In actual life, bureaucratic systems are the only workable state-citizen interface we’ve developed that can handle the sheer multitude of smelly, cranky humanity. In comedies, filmmakers often render the infinite and otherworldly in the mundane, human terms of bureaucracy, with all the waiting rooms, Muzak, and impossible regulatory complexities that…
Opens Friday at Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-525-3456; fliff.com. Also at Living Room Theaters, FAU Main Campus, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton; 561-549-2600; fau.livingroomtheaters.com.A Danish allegory about a man falsely accused of pedophilia (the dashing, quietly charismatic Mads Mikkelsen) and the town that turns against him,…
Opens Friday at the Classic Gateway Theatre, 1820 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954-763-7994; thegatewaytheatre.com. Also at Living Room Theaters, FAU Main Campus, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton; 561-549-2600; fau.livingroomtheaters.com. Also at Movies of Delray, 7421 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach; 561-638-0020; moviesofdelray.com. And at Movies of Lake Worth, 7380…
In his career with World Wrestling Entertainment, Mick Foley has been thrown from the roof of a 16-foot-high cage, where he crashed through a broadcasting booth; hit by a steel chair, which dislocated his jaw and dislodged a tooth; nailed with a removable stairwell wielded as a weapon by his…
In actual life, bureaucratic systems are the only workable state-citizen interface we’ve developed that can handle the sheer bulk of smelly, cranky humanity. In comedies, filmmakers often render the infinite and otherworldly in the mundane, human terms of bureaucracy, with all the waiting rooms, Muzak, and impossible regulatory complexities that…
As summer comic-book blockbusters go, The Wolverine is not as elephantine as it could have been. It’s more, well, wolverine—bony, loping, a little shaggy—and, blessedly, director James Mangold doesn’t get bogged down in mythology. You don’t need to diagram the convoluted relationships between Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s X-Men characters…
“I kept thinking she was the ugly duckling who was going to turn into a swan,” a fortyish loudmouth complained as the crowd trudged out of a preview screening of The To Do List. “But she was an ugly duckling all the way through!” He was talking to two women…
You’re young; you’re a professional; you’re a beer drinker: You need to check out Due South Brewery. As part of Beer & Balls series of events, the group is meeting at the brewery from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. The get-together is free to attend. Visit eventbrite.com to RSVP. Due…
Birds Are Nice (BAN) is a visual artist debuting an exhibition of current and past works here in South Florida. BAN was founded by Diane Arrieta, who is also the artist, and her cause is biodiversity awareness. She uses everything from sculpture, video, illustration, and installation to help raise awareness…
Most museumgoers are more likely to pretentiously espouse the merits of Monet, Manet, Van Gogh, or whatever other visual artist is being shown on the walls of the gallery. Generally, they’re not going to explore the flavor profile of a glass of pinot while sitting among paintings — that’s too…
Bondage and beats are overflowing at Off the Hookah Fort Lauderdale when the TechnoSluts, worshipers of the tantalizing and tunes, celebrate their seven-year anniversary by partying with Rubberdoll and Exzakt vs. Durty Larry. The Sluts are Fort Lauderdale’s holy rollers of the fetish, bondage, and kink world, and they are…
It’s Friday night. And it’s time to celebrate the end of the workweek. So get your glasses ready and let the pouring of bubbly begin at the Pop! Champagne Garden Soiree in the Velvet Room at SoLita Italian restaurant in Delray Beach. The after-dinner party begins with live entertainment by…
Buy yourself a honey of a date and get a tax write-off in the process at the Dream Date Auction to benefit Make-a-Wish Southern Florida. Y-100’s Ninalicia and Rock With U Entertainment’s Ross B host the fast and frantic auction for singles and their extravagant date packages. There will also…
Hothead in one corner. Testosterone in the other. If you get your cheap thrills by watching men act like barbarians, then you won’t want to miss the live broadcast of the Ultimate Fighting Challenge, Johnson vs. Moraga, at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. This mixed-martial-arts event, broadcast live from Seattle, is…
Ever seen a movie and thought, “I cold do that better myself”? Prove it! Swede FestTM 2 Palm Beach is about to hit Palm Beach Gardens and make last year’s inaugural event look like a shitty prequel. So what is a “swede”? It’s a no-budget, three-minute, so-bad-it’s-funny remake of your…
Who would have thought that a basketball player would be the highlight of the two-day South Florida Book Festival on Friday and Saturday, but this legendary baller is Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, and he’s written a memoir he wants to share with you. Monroe, star of the New York Knicks…
Food trucks are fun. Fuzzy animals are adorable. Getting out of the house on a Saturday night is a definitely awesome. Combining all of the above should be a guaranteed good time at the Food Truck Safari at the Palm Beach Zoo. On Saturday, from 6 to 10 p.m., ten…
Ever thought about recycling your bald tires to make art? Or how ’bout creating lamps out of old wine bottles? Whether creativity is second nature to you or you need a little help tapping into your artistic side, juices will start flowing once you attend Buckler’s Seventh Annual Craft Fair…
Filmmaker Gary Davis is originally from Camden, New Jersey — ranked the most dangerous city in America in 2002 — so building his own mini-Hollywood in Boynton Beach doesn’t seem daunting at all. He has made about 30 feature films in the past 30 years, and the latest installment in…
Whether you’re Catholic or not, fish is always good on a Friday. For an original fish (or chicken) fry-up, you should check out the First Friday Fish Fry put on by the Delray Beach Eagles — FOE #4476 on Friday, August 2, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The cost to…
Jazz is nice, and wine can always make anything that much better. Have a really nice time at the Boca Chamber Festival Day’s signature event, Wine and All That Jazz. Being held at the Boca Raton Resort on Saturday, August 3, from 7 to 9 p.m., the event will offer…
Ever since Switzerland-based Art Basel launched a Miami edition in 2002 — and it subsequently became the most important art fair in America — South Florida’s art scene has been blowing up, from the graffiti rainbow wonderland of Miami’s Wynwood district all the way to Boynton Beach’s stretch of warehouses…
