Tom Wilco Nabedi Osorio (left) and Steph Taylor of the State OfShows this weekend by local artists, or concerts that are otherwise under-the radar in Broward and Palm Beach. Friday:Piano and drums mixed with vocals that are simultaneously haunting and tough define the sound of The State Of, the female…
There are lots of Barbies walking around in South Florida. Blond, beach-tanned, with huge knockers. But like my friend aptly put it, “Not many Kens.” Well all lookalikes are invited to the Barbie & Ken Look-Alike Contest on Friday to promote the Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture’s current…
There are lots of Barbies walking around in South Florida. Blond, beach-tanned, with huge knockers. But like my friend aptly put it, “Not many Kens.” Well all lookalikes are invited to the Barbie & Ken Look-Alike Contest on Friday to promote the Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture’s current…
Affordable studio space is always a problem for artists: they’re bound by popular idioms to starve. Couple that with the South Florida real estate market, and it seems like they can’t catch a break. The Flamingo Clay Studio, a not-for-profit collective of clay, glass, metal and stone artists, has tried…
In a town where original music is the exception, Chrystal Hartigan’s Songwriter’s Showcase, held the third Tuesday of every month, is a respite from the endless rotation of cover bands playing “Welcome to the Jungle,” “Margaritaville,” and “Brown Eyed Girl.” This Tuesday’s showcase will run the oft-overlooked gamut of musical…
Orlando outfit the Angst formed in 2004, but these guys could have come straight out of the early ’80s punk scene. Uncompromising in energy and melody, with the standard shout-along choruses and aggressive hooks, the Angst has toured with some of its similarly minded musical heroes, including GBH and the…
Click here for a slideshow of photos from Stitch Wars. What if Darth Vader were a cuddly Beanie Baby — a tiny, stuffed Sith Lord accompanied by a lovable poem about his dark side and tucked under the arm of an unsuspecting 6-year-old? The cutesy, stuffed-toy company Ty Inc. may…
Miami singer/songwriter Daphna Rose sounds like a folky lounge singer, blending expressive and insightful lyrical arrangements with her brand of accessible bluesy pop. When she reaches for the chorus of this featured MP3, singing “There’s room for a miracle in my life,” she seems to channel Elvis Costello. At other times, the song plays like one of those inspirational and…
Cat PowerMonday, July 13, 2009Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Better Than: Seeing Chan Marshall break down. The Review: In the ’90s, there was a lo-fi revival that positioned itself against what it saw as the pseudo-sensitivity of commercially-successful alternative rock in bands like the Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana. At the forefront was Stephen…
The new IWAN Concept Production Facility “The Bubble” is hosting an after-party for Red Eye, the annual Fort Lauderdale event by ArtServe that highlights work by local artists, musicians, fashion designers, and performance artists. The Bubble after-party starts at 8 p.m. and will include performances by local bands Dooms De Pop, The Microdots, and Pretty…
It’s Timb Krueller’s birthday. And the six-foot-three, perennial appreciator of the absurd will celebrate Friday with a bunch of South Florida favorites including the Freakin’ Hott and Zombies! Organize!! He will play an acoustic set, though, so leave the fetish boots at home. If you haven’t heard of Timb or…
For fans of the movie So You Think You Can Dance, Vices: A Love Story explores human relationships through various styles of dance like modern ballet, contemporary and ballroom as well as music by artists like Celine Dion, Manhattan Transfer, and Journey. Genres like disco and music from 1930s musicals…
Creating gritty pop art in the spirit of Andy Warhol — if Warhol wandered the desert and came across rusty gas station signs — Cuban artist Kadir Lopez Nieves is internationally recognized for transforming symbols from a bygone era into iconic images and vintage art. Bacardi USA and Altima International…
If you don’t think body image affects men, I urge you to take one look at the bodybuilders competing in this years NPC Southern States Championships. What else could drive someone to work out that much? Come stare at the superhumans that live among us Friday and Saturday when men…
Have you run out of beginner’s luck at the casino? Those few fateful hours, sometimes days — when it seems you can’t do wrong despite not having a clue as to what you’re doing — are long gone. Well, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino wants to keep you around,…
Some people are comfortable being naked. They sleep naked, watch TV naked, walk around the house naked. For them, getting dressed is a chore. If you’re comfortable in nothing but your own skin, Seminole Nudist Resort, the clothing-optional naturist park in Davie, wants you to help set a skinny-dipping Guinness…
Is Arnold Schwarzenegger circa 1969 a work of art? When you think of the curve of his muscles, his ice-tray stomach, and his itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie bikini bottom, are you thinking, “That’s perfection!”? Probably not – such superhuman form is pretty horrifying. Our ideas of beauty and how they relate to…
It’s easy to pigeonhole Japanese cinema into three categories: anime, samurai films, and horror. Everyone knows Spirited Away, Godzilla, and Ringu (later remade as The Ring in the United States). And everyone has at least heard of Seven Samurai. But in January, it was a Japanese drama, Departures, directed by…
It takes guts to say “Fuck Jesse Jackson,” even if it’s just part of a movie script. But that is just what Cedric the Entertainer did as the Barbershop character Eddie during a scene discussing Rosa Parks’ status as a civil rights icon. When Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton heard…
Sam, the rotund frontman and trombonist for Big Sam’s Funky Nation, will his bring his signature New Orleans big funk and big brass to Miami on July 24. Formerly the trombonist for Dirty Dozen Brass Band, another New Orleans jazz staple, “Big Sam” is one of the six very talented jazz-trained musicians that comprise the Funky…
Scottish punk rawkers 4 Past Midnight deliver the kind of old-school punk anthems that used to play in rotation in your brain throughout the late ’80s and early ’90s. The first song on their MySpace playlist, “Fuck Them All,” is a gritty criticism of those destroying the punk scene, while…
As new numbers for jobs lost come out this month, everyone is filled with anxiety, anxiety about pursuing dream jobs vs. realizing responsibilities and weathering the economic storm. But at the same time everyone maintains hope, that ever-overused word that got pounded into our subconscious with Obama’s election. Musicians, however,…
