Let the Christians and seculars have their Santa, he’s a wimp anyway. If the fat man were ever faced with fist to face combat, you can be sure he’d retreat and hide behind his magical reindeer. You don’t want a holiday photo with a dude who can’t hold his own…
You can only see a handful of Lichtenstein and Warhol knock-offs before you start demanding answers: Where is pop art going? Does it still exist? Has it, uhm, popped forever? Maybe you need to have a fling with Photorealism, Pop Art’s kid sister, and see if she’s got what you’re…
Around the holidays, the general population can be divided into two categories: those who are getting some, and those who are not. If you wish someone would stoke the flame on your Yule log, spend a mirth-filled evening with local burlesque troop, the Boudoir Beauties. These stocking-peeling dolls take a…
As a child, you found him suspicious. Why would a magical dude like Santa spend his days greeting children at shopping centers? Shouldn’t he be up in the North Pole, keeping tabs on those shifty little elves? “Where’s the quality control?” you asked. It turns out that Santa can be…
On the surface, West Palm Beach appears to be an ordinary, well-heeled city. Look deeper and you’ll find a subculture hell-bent on pushing the finest art the community has to offer into the limelight. Art Rx, Palm Beach’s newest collective of graphical go-getters, is joining forces with two other art…
You have to wonder what thoughts crossed the policeman’s mind who wandered into Radio-Active Records one recent night. Unable to be contained in the rear, sound-proof performance space, jazz crazyman Kenny Millions was twitching his way to the front entrance, lead by a passion that demanded he unleash every lick…
It’s happened again: you get home on Tuesday night and you can’t even enjoy your evening — your mind is consumed with the number of work days still cock-blocking you from weekend freedom. Your dog, meanwhile, is so terribly thrilled that you’ve walked back through the magical front door. She…
Religion can be considered either part of our human makeup or a great distraction. But when that passion no longer allows for outside thought to creep in, it has a name: extreme religiosity. On a smaller scale, we’ve all been guilty of isolating ourselves from those who challenge our most…
Removal of subjects’ temporal lobes reveals an absence of typical grey matter in these outwardly normal cranial cavities. In what would, under typical conditions, be merely a canal for the optical nerve, these specimens’ visual passageways are flooded with shuffling cogs, glitchy synthesizer illuminations, and bounce houses. Prodding further unveils…
Some styles cannot be duplicated, only ripped off. That’s the case with artist Roy Lichtenstein, the man responsible for redefining what pop art is and where it could go. After falling prey to unrewarding flings with Cubism and Expressionism, Lichtenstein looked to his son’s comics. Then he imagined how one…
For eleven months of the year, South Floridians live in a state of perpetual summer. But every December, something magical happens: We celebrate winter. Or rather, we celebrate what we recall or imagine winter as being. Inject yourself with an added dose of merriment and attend the most Christmassy event…
You don’t usually find hand-painted, wooden dildos peeking out of the shrubbery in downtown Fort Lauderdale. While you might wish that you could, there are simply none to be had. But on one evening out of the entire year, all of that changes. On this magical night, it is not…
New Orleans has its own force of gravity — it’s stronger and more targeted than the scientific law governing the rest of nature. At feeding time, the city attracts those it sees fit like a giant magnet and swallows others entirely, allowing them the privilege to experiment deep in the…
Our country was invaded in the early sixties, not by gun-toting militiamen, but by axe-wielding Brits. Such a well-received war on the U.S. status quo hasn’t been repeated to date. One of the most influential of these rock and roll tribes is undoubtedly the Kinks. Deceptively simple pulsating beats drove…
Scranton, Pa., certain parts of Davie, and basically any red state from the last election could fit the description “The Middle of Nowhere.” But for artist Raul Mendez, the concept of absolute remoteness is more complicated — and certainly more philosophical — than most ever consider. His new exhibit at…
Mel Brooks has always stood out as a true comic’s comic. He has a knack for bringing the most showbizzy of all showbiz elements to the most unlikely topics. Who else could have arranged a song and dance sequence about the Spanish Inquisition? And not just a musical spectacle about…
Most years, holiday shopping entails running to Walgreens at the last second, scoring a bag of stale circus peanuts and a bottle of Designer Imposter’s Body Spray (I swear, it smells just like Tribe). But this year, you can use your creative charms to actually create gifts. Stitch Bird workshops…
Ballerinas are of a gentle lineage. They can leap over our heads like catapulting pop-up toys and twist dexterously like rubber chickens, but they can’t do any of it without financing. That’s right! The crew at Case and Keg Beerworld watched sadly this year as funding was slashed for the…
It’s official: We’ve managed to damage all that is fundamentally good about Earth. From poisoning the water supplies with oil spills and tanker barges, to corrupting the atmosphere with our smoggy, toxic, emissions — we’ve worked hard to make the environment this unlivable. Yeah, way to go us. The only…
Florida wasn’t always a dangly spindle of over-priced real estate. Just a quick couple hundred million years ago it puzzled its way through Pangaea’s outstretched mass, providing nutrients and lodgings to its Mesozoic landlords, the lumbering dinosaurs. Had they only kept journals or scrapbooks, consider how many more dignified things…
What if you awoke one morning and your world had changed? The horizon, instead of holding its steady blue tinge, had become unpredictable. Colorful. Illuminated with fluorescent reds, yellows, and greens. You would discuss the situation with strangers to determine that it wasn’t simply your perception. The glitter paint job…
Traditionally happy hour starts at 5 p.m., which is fine if you possess a great deal of restraint, but sometimes you need to shake the workweek off early. Say, around 2 p.m. early. Fridays like those require proper planning: A late lunch followed by a vague “ailment” that keeps you…
