Get in tune with the holiday spirit and give back to your community by participating in a 5K run! Raising funds and awareness for the Autism Program at Nova Southeastern University, cystic fibrosis, and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, the second-annual Merrill Lynch Bull Run 5K invites families, individuals, and teams…
When is the last time you took a vacation? Like, a real one where you leave your world behind for a week with no work obligations or distractions? If you’re a typical workaholic American, we are going to guess it’s been awhile. Between the cost of flights and hoops you…
In case you need another excuse to feel guilty for picking Taco Tuesday over treadmill time, the most ripped and chiseled bodies in the U.S. will descend on Fort Lauderdale for the NPC National Bodybuilding Championships this weekend. More than 1,000 competitors will strut their hyperbronzed über-bodies across the stage…
If it’s taking place at a marina, it has to be high-class. On Saturday, November 23 from 7 to 10:30 p.m., BeachBash is bringing DJ Rush together with Fort Lauderdale’s top restaurants and an open bar by Premier Beverage to the pool of the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina. http://www.voiceplaces.com/broward-palm-beach/hilton-fort-lauderdale-marina-2878109-l The…
Puppies! Visualize them. Pet one. Even just yell it at home by yourself. The joy of puppies rarely goes unnoticed. But in addition to a good belly rub, animals also need our help. Thankfully, South Florida gives us the chance to lend a helping hand to the hounds. Abandoned Pet…
Move over, Bob Sagat; wholesome knock-knock jokes get old real fast. Everyone knows the best jokes are the ones that can’t be told in front of children! But that doesn’t mean you can’t laugh at their expense or, in this case, for their benefit. Carnival Cruise Lines’ top comedians will…
Walking around is a definite necessity after gorging on a big T-Day meal. For anyone looking to walk to and from dinner in beautiful surroundings, the Riverside Hotel http://www.voiceplaces.com/broward-palm-beach/riverside-hotel-2878326-l is hosting a Thanksgiving buffet on Thursday, November 28, from 1 to 6 p.m. For $49 for adults, $15 for kids…
Few men wear a dress as meaningfully as comedian Chris Lilley. Since 2005, he has sported the pinstriped schoolgirl uniforms of his native Australia to play Ja’mie King, a perfect little monster created by an ungodly mix of wealth, vapidity, and cheerful cruelty. Ja’mie returns to HBO on November 24…
“This movie has been written about in books — go figure — and there’s discussion about whether or not it’s actually a zombie movie. And I can tell you it’s not; it’s not a zombie movie.” So says director Thom Eberhardt about 20 minutes into the commentary for his low-budget…
Through the soaring windows of the Mandarin Oriental Miami, it’s hard not to notice the blue skies and matching azure water. Most people find Miami’s beachy, serene views relaxing. But for fans of The Hunger Games, the vacation vista could just as easily conjure images of blister-forming nerve gas, vicious…
1939 was a big year for the world. Hewlett-Packard was founded, there was a new pope, and oh yeah, Germany invaded Poland, thus starting WWII in Europe. But for a family of German Jews living in Atlanta, it was all about the Ballyhoo. At least, it was according to Alfred…
At the entry to the Young at Art Museum, Andrew Nigon has installed half-deflated balloons and cotton-candy clusters, suggesting a celebration — but one that’s ending. It’s a metaphor for life on Earth. Sea levels rise, natural disasters strike, people are born, people die. Yet the planet keeps spinning, with…
From the mid-1990s to somewhere around 2006, Hollywood bankrolled a number of romantic entertainments targeted to — though not made exclusively for — black audiences. Pictures like Love Jones, Brown Sugar, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and Something New provided a showcase for actors of color, a refreshing change…
How is it that no one had yet made the Lucien Carr-David Kammerer murder story into a movie? It’s an irresistible tall tale from the Beat back catalogue — how, once upon a time in the mid-’40s, the finger-snapping legends-to-be (Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs) all coalesced around the radiant rebel Carr…
The Ghost Light Society. I know what you are thinking, Halloween has already long passed. But this organization has nothing to do with the ghoulish spirits the name implies. It’s a group for people who take on the finer things in life with gusto. The Ghost Light Society is a…
Getting to know new people in a city can be a trying endeavor. There are people from all over the place who are into all sorts of weird things, and everyone is busy running around from place to place or hanging out with friends they already know. For dog lovers,…
A renowned name in comedy and philanthropy, Craig Shoemaker was dubbed Comedian of the Year by the American Comedy Awards on ABC, has a half-hour Comedy Central special that was voted as one of the network’s “Top 20” standup specials of all time, and founded the nonprofit organization, laughterheals.org. If…
Ah, pro wrestling, where meaty men don skin-tight spandex and roll around with other meaty men. Whether you believe the violence is real, the testosterone and tribal tattoos definitely are. The Future of Wrestling group will toss the biggest beasts of Florida’s independent wrestling circuit into the ring for Saturday’s…
Once upon a time in the not-too-distant past, craft fairs were the domain of grandmas and took place in church halls. But then the indie-craft-fair revolution happened, and instead of adorable grannies, rockabilly chicks with neck tattoos were making everything from crocheted coffee coozies covered in skulls to polymer octopus…
You can’t kick the people who run puppy mills in the crotch or set all the boats that speed through the waterways and run over manatees on fire. That feeling of powerlessness can be aggravating, almost as aggravating as the animal abuse itself. But Dr. Andrew Kirschner has organized a…
Not all crowded events are worth the trek. There’s nothing wrong with packed, bustling occasions, but sometimes a quieter night out is what you need to unwind. Saturday’s Live Art and Exhibition at Victorios Art Studio is just that: an intimate affair in which live body painting will be part…
ArtHeart’s founding curator, Katya Neptune, has a generous spirit that’s so refreshing in today’s self-absorbed society. Neptune founded this charitable arts organization to showcase multimedia talent while giving back. Each ArtHeart event is intended to raise funds for a good cause. This Saturday’s ArtHeart for Rwanda doubles as a group…
