Saddle up for a rollicking night of food, film, and surf rock, to be hosted in Fort Lauderdale’s favorite alt coffee shop (which recently found spacious new digs). The Necrophiles will headline a musical tribute to the beloved spaghetti Western in the shop’s gallery. Meanwhile, classic films from the kitschy…
Local music spot and cafe the Beat Cup offers up a night of art and music featuring all local talent. Artists on display will be Lauren Shapiro, Uzma Shareef, Alex Markow, Alan Stewart, and Sara Henick. Auditory entertainment to be provided by Alex Markow and Mark Kincaid with an additional…
‘Tis the season to give in to sentimentality and accept that tried-and-true traditions like Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker are as integral to the Christmas season as heartburn and rampant consumerism. Catch the Moscow Classical Ballet’s all-ages performance of the candy-colored stage classic this weekend in West Palm Beach. The Nutcracker will…
Join Vanilla Ice at his seventh annual Holiday Block Party along the 200 block of Clematis Street in Downtown West Palm Beach. The block party, sponsored by Feelgoods, starts at 5 p.m. with the “after party” getting going at Feelgoods at 6 p.m. Bring a toy to donate to Toys…
If the adage “You are what you eat” were literal truth, most Americans would probably be wrapped in cellophane and stamped with a list of unpronounceable ingredients. The “You Are What You Eat” art exhibition and fund-raiser explores — in visual and spoken art form — how healthy food and…
Generally, when one thinks of German clubs, what comes to mind is Oktoberfest, a holiday much beloved by Germans and drinkers around the world. Well, Oktoberfest may have passed, but the American German Club of Lake Worth is putting its clubhouse to good use this holiday season (and, well, every…
Every event at the Bubble has a title as lengthy and fabulous as an Of Montreal song, and this year’s Christmas party proves no different. The third-annual Travulous & Friends Spread Cosmic Cheer Holiday Market & Musical (whew!) will go down this Saturday night. Hosted by the Independent Working Artist…
The charming little scamps from the Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre challenge the notion that a “kid’s play” is something one begrudgingly attends in support of a cute (but talentless) nephew. The company will show off its singing and acting chops this weekend in a musical production of Charles Dickens’ classic…
So, you love the holidays but not that into the old guy in the red suit. Tate’s COmics is here to rescue you from your pedestrian Chistmas traditions. Throughout the month of December they will be hosting photo ops with substitute Santas. Meeting and getting a photo with “Santa” is…
Indie Craft Bazaar is an indoor pop up shopping fair filled with over 65 local independent artists and crafters showcasing and selling their works. There will be music, food, drinks, activities and more. Each guest will receive a free raffle ticket with their $5 admission which will enter them into…
We all know Christmas is celebrated in hundreds of countries throughout the world. And there are plenty of ways to celebrate. Some people watch the Rockettes. Others The Nutcracker. Some people like to stay in and watch the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. Those looking for something a bit more exotic…
A monthly gathering of artists, arts professionals and aficionados, ARTtuesdays convenes this December at Girls’ Club to discuss the role of drawing in the current art environment, which rewards works that are grandiose and mass-market oriented. Tue., Dec. 18, 2012…
So, you love the holidays but not that into the old guy in the red suit. Tate’s COmics is here to rescue you from your pedestrian Chistmas traditions. Throughout the month of December they will be hosting photo ops with substitute Santas. Meeting and getting a photo with “Santa” is…
Taking the kids to see Santa at the mall is like navigating through a pack of wild animals, so you might as well move the party to a zoo. Enter the Palm Beach Zoo’s “Breakfast With Santa” program. Nosh on a breakfast buffet while the kiddies meet St. Nick, ride…
David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries is a biting and hilarious exposé on the hell of working as an elf in a department store’s Christmas “wonderland.” So yeah, don’t bring the kids along to catch Michael Mc-Keever’s stage performance of this real-life account of the beloved essayist’s time spent spreading holiday…
OK, so they aren’t real nuns, but it definitely caught your attention. Nunsense A-men!, a musical comedy starring men in drag, will debut Thursday at the Andrews Living Arts Studio in the Fat Village Arts District of Fort Lauderdale. The original concept — featuring normal, non-male nuns — started as…
With Flupocalypse 2013 in full swing, everyone’s riding the handshake-shirking, Purell-toting train to Germaphobe Town. It’s a place that Howie Mandel knows well. Mandel may be the world’s most famous living mysophobe, and he isn’t afraid to draw attention to his struggles with OCD and ADHD or poke a little…
All those hours of killing time at work while playing “Words With Friends” have taught you how to wrench max points out of a four-letter word. Put those skills to use in the analog world with an old-school Scrabble Challenge featuring in-the-flesh opponents. Mr. Brown, a former Scrabble competitor, offers…
Art Basel, the massive contemporary art extravaganza that overtakes Miami Beach every December, may be ground zero for jet setters looking to pinch a new Picasso, but for the true art fanatic, the real draw this week lies in the ever-expanding roster of satellite fairs. Whereas Art Basel itself is…
Part of the renascent body-count action industry, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning might shock many Americans with its mere existence. “There are four Universal Soldier movies?” those shocked Americans would say. They might also be taken aback by the bracing violence that marks the film from stem to stern: the…
“You’re as free as the wind,” says Paul Exben (Romain Duris) to the son of a legal client to whom he has offered the choice of drug rehab or disinheritance from the family’s fortune. Oh, irony. Paul is himself encumbered with a career he hates and a family he suspects…
If you recently had a close encounter with the howling demon known as Hurricane Sandy, you might have a renewed belief in global warming. If not, consider yourself lucky, then see Chasing Ice, director Jeff Orlowski’s beautiful yet sobering documentary about the world’s rapidly melting ice caps. His guide is…
