Comedian Pablo Francisco is a man of many voices and noises. This Chilean-born comic has made a name for himself with his spot-on impersonations of such Hollywood characters as Jackie Chan, Keanu Reeves, and Gary Busey. A bit in which Francisco re-creates a movie trailer for a fictitious movie called…
Saturday Night Fever melds into Sunday afternoon at Lynn University this week as Abbacadabra, touted as the ultimate ABBA tribute band, performs in all their shiny hot-pants glory for Boca Raton audiences. Under the dazzle of the glittering mirrored ball, Abbacadabra delivers all the Swedish pop group’s infectious hits –…
American pride reigns supreme at the 25th Florida Mopar Nationals Car Show and Swap Meet this Sunday. Lovers of everything Mopar (a hybrid of motor and parts, signifying cars built by Chrysler) and AMC (American Motor Corp.) will unite and trot out their best USA-made (for the most part) vehicles…
The Bacon Brothers performed at BaconFest?! Most of us did a double take when we saw that musical family members Footloose megastar Kevin and his brother Michael Bacon were legitimately performing at the hog smorgasbord, better-known as BaconFest, at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. At the end of the day, though, it made perfect…
Turkey on whole-wheat bread is so passé nowadays. What the public really wants is bacon. Juicy, greasy slabs of cured pork belly, by the pounds; in as many preparations as possible and dipped in and/or wrapped around as many highly caloric food items– such as chocolate and chicken wings,–imaginable. That…
This weekend local record label Wayward Parade and indie dive bar Propaganda compete for asphalt space in Lake Worth. The upstart Palm Beach County-based label is teaming up with Propaganda and throwing a two-day music festival amidst all the chalk art glory that is the Street Painting Festival. Besides booking…
The musical void between Delray Beach’s Dada and Fort Lauderdale’s Green Room is being filled by a new indie night at Deerfield Beach’s American Rock Bar and Grill. Northern Broward music fans, rest assured. You can now avoid traveling on I-95, at least for one night, and still catch a…
Seven-piece roots-reggae ensemble Mixed Culture is rolling the dice on South Florida and its support of roots reggae. The local island rhythm collective, based out of Hollywood, is taking a leap of faith and fronting the bill to bring down conscious dancehall sensation Lutan Fyah to Fort Lauderdale. It is…
Through their raucous, monthly hip-hop-infused open-mic nights, Homeroom organizers hope to shatter the beret-wearing, incense-burning, dim-lit-coffeehouse image that exists of Spoken Word. For several months on end, Homeroom, held the last Wednesday of the month at Lake Worth’s Propaganda, has been the go-to night for budding Jack Kerouacs and future…
The weak and the strong, who got it goin’ on?We lived in the dark for so longThe weak and the strong, Darwin got it goin’ on Creationism is dead wrong.”The verse from the hook to rapper Baba Brinkman’s intellectually provocative song “Natural Selection,” demonstrate that the scholarly Canadian lyricist does not…
Pythons. The long-awaited follow up to the collection of lo-fi fuzzy gems that made up Astro Coast, is slated for a June 11 release date. It’s been a long time coming for Surfer Blood, who technically self-released Astro Coast three years and some months ago. An impressive debut, it showcased Surfer…
The second-annual Florida Blues Film Festival is the celluloid companion to the hooting and hollering revelry that is the Riverwalk Blues and Music Festival. Held at the chic Maxwell Room — site of many a posh wedding reception — this film festival will be screening Blues Music Awards’ nominated flicks…
Can’t make it out to London to watch Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter Renan Barao defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship interim bantamweight belt? It is a shame, because the skilled jujitsu specialist is riding a 29-win streak, and his opponent, Michael McDonald, is one worthy adversary. McDonald is unbeaten in…
A dozen roses and a romantic Italian restaurant — really, isn’t that how you celebrated Valentine’s Day for the past ten years? Lame. This year, do not succumb to the Hallmark doldrums; vroom vroom vroom your way into your Valentine’s heart instead at Xtreme Indoor Karting. Didn’t see that one…
Those not familiar with pianist Michael Kaeshammer’s work might find it a bit baffling that the Gold Coast Jazz Society chose a 36-year-old German-born, Canadian-raised singer-songwriter to headline the Mardi Gras-themed February edition of its 21st Anniversary Jazz Concert Series. A closer inspection however reveals that Kaeshammer — touted as…
Help the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation reach its lofty goal of $100,000 this Sunday by participating in the Gift of Life’s third-annual Walk for Life. Although all charity walks are special, this 5K walk/run is truly singular in that it is the only event in South Florida solely…
You don’t need to be an Olympic marathon runner to participate in the sixth-annual I Care I Cure… I Run 5K run on Sunday; you just have to have the heart. Own a pair of sneakers and an eager spirit and you’re in. Join adorable 14-year-old actress Bailee Madison and…
“Grab a few beers, a sketchpad, and one buxom model with waist-length purple hair and call me in the morning,” would go Dr. Sketchy’s recommendation to cure what ails you. Dr. Sketchy is not a practicing physician, however, but an alternative drawing concept that has spread like gangbusters across the…
Hey, Daddy-O, clear your calendar this Wednesday, you dig? All of your wildest dreams are set to come true at DJ Ronn and the Pin-Up Party Dolls’ ’50s and ’60s Rock and Roll, Fashion and Car Expo. Picture a parking lot full of smoking hot rods, custom roadsters, and classic…
Local hardcore and punk promoters On Fire Booking play the musical proxy to Don King this Sunday night with their Headbang for the Highway Battle of the Bands. Nine unsigned bands from coast to coast are vying for the title, hoping to knock out opponents with their uppercut’s worth of…
This Saturday night, everyone gets to read the fortunes of the Green Room’s art director, Gina Bentivegna. It doesn’t matter if they are tarot card readers. For her debut solo exhibition, the gifted artist has culled psychic readings done on her and interpreted them on canvas. The outcome is “Shine,”…
Fort Lauderdale’s club culture gets a bad rap. With Miami and its posh, celebrity-filled monster nightclubs, just 40 miles south, the dance floors of Himmarshee and Las Olas can be easily overlooked. The DJs who sit behind the booths have not helped matters, many pumping out the same batch of generic,…
