Plantation’s Mosaic Theatre Closes Unexpectedly

In an unexpected open letter from the Mosaic Theatre’s executive and artistic director, Richard Jay Simon, he not only resigned from his position, but also announced the closing of the theater. In his open letter, Simon makes it clear that he is resigning purely for personal reasons. He and his wife are…

Wawa Convenience Stores Come to Florida

You Jersey transplants who are longing for hoagies and water ice and the sight of oil refineries on the gray horizon, your beloved Wawa is coming to Florida.OK, right now it’s only up in north and central Florida, but they already have six locations open in Kissimmee and Orlando, with…

Donald Trump Tells Glenfiddich, “Ya Fired!”

Every once in a while the overgrown toddler that is Donald Trump throws a billionaire-sized temper tantrum because something didn’t go his way or someone hurt his wittle feewings.Like any self respecting megalomaniac, he unilaterally assumes that everyone in the universe except the offender is on his side.In this case,…

Sunday Painter Class

Put brush to canvas and learn to express yourself with local artist Rolando Chang Barrero at his art studio, ActivistArtistA, in the heart of the Boynton Beach Arts District. Sun., Dec. 9, 7:30-9 p.m., 2012…

The Missing Link Between VideoGames and The Arts

The Missing Link Between VideoGames and The Arts Orchestral music was once the pop of its time. Nowadays, the symphony is attended mostly by an older crowd, but if you want something to survive, you’ve gotta get the young’uns to pay attention to it. And so the “Legend of Zelda:…

Dinner and Dancing a la Deutschland

Join the crowd at the American German Club for a fancy pot roast dinner and some old fashioned dancing – really old fashioned. But it’s charming and sweet and the club is a beautiful place that looks as if it came straight out of Germany. The dress is casual evening…

Art Basel After Dark

Art Basel is probably one of, if not the, biggest art festivals in the world, and it’s right here in our own backyard. Well, not right here. It’s in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, which is an hour drive from most parts of Broward County and south Palm Beach…

Rock On, Ladies

Coral Cliffs Rock Climbing Gym has offered a manmade solution to South Florida’s upwardly mobile problem. For ladies who need to blow off some steam after a long day bumping their heads against a glass ceiling, conquering a rock wall is just the way to do it. Whether you’re looking…

Alcohol-Infused Ice Cream: It’s Here!

The breakthoughs in food science just keep coming. First it was the genetically-modified yeast in our beer, now it’s ice cream with distilled spirits somehow frozen into them.SnoBar is gracing Florida with its entire line of alcoholic ice cream indulgences. This isn’t a frozen daiquiri or a slushy treat with…

Not Your Average Bake Sale

Sure, it’s a bake-off, but this is Palm Beach County, where everything is done big and with style. 20 local “celebrities” bake their best and auction off the results at this annual fundraiser for Dizzy’s Second Chance Rescue. Judging the baked goods is Top Chef Finalist & TV Channel 5…

Turn Up The Noise

The day you find yourself yelling at a bunch of kids to turn down that noise, you are officially old. Put that off a little longer by hitting up the Florida Noise Ordinance Festival from 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday. The crew at Solid Sound Studio has reached far…

Run Before You Gobble

Seasons aren’t just about weather. Around here, we’ve got snowbird season and festival season. We’ve even got 5K season, which, luckily for our waistlines, happens to coincide with the holiday season. There has been at least one 5K every weekend for the past two months, and Thanksgiving week will be…

Twinkies Actually Can Survive Anything — Even a Workers’ Strike

As everyone in the western world already knows, on Friday, November 16, Hostess announced it was going out of business because its workers went on strike. Turns out, that might not actually be the case. Yesterday, CNBC broke the news that Hostess agreed to mediation talks with the Bakery, Confectionery,…

Genetically-Modified Beer: Is It Evil?

This week, scientists in Spain announced they had identified and isolated the gene in yeast that causes beer to foam. A blog about the discovery ran on NPR’s food blog, The Salt, extolling the virtues of more resilient, longer -asting foam.Confused? So were the commenters on NPR’s Facebook page who…

Poverello “Turkey Hunt” Provides Turkeys for People with HIV

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and amid all the dinner planning and visiting relatives, we should remember to be thankful. And we should think about how we can help the less fortunate. We should all be helping those in need all year round, of course, but during the holidays it’s extra…