Arts & Culture

There’s a sucker born every minute, and apparently a lot of them wind up at foreign news organizations. By now, most Americans are familiar with the Onion — a fake news outlet founded in 1988 that’s full of wickedly funny satire. It was the pioneering frontrunner to the Daily Show,…

Comedian Pablo Francisco is a man of many voices and noises. This Chilean-born comic has made a name for himself with his spot-on impersonations of such Hollywood characters as Jackie Chan, Keanu Reeves, and Gary Busey. A bit in which Francisco re-creates a movie trailer for a fictitious movie called…

Gourmet Truck Expo will host a food-truck gathering from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at Miramar Square Mall (12162 Miramar Parkway). More than 20 trucks will appear, and there is no admission charge. Bring cash for the trucks. Thu., March 7, 6-10 p.m., 2013…

If your family has a favorite Seder side dish, you can enter it for consideration in Josef’s Table’s Passover Side Dish and Dessert Cooking Contest. The organizers are looking for Pesach-appropriate submissions of side dishes and desserts such as potato kugel, spinach kugel, tsimis, vegetable medley, sponge cake, macaroons, meringue…

Celebrating gay pride can be a laughing matter; standup comedian Jason Stuart has made a career of it, matter of fact. Since 1993, this openly gay comic (known also for guest roles on television shows such as Will and Grace, George Lopez, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) has been…

South Floridians are not known for inquisitively discussing intellectual topics like politics, social issues, and generational divides. That would seriously interfere with time designated for reading gossip mags at the beach. If you’re looking to explore some conversation topics less common in South Florida while having a laugh, the sketch…

Sunny South Florida in March doesn’t have much in common with Ireland — though we do have some snakes that need driving out, as St. Patrick once did for Ireland, so there’s some shared ground. When it comes to a reason to celebrate like the Aires, that’s quite enough. This…

If the kids on the Jersey Shore had a mama like the one in the production of Ask Mama at the Andrew Living Arts Studio, maybe they’d have been less likely to have become the poster children for guido nation. Sometimes you just need an older Italian mother to slap/feed/point…

Improv comedy is back, seriously. In today’s rapidly changing world, you need to be flexible, adaptable, nimble. Improv brings these very skills to the stage and turns them into entertainment. It also incorporates our growing obsession with needing everything to be personalized to our likes and wanting to have input…

Given all of the new dance shows and contests, it’s fairly obvious that most people like to watch others dance. And sad to say, most like to watch novices, because they’re secretly hoping they’ll fall. If you’re one of those, there’s a chance your wishes might be granted this Sunday…

Different nationalities are known for different things. The English are known for being uptight. The French are known for snobbery. The Germans: rigid perfection. And then there are the Irish. No nationality screams fun more than the Irish. Would you expect otherwise from the people who own the most pubs…

The satire will be uncontainable at the Parker Playhouse this Sunday night as the team behind heralded farcical news source the Onion pays Fort Lauderdale a visit. It is the first time the comedic staff from this witty periodical and website has been to our shores, so expect South Florida…

Check out Orange County rap-rockers (Hed) P.E. as they perform this Sunday at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale. Sun., March 10, 7 p.m., 2013…

Bashing the government is nothing new. It’s been done since the beginning of time. All right, well, the beginning of civil society. Regardless, when you’re sitting there laughing at the foibles and follies of the members of Congress — let’s be honest, it’s been pure comedic relief over the past…

Bimini Boatyard in Fort Lauderdale will host a kickoff party for the 13th-annual Riverwalk Run. The party is 6 p.m. Thursday, March 14. The race is Saturday, March 23. Get full details at Active.com. Thu., March 14, 6 p.m., 2013…

In an effort to build excitement for Delray Beach’s Twilight Festival, a nighttime criterium cycling competition (a bicycle racing event that occurs on closed public roads) that will take over the streets of downtown Delray Beach on March 22, event organizers have been organizing weekly group bike rides every Sunday…

The Boca Bacchanal includes food, wine, and silent and live auctions. The 11th-annual bash is 6 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Boca Raton Resort & Club. Tickets cost $225. Fri., March 22, 6 p.m., 2013…

Bear & Bird Boutique + Gallery will present “Girls vs. Boys,” an art show displaying one of the oldest rivalries of all time. No, it’s not Conan versus Leno, Katniss versus President Snow, or the Hollywood Foreign Press versus Ricky Gervais (although that is more of a love/hate relationship). This…

Expression through music is one of the oldest forms of art. Stories have been passed musically down through generations, all culminating in one of the best songwriters of all time: Bob Dylan. Dylan lived in a time when the great songwriters would meet in hip places in cities like Manhattan…