Booze, babes, and… bulls? THU 5/5 Leave it to Seminole Paradise at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to reel in the big enchiladas for Cinco de Mayo. The district is growing faster than a cactus on steroids, rounding out its ethnic food offerings with last December’s opening of…

THU 5 It was a night just like this one, albeit many moons ago. An aspiring young comic named Arnez J took the stage and turned it inside out with a routine more animated than Daffy Duck. Among the crowd sat a few industry bigwigs, real heavy hitters — or…

First there was the 11 p.m. curfew. Then came the 21-and-over ordinance for bars and clubs. And now Spanky’s — Clematis Street’s long-standing venue for national, all-ages punk, and hardcore shows — is deader than disco. The message seems clear: The kids are all right — as long as they’re…

Necessary Targets lands in Broward THU 3/17 Can well-meaning, unscathed Americans reasonably expect to heal another country in the wake of war? That question is being explored again as the Women’s Theatre Project revisits Necessary Targets, which made its South Florida debut last August in Miami. “Toward the end of…

Eternal lighting of a sculpture line THU 3/17 Although they aren’t holding any more infamous ravey dances, it’s clear you can’t keep the good people of Lumonics down. They’re back with a retrospective exhibit, “The Art of Lumonics,” at the Coral Springs Museum of Art (2855 Coral Springs Dr., Coral…

Celebrities, stars, and Sin FRI 3/18 Celebrities are just like you and me — they put their pants on one leg at a time. It’s just that once their pants are on, they make gold records, catch touchdown passes, and emit immeasurable cool. That’s why, when a chance to rub…

Thursday is St. Patrick’s Day, and that means everything is greener than Ralph Nader picking shamrocks in an Irish pasture. But for each St. Patrick’s Day event, there is a different shade of green. Here are some of the goings-on that pay homage to the Emerald Isle — and the…

Donavon Frankenreiter rocks the surf-inspired tunes SUN 3/13 With his ’70s porn star ‘stache and his acoustic guitar, Donavon Frankenreiter is the latest in a long line of surfers turned rock stars. Frankenreiter, who started getting paid to surf when he was just 13 years old and is a featured…

The iconography of an icon THU 3/10 Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies. Another acid flashback? Not quite. It’s the art of Peter Max, which has come to define the generation of free love, flower power, and psychedelic expression. Though he might…

Who’s your paddy? SAT 3/12 We could go on at length about the 20-odd musical acts at this weekend’s Irish Fest in West Palm Beach. Or we could talk about the Irish dancers or the array of fresh-cooked Gaelic dishes — or even the prospect of dressing like a leprechaun…

In David Alan Grier’s forthcoming book, Statistics and the Introduction of Digital Computers, he discusses the… wait — what the hell’s going on? A comedian writing about statistics? Where’s the punch line? Oh, whoops — wrong David Alan Grier. The one we’re all familiar with — the funk-tastically funny actor/comedian…

Comic wisdom SAT 3/5 In times like these, it’s good to know that you can still go out and see a performer who’s not afraid to “go there.” Armed with an abundance of politically charged material, Korean-American comic Margaret Cho not only goes there; she lives there. And we’re not…

Globetrotters rock the striped shorts in Boca MON 3/7 If you’re wondering why the Harlem Globetrotters didn’t make it to the NBA playoffs last season, it’s because the Globetrotters aren’t in the NBA! In fact, they’re not in any league — they just play the same old team — the…

Mystery authors just love Florida THU 3/3 More than 250 mystery writers and their groupies descend on Sleuthfest today at the Renaissance Hotel (1617 SE 17th St. Cswy., Fort Lauderdale) for four days of author/editor/agent parties, workshops, and seminars. Can you smell the gunshot residue yet? Why is there so…

Does that sound familiar? SAT 2/26 The thing about war is that it’s always been hell. That was clear to Aristophanes way back in the B.C., when old-school soldiers wore togas and sandals. But we must not hear so well, because playwright David Rabe has to tell us again in…

Tax write-off! FRI 2/24 Ever have that dream in which you’re trapped in a smoky room when suddenly the door is kicked open and you feel your limp body being lifted to safety by strong, sweaty arms? If you haven’t, you should. It’s hot — firefighter hot! Turn that fantasy…

Get up, stand up SAT 2/26 Few musicians can say they transcended their craft to achieve the vaunted status of cultural icon, especially if you consider an untimely demise to be a prerequisite. John Lennon, Elvis Presley, and Jimi Hendrix may have defined their generations, but none can claim the…

Come on, say it. Let us all know how ignorant you are, thinking that Bob Saget actually resembles the squeaky-clean persona we remember from Full House and America’s Funniest Home Videos. Those of us with a clue already know that Saget’s standup act is a bit of a shocker to…

Create their own scene FRI 2/18 The Miami International Film Festival may be gone, though not before having whetted our appetite for experimental, independently produced flicks. But you can still catch plenty of the indie spirit in the two-dozen-plus student films shown at Friday’s Palm Beach Youth Cinematography Club Charity…

Future Hall-of-Famer comes to town MON 2/21 Howard Dean’s presidential run was ruined by The Scream, but Sammy Sosa’s career was sidetracked by The Sneeze. Last season, while playing for the Chicago Cubs, the slugger missed a month of ball games because he strained a back ligament while sneezing. Still,…

Now that the ’90s Ecstasy craze is mostly behind us (with a few glowstick-waving exceptions), the cultural ugliness of the 1980s still lingers like the white powder on the upper lip of a harried Wall Street broker. To be sure, the cultural equilibrium of the Clinton years is but a…