The Juice has invited New Times theater critic, Brandon K. Thorp, to provide a running critique of one of the region's most popular, most enduring stage shows: Sunday service at Calvary Chapel in Fort Lauderdale. With nearly 20,000 members it is the state's biggest church. In his first installment of the series Thorp considers the congregation's hymnal offerings.Contemporary Christian worship music is pure hell. Yes, it's competently played. Yes, white Christian praise bands do sound a little l
Move over, Rachael; there are some new shows in town.It seems as if food has become almost as popular a subject for television programming as reality shows -- when the two are combined, like on Top Chef, Kitchen Nightmare's, and Hell's Kitchen, the result is stratospheric. To be honest, I've never really been a fan of contest-style reality programming, regardless of whether it's about food. I'm much more interested in shows that might teach me something (and you can just about forget the Food