Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Short Order will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you have…
Your usual run-ins with apparitions along Riverfront have to do with Ghosts of Drunken Nights Past – which are not really ghosts so much as pangs of guilt. For a much needed injection of honest-to-goodness ectoplasm in your life, check out the River House Ghost Tours, going down every Sunday…
Get your drink on this Cinco de Mayo at Uncle Julio’s in Boca. The brand new tex-mex restaurant will be setting up a margarita shack and distributing the frothy lime-and-tequila-filled beverages throughout the day. A mariachi band will get down with folksie Mex tunes, and a special plate – the…
In the early 1960s, American jazz musicians and vocalists spread the Brazilian phenomenon of bossa nova throughout the country, conjuring forth a tidal wave of cool tracks and sultry, clave-inspired rhythms. 40 years on, it’s Brazil’s daughters who are bringing bossa nova back to the forefront. The all-women’s vocal ensemble…
It’s not a national holiday yet, but it should be: Free Comic Book Day is upon us once again, hitting comic book dens nationwide on Saturday. Though the spread of free comic books has no religious or nationalistic ties – it’s simply a chance for publishers to hook in some…
It’s pretty clear that over the past couple decades, nerds as a people have had their revenge, and then some. Through the magic of the Internets, spectacled geekwads now rule the planet. They control you through video games, too – World of Warcraft continues to plunder your free time like…
This year, I’ve been tasked with heading the Best Cheese Steak category for New Times’ annual Best Of edition — a monumental challenge if there ever was one. I mean, cheese steaks are one of those foods that people are furiously passionate about. Those from Philly claim that their version…
A couple weeks ago, New Times featured a review on Rufus Ribs, a roadside BBQ trailer in Boynton Beach serving some mean ‘cue. As an addendum to our review, check out this visual display of what Rufus has going on under that big, iron smoker. Click on any picture for…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
Neal Fox’s “Fuck the Fed” is the sort of tune you’ll only hear circling around Interwebs on Facebook or Myspace. But tonight, you may get a chance to catch the quirky, frank tune about boffing the Federal Reserve as part of Renda Writer’s Acoustic Music Showcase at the Coffee District…
What’s not to like about downing cold Coronas on a hot beach? Well, today you can quaff the frosty, Mexican beverage whilst spiking a volleyball at someone’s face as part of the Corona Wide Open. The open registration volleyball tourney takes place at South Beach Park in the FTL, and…
The Women’s Theatre Project is premiering The Interview on April 24, a story of a Holocaust survivor set to recount her oral history to the child of another holocaust survivor. Their encounter ends up being more than a historical document of a terrible event – it’s a cathartic experience that…
Member of the Palm Beach Community College Art Club will take over the Pineapple Grove Arts District Friday and Saturday as part of ArtShow, a two-day multimedia exhibit and the first of it’s kind of the fledgling club. The show will run the gamat, from classic genre art to avant-garde…
Some people can’t help but subject their animals to ridiculous outfits – tonight, those deviant tendencies will come to fruition, as Broward’s Yappy Hour hosts Hot Dogs Rock the Red Carpet. The fashion show benefiting Paws 4 You Rescue will feature couture canine wear from designers such as Kiki Hamann…
Art and music pretty much go hand in hand – tonight, the pairing will get pushed to another level during Fusion, a local art and music event at Brew Urban Cafe. Sip on free trade coffees or craft microbrews as Twilight Notes, the duo of DJs Adam Foster and Vinwat,…
The hardcore punk movement of the 1980s might have been best known for ripsaw guitars and out-of-control speed, but it was the anti-establishment ethos, powered by a wave of rigid middle fingers, that continued to live on after the music slowed down. With a DIY mentality and distaste for corporate…
The one-night-only, genre busting art event Showtel is back for its seventh year, transforming nearly half of West Palm Beach’s Hotel Biba into a multi-sensory exhibition. 22 Artists from all across the state of Florida have been tapped to pull a 180 on 16 rooms (do the math, it equals…
Time to bust out that fish eye lens and shred some pavement: the first ever Trik Flix Action Sports Film Festival is invading the Abacoa Town Center in Jupiter on Saturday. The festival is a celebration of the young, burgeoning action sports filmmakers of South Florida, folks who are looking…
Tips on making excellent ramen: 1) Bring the water to a boil first, lest you end up with soggy noodles. 2) Some people have said a little milk in the broth shores a weak soup right up. 3) Save the crunchy crumbs at the bottom of the package; they make…
“Nice. It smells like a butifarra,” said our resident Peruvian, Miche. “Looks like the real thing too.” I had brought him back said butifarra from Bravo — a Peruvian sandwich shop in the north side of Wilton Manors — partially because he couldn’t get away from his desk for lunch…
Thoughts from all over: -Saturday is the 12th Annual New Times Original Beerfest, in case all the fanfare has eluded you. Show up at 7 p.m. with $25 in hand (or buy tix in advance now – highly recommended), and you’ll be rewarded with four hours of non-stop beer sampling,…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Short Order will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you have…
