Truth is, there’s no shortage of live music in South Florida. But sometimes, going to a smoke-filled hipster club to watch your friend’s cousin’s band play just won’t cut it. If you are in the mood to class it up this weekend, take the opportunity to see a husband-and-wife team…
The worlds of adrenaline junkies and literary buffs don’t coincide often, but this Saturday, these two disparate experiences will collide at the book launching of the science-fiction novel Angel on the Ropes. The book’s author, Jill Shultz, is hosting this one-of-a-kind event to unveil her newest work at Trapeze-Experience, an…
A tiny dancer demonstrates her first plié on stage. And a dedicated young woman masters the pirouette en pointe in the spotlight. Dancers young and old, beginners and advanced, will take the stage with Dance Dimensions as it presents its 30th-anniversary spring performance, Come Dance With Me, at the Broward…
No one was better at parodies of celebrities than “Weird Al” Yankovic. Who can forget “Eat it” and “I Love Rocky Road”? Well, move over, “Weird Al,” because the smash-hit musical comedy Forbidden Hollywood is making its way to the stage at Lynn University in Boca Raton. This parody, created…
Exxxotica: Think of it as the Art Basel of the adult entertainment industry, where instead of admiring a rare Francis Bacon triptych at each expo booth, you’ll have the chance to check out a leading porn star’s boobs. Not a bad tradeoff for some. Besides the anticipated porno magazine and…
If you’ve ever been in a relationship, chances are you’ve had your heart broken once or twice. And after you drowned your sorrows with a gallon of your favorite ice cream in one sitting, you probably found yourself asking, “What happened?” If you never found your answer, you may just…
Eating is probably one of the greatest pleasures in life — note: We did say “probably.” Eating as much food as you like from multiple restaurants in one spot is even that much more enjoyable. Go for all the food you like at the Pompano Chamber’s Fine Food & Wine…
Kids are expensive. You might as well teach them to do something useful. Put them to work at the Coral Square Mall’s Lil Chefs event on Saturday, June 8, from 1 to 3 p.m. Kids will learn a variety of food-related activities ranging from cooking to etiquette. The Coral Square…
Get your rods ready. Get your ballyhoo set. Now troll. It’s time to start fishing for the largest dolphin (the fish, not the porpoise) in the sea. No need to feel pressure in this event. Junior, lady, and gentleman anglers will have a month to win their division in Hospice…
Featuring up-and-coming local artists, sculptors, poetry readings, open-mic performers, bands, and a consortium of art connoisseurs, the art walks, held the third Thursday of each month at the Boynton Beach Arts District, have become booming cultural happenings in a little over a year. This cluster of art galleries and studios,…
The unlikeliest of all the Hangover trilogy’s comic implausibilities might be its four pampered, rich-boy leads unironically calling themselves the “Wolf Pack” without anybody ever making fun of them. In the slobs-versus-snobs comedies of the 1970s and ’80s, the snooty rich kids were always the antagonists, bullying the nerds and…
The set design for Outre Theatre Company’s forthcoming production of tick tick… Boom! begins at the foot of the stage with a white picket fence enclosing the action. But it’s not just any fence. It’s also designed to resemble a piano, complete with painted-on black keys and decorated with faint…
In Renoir, a languorous look at the last days of the storied painter, we get a view of the artist at odds with a blue-haired lady’s notion of her favorite impressionist. It’s a pivotal moment of Renoir family history, with father and son both taking creative and sexual inspiration from…
I. First, Something About the Badges (Then We’ll Get to the Coens) Someday I’m going to write a song and call it “Ballad of the Blue Badge.” I haven’t figured out a rhyme scheme yet, let alone a melody, so please allow this outline to suffice: At Cannes, the color…
In Arnaud Desplechin’s English-language Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro—freed at last from the tyranny of playing bit-part heavies in American thrillers and action movies—is James Picard, a Blackfoot Indian who has lost his way in post-World War II America. He’s a veteran, but he’s treated…
Ladies and gentlemen—anyone, really, who cares about his or her mug—step right up. According to a bit of advice proffered in one of the festival editions of The Hollywood Reporter a few days back, the beauty product to buy while in Cannes is Avibon, an “only-in-France aging cream.” If sun…
There’s one key truth that separates the tank-topped gearheads of the Fast & Furious movies from the rest of us. Every problem these lugnuts face can be solved by doing the one thing these lugnuts love most: driving really fast. It’s like if you could deal with your taxes by…
Justin Lin may strike some as out of place in the pantheon of contemporary auteurs. The Taiwanese-born American filmmaker, best known for having directed Fast Five and its sequel, Fast & Furious 6, makes unabashedly populist blockbusters for mainstream audiences—hardly the purview of a “serious” artist. His films, wafer thin…
Nothing is better than fresh hand-pulled mozzarella — OK, well, maybe a couple of things. If you’re looking to learn how to make some fresh cheese of your own, Mancini’s Modern Italian is hosting a hands-on mozzarella class this and every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Taught by executive chef Claudio…
Normally a venue that’s dedicated to independent music, DJs, and art happenings, Fort Lauderdale’s hip hangout Green Room transforms itself one Thursday night a month into a jazz lover’s playpen. On this particular evening, you see, crackerjack guitarist Bobby Lee Rodgers and his trio take over the place and perform…
Only two things can improve a night out drinking with your friends — a designated driver and doing so for a good cause. The Delray Beach Bus Loop provides you with both. You get to get your booze on while those in need benefit and a friendly bus driver tours…
In the ’80s, while most American teens were watching “Thriller” on MTV on color TVs in the comfort of their living rooms, a group of young boys in Cuba, forbidden to listen to American music, were crowded around a homemade radio listening to the King of Pop, Chaka Khan, and…
