According to the bio on Christopher Ian Macfarlane’s blog page, crapbychris.com, the young artist is just “a dude who likes to make art.” If only other South Florida artists were this humble. Although Macfarlane didn’t learn his technique in an elitist art school, he has spent a lifetime devoted to…
True to its name, ArtHeart is an art and music event that beats a pulse. More than mere art parties, ArtHeart events seek to promote undiscovered artists while simultaneously raising money for charity. This year’s ArtHeart aims to raise more than $18,000 for the ZOE Ministry, a relief ministry based…
Any sense of remorse about overdoing it at this Thursday night’s Hollywood Craft Beer Pub Crawl can be overcome with the thought: “Hey, it’s for a good cause.” Who can argue with that? A $10 donation from each pub crawler goes directly to the Covenant House Florida — a private…
It is out with the old and in with the new at Boca Raton craft-beer watering hole the Funky Buddha. Gone is its weekly Monday-night Improv Jazz Night in favor of a new evening where any genre goes. Homemade Jam Night welcomes musicians of every musical proclivity for one serious,…
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Tommy Castro may not be a household name, but amongst denizens of the blues’ scene Castro is a living legend. In 2008, the California-based musician cemented his reputation as a searing 12-bar axe man when he took home the Blues Music Award for the Entertainer of…
“By the people, for the people,” said our beloved 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, about the principles this country was founded on. Little did Honest Abe know when he uttered these choice words in his renowned Gettysburg’s Address, but he also provided a fantastic descriptive for local mixed-martial-arts organization American Battle…
The title to Twin Cities rapper Atmosphere’s ’08 album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, might also serve as the perfect motto for Lake Worth hip-hop producer Shawn Wayne. Last month, the 29-year-old beat-smith had his MacBook (pictured above) lifted while he was DJing at the Speakeasy Lounge…
New Year’s has a way of making us feel all introspective. And as the self-appointed arbitrators of the local music scene, we thought it apt to shift our gaze inward and examine the goings-on in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Wading through this year’s regrets and next year’s hopes for music…
Do you find calculus to be sexy? Better yet, have you ever tried to impress dates with your encyclopedic knowledge of Klingon? If you answered yes, here’s good news, you quirky brainiac: Roxy’s rooftop bar, SKY 309, in West Palm Beach has orchestrated an evening exactly with your ilk in…
Before pop music morphed into the overproduced, sex-crazed, Auto-Tuned abusing clamor it is today, there was a simpler time when the boogie-woogie of rockabilly ruled the airwaves. The radio reveled in tales of beaches, babes, booze, and love. This Saturday night, Lake Worth dive bar Speak Easy Lounge is bringing…
Oh, the joyous season! A time when we gather with friends and family, snuggle on the couch with full bellies. Chestnuts roast, and we watch A Charlie Brown Christmas or the Wizard of Oz. Andy Williams sums it up best with his 1962 classic: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” Yes,…
There are some acts though that you don’t want to pooh-pooh. Tonight for example, the Ad Hoc and Self-Titled Churchill’s show—including performances from Tampa’s Merchandise, West Palm’s the Band of Heaven, Miami’s Lil Daggers and Teepee,– is high on our list of must-dos. Little Haiti will provide haven from art collectors. Merchandise…
As we lay heavy in recovery from our overindulgent ways during this Thanksgiving season, we can’t help but sneer a little at the hysteria occurring across American malls today. So USA, do you really prefer to spend this most American of holidays camped out in front of a Wal-Mart in…
Famed mixed martial arts fighters Chuck Liddell and Bram Imes didn’t glean how to bash people’s heads in just by watching videos. Both of them got their start in amateur MMA rings. Renegades Country Bar and Grill in West Palm Beach offers the best amateur matches in South Florida, with…
Rosalie was the apple of her daddy’s eye. Unfortunately, her father, Cpl. Daniel Linnabary II, will never see his lovely daughter’s first day of kindergarten, the brave Marine dying while serving in Afghanistan. Rosalie was just months old when her father shipped out, and Dan’s wife, Chelsea, now faces the…
You’ve likely bared witness to seven-year-old phenom Adrian Romoff’s majestic classical piano playing that made him one of YouTube’s latest viral sensations. Chances are Boca Raton teens the Vogans have not made it on your musical radar in such a way, just yet, but the local saplings have a budding talent…
Already dubbed the goddess of Canadian blues, Rita Chiarelli solidified her reputation within the genre by participating in the award-winning documentary Music From the Big House. In it, this famed artist steps behind the walls of Angola Prison (AKA the Louisiana State Penitentiary, regarded as one of the most violent…
The fact that Mike Tyson’s only legitimate acting experience is his famous cameo in the comedic romp The Hangover hasn’t deterred the once-undisputed heavyweight champion of the world from concocting his own one-man Broadway show. This is no joke, folks. Cowritten by his wife, Kiki, and directed by Spike Lee,…
This August, young upstart alternative folk Boca band the Stonecutters decided to change its name to Mylo Ranger. The title is derived from a character in an old Western lead singer Myles Corvalan saw as a kid. Since that time, this five-piece, consisting of former and current FAU students, are…
All too frequently, a musician’s image becomes more integral in the public psyche than his or her music. Can you imagine the Cure’s Robert Smith performing without his shambolic hairdo or smudged lipstick. How about Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav throwing down rhymes on stage sans his customary large neck clock?…
Years before New York City indie troupe Vampire Weekend had kids bopping to African pop and jostling for Sperry Top-Siders, there was Pittsburgh’s Rusted Root. Back in 1995, this percussive six-piece had college kids swaying with such Afro-pop hits as “Send Me on My Way” and “Ecstasy.” Although they disbanded…
Ever been watching a mixed martial arts match and seen a foot sweep so impressive that you have said to yourself, “Dang, that should get an award”? Well, fist of fury follower, that time has come with the inaugural 2012 Florida MMA Awards. This red-carpet, black-tie affair rolls into Miramar…
