The Miami Marlins kick off a three-game home series against division rivals Atlanta Braves at 7:10 p.m. Monday at Marlins Park (1380 NW Sixth St., Miami), but only bragging rights are at stake. At presstime, the Fish are dead last — some 22-and-a-half games back from the Washington Nationals and…
AMIKids Greater Fort Lauderdale will host its annual fundraiser at Bimini Boatyard in Fort Lauderdale. For a $25 donation, attendees get two cocktails and various appetizers. A silent auction is planned for the evening, which kicks off at 6 tonight. RSVPs are requested. Call 954-764-2733, or email gfl-ed@amikid.org. Wed., Sept…
The Blind Monk in West Palm Beach is hosting a beer and cheese pairing with five beers coupled with five gourmet cheeses. Seating is limited, so call 561-833-3605 to book a spot. The tasting is at 8 tonight. Wed., Sept. 19, 2012…
Sharlyn from Café Sweets in West Palm Beach will give a free lesson in cupcake decorating from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, September 19, at the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach. Registration is required and space is limited. Call 561-868-7701. Wed., Sept. 19, 2012…
Virginia Philip Wine Shop & Academy will host chef Julien Gremaud of Pistache French Restaurant and P.B. Catch for a winetasting that will feature four small plates prepared by the chef. The cost is $50 per person, and the event is 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Sat., Sept. 22, 2012…
Publix Apron’s Cooking School in Boca Raton will host a cooking demo featuring five Spanish-inspired tapas and pitchers of sangria. The cost is $45 per person. The class is 6:30 p.m. Saturday, September 22. Sat., Sept. 22, 2012…
Virginia Philip Wine Shop & Academy will host chef Julien Gremaud of Pistache French Restaurant and P.B. Catch for a winetasting that will feature four small plates prepared by the chef. The cost is $50 per person, and the event is 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, September 22. Sat., Sept…
The popular Miami Food Truck rally is 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday, September 24, at Arts Park at Young Circle in Hollywood. Mon., Sept. 24, 2012…
World of Beer in Coconut Creek will host an event to celebrate the release of limited-edition Sierra Nevada Beer Camp 2012 drafts and bottles. The drinking goes down at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 25. Tue., Sept. 25, 2012…
Not a fan of bubble-gum pop but adore the limelight? For those wanting to karaoke to rock songs, this is the night to show off your vocal skills, or not. The fun takes place on the second floor in Roxy’s saloon-themed bar and the singing begins at 10 p.m., until…
Weddings make such bitchin’ film scenarios because the stakes are believably high: If anything goes wrong, social opprobrium, the loss of your beloved, or both can ensue, right in front of your disdainful parents, the clergy, and probably Vince Vaughn or somebody. Directors have placed every obvious symbol of holy…
Wayans’ World: Marlon Wayans Is Set to Take on the World With His Newfound Passion: Standup Comedy
Marlon and Shawn Wayans may be the baby siblings of a clan that also includes Keenen and Damon, but it is they who are presenting the world with the next generation of big-boy comedy. Together they’ve created a mini-empire of memorable parodies like Scary Movie, Don’t Be a Menace, and…
“I’ve made six movies, and I feel like I’m only just finally figuring out how this business fucking works,” Paul Thomas Anderson says on an unseasonably mild August afternoon in the Astoria section of Queens, where later tonight he will preview his latest film for an invited audience at the…
The artistry behind gentlemen glammed up in sparkling gowns, four-foot wigs, and flamboyant makeup captures a gender-bending fantasy of sorts. But when diva Ricky Rollick and company intertwine the art of drag performance with portraying princesses and characters from traditional fairy tales, the Cinderella fantasy has just exploded into a…
We Floridians know Bert Kreischer well — firstly from a 1997 Rolling Stone article that proclaimed Kreischer, who spent six and a half years at FSU, as “the top partier” at “the top party school in the U.S.” Others in such a position might slide into a degenerate adult life…
Regardless of your level of sloth or fitness, a 5K run is going to have some kind of effect on your heart. Today’s second-annual Tunnel to Towers Fort Lauderdale 5K Run/Walk has a bonus in that it tugs at the heartstrings while quickening the pulse. Proceeds from the event benefit…
Now this is a ’70s night we can get behind, one that doesn’t involve disco dancing and bell-bottoms. The Strikers, South Florida’s professional soccer team, will play at Lockhart Stadium at Saturday evening’s Legacy Night, meaning that attendees will be paying admission prices they would have paid in the 1970s,…
In an election year — especially one in which you have nonstop access to everyone’s opinions via your Facebook feed — it’s easy to forget that there have been times when we didn’t all act like we hated one another’s guts. Operation Homefront’s Freedom Walk & Run 5K, planned for…
A common promise that may accompany a night on the town involves something suspect along the lines of “Yeah, I’ll definitely call.” Dine for Promise on Monday night at the Union restaurant in Delray Beach is a bit more altruistic in its intentions. Money raised during the short but sweet…
For many Americans, it’s all too easy to forget that we are in a war. While previous generations strove to keep the war effort first and foremost in everyone’s minds, these days, we soldier on with work and shopping and school and going out to dinner or the movies. Our…
Although the title The Purple Golfcart: The Misadventures of a Lesbian Grandma sounds like a show on the Logo network trying to hit that yet-unhooked demographic of gay grannies, it’s actually a book: a funny, witty, challenging memoir about one woman’s journey with her own sexuality, Florida’s opinion of her…
The Broward County Library and Broward College have teamed up to present a series of fine art lectures by both local and international artists. The lectures are free and take place monthly at the North Regional Library on the north campus of Broward College located at 1100 Coconut Creek Blvd…
