If any of the following scenarios apply to you, head on over to A Royal Cut for a Cure at Tease Salon (401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale) this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 1.) You enjoy anything with royal in the title. For instance, the Crayola…
Scenic nature shots, in general, are beautiful because nature is beautiful: mountains, rivers, beach scenes, a rock, a lone lily pad floating on a still pond — all beautiful. But it’s just nature. Run it through the eye of Dutch artist Rolf Weijburg and you get prints from an inspired…
That glorious, brightly-lit, sleazy Hustler store on Sunrise Boulevard was once a record store — Peaches. In the past few years, many of us have lost our favorite record stores to other businesses, and words like sad or depressing can’t thoroughly express the loss. (Then again, it’s hard to argue…
In 1962, the typically hidden-in-cupboards Campbell’s soup became an international icon after Andy Warhol treated it as his muse. His series of pop art pieces based on the can, and in particular his piece 100 Cans, have since become landmarks in the modern art movement — and now, they’ve inspired…
Oh, the wisecracks we could make about a singles’ lock and key party, where women get locks, guys get keys, and you mingle from stranger to stranger to try to find your perfect match. We could say that one man has the key to your heart this Saturday at Delux…
The annoying truth is that there are tons of parking spaces in our cities – even if you never snag a good one — but there aren’t many pretty, grassy places for you to park your actual ass. On PARK(ing) Day 2009, which is presented by Downtown Cultural Alliance and…
It’s the Apocalypse and the four horsemen aren’t who you thought they would be. Ok, so you expected Conquest. But War, Famine, and Death have been replaced with Sex, Fetish, and Drunk. Behold the Fetish Apocalypse. At 10 p.m., you’ll enter a dark, eccentric dystopia heavily under the influence of…
The proverbial day of rest is Sunday — but watch out: There’s a new neighborhood festival in town, and it’s kicking ass. Near Fort Lauderdale Beach, NE 33rd Street transforms into the Sunset Blue Block Party every Sunday from 6 to 10 p.m. Local hangouts the Dive Bar, the 33rd…
In 1977, a horror film opened up and captivated audiences with a scene about a young woman’s menstruation (horror flick, indeed!). The titular Carrie, distressed in the girl’s locker room at high school, had no clue why blood was gushing from her nether regions. Once the girl got home, Carrie’s…
The kittenish, titillating activity of the spanking enthusiast, of the metal head, of the vampire, restocks this Friday when the ball drops at midnight at Club X-It (219 N. 21st Ave., Hollywood). This marks the beginning of Electrolust Year Two. Once every month for the past year, a party made…
The arduous task of finding a subject for your poetry stops here: Relax. Poetry, after all, can be a form of confessional release. This Saturday at 1 p.m. poets will overlook memories of childhood, current lovers, and not-so-current lovers for ones which stem directly from their passion of writing. At…
Monday (noon): It’s labor day. You’re back at Exit 66. Back in the pool. Searching for your lost keys. It’s been a long journey since you’ve first arrived here 48 hours ago. Saturday (noon): Doors open: yippee! It’s Detox Pool Party time! The young girl before you in line doesn’t…
Paranoia is contagious, so when the media throws a new phobia our way, what happens? We bring it to work. We talk about it around the ol’ water cooler (How often do you think they change that water filter anyways?). We bring it home (Do you think the TV is…
That glorious, brightly-lit, sleazy Hustler store on Sunrise Boulevard was once a record store — Peaches. In the past few years, many of us have lost our favorite record stores to other businesses, and words like sad or depressing can’t thoroughly express the loss. (Then again, it’s hard to argue…
Your lucky bullet is not the one that missed your body by an inch. Your lucky bullet is a man. A human cannonball. A guy’s guy who likes to be shot out of a cannon, seventy feet into the air! David “The Bullet” Smith will hurtle over Seminole Casino’s parking…
Scenic nature shots, in general, are beautiful because nature is beautiful: mountains, rivers, beach scenes, a rock, a lone lily pad floating on a still pond — all beautiful. But it’s just nature. Run it through the eye of Dutch artist Rolf Weijburg and you get prints from an inspired…
What are the sexiest shoes you own? Are they your wedding shoes? Probably not (white satin rarely matches anything besides that dress). Your prom shoes? No, the heel broke off those when you landed from the keg stand (which lasted a whole 18 seconds!). The sexiest shoes you own have…
For the unfamiliar, Rifftrax is an MP3 loaded with seemingly off-the-cuff comedic commentary. You play it in-synch with a designated film. A scenario to get you really acquainted: A sweet girl brings over Twilight. You take out your Rifftrax. Enter the voice-over crude remarks. Enter your hysterical laughs, her squeals:…
To knock cannibalism when you’ve never been in a cannibalist’s shoes would be a tsk tsk. Who would say you wouldn’t eat human flesh if you were stranded without food during a snowstorm in the Rockies in the 1880s? Can you prove it? I don’t think so. Rather, in Cannibal!…
In February, local graffiti artists — particularly Hox, Five, Enve, and Gere — painted a vibrant sea world on the walls of Delray Beach’s Tennis Center. In blazing colors, the walls of the center’s inside perimeter are now covered with a variety of local fish and a sea anemone, complete…
There in the tattoo shop, after a long-drawn-out buzzing noise, comes a sobering shriek. The indecipherable scrawl that was on a crumpled bar napkin two hours earlier is now on your left bicep. A displeasing wrong-time, wrong-tattoo scenario like this deserves rectification — or better yet, prevention. Become a smart…
Most of us are a little Japanese-snack deprived. So shall we partake of a quick run-through to increase our knowledge of snacks from our Eastern neighbors? 1). Kiwi Gummi is green, gummy, and tastes like kiwi. (Unlike how watermelon Jolly Ranchers “taste like watermelon,” Kiwi Gummi is known to taste…
