You finally scored a date with the cute, artsy girl (or guy) who sits next to you at the office. Going to dinner and a movie seems too mundane. A walk on the beach is definitely romantic but kinda cheesy for a first date. An evening of miniature golf? That…
Lately, most clubs and bars have been filling our ears with dubstep, house music, and cheesy techno remixes. Trying to find a good indie-rock night out around South Florida is comparable to hunting for a strand of Robert Smith’s hair in the proverbial haystack. Thankfully, someone has stepped up and…
It is, appropriately enough, a story that never gets old. Endlessly updated across multiple generations, J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan has enjoyed a robust life in literature, in cinema, and on Broadway. The musical version, first produced in 1954, was later translated into an Emmy-winning telecast and has seen more revivals…
Insomniacs have all seen the late-night broadcasts of the World Poker Tour, which is televised in more than 100 countries. Now through August 5, the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is bringing the premier name in poker sport live to the revamped casino with the World Poker Tour Regional Summer Heat…
Christopher Nolan’s ponderous, pontifical action movies are written less as screenplays than as operator’s manuals, guiding an audience through assembling their important themes while scrupulously making sure you don’t miss a thing. This is as true of Inception, with its reams of expositional walk-through, as of Nolan’s superhero saga, now…
Sarah Polley’s second feature, much like her first, the superb Away From Her (2006), thoughtfully probes the pitfalls of coupledom and third-party threats. Five years into their marriage, Torontonians Margot (Michelle Williams) and Lou (Seth Rogen) have regressed fully into sexlessness, heat and mystery having been supplanted by baby-talking, bathroom…
Until this past weekend, I had never seen a production of The Fantasticks — a startling omission from any theater critic’s résumé. The Fantasticks, after all, is billed as “the world’s longest-running musical,” having played for 42 straight years and more than 17,000 performances in its first off-Broadway run. It…
Circuses are an American tradition, but they also have a bad — often well-deserved — reputation on animal-rights issues. Still, there’s a lot to enjoy, which explains why the tradition hangs on. Hold onto your seat as the aerialists shoot out of a giant catapult soaring over the crowd. Oooh…
In 2001, Seth Meyers got his start as a writer behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live as well as doing impersonations of John Kerry, Ryan Seacrest, and Tom Cruise. After waiting out the reign of Tina Fey, Meyers finally grabbed the “Weekend Update” anchoring spot next to Amy Poehler…
In these topsy-turvy times of deficits and budget cuts, school music budgets are often among the first to come under a city commission’s sharpened ax. It is in times like these that supporting groups such as Boca Raton’s Swing & Jazz Preservation Society are critically important. This 10-year-old nonprofit organization…
There’s a time and a place for a three-dollar bottle of swill wine — a hostess gift at a dinner party for someone you don’t really like, for instance. Other times, it’s nice to indulge in the artistry of the fermented grape. The monthly Art of Wine and Food Series…
Although e-readers are convenient and you can download entire libraries to your tablet or smartphone, true bibliophiles can expound at length on the textile wonders of holding a real book in one’s hands. As basic written communication finds new technologies, the books themselves become works of art. Materials such as…
There will be no navel-gazing mope rock as part of the burgeoning summer music series at Yellow Green Farmers Market. “It’s an upbeat, happy place selling organic, healthy things,” said Karin Fields, who works with the market to coordinate weekly music acts and plans to keep things sunny and light…
You’ve learned all of your asanas. You’ve mastered your downward dog, moved from crane pose to firefly, and can fold yourself into a perfect lotus flower. You are ready to take your practice to the next level and share your yogic wisdom with others. Simply Yoga of Delray Beach is…
Kids are great. There are little re-creations of yourself through whom you can vicariously relive all of your childhood joys and fix all of your own mistakes and regrets — with hardly any trauma to their little psyches. Probably. Maybe. If you’re a football fan, you can send your precious…
Love baseball but want to avoid all that annoying drunk driving? Relax, Duffy’s Sports Grill and the Miami Marlins have got you covered with their new MVP program. Typically, baseline seats in the Marlins’ sleek, new, state-of-the-art stadium go for $70 each, not to mention parking. Duffy’s MVP program offers…
Fun was the word that immediately sprang to mind when LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya first burst onto the South Florida art scene in the summer of 2008. That’s when the original “The Art of the Brick” show went on display at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. I remember…
Fans of Seth MacFarlane’s Fox mainstay Family Guy who wish he would run afoul of FCC regulations every week might be pleased with Ted, the story of a 35-year-old man and his foul-talking teddy bear. Plushies too might be turned on by the pot-smoking, whore-banging CGI toy ursus of the…
A sketchy trifle of French animation grabbing time in theaters thanks to its recent Oscar nomination, Felicioli and Gagnol’s barely hourlong film seeks shelf space beside Sylvain Chomet’s deft and rapturous hand-drawn cartoons (The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist), and the required self-conscious Frenchiness is spot-on. But the loose, all-pastel…
It can be argued that the 1980s gave the world some of the most iconic films of our time. Robert Zemeckis showed us the future through the eyes of Marty McFly. John Hughes made us fall in love with geeks, rebels, and a redheaded girl. On Saturday, you can celebrate…
It’s con season, and with that come events like Florida’s Supercon as well as the Almighty of cons, San Diego’s Comic-Con. But if you can’t afford a ticket across the country, don’t fret; there is an alternative that is equally as nerdy as it is convenient. Everyone’s favorite comic book…
Saturday, Wicked Awesome Snackbar, Boca Raton’s newest “beer and bites” joint, will help you take a load off and satisfy your lust for golden nectar when it hosts its Five-Course Blue Point Dinner. Five inventive, beer-inspired dishes will be served family style. Each dish will be paired with a different…
