For the second year in a row, Lavola frontman and mastermind Julian Cires has teamed up with the Palm Beach County Food Bank and the local music community to create a night of rock ‘n’ roll philanthropy. Cans & Bands II, held tonight at Propaganda, will feature four premium local…
Sure, it’s been a ho-hum few years for Florida Panthers fans, but with an invigorated new lineup and all-star goalie, Roberto Luongo, back behind the net, the future looks promising for Cats fanatics this season. Since returning to the Panthers in March, Luongo has been racking up the records. In…
South Florida’s premier mixed martial arts events company, Fight Time Promotions, ends its season with a bang (or, rather, a bombastic spinning back fist) Friday at MMA Fight Time 21, as Fight Time Promotions premieres its Featherweight Championship Title. Competing for the inaugural title will be two local standouts from…
Normally reserved for playing the ponies, come Halloween night, Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino will be transformed into a spine-chilling homage to the best horror films ever to come out of Hollywood. Promoters are hush-hush as to which horror movies will be depicted in the live-action sequences that will be…
The charity-event season is in full swing in South Florida, with the palatial grounds of Davie’s the Signature Grand playing host to several of the swankiest philanthropic parties Broward County has to offer. And with Halloween lurking around the corner, the 13th-annual Signature Grand Ghoul is set to be the…
Instead of sitting around devouring as much candy as possible, why not get your kids active and engaged in a worthwhile cause this Halloween weekend? The City of Parkland’s Monster Dash 5K/10K and 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk, presented by Northwest Medical Center, will do just that. Benefiting SOS Children’s Villages of…
It just seems to creep up on you, doesn’t it? Suddenly one morning, you notice a few gray hairs have commandeered space on your scalp. This is precious real estate, considering how far that hairline has receded in the past year. Most of your old high school pals are popping…
Out of all the bands that performed at Radio-Active’s ode to the magnetic tape Cassette It Together a few weeks back, there was one that really piqued our interest. It was a child-aged group called Brenner Pass. Surprising? Not really. This brother and sister duo, singer Anastasia Brenner and her…
Known as the “Bastard Son of Broward County,” Damien Figler headlines the kickoff party for the national Hellbound Comedy Tour this Saturday in his hometown of Fort Lauderdale. Tall, tattooed, and barrel-chested, Figler comes across as a Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller fame) type who has undergone a rock…
Opening its doors in March 2009, the IWAN (Independent Working Artists Network) Concept Production Facility proved to be a pioneering concept in what once was a blighted area of Fort Lauderdale. Come to be known as “The Bubble” (which was actually the title of the first event held at the…
If you’re like us, chances are you’re still in deep recovery mode from Saturday night’s Respectable Street’s 27th anniversary shebang. You’ve had a few days to pull yourself up by your party bootstraps and get ready for another rocking block party. The Fourth Annual Artoberfest this Saturday will have 16…
Why make the schlep up to Universal Studios Orlando when you can experience just as much terror for half the price and less of a drive at the South Florida Fairgrounds’ annual Fright Nights. The expansive fairgrounds offers more than 21,000 square feet of spine-tingling fright, with tons of new…
Expect a lot of Zen and harmony at local hair-salon-cum-coffeehouse the Beat Cup’s Folk Fest. The highlight of this event is attendees partaking in yoga alfresco while listening to live acoustic tunes. What could be more tranquil than sitting outside on an October day and bending into a one-legged king…
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and you know, dear readers, that saving tatas is a cause we can really get behind. In all seriousness, breast cancer is one of the most curable forms of cancer. About one in eight American women will develop it in their lifetimes, and nearly 100…
Although it sounds like a soccer mom meetup with their toddlers in a sandbox somewhere in suburbia, Play Date, held at Infujion Lounge this Thursday, couldn’t be more on the opposite end of the spectrum. This version of Play Date takes the form of a chic date night — sophisticated,…
The plight of sufferers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, grabbed national headlines last month when the Ice Bucket Challenge started popping up on everyone’s Facebook news feeds, and rightfully so, but there are many more incurable diseases that deserve as much attention. One of them is spinal muscular atrophy…
South Florida’s a very transient place, especially within the local music scene. Most of the time you’ll find us reporting on talented acts leaving our parts, seeking greener pastures in places like New York City, L.A.. and, as of late, the songwriter capital of the world, Nashville. It’s not everyday…
Once known strictly as an antiques destination and a French Canadian tourist mecca, Hollywood has been slowly reinventing itself as a culturally relevant urban art core. Due in large part to Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency’s funded Downtown Hollywood Mural Project, the charming, sleepy town now boasts vibrant public art on…
Feed your head; why spend your time after work guzzling cheap beer in a dive bar when you can have an enlightening Happier Hour at the Museum of Art|Fort Lauderdale? Every Thursday at Happier Hour, the museum’s café stages cultural events like book readings, presentations, and artists discussions, along with…
To all you retro gamers out there, there’s some good news in the horizon; After a year long hiatus, Retro Arcade Night returns this Saturday, September 20, at Arcade Game Sales. It’s the first Arcade Night held at the new location on 279 E. Oakland Park Boulevard with double the…
If you haven’t paid a visit to the nexus of Southern Broward art that is the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, this Sunday grants you that opportunity. On this day, as with every third Sunday of the month, the forward-thinking gallery and performance space waives its $7 admission fee…
There’s bound to have been gallons upon gallons of spilled Smithwick’s and Guinness Stout throughout the course of the 20 years convivial Clematis Street Irish bar O’Shea’s Pub has been open. This Saturday, clicking pint glasses are destined to spill even more Irish Stout as the welcoming 500-block locale rings…
