1. Art

Benefit of the Doubt

A couple of glitches and a misfiring motor won't dull MOCA's cutting edge

By Michael Mills

Published: April 17, 2008

Have you ever had the experience of getting together with old friends who seemed not themselves that particular day? That's sort of how my most recent visit to the Museum of Contemporary...

2. Artbeat

Observation & Technology: Photography Featuring the A-Project

By Marya Summers

Published: April 17, 2008

What are you looking at?" Tabatha Mudra challenges us. Her photographs of androgynous individuals, "The A-Project," make us evaluate how we assign gender and confront our discomfort...

3. Dish

Cold Sake, Warm Heart

Tracking the hospitality index at Fuji

By Gail Shepherd

Published: April 17, 2008

We've evolved to protect ourselves from dangerous food. We have a genetic predisposition to find spoiled vittles repellent, and we must "acquire a taste" for bitter or stinky foodstuffs...

4. Dred Scott!

Where'd the Afro-Latinos Go?

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: April 17, 2008

It's a great time for music in South Florida just now, with more events than most audiophiles can absorb. Following close on the heels of the Winter Music Conference two weeks ago,...

5. Feature

Lambs to Slaughter

Again and again, local claims of abuse point to one priest, the Rev. Neil Doherty, and the Catholic archdiocese that protected him

By Thomas Francis

Published: April 17, 2008

Around the age of 8, a boy we'll call Sam made a new friend. He was a man in his early 50s, the Rev. Neil Doherty, pastor at St. Vincent Catholic parish across the street from Sam's...

6. Film

Sad Sack Extraordinaire

Jason Segel uses his balls to great effect in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: April 17, 2008

Jason Segel is responsible for two of the most cringe-inducing, hands-in-front-of-your-face moments in the recent history of television, both of which occurred during the sole season...

7. Film

Countdown to ... Murder!

Ridiculous Al Pacino starsin ridiculous running-down-the-clock thriller, 88 Minutes

By Ella Taylor

Published: April 17, 2008

Jon Avnet's cheesy new thriller, 88 Minutes, is 105 minutes long, and going in, I feared that 100 of them would be eaten up by Al Pacino chewing the furniture. Alas, it's worse than...

8. Game On

Undead on Arrival

House of the Dead returns for the Wii, stiff as ever.

By Chris Ward

Published: April 17, 2008

If you don't remember a game called The Typing of the Dead, you're not alone. Released on the failed Sega Dreamcast system, this gory, hilariously titled arcade-style shooter was...

9. Letters

Letters for April 17-23, 2008

Published: April 17, 2008

Calling All Cars I would like to say thank you for the article about Julie Perry and Suki Finnerty's accident ("Next Stop, Hong Kong," Tailpipe, April 10). You left out the $1,000...

10. Live Wire

Devon Allman and Honeytribe

By Fayola Shakes

Published: April 17, 2008

Yes, his last name is Allman and his band, Honeytribe, plays blues-inflected rock — but as far as Devon Allman is concerned, the comparisons to his dad stop there. The younger...

11. Live Wire

John Holt and Freddie McGregor

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: April 17, 2008

There's no shortage of reggae music in South Florida. This place is probably the capital of reggae in the U.S., not just for its popularity but for the number of celebs who call it...

12. Live Wire

Eisley

By Monica Cady

Published: April 17, 2008

It doesn't seem fair that one family should have this much talent, but that's precisely the case with the indie folk-pop DuPree bunch, most widely known as Eisley. Consisting of four...

13. Live Wire

Futureman with Jake Shimabukuro

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: April 17, 2008

It's not often that someone claims to be a scientist, an inventor, and a musician, but jazz percussionist Roy "Futureman" Wooten says he's all of this and more. The four-time Grammy...

14. Music

Play It Back

Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle proves why she's one of the most recorded voices in history

By Julienne Gage

Published: April 17, 2008

Beach Food Market clerk Pratap Chowdhury spends a lot of time focusing on South Beach diplomacy efforts. He practices basic Spanish, learns customers' names, and reaches out with the...

15. Music

Sayonara, Suckers

Ministry says farewell in a gesture of animosity and spite

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Published: April 17, 2008

I hate my fans," huffs Al Jourgensen. The thing is, he's not kidding. Not even a little bit. And it's this hatred of his own fan base that, at least in part, accounts for Jourgensen's...

16. Music

The Grrrl Grows Up

Avril Lavigne keeps evolving, but is that a good thing?

By Ben Westhoff

Published: April 17, 2008

Remember when people were calling Avril Lavigne the great grrrrl hope? Remember when Women-Who-Rock-minded scribes got all excited by Lavigne's punked-up image on the cover of 2002's...

17. News

Cookie Monsters

It's the old diet doc versus the marketing gun in the great war of the tasty appetite suppressors

By Deirdra Funcheon

Published: April 17, 2008

Fat people are nothing new. When Dr. Sanford Siegal began practicing medicine in 1957, he had so many overweight patients that he started treating for obesity exclusively. Exercise...

18. News

Hollywood's Got the Bends

ArtsPark Village puts the city at the mercy of developers

By Thomas Francis

Published: April 17, 2008

For all the talk of political revolution, Hollywood's April 2 city commission was heading in the same direction as during the glory days of deposed Mayor Mara Giulianti: toward giving...

19. Night Watch

Girl Power

What better way to de-stressify than watching brawling babes tit-punching each other?

By Tara Nieuwesteeg

Published: April 17, 2008

There are plenty of good reasons for women to be bitchy: the glass ceiling, social oppression, pantyhose, bad pick-up lines, double standards, uncomfortable shoes, and, of course,...

20. Pub Stalker

America's Backyard

By Bryan Falla

Published: April 17, 2008

Yeah, it's got a silly name. And the concept makes you think of Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan head bobbing at the end of A Night at the Roxbury. But as the weather gets warmer and...