The holidays make us stray, splurge, and sin — and why wouldn’t we, with the new year right around the corner? (New Year = fresh start; note there’s a little more than one week left.) But, hell, we got a conscience too, so Saturday starting at 3 p.m. and running…

New Times recently wrote a feature on nudism — naturism (read it!). And like the good pub that we are, we now provide the info for you to attend such an event. You may dig nudism in theory. But tinkering with the idea of hitting up the FYN Winter Gathering…

We’ve gotten more humane, replacing watching gladiators fight to the death with watching the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). And good thing: The prior was the source of entertainment for pretty much just the Roman Republic — smaller niche than, let’s say, the latter, which is entertainment for the whole world…

We have seen the DJs of Black Fridays play records to a pack of goths and rivetheads, folks who flock to the industrial-music scene, at the Green Room in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Working themselves up into such a frenzy stirred by the gloomy passion provided by the Cure and the…

For those who crave something darker for Yuletide, how about a naughty fetish party honoring Christmas? A Hollywood bar tucked away in Hollywood Circle will host this month’s enchanting soiree, and our fetish overlord, Electrolust, will glorify the Christmas-theme. It’s going to be a Cyanide Xmas fetish party, “Seasons Beatings”…

We’ve been gamboling around FAT Village ever since their Backward Bash in May 2010 that welcomed FAT Village residents to the neighborhood they were already residing in. But something was very different, and the residents soon found out — what was once warehouses along NW First Avenue between Sistrunk Boulevard…

The Fort Lauderdale Turkey Trot & Turkey Paddle on Thanksgiving Day benefits the fight against childhood obesity. A very worthy cause. Now, let’s back away from this thought a little bit. Runners are some of the luckiest mofos out there. Because on the days that they run, they feel no…

Come on. Cow milking. Camel rides. Do you know how this story ends yet? A county fair is a surreal event: This is where you see the cutest pig alive, where a chicken’s hair gets blow-dried, where everything is fried or smothered in something sweet, where a teenager and young…

There are three countdown clocks — three! — counting down the time for when the Festival of Chocolate enters the southern half of Florida on its website. This is how badly people here need their chocolate fix. The shebang first arrives in West Palm Beach on Saturday before heading over…

Let’s forget the Dolphins game this Sunday for a moment. At the same time as the Fins take on the Buffalo Bills, there will be a Green Bay Packers game on, and we are opportunists. And at Slackers Bar & Grill, there are Cheesehead specialties. The owner is from Wisconsin…

Wednesday is going to be every dork’s wet dream. Read the outrageously famous J.K. Rowling series? Yeah? Seen those Harry Potter movies? Time to throw on your robe and head to Respectable Street — this month, Art Nouveau Events presents “Harry Potter.” More than 30 artists will be on hand…

This is the Dialect to attend if you haven’t gone to any yet — writingwise, we couldn’t put it more simply than that. Go to this event! (If you’re a Dialect regular, we’ll see ya there.) For this special occasion, it’s leaving Brew Urban Cafe coffee shop in downtown Fort…

Yeah, you hear the name Seminole all the time down here. As you should — the Seminoles inhabited this place way before we were born, and we should remember that. We got places named after them, which helps the remembrance, like the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Been there,…

All diseases are bitches. And the ones that still do not have cures yet? What do you call an uber bitch? But, in a way, banding together for awareness is a cure. The support, advocacy, education — all that is empowering, motivating, and comforting. It keeps the fight strong. And,…

Deep in Sailboat Bend, the neighborhood tucked behind and around downtown Fort Lauderdale, there is an artist-ran gallery called 1310 Gallery (1310 SW Second Court, Fort Lauderdale). To say you can feel creativity in the air would be beyond a cliché statement: You have to be an artist to live…

We thought, there is something so cuddly and warm and comforting about puppets when we pondered the notorious tale of Pinocchio — why would he want to be a real boy? Dark thoughts did then come — we acknowledged that puppets aren’t necessarily the most sane creatures, that they can…