Ciao, 1963

The film 8 1/2 won the Best Foreign Film Oscar like 45 years ago — it’s Italian — and was chosen to be shown the closing night at 6 for Cinema Paradiso’s first Italia Festa Film Festival, which runs Thursday until Monday. 8 1/2 is on a ton of current…

Folks Flaunt It All at Respectable Street on Thursdays

New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone has the enviable job of knowing about every event that happens within the boundaries of the two counties and then some. When she attends some of the finest events from a given week, we’ll post the details of her travels here. On…

Ready for Prom?!

Rent the limos and score a date — prom is here for the Coffee Class of 2010 of Undergrounds Coffeehaus. Yes, the lovable owner of the Haus, Aileen Liptak, has confirmed that a few will be arriving in limos, some in prom dresses, and at least one man in a…

R & R With DJ Sensitive Side

“Tuesdays at Monterey Club” should not be kept a secret. South Floridians, it would be hard to stumble upon another joint that offers such great tunes every week. Location: The Monterey Club is deserted in the middle of nowhere — AKA South Federal Highway on the way to the Fort…

A Day to Remember

A stiff man we’ll call Mr. Taut plans to right a few wrongs this Sunday. For today, our Monday-through-Friday nine-to-fiver will finally join the drinking class. So, at noon, Mr. Taut will gleefully be splashing around in the pool at Exit 66 (219 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fort Lauderdale). Always…

A Day to Remember

A stiff man we’ll call Mr. Taut plans to right a few wrongs this Sunday. For today, our Monday-through-Friday nine-to-fiver will finally join the drinking class. So, at noon, Mr. Taut will gleefully be splashing around in the pool at Exit 66 (219 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fort Lauderdale). Always…

Swap Shop

Every Fort Lauderdale chap who’s into boardshorts, sandals, skateboards, Vans, wetsuits, surfboards, helmets, and/or Billabong, shops at BC Surf and Sport (1701 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale). And now from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, BC won’t only provide the goods during a giant clearance sale, they’ll take…

Birds of a Feather, Art Together

About 51.3 million Americans told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that they watch birds. Birding has become a popular sport — and for For Art Sake’s second print series “Birdwatch” at Gallery 101, Jose Lopez from Freedom Art did the art version of birding: He hand-picked certain artists to…

Fifteen Candles

Besides the white-haired, retired folk, another community in South Florida thrives — there is, undeniably, a robust fetish scene. And to top it off with a major plus, the fetishists are organized: The masterminds who hold the reins, the Fetish Factory on Oakland Park Boulevard, host monthly parties (known as…

Park It

It’s great news to have another park: Delrayians, hang out at the new grassy knoll that rests between Old School Square and NE Second Avenue called the Great Lawn. But, folks of the South, there’s even better news about this park that should get your ass to this grass: For…

Art Rock at Armory Art Center Was a Room of Awesome

Photo by Reed FischerThe pretty, colorful Mosaic was a good precursor to what we would find inside​New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone has the enviable job of knowing about every event that happens within the boundaries of the two counties, and then some. When she attends some of…

Does Indulge Wednesdays at Whiskey Blue Attract the Gays?

Courtesy of Whiskey BlueThis photo, which was taken by a professional and not at this event, fits tonight because Whiskey Blue was almost this empty ​New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone has the enviable job of knowing about every event that happens within the boundaries of the two…

Your Own Personal Jesus

Yes, the musical backdrop to watching a self-absorbed priest try to save all of London’s wandering pilgrims in the ’80s new wave musical The Gift at the Mos’Art Theatre is none other than Depeche Mode and the Cure. Depeche Mode songs “Personal Jesus,” “Peace,” “Enjoy the Silence,” and “Wrong” and…

Local Exposure

Saturday, Stitch Rock bad-ass Amanda Linton will debut her new art/craft event Art Rock at Armory Art Center. At this cash-and-carry affair, pop-surrealist, street, outsider, and lowbrow artwork will be for sale. It will be an efficient, eclectic indie marketplace full of paintings, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, fabric, photography, prints, and…

Jokey-Oke

Sure, all your buddies think you’re funny on Friday nights when you’re stumbling through Himmarshee. That dance you do? Bah-ha! Your Chris Rock impressions? Hilarious! But try standing up in front of a tough crowd of strangers — who are “having a case of the Mondays,” no less. Monday’s the…

Folks at Brew Urban Cafe’s Dialect Talk Art

Photo by Mickie CentroneBrew Urban Cafe’s beer selection is tops​New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone has the enviable job of knowing about every event that happens within the boundaries of the two counties, and then some. When she attends some of the finest events from a given week,…

Why Were People Celebrating Cinco de Mayo at Rocco’s Tacos?

Photo by Reed Fischer​New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone has the enviable job of knowing about every event that happens within the boundaries of the two counties, and then some. When she attends some of the finest events from a given week, we’ll post the details of her…

Space Oddity

Why dish out $4,950 (not including sales tax) to experience a weightless flight like the G-FORCE ONE? (1) You can float like an astronaut. (2) You can join the ranks of Nicole Kidman, Joey Fatone, Martha Stewart, and Ozzy Osbourne. (3) You can fly like a superhero. (4) You get…

Drinking and Being Driven by the Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop

Photo by Mickie Centrone​New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone has the enviable job of knowing about every event that happens within the boundaries of the two counties, and then some. When she attends some of the finest events from a given week, we’ll post the details of her…