Hispanic Heritage Month may have ended in October but the festivities will continue through November at Greenacres Community Park (2095 Jog Road, Greenacres) with SalsaFest, a cultural event celebrating some of the music and flavors of the Hispanic community. In its third year, SalsaFest will... More >>
Author/actress/Elvis's cousin Edie Hand will be at Borders Saturday to sign copies of her latest novellas A Christmas Ride: The Miracle of Lights and The Soldier's Ride. Although those don't have anything to do with Elvis, she has paid homage to the Hillbilly Cat through works like Elvis:... More >>
Perhaps youve heard of Showtel, hands-down Palm Beach Countys coolest annual art exhibit. Organized by independent curator Kara Walker-Tomé for the past eight years, Showtel lets artists take over hotel rooms at West Palm Beachs Hotel Biba for a night. In each room, the... More >>
Getting old sucks. I mean seriously. Remember what it was like being able to stay up all night drinking, then rolling into work the next day with nothing more than a cup of Starbucks and mixed visions of the previous one's debauchery and those of the one to come dancing behind your glazed eyes,... More >>
Ten reasons why you should go to a Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin Tribute Show.
1) These pop crooners defined 60s counterculture. This was the peak of human entertainment. (Yeah, were willing to wager.)
2) Sinatra womanized, and women liked it.
3) Getting your tribute fix: Tony... More >>
Starving for your art in a city thats quickly becoming renowned for its apathy toward all things cool is bringing your passion to a whole new level. Shows are being cancelled left and right, clubs cant stay open, and good luck getting your independent art noticed. But if you keep at... More >>
Never underestimate the effect of a well-placed swish of crinoline in a boys face. There. That one was free. Youre welcome.
If you want more tips and tricks on making fellas pant, youll have to drop into Respectable Street tonight at 10. Thats when doors open for Fresh... More >>
Every year, the Organic Hip-Hop Conference rallies conscious troops from all over the continent and beyond for a weekend of fighting for better communities through activism, vegetarianism, and music. Sponsored by Difference Makers Non-Profit Organization and Urban America Newspaper, the 2009... More >>
Last February, as a trifle, two buddies got together to jam through free-form guitar exercises while smoking a bowl for the good of all mankind. It should have been a one-time thing, but it took root, grew wildly, and flowered excessively. Now, almost a year later, that early impermanent duo... More >>
As both the precocious bard and poet laureate of the Laurel Canyon elite, Jackson Brownes late-'60s/early-'70s repertoire found him standing shoulder to shoulder with the other notables of the day. With peers like Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Browne... More >>
If you or someone you know ever gets that smug sense of accomplishment, that theyve done SO much with their lives or theyre just crazy busy and dont have time for much else, AND youd like to knock them down a peg or two, have them look up Ruben Blades resume. Ruben... More >>
The Bonzo Dog Band, an eccentric Sixties British group with a penchant for silliness and satire, once released a song whose title begged the theoretical question, "Can blue men sing the whites?" That is, of course, a twist on the age-old argument about whether white musicians, who never... More >>