Once upon a time, there lived a civilization that communicated through sheets of paper, writing utensils, and a stamp. Yes, these primitive beings put forth their messages into envelopes and entrusted the dutiful United States Postal Service to deliver their conversations. Though this ancient method of communication has long since…
Comedians often evoke one particularly vested demographic. Latinos clamor for Gabriel Iglesias, and frat boys can’t get enough of Daniel Tosh. So it’s rare when one comedian can appeal to such a wide variety of potential showgoers, but that comedian is definitely Wayne Brady. Sometimes referred to as “The whitest…
Comedian Mike McDonald has one of those familiar faces. Although you’d swear you know him from somewhere, chances are the déjà vu stems from McDonald’s stint on Fox’s Mad TV. He was on the kooky sketch comedy show for more than ten years, after all, where his high-pitched, flatulence-loving man-child…
School’s out for the summer. And what better place to celebrate the break from studies and after-school activities than at the inaugural POPS Rock Da Park Summer Family Fest at Huizenga Plaza in Fort Lauderdale? The event — sponsored by Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast, United…
When someone suggests a scary movie, are you the type to bury your face in the popcorn, or do you perk up with excitement? If you identify with the latter, then oh do we have the festival for you. Fatality Fest is a three-day horror and science-fiction convention getting ready…
In case you haven’t noticed, Fort Lauderdale is full of mid-previous-century kitsch. Florida is the closest facsimile of Hawaii in the contiguous 48 states. OK, California — but how many other cities have the Mai-Kai, not to mention a long tradition of tiki culture? Exactly. In celebration of the greatness…
Bring some of your go-green friends and come out in your best garden-chic attire Wednesday at Flagler Garden to celebrate A Moonlit Affair. Partake in this event not only to celebrate Fort Lauderdale’s first community garden’s receiving $30,000 from the Fort Lauderdale CRA but also to help raise even more…
Unfortunately, in a country full of McDonald’ses, hunger is still a thing. To help out, chefs Clay Conley, Lindsay Autry, Zach Bell, and Allen Susser will be co-chairing the third-annual Taste of the Nation Palm Beach for Share Our Strength on June 20 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. More than…
Thanks to former pro skateboarder Tony Hawk, your child’s thoughts about physics are about to change from boring to rad. And your thoughts just might change too when you visit the “Tony Hawk: RAD Science Skate Exhibit” at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale. From learning the…
Characters from a good children’s book just might find themselves sneaking into your world of imagination. But now’s your chance to become part of their world when you visit the national traveling exhibit “Where the Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendack in His Own Words and Pictures” at the Young at…
New York is a cruel and beautiful place, just as 27 is a cruel and beautiful age. In Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig plays a woman who’s feeling the weight of both. Frances is an aspiring dancer who has reached the age when “aspiring” really means not cutting it. Life with…
After completing five months of principal photography on The Avengers, Joss Whedon flew back to Los Angeles and threw himself a welcome-home party. As the guests circled his pool, he asked friends such as Firefly’s Nathan Fillion, Angel’s Amy Acker, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Alexis Denisof if they were…
Would you sign on for three months in shark-infested waters on a tippy raft under a captain who can’t swim? The shrewdest joke in the sure-fire Kon-Tiki — a film about Thor Heyerdahl’s 4,000-mile South Pacific expedition to prove that ocean-faring Incans could have settled Tahiti — is that practically…
Some things are charming about European films that ape Hollywood, the same way that seeing yourself reflected through a fun-house mirror can be. The sentiments aren’t quite as saccharine. The obnoxious characters are a touch nastier. Some subplots aren’t tidily resolved. Yet despite those deviations, the gist is essentially the…
Olivier Assayas’ gorgeous, freewheeling, semiautobiographical Something in the Air is an ode to both youth’s universal qualities and the specifics of Assayas’ youth in particular. The picture opens in the suburbs just outside Paris in 1971, among a group of teenaged students still energized by the explosive student and worker…
Spend some time among a gallery of noble busts depicting Roman Senators, and familiar faces begin to emerge among the ancient marble: The mechanic, an uncle, a politician from TV . . . and the racketeer from the newspaper. It’s this last correlation which concerns Caesar Must Die. Paolo and…
Waafrika is the kind of work that could get a playwright killed in a less enlightened country. It doesn’t just upset an apple cart of tradition practiced in 28 nations — it uproots the cart and smashes the apples, revealing the rotten cores and razor blades tucked inside. Written by…
“Least you got to see a motherfucker crucify himself,” Richard Pryor spits in the most surprising footage director Marina Zenovich has unearthed for her new documentary Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic. The scene is of Pryor’s last great cock-up just before his last, great comeback. Pacing restlessly before a Hollywood…
South Florida might be known as the sixth borough, but when it comes to fashion, we are worlds apart from that of major fashion centers like New York, Paris, and Milan. Have you ever heard of Fort Lauderdale Fashion Week? We think not. Well, Delray Beach will be strutting its…
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…
Art and music and refreshments… oh my! If you are looking to get the ultimate Friday-night trifecta in your face, then look no further. Fort Lauderdale’s Undergrounds Coffeehaus is rounding up the usual suspects of a good time to put together a night full South Florida culture. Local artists, photographers,…
It’s no secret that Fort Lauderdalians love beer: Just look at the number of craft-beer bars in the area. That being said, it’s not legit until you get a brewery in town. That’s about to happen. The Funky Buddha Brewery is opening its doors in Oakland Park this Saturday. The…
