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The Hunted

Tracking animals in the Everglades is a tiring, maddening business. Which is just how a decreasing number of hunters like it.

The Straight Dope

Tracking animals in the Everglades is a tiring, maddening business. Which is just how a decreasing number of hunters like it.

Letters to the Editor

Letters for January 4, 2001

Various artists

Trinidad Carnival Roots (Rounder Records)

Boca Performance Painter Plans Masterpiece for Obama

Boca Raton painter/performer/karate black belt Micheal Israel -- he of the ripped abs, the flowing mullet, and the paint-splattered jeans -- has landed two slots performing at Obama's inauguration: on the 19th at Virginia's Inaugural Black Tie & Blue Dominion Ball ($1,000 per ticket) at the Smit ... More >>

Move Over Madoff, Here Come the Marching Trojans

I, for one, feel duped. This morning I received the itinerary for the J.P. Taravella High School Marching Band's trip to Washington DC, where they are to perform in president-elect Barack Obama's inuguration parade. Band director Neil Jenkins had told me that the youngsters would be doing ... More >>

Quick, How Many Smithsonian Air & Space Museums Are There?

Well, my friends, I had hoped to provide you with a dispatch about the Washington, D.C., performance of painter Michael Israel, an awe-inspiring, mulleted dude who was booked to speed-paint a portrait of Barack Obama at an inaugural ball called the Virginia Black Tie and Blue Dominion Ball. Virginia ... More >>

Beatcomber

Aural History

Master Class

Two titans of modern art have a meeting of the minds in the desert Southwest.

Terrorfish

Two titans of modern art have a meeting of the minds in the desert Southwest.

New in Film

Two titans of modern art have a meeting of the minds in the desert Southwest.

C'mon, Get Happy

Does Mayor Jim Naugle still know Fort Lauderdale?

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Does Mayor Jim Naugle still know Fort Lauderdale?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Does Mayor Jim Naugle still know Fort Lauderdale?

Lean on Me. Please.

In a group show, clever juxtaposition can veil mediocrity. For a few minutes, anyway.

Veterans Affairs

It takes a lot more than a bumper sticker to support the troops, says a crusty ex-Marine and best-selling author

Flushing Out the Turtle

Kemp's ridleys are people too

Stan by Your Man

Kemp's ridleys are people too

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Kemp's ridleys are people too

In the Loop

A flower blooms in the cultural wasteland

Persian Past

Of sand and shahs: Persia visits Delray Beach

Dulci de Leche

Boca Raton's effusive John Blosser has just the dulcimer for you, pal

War on War Songs

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

End of the Road

Thirty years later, Harry Belafonte finds closure in a once-lost project

Out of 'Toon

A muddled mission, an overbuilt home, and the indifference of Boca's blue bloods have brought the International Museum of Cartoon Art to the brink of cancellation

Bones of Contention

The battle for the soul of the Graves Museum isn't over yet, and Gypsy Graves herself is back in the trenches

Secrets Kept

Exploring the rhythms of Africa and the Caribbean at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida

A Show For Emily

An Afternoon With Emily Dickinson: A Literary Dramatization

Collect It and They Will Come

The Sports Immortals Museum and Memorabilia Mart

Breakthrough Glass

"American Glass: Masters of the Art"

Web Design

"Spiders!"

Notes From the Underground

Folk isn't the most popular form of music in South Florida, nor does it completely pay the bills. But like long-time folk artist Rod MacDonald, some locals are discovering that persistence pays off.

Night At The IMAX

Folk isn't the most popular form of music in South Florida, nor does it completely pay the bills. But like long-time folk artist Rod MacDonald, some locals are discovering that persistence pays off.

War of Words

Folk isn't the most popular form of music in South Florida, nor does it completely pay the bills. But like long-time folk artist Rod MacDonald, some locals are discovering that persistence pays off.

New in Film for August 7, 2009

Folk isn't the most popular form of music in South Florida, nor does it completely pay the bills. But like long-time folk artist Rod MacDonald, some locals are discovering that persistence pays off.

Madoff's Private Space Full of Beige, Bull

Flickr: sirpeter53Madoff's boat got the precious treatment in Lauderdale​For Bernie Madoff, the bulls never shat. And no bull ever failed to float. We're speaking literally, of course. Figuratively, the bullshit was mountainous and doomed to sink him. But we learned this week that his Palm Beach m ... More >>

The Norman Rockwell Exhibit at the Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale: The Painter Went Beyond Cutesy American Scenes

Flickr: sirpeter53Madoff's boat got the precious treatment in Lauderdale​For Bernie Madoff, the bulls never shat. And no bull ever failed to float. We're speaking literally, of course. Figuratively, the bullshit was mountainous and doomed to sink him. But we learned this week that his Palm Beach m ... More >>

Animal Collective

Flickr: sirpeter53Madoff's boat got the precious treatment in Lauderdale​For Bernie Madoff, the bulls never shat. And no bull ever failed to float. We're speaking literally, of course. Figuratively, the bullshit was mountainous and doomed to sink him. But we learned this week that his Palm Beach m ... More >>

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, Called New Times to Chat

Flickr: sirpeter53Madoff's boat got the precious treatment in Lauderdale​For Bernie Madoff, the bulls never shat. And no bull ever failed to float. We're speaking literally, of course. Figuratively, the bullshit was mountainous and doomed to sink him. But we learned this week that his Palm Beach m ... More >>