1. Dish

Marriage is Like Mushrooms

The Love Boat departs on the hour from Little Palm Island

By Gail Shepherd

Published: April 10, 2008

If you're like Amy Winehouse, Rod Stewart, and Tony Bennett, you got married for the first or third time in May or June. That means your anniversary will soon be upon you like an anvil...

2. Dish

Kerala Killer

By John Linn

Published: April 10, 2008

Coral Springs isn't exactly inundated with ethnic dining options — if the suburban west Broward community of young families and Fort Lauderdale commuters had an official restaurant,...

3. Dred Scott!

Risque with Riskay

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: April 10, 2008

A hot, beautiful spring Saturday shouldn't be spent indoors. There's too many beautiful women, waves, and other distractions awaiting you. But that's exactly where I found myself...

4. Feature

Bust Me if You Can

If it looks like a lawyer and quacks like a lawyer, is it really a lawyer?

By Deirdra Funcheon

Published: April 10, 2008

Besides his stellar career as South Florida's premier cardiologist, Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah moonlights as a bigtime Republican fundraiser. He sits on a slew of corporate and government...

5. Film

Kids and Scoundrels

That other, smaller, more manageable film festival

Published: April 10, 2008

The Palm Beach International Film Festival is a far more manageable affair than its neighbor in Fort Lauderdale. Lauderdale's big festival runs more than a month, dragging in a gazillion...

6. Film

Ordinary People

Intelligence goes soft in this rom-com

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: April 10, 2008

Smart people got no reason to live — and, sure, that's not quite how Randy Newman sang it, but the point still stands. Because in Noam Murro's directorial bow — one of...

7. Game On

Just Shy of Seaworthy

Viking: Battle for Asgard shows promise, but not much more.

By Gary Hodges

Published: April 10, 2008

It's nice when a game comes along that pleasantly surprises you. I admit, I judged Viking: Battle for Asgard by the screenshots, writing it off as yet another one of those grimy, violent...

8. Letters

Letters for April 10-16, 2008

Published: April 10, 2008

Straight From The Pig As a recent college graduate, I was incredibly disturbed by Michael J. Mooney's "Spring Break is Still Decadent and Depraved" (April 3). In fact, it's taken...

9. Live Wire

The Morning Of

By Braden Ruddy

Published: April 10, 2008

The Morning Of is a sextet of indie youngsters from upstate New York who have suddenly found themselves on the national stage. Reinforced by major distribution via their label, Tragic...

10. Live Wire

Iron and Wine

By Jason Ferguson

Published: April 10, 2008

There's a metaphor somewhere in Sam Beam's hair. Something that equates his newly expansive locks with the richer, full-bodied sound he now peddles as Iron and Wine. Something that...

11. Live Wire

Tego Calderon

By Arielle Castillo

Published: April 10, 2008

The biggest social networking website has realized it's time to recognize the fastest-growing population segment in the United States. Enter MySpace Latino, a bilingual sub-site within...

12. Live Wire

Grimy Styles

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: April 10, 2008

Taking their cues from dub pioneers like King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry, Austin-based quartet Grimy Styles is ushering in a new wave of exploratory dub. The group's latest album,...

13. Music

One Cool Cat

Boca's Cat Shell channels a classic sound with soul and savvy

By Lee Zimmerman

Published: April 10, 2008

On first encounter, the voice actually sounds ageless, a supple, sensuous caress that quietly croons about romance and longing while evoking the feel of smoky cabarets. It would be...

14. Music

Ridicule This

Eight years later, the Ridicules have finally arrived

By Jason Budjinski

Published: April 10, 2008

It's not easy being in a band that's labeled pop-punk. Not only do fans of other, more "mature" genres look down on you as sophomoric, but there are divisions within pop-punk itself....

15. News

New Dogs, Old Tricks

The future of dog racing clouds a classic race

By Michael J. Mooney

Published: April 10, 2008

It may not have mint juleps and gaudy hats, but this year's $150,000 Greyhound World Classic — billed as "The Kentucky Derby of Dog Racing" — featured two dogs that had...

16. Night Watch

I Love Bikes 'n' Pelts

Diving into the leather dive scene

By Tara Nieuwesteeg

Published: April 10, 2008

Sure, I'm a girly-girl. I like pretty shoes and lipstick. I'm so sissified that a cockroach scurrying through the kitchen can send my voice traveling up to glass-shattering octaves....

17. Bob Norman

Wait, Let Me Change Hats

Geller does costly deals but shuns "L" word

By Bob Norman

Published: April 10, 2008

When the City of Hallandale Beach bailed out a developer by wasting millions on a bad land deal, state Senator Steve Geller was there. Geller, the Senate minority leader who represents...

18. Outtakes

Has anyone seen Anwar Robinson?

An American Idol reemerges on the stage

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: April 10, 2008

The year was 2005. Popular television show American Idol was still respectable (come on, you know it's hard to watch now), and the country was in a tizzy over who the next Idol should...

19. Outtakes

Beyond a Pretty Face

Juanes delivers songs with a message

By Ernest Barteldes

Published: April 10, 2008

The fact that this Colombian-born rockero opts not to sing any of his songs in English doesn't seem to hurt his appeal at all in the United States. Wherever Juanes goes, his many fans...

20. Outtakes

It's the Rebirth of the World as We Know It

R.E.M. keeps hope — and their youthful idealism — alive

By Annie Zaleski

Published: April 10, 2008

Lo and behold, R.E.M.'s 14th studio album actually lives up to its speedy title. Accelerate is loud, quick, and dirty, spinning by so fast it takes multiple listens to absorb. It's...