Nerds’ arcade wet dreams will abound this Friday night as Green Room nightclub hosts its videogame and cosplay party. The downtown haunt will roll out its big screen for the Marvel-versus-Capcom 3 video-game tournaments hosted by Play N Trade, to take place throughout the night. In the background, go-go dancing…
When South Florida-based veteran photographer Jonathan Scott pursues Facebook and comes across trite wedding photos or couples posing in uninspiring engagement photos, he cringes. To Scott, photography is an art form meant to tell a story, but Scott finds that photographers too often tarnish their works by misuse of a…
In today’s world of mindless boob tube, where eyelash-batting Kim Kardashian or Kate Gosselin and her eight little rugrats get all the limelight, it’s refreshing to see programs that delve deep. Call the Midwife, a series based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, concerns touching tales of midwifery during the…
Fans of Renaissance festivals and Jethro Tull take note: Your two whimsical, chimerical worlds collide with Psychedelic Mist this Saturday night at Kevro’s Art Bar in Delray Beach. Psychedelic Mist is not some sort of fragrance laced with psychotropic agents, however; it is the moniker of a band that shells…
It’s been one tough year in the pop-legend community, with not one but two, of the industry’s finest ladies taking their final bows. In its typically fabulous style, Lips in Oakland Park will pay tribute to dearly departed divas Donna Summer and Whitney Houston on Sunday night in a one-night-only…
New Orleans is one of America’s most amazing cities. She is a beacon of food, culture, and music in the South. Sure, there are dirty indiscretions she’d rather not talk about (cough Bourbon Street cough), but she’s the kind of mistress even a wife would fall in love with. And…
Drink your dinner at the Milagro tequila dinner Thursday night at Cantina Laredo in Hallandale Beach. The four-course meal includes a shrimp-cocktail shooter, watermelon jicama salad, and other dishes, plus dessert. Get there at 7 p.m. for a cocktail hour. The dinner starts at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $49.99…
October’s SAIA at Sunset dinner is themed “Roll for the Cure” to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Miami/Fort Lauderdale. The dinner is 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, October 16. The cost is $70 per person, with $10 benefiting the nonprofit group. http://www.voiceplaces.com/saia-broward-palm-beach-4280304-l/ Tue., Oct. 16, 2012…
Acting isn’t just something people with daddy issues do for millions of dollars. It’s something they also do so their political statements have more meaning (I’m looking at you, Ben Affleck). But acting is more than being into not eating or paying five grand for a burlap-sack purse that looks…
A rerelease whose cash-grab intentions are as transparent as the crystal-clear Sydney ocean, Finding Nemo 3-D exists only to relieve parents of money for a movie they undoubtedly already own. Disney’s double-dip of Andrew Stanton’s beloved 2003 adventure features absolutely no new content — save for the boisterous prefacing short…
Slick and grown-up as Richard Gere himself, this intricate fiscal thriller takes a dead bead on extreme privilege, with Gere’s Madoff-like billionaire fund-runner scrambling to keep his personal empire from crumbling like crackers. He has everything, including a loving family, a hot French girlfriend (Laetitia Casta), and that warm umber…
The following is excerpted from a multipart series by former Sun-Sentinel Staff Writer Bill Hirschman, who is now editor, chief critic, and reporter for Florida Theater Onstage. To read the entire series, visit floridatheateronstage.com. The single most profound problem facing South Florida theater is that almost no one knows it’s…
The big movie event of September will be the anticipated latest from a certain filmmaker who signs his films with the surname Anderson and a pair of initials, a prodigious talent who burst onto the scene with a stylish entry in the mid-’90s crime-thriller wave and never left. The master…
It’s hard to believe, what with temperatures still in the 90s, but autumn is almost upon us. If you pay attention, you’ll notice the flocks of birds arriving — both literal and figurative. And if you are awake early enough in the morning, you won’t sweat if you go outside…
Beer fanatics can learn all about the scientific secrets of brew (and wine) at the Science of Beer & Wine on Thursday at the South Florida Science Museum. The event is 6 to 9 p.m. and features guests from BX Beer Depot, PRP Wine, and Brewzzi. The cost is $15…
Every year around this time — and this year on Thursday specifically — New Times gathers the finest, oldest, and newest local restaurants and asks them to offer a signature dish. It is then paired with a wine carefully selected by the proprietor of boutique wine shop Wine Watch. This…
Not too many social concerns are as divisive as gay marriage, especially during election time. A homosexual couple wanting to solidify their union stirs up tons of debate, especially among the Republican base and marriage-equality advocates. With impeccable timing, Dustin Lance Black’s groundbreaking play 8, which argues that marriage equality…
Fishing is not a pastime one often associates with being extreme. Do not, however, mention that sentiment to the 100 competitors of the third-annual Extreme Kayak/Paddle Board Fishing Tournament. On Saturday, these brave souls will paddle offshore in search of as many dolphin, wahoo, kingfish, and black and yellowfin tuna…
When’s the last time you spotted professional cheerleaders, a pack of skydivers, and buff military folks in their swim gear? Not lately, eh? This three-day, weekendlong event offers a chance to rub elbows with these fine people. The occasion, “Stars, Stripes and Sun,” is in honor of the bravehearted who…
Roll in for the bimonthly food-truck rally at Festival Flea Market Mall in Pompano Beach. The event is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday. Sat., Sept. 15, 2012…
Where in Delray Beach can you attend a CD-release party featuring beautiful jazz music with a crowd of people eating everything from caviar and champagne to pizza and a six-pack? The Delray Beach Arts Garage, of course. It’s been a communal venue for legends-in-the-making and current icons in the jazz…
After a winless preseason and a loss to the Houston Texans to start the 2012 NFL regular season, the Miami Dolphins are ready to kick things off at home against the Oakland Raiders this weekend at 1 p.m. Sunday at Sun Life Stadium (2269 Dan Marino Blvd., Miami Gardens). Optimism,…
