It’s no secret the economy is sputtering like an engine in dire need of a tune up. Once-vibrant downtown areas are floundering, especially on weekdays when turnout is low. It wasn’t that long ago when Downtown Lake Worth was feeling that pinch. But if you head to down on a…

Rosey Baby’s Crawfish and Cajun House is hosting a Super Bowl BBQ Sunday night starting at 6 p.m. The Babe will have an all-you-can-eat BBQ buffet spread out for just $14.99 per person, or $5.99 per little’un. What you’ll get: Ribs, chicken, pork, chicken wings, potato salad, Cole slaw, and…

Looking for a cool joint where your hard-earned Super Bowl bucks will go the furthest? Check out South Shores Tavern’s Super Bowl party, which features a host of flaggable deals: All day long, get $10 longneck buckets, $1 drafts (One Dollar!) and $1 Hot Dogs, and $.30 chicken wings. From…

Sometimes it might seem like NFL players tower over mortal men, looking down and laughing at us “small folk.” Really: these guys are huge. But only once you’ve seen them on the 30-by-40-foot screen at Cinema Paradiso have you really experienced their largess to the fullest. Tonight, Paradiso is hosting…

You’ve found yourself in a dilemma: you want to get your lazy butt out of the house for the Super Bowl, but you don’t want to miss the creature comforts of home. Here’s a compromise: The Ritz-Carlton on Fort Lauderdale Beach is offering a Super Bowl special on its private,…

Unless you’re an actual Pittsburgh Steelers or Arizona Cardinals fan (no you’re not, there are only two of them) chances are you’ve had the blues this postseason. All the more reason you should watch the Big Game in a real blues bar with people who understand your ache. Alligator Alley…

If you’re looking for some ladies who enjoy a game of pigskin as much as the next gal, check out the Super Bowl party going down at New Moon. The femme-centric bar will have multiple six-by-nine-foot screens plus a cornucopia of other big TVs around the bar to view the…

Most pubs you crawl into to watch the Big Game will have beer specials galore: you’ll get all-you-can-piss-out Buds for $1 or Miller 64 specials with the Hydroxycut already mixed in. But can you find a place showing the game with good beer? That’s a tougher call. Pop into Ye…

Most people know Vincent Van Gogh as the artist malcontent — a guy who was a couple stars short of a starry night, who lopped off his own ear in a fit of the crazies. But the real Vincent was infinitely more complex than that. Nobody knew this better than…

The Super Bowl takes place tomorrow, and although the competitors have already been decided, you’ve yet to make a decision on one crucial element: which beer will hold the marquee spot at your watch party. There are just so many fantastic brews out there to choose from; you thought about…

There’s a propensity among fans of the Grateful Dead to trade in bootlegs of the jam band’s finest live performances, speaking about certain dates and venues as if they were canon. One such performance is the Dead’s stop at Cornell University in May of 1977, often lauded as one of…

Got a taste for the good stuff? Join Hollywood Vine as they host a Scotch Whiskey sampling by Artisan Brands, distributor of the largest single malt collection in South Florida. Taste selections from the four major producing regions in Scotland, and learn about what makes the golden stuff peaty, mossy,…

Forget about Texas Hold-Em or Omaha High Low; series card players know that it takes real strategery to play Magic the Gathering. The ever-expanding collectible card game, which pits two or more opponents against each other with the ability to cast spells and animate monsters, has been through countless iterations…

600-pound wrestler Maximum Capacity is a sight to behold: He’s a mammoth of a man, towering tall and wide above his already large opponents. The hair on his head is shaved into a wide Mohawk, tracing down into a wispy mullet. He wears a menacing grimace, buttressed by an imposing…

Finding cool local art, music, and film in South Florida is sort of like scrounging through vinyl at the local record store — the rare, soulful shit is definitely out there, provided you know which dusty bin to look in. Well, thanks to Auteur Explosion, a new monthly rocking the…

Florida has some strange bottling laws that basically prohibit brewpubs from selling their specialty beers anywhere but in house. As a result, the only way you can usually get locally crafted beer is going down to those restaurants and ordering a pint. Well, that changes today, beer fans. The Third…

For years, people have found that their sorrows are best drowned in a mixture that is one part liquor, one part twangy, sappy country music. Although that game plan has never let anyone down — ever — let me submit another suitable substrate in which to drown woes: chili. Think…

Chistopher Plummer stars in Wind Across the Everglades, a seminal film about environmental protection and poaching that also happens to include Seminoles. Members of the tribe will be in attendance. The film follows the fashion “feather craze” that destroyed much of the wild bird population in South Florida during the…

Richard Lewis, star of Curb Your Enthusiasm and veteran stand up, will be hitting the Palm Beach Improv this weekend for a three-night stint. “The NY Post recently said; ‘Richard Lewis built the strongest stand-up comedy career on a blazing trail of neuroses since Woody Allen.’ He’s taken his lifelong…

Waxy O’Conner’s South Beach will be hosting a series of celebrity chef beer dinners, pairing great food with strong beer, starting on January 21. Cindy Hutson, the talented, bandana-ed chef/owner of Coral Gables’ Ortanique on the Mile will host the first event. Take a gander at this menu: Sierra Nevada…

Brooklyn’s Maya Azucena makes a stop at the Bohemia Room monthly spoken word and music club tonight at 8. Maya’s soulful vocals on her latest album, Junkyard Jewel, won her much acclaim, including a nod on Soultracks.com as a nominee for “Top Female Vocalist of the Year” and Allhiphop.com’s “Best…