We don’t give a shit whether you believe the origin of Halloween came from the Celtic festival of Samhain, which celebrates the end of the summer; or if you believe it came from the festival of the dead, which celebrates the miraculous dead; or if you just think it’s a…

Costuming can be about embracing your alter ego. Or it can be about a shitty downgrade. Your choice. For Fetish Factory’s Halloween Fetish Ball at Exit 66 on Saturday, anyone in costume gets in. But here’s a hint: At fetish parties, it’s all about becoming your alter ego. Your alter…

There are no rules on Halloween: If it’s an event in October, you are allowed to dress up. Committing crimes that follow the protocol of what is expected at a zombie dance-off are totally allowed. See, for Halloween, our friendly tiki mecca on U.S. 1 is celebrating all things horror…

If women shaking their hips majestically in such serious repetition hypnotizes your soul and gets your heart pumping, shimmy down to Lotus Dance Studio on Saturday for the dark and the gothic belly dancers. We were privileged to watch them perform a couple of weeks ago — and never were…

The Las Olas Art Fair needs no introduction unless you’re a first-time tourist from Canada reading this — which you’re not. Call us out if we’re wrong — we’ll see all you Canadians soon enough. Going on for 24 years, the Las Olas Art Fair is just another reason to…

The south tip of the USA has always been possessed: South Florida greed, South Florida debauchery, the mayhem. The Sunshine State can be dark, horrific, and haunting — as will be seen at the War Memorial. The Village of Horrors has gotten inspiration from many dreadful places such as the…

Art lovers, get ready to prance around downtown Fort Lauderdale via free trolley buses. Art Fallout’s back, and for its second year — for “Art Fallout: Unframed” — it’s gotten bigger. Park for free at FAT Village, located at NW First Avenue between NE Fifth and Sixth streets, or across…

Been zombie-drunk before? That feeling where you’re nowhere and everywhere at once? It’s not the spinning effect — that means you’re going to throw up. It’s like your brain is dead — in a good way. With shoulders hunched over, you might be drooling. All that’s cool — when you’re…

Get out of those dirty polyester seats and kiss that stale movie-theater air goodbye, because the interactive Rocky Horror Picture Show will now be performed. Inside. A. Bar. Enter the dancing-and-drinking ($3 “Frank-N-Furter” shots) world — the smoky-aired castle Respectable Street. Really, Rocky Horror Picture Show was meant to be…

A woman needs to take care of her body, her breasts especially. They want to be taken care of, felt. They need a checkup, and October is a good month to do so, you know, because it’s Breast Awareness Month. Is there a more suitable place to put the tits…

Scoff at a corporate coffee establishment, sure. Get the caffeine fix and move on, or, yeah, work in there — it has the equivalent coldness of a cubicle, in a building one step up from a warehouse. Work in the new Undergrounds Coffeehaus (just moved) if you crave a little…

One of the pleasures of living in South Florida is that we’re a diversified people, so absorb how awesome it is that the money gained from this festival is dedicated to youth stilt dancers. In Florida, we really like to celebrate — as do the Caribbeans. Expect upward of 3,000…

How to prepare you without scaring you off — that is the question. Think of Key West’s Fantasy Fest, where tons of folks are half-naked, drinking, having a merry time. There, everything goes. You sign up to see some skin, to see some wild activity, people all over one another…

Did you know that FIU has a beer lab? Yeah. What cool scientists are named B.R.E.W. FIU? The Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management brews craft beers, teaching their students — yes, educating them — on exotic beer flavors. They live in a beer world, and we get to…

It sucks when we get sick, but when the little rugrat falls ill, damn, that’s a total disaster. They need to remain healthy for your sake — they need to start creating healthy habits on their own. Don’t even try to teach them. They’re not going to listen to you…

Steampunk — just as popular as ’70s-, ’80s, ’90s-themed parties. ‘Tis true. How has it become so damned trendy? Because it is not just a costume party — a zombie prom is a costume party. It’s a mind trip. When you go to an ’80s party, you take on the…