Pistache French Bistro is offering skint, would-be travelers a slightly cheaper option this summer with its ‘Tour du Monde’ events. The ‘tour’ will take guests through a variety of cuisines and national traditions. ‘Tour du Monde’ guests will receive a passport to collect stamps at each event. Since membership has…
We crack a lot of wise here at New Times, but some topics are off-limits. Suicide rates have been rising in South Florida, and something needs to be done about it. The Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention (FISP) has a number of projects in place to help people feel like…
There’s a reason food and wine are referred to as the culinary arts; it takes time, effort, and consideration to create a mind-blowing combo. In celebration of the art of making your mouth water, the Boca Raton Museum of Art is starting a monthly wine series with certified sommelier Stephanie…
Between a full moon and the upcoming festivities of Old Hallow’s Eve, some supernatural interactions might just be on the horizon; you might as well embrace it with a party. On Friday, October 18, at 7 p.m., the Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale is hosting a party on its seventh-floor deck to…
Going green is more than just an act; it’s a lifestyle. Most people who care about sustainability, health, and environmental issues like to spend time with other like-minded folk. If that sounds like you, you should probably check out Sweet Green Afternoon. On Saturday, October 19, from 4 to 8…
For 40 years, Richard Blechschmidt, Gerold Harbeke, and Karl-Heinz Randtke have been getting down with Oktoberfest in Palm Beach County. Skip the other festivals around town this weekend and try something a little authentic, like the American German Club of the Palm Beach’s 40th Oktoberfest bash on Friday through Sunday…
Performing at the premier comedy club in Fort Lauderdale, Marvin Dixon’s “LOL” Thursdays is a force to be reckoned with. Since the repetition of jokes is a common complaint among comedy patrons, you can rest assured that Dixon will never produce the same material twice. That said, Dixon is the…
I’m pretty sure the dumbest way to die is killing yourself upon discovering that faking your own death has tricked your forbidden lover into his or her own suicide. The second might be to get gutted in one of the jumbled, perfunctory sword fights that clang up the streets of…
Perhaps the best and worst thing about young teenagers is that they’re capable of what George W. Bush fans used to call “great moral clarity.” In HBO’s sure-to-make-you-bawl documentary Valentine Road, Aliyah, a student at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, California, breaks down the differences between gayness and…
“What a shitty place to die.” Whatever your feelings about Dallas, that’s a pretty harsh assessment. Then again, the character in Peter Landesman’s well-intentioned but unfulfilling Parkland who says it, an aide to fallen President John F. Kennedy, can probably be forgiven for his snotty Yankee attitude. Next month marks…
Some movies are so tense and deeply affecting that they shave years off your life as you’re watching, only to give back that lost time, and more, at the end. Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity is one of those movies. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney play astronauts — one a medical engineer,…
The Great Santini with a pinch of Straw Dogs in French wine country, Gilles Legrand’s You Will Be My Son recalls the “A” pictures Hollywood has basically stopped making. Whether Legrand’s alternately compelling and clichéd drama of father-son struggles achieves the greatness of the aforementioned films is another matter. Paul…
For anyone itching to see Stephen Dorff portray an Israeli POW, your opportunity has finally arrived. Zaytoun follows Dorff’s Yoni, an Israeli pilot imprisoned by the Palestinian Liberation Organization in 1982 Beirut. In captivity, he befriends Fahed (Abdallah El Akal), a fast-talking 12-year-old refugee and one of the PLO’s newly…
While summer tends to be thought of as barbecue season, we’re kind of backward down here. When everyone else is outside lollygagging around, we’re stuck in the house with the A/C blasting. That being said, when the sweaters, vests, and other fall accouterments are coming out up north, our weather…
If you didn’t know that roller derby was a professional sport and didn’t get to catch The Glades on A&E during season six, episode four — now is the time to get familiar with South Florida’s up-and-coming women’s roller derby team, the Gold Coast Derby Grrls (GCDG). In light of…
Techie types, this is a race for you. While that hot-shot football captain was macking on all the cheerleaders in his letterman jersey, you were playing battleship, all that time you weren’t stuffed in a locker. So if you’re seeking high school revenge against any particular jock, this is the…
If you’ve ever considered attending an art walk in downtown Fort Lauderdale and haven’t gotten around to it, this Saturday’s Art Fallout 2013 is not to be missed. Art Fallout is the largest and grandest art happening the city has to offer. Nearly every contemporary art venue, from Museum of…
Oktoberfest in South Florida is hardly over. In fact, it’s just getting started. Last week’s parties either have you dragging your feet or trembling for more. Either way, slam a half-gallon of bier and figure it out. If you’ve decided to carry on, then we have at least a few…
It’s the age-old question: What came first, The Walking Dead TV show or The Walking Dead comic book. Die-hard fans know the answer is the comic book, and the anticipation for “All Out War” in issue number 115 has grown almost as fast as the zombies of 28 Days Later…
Woody Allen has been making moviegoers laugh, and cry, generally be confused, and then probably laugh again since the 1960s. Even decades later, he still does it once a year with a new flick. And after so much time in the business of show, it’s wild to think that Woody…
If you really want to narrow down the three most pleasurable activities in life, they would probably be eating, drinking, and shopping — hey, you might have four, whatever. If you’re looking to have an evening of pure indulgence — eating, drinking, and shopping, again — on Thursday, October 10,…
Yes, we know Oktoberfest is supposed to be a German thing, but getting drunk crosses all nationalities. To get in on the beer-consuming action, Vic & Angelo’s is putting on the lederhosen — OK, not really — with an Italian-themed celebration. From Friday, October 11, through Sunday, October 1,3 from…
