Although the old venue, Laffing Matterz, where Chrystal Hartigan’s held her event Songwriter’s Showcase, has shut its doors, the monthly event lives on at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Tuesday’s event will include country artist Vickie Raye, singer-songwriter Julie Forester, Mark Stephen Jones (who’s been dubbed the “Carolina…
Voices of Pride, the Gay Men’s chorus of the Palm Beaches, will be celebrating its fifth anniversary with Forever Let Our Spirits Sing. While you may associate a chorus with a boring church sermon, Voices of Pride will have you dancing and laughing with their special brand of humor, all…
Selfishness is a good thing,” says Jeff Lloyd, guitarist and frontman for the Fort Lauderdale quintet the Heavy Pets. Lloyd, an avid reader, has recently finished Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. And like all bright-eyed disciples of the objectivist author, he believes selfishness suffers from a bad rep. “It’s especially important…
Eighties heartbreaker Pat Benatar will play Hard Rock Hotel and Casino July 2 with her husband Neil Giraldo. Unfortunately Blondie, who just announced she and Benatar will be touring together for the first time later this year, will not be there. But one 1980s icon may be enough. Benatar boasts some cheesy songs…
Earlier this year, we asked you to tell us your favorite things about Broward and Palm Beach counties in our Best Of 2009 Readers’ Poll. Below is a random sampling of the projected winners so far. Some categories have yet to be voted on, like Best Politician (we’re still optimistic…
When we search Broward and Palm Beach counties for winners for our Best Of edition, we eat and drink all in the name of our readers. Even with all our hard work, though, we can’t know it all. So every year, we invite our readers to submit their favorites in…
You’ve seen them perform at your local dive, friendly neighborhood record store, or at a party. Now let everyone know what band – or artist, performer, theater company – you think deserves recognition. There’s been vigorous debate among our readers on the blog. Currently, readers’ choices stand as follows:Best Local…
Fort Myers pop-punkers After the Fact will play Area 7 after streak-attacking the performers and audience at the Girls in Bands event the night before. The boys, though seemingly naked at all other shows as well as in this corresponding photo, will be dressed up as a chipmunk, pig and…
Area 7’s new Avant-Garde Series will kick off May 16 wth “Girls in Bands,” an event promoting acts that feature an experimental, noise, and/or indie sound and have at least one female member. The bands hail from across Florida, including Jacksonville, Miami, and Orlando. Curious Hair will open the show,…
Part of Area 7’s Avant-Garde series, the event Girls in Bands will bring artists from all over Florida that feature an experimental, noise or indie sound. All bands have at least one female member, except for James Roberson, a performance artist who will be entertaining the crowd during the intermission…
Who says girls aren’t good at science, or more specifically computer science? (Well, besides Larry Summers, the director of Obama’s National Economic Council.) Not the Girl’s Club, a private foundation and “alternative space” emphasizing the contributions of women. Girl’s Club is holding a workshop on web design Saturday. Artist and…
The phrase “sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll” should include “hair.” Hair is as instrumental to a rocker’s image as habit-forming debauchery. And as destructive if you consider the impact the ’80s had on the ozone. Salon Edge will host Rock the Hair, a fashion show with a live rock…
Swimmers have amazing bodies. And they’re always close to naked. But you probably don’t interact with swimmers too often. Splash!, a photo exhibit depicting the “athleticism” (read hot bodies) and “unique imagery of aquatic athletes in action” (they’re wet), will feature the work of top sports photographers Heinz Kluetmeier, Donald…
Buying your mom a gift from the mall seems so dated. You want to get her something special, but the Gap and Banana Republic scream, “No effort!” Instead, take her to the Mother’s Day Trunk Show on Sunday to peruse hand-made jewelery, handbags, and more. After shopping, eat brunch and…
Your mom’s living room will look like a flower shop Sunday, which she’ll be forced to clean up when the flowers die. Save her some work and take her to Morikami Museum to make origami flowers instead. You’ll learn about Japanese culture while showing up your dad and siblings. Sun.,…
When Shakira glued on some fringe, dangled some coins, wrapped scarves around her hips, and jangled her ass all over MTV, she made belly dancing accessible to soccer moms and adolescent girls all over suburban America. Some might rightfully decry encouraging young girls to perform ostensibly provocative dance moves, but…
Grease’s Betty Rizzo was like this generation’s Samantha Jones. She challenged mainstream values, refused to be ashamed of her sexuality, and dismissed others’ contempt as the unenlightened nattering of a repressed society. But you probably didn’t watch Grease over and over for its trenchant social critiques. Maybe it was the…
Unless you slipped into a coma during the mid-eighties, you couldn’t have missed dance-pop sensation and Paula-Abdul contemporary Taylor Dayne, who produced ’80s gold like “Tell It to My Heart” and “Love Will Bring You Back.” “All you needed back then was a blowdryer and a dream.” Yes, Dayne actually…
Logan FazioKaty Perry performing at Revolution in Fort Lauderdale Wednesday night. Click here to view the full slide show.Katy PerryWednesday, April 29, 2009Revoluton, Fort LauderdaleKaty Perry is annoying. There’s no getting around it. I went to her sold-out show at Revolution Wednesday night with an open mind. I swear. I…
Come support your local film community during the FAT Village Art Walk, which will include venues between N.W. 4th St. and NW 6th St. and between Andrews Avenue and NW 1st ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The event, Girls on Film — no it’s not porn — will showcase videos made…
Award-winning theatrical director and renowned science presenter Mik Jacobs will become Professor Whys the energy expert extraordinaire during his 30-minute traveling show Professor Whys’ Powerful Adventure. The show, complete with spark-spewing demonstrations about the generation of electricity, is a nice educational alternative to Lumonics. Sat., May 2, 2 & 3…
Victorian-era architecture and interior design are awe-inspiring, reaching epic levels of ostentation that are matched only by the former high-flying merry-making ways of the aristocracy. Sure, people starved, died of disease, and were victims of a newly industrialized society and deep-rooted classism, racism and sexism. And sure, nothing’s really changed…
