The Lake Worth Playhouse will be holding open auditions Monday and Tuesday for their upcoming thriller, Woman in Black, a stage adaptation of the classic Susan Hill horror novel. The story has all the hallmarks of great scare bait: a middle-aged attorney, Arthur Kipps, moves to a quiet, seaside town…
Who wants to pedal places on a traditional bicycle? It’s inefficient, for starters, and wasteful, since you’re converting all that Dorito fat you’ve stored up into useless energy. Well, you energy conscious cycler you, today you can test drive your ride of the future for free at Whole Foods Fort…
Aside from a few notable exceptions – we’re looking at you, Fat Albert – cartoon characters are generally in great physical shape. That’s either due to the reflection of our ideal selves, or an intense amount of exercise from time spent chasing mice, roadrunners, and other manner of gentle creatures…
Something about coffee shops and art go hand it hand – one of the best shot scenes in the career of French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard was the coffee shop scene in Two or Three Things I Know About Her, where a stirred cup of coffee slowly enveloped the frame, spiraling…
There’s almost nothing as debilitating as cancer. For local director Aaron Wells, learning he had the disease was a call to action. “The minute I was diagnosed I knew I had to do something. So I’m documenting my experiences (good, bad, and ugly) in hopes of helping others in my…
If the many fine pieces of artwork within the Norton Museum of Art came to life for one evening a la Ben Stiller’s madcap Night at the Museum films, the result would probably not be a wild night of revelry — rather, you’d be in for a somewhat contemplative evening…
It’s been seven years since musician and bar owner Carl Pacillo, spurned by a deal with the Seminoles gone awry, set up shop in the last refuge he could find, a long, narrow hallway of a space in a strip mall in the middle of industrial Oakland Park. And in…
If the idea of paying big bucks for the opportunity to date someone brings to mind the world’s oldest profession, better think again. bub. While the Venus and Mars Bachelor/Bachelorette Auction, being held by the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, will give you a chance to entice some lucky lady or lad…
In response to last week’s article comparing the dining scenes in Florida and New Orleans – and in particular, the relative lack of fresh, local seafood at affordable restaurants – Clean Plate Charlie received a comment pointing us in the direction of FL-seafood.com, a website created by the “Bureau of…
This year’s Best Of Broward-Palm Beach edition is up online today, folks. And I have to say: this issue is packed full of great food. Want a great place to walk up and get a slice of New York pie, complete with the scowl? How about the very best restaurant…
My recent trip to New Orleans was largely predicated on two things: 1) that I had never before been to the Crescent City, and it was high time I got there, and 2) it’s known as one of the best food cities in the country. Sure, you could argue that…
Speaking of Nawlins-style grub, Rosey Baby is offering a special through Friday night on their famous garlic blue crabs and crawfish boil. While the little buggers last, if you purchase a dozen Cajun-boiled blue crabs or garlic crabs, the Babe will throw in a pound of fresh-daily Cajun-boiled crawdads for…
Picking right back up from yesterday’s post on my weeklong eating adventure in New Orleans, I’m going to talk a little bit about sammiches, a foodstuff that’s well-respected and well-represented in the Crescent City. While some cities can claim to have contributed one sandwich to the national culinary landscape –…
Nothing says “I love you” more than strapping your beau to a stainless steel bondage apparatus and spanking him with a studded paddle until he screams “banana!” (It’s your safe word.) If that’s your bag, baby, head to Club Purgatory tonight at 10 for the Alter Ego Fetish Ball, sponsored…
We rolled into town like birds of prey and had to be rolled out like over-stuffed roasters. Three friends and myself spent last week devouring our way through the vibrant culinary city of New Orleans. And what a trip it was: we must have ravaged whole sea beds, made scarce…
Division 1 Pro Wrestling, the local league of muscle-bound heroes, devious villains, and the vixens who love them, is back in action this Saturday for its latest night of bone-crushing entertainment, Against the Wall. Screw Vince McMahon’s little league: a night of D1PW has more twisted plot turns than an…
For years, Jimmy Fallon was known as that guy on SNL who constantly broke character by cracking up in the middle of his sketches. It became such a regular occurrence – Fallon cracking up during the famous “More Cowbell” sketch; Fallon setting off chains of laughter while trying to fold…
When it comes to getting your hands on the most obscure, adventurous, and interesting craft beer, BX Beer Depot is the place to go. No, the tiny beer shop does not have the breadth of choices of, say, a Total Wine. But what they lack in volume they make up…
Don’t believe in the power of the rap battle? Check out the videos on grindtimenow.com, the self-proclaimed World’s Number One Rap Battle League, and you’ll find more footage of dudes tearing each other apart than the entire back catalogue of UFC fights. From Los Angeles to New York to Minnesota,…
In January, indie toy and art shop Pink Ghost held a release party for the local hip-hop T-shirt line, Shadesofredd, right outside its storefront. The Shades crew brought together a host of dance and hip-hop collectives from across South Florida to dramatic result: the pop and lockers, collaborative dance acts,…
The Delray Beach Film Festival heats up this weekend with a plethora of intriguing documentaries, themed film days, cocktail parties, and premier events. Fans of the extreme action sports genre will want to check into Old School Square for daily screenings of films on the four S’s – surfing, skiing,…
Over the years The Daily Show has had a startling number of “news” correspondents who have gone on to do even greater things: Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Mo Rocca, Ed Helms, Rob Corddry, Lewis Black, John Hodgman, and Demetri Martin all come to mind. Even more amazing is that the…
