexicans vote for a black man? — Hillary Hater Dear Readers: Dozens of ustedes have sent the above question since the Iowa caucuses, forwarded mainstream media reports...

16. Music

Not Your Father's N Word

Eight months after its "burial," the world's most dangerous epithet is more popular than ever in hip-hop

By Ben Westhoff

Published: February 28, 2008

Last July, thousands of folks, including the mayor of Detroit and the governor of Michigan, gathered in Motown at the NAACP's annual convention for a symbolic funeral for the n word....

17. Music

A Long Strange Trek

Protest the Hero, self-loathing nerds, drop new album

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Published: February 28, 2008

"Have you seen the Futurama episode where they posit that in the future, Star Trek will be a religion?," asks Arif Mirabdolbaghi, bassist for Canadian math-metal outfit Protest the...

18. Music

Marley Movement

Our guide to the 15th Annual Caribbean Festival

By Arielle Castillo and Jonathan Cunningham

Published: February 28, 2008

This weekend marks the impressive 15th anniversary of the local annual event known colloquially as the Bob Marley festival. It's sponsored by his estate's official organization, Bob...

19. News

Restaurant Flambé

Michael's Kitchen has moved on, leaving the charred remains of a lot of goodwill in Hollywood

By Amy Guthrie

Published: February 28, 2008

This guy will razzle-dazzle them. That's what Hollywood officials thought when they offered a young chef named Michael Blum a $150,000 grant in 2004 to open a trendy restaurant in...

20. Night Watch

On the Booty Prowl

Where are the lesbian break dancers?

By Tara Nieuwesteeg

Published: February 28, 2008

Rolling, writhing lesbians aren't exactly a dime a dozen where I come from. My mama raised me deep in the heart of Texas (that red, cattle-ropin', lethal-injection-givin' stretch...