Imagine leaving your home (let’s say England) for a life in India at age 20, making a vow to attain enlightenment “in the female form — no matter how many lifetimes it takes.” You just imagined you were Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, who is one of the only Western women to…
Oddly, spontaneity and fetish parties don’t go hand in hand — it is much better to plan ahead. It gets pricey last second — we will never say that it’s not worth the money — but we will always do our darnedest to save you a buck. Dressing the part…
Come celebrate another pagan festival co-opted by Christianity. The Boars Head and Yule Log Festival at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea (141 S. Country Road, Palm Beach) is Sunday. To be fair, this individual church did not actually co-opt the festival. That happened a few centuries ago. But you can…
Prior to the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese new year was celebrated the same day as the Chinese and Korean new year, which this year will be February 3. After the Restoration, the Japanese new year was celebrated January 1. Sunday, the Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens (4000 Morikami Park Road,…
Our local pro hockey team has been quietly kicking some serious hockey ass this season. You probably haven’t heard, but the Florida Panthers are currently in first place in the Southeast Division and are off to one of the best starts in franchise history. They’ve been especially ass-kicky during face-offs,…
Hair is one of those musicals that ensures Broadway will never go out of business. Parents with young children should be warned about a short nude scene. The Kravis Center’s disclaimer says: “While many find this show suitable for young adults (13 and older), parental discretion is advised. There is…
Fairy tales have been fertile grounds for creative inspiration of late. Films and television series loosely based in the myths of yesteryear abound. And now, the fairies are taking to the stage in Snow White Trash. In this reimagining of the tale of the ill-fated pasty princess, Snow finds herself…
Jackie used to do and sell drugs but now is clean, working a legit job and looking to live the legit life. But his old lady Veronica is still a cokehead who may or may not be cheating on him. When he finds a hat in Veronica’s apartment that doesn’t…
No telling how it happened, but in the past decade, pro wrestling has become a suitable subject for serious art. Four years ago, The Wrestler almost nabbed an Academy Award for Best Picture; last year, the altogether more fun The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity — which examines America’s role…
Having barely escaped a bungled attempt to cross lines during the Spanish Civil War, Spanish man-of-mystery Juan Pujol offered his services as a spy to the British at the dawn of WWII and was rejected. He ended up working for the Allies only after fully infiltrating himself with the Germans,…
We know — you’re excited about The Dark Knight Rises. And The Avengers. And The Hunger Games. So are we. We’re also excited about a lot of other movies whose marketing campaigns have not inundated us with white noise (yet). Allow us to suggest a few more films to put…
1. Margaret Margaret, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count on Me), starring Anna Paquin with key supporting performances from Matt Damon and Mark Ruffalo, is a coming-of-age tale infused with post-9/11 anxiety. Margaret features Paquin — in the performance of the year — as Lisa, a Manhattan…
Kristen Wiig Six years of Saturday Night Live was threatening to calcify Kristen Wiig’s brand of highly physical yet conceptual comedy of awkwardness. Turns out she was working on a second act all along: As cowriter and star of the summer blockbuster Bridesmaids, Wiig proved, first and foremost, that female-fronted…
Brad Garrett’s voice or face has appeared in every movie you’ve ever seen (Ratatouille!) and most of the ones you haven’t (Hoodwinked II: Hood vs. Evil). He’s a fine poker player (who contributed maybe the funniest-ever moment to Celebrity Poker Showdown, when he suddenly began channeling Bill Cosby in front…
South Florida is one of the hippest, most cutting-edge party places in the world, and, if you don’t consider yourself cool, it can also be one of the loneliest. But all is not lost. The upside of living in a party “town” three counties big is that there’s something for…
Want to stay off the roads and be with drag queens? Wilton Manors is the sort of close-knit community that offers both. Park once for the night and spend the rest of the year on foot. Start the evening at Rosie’s Bar and Grill (2249 Wilton Drive, 954-567-1320, rosiesbarandgrill.com) for…
Not only is picking out a festive New Year’s Eve ensemble a torturous nightmare, but who has time to squeeze in more shopping this time of year? First World problems are the worst! In order to avoid this most onerous of self-serving tasks, consider getting back to the wild by…
When we first saw that the hated New York Jets were the Miami Dolphins’ final regular-season opponent, we were hoping it would be an epic showdown to determine the winner of the AFC East or, at the very least, the final wildcard playoff spot. That is definitely not the case…
Those unlucky bastards who’ve attempted improv comedy — and the even unluckier bastards who’ve watched the attempts — know how hard it is. You can’t just assume the stage and make funny happen. You gotta have technique. And the folks at Laughing Gas Improv have technique to spare. They got…
Ah, the new year — a time to make resolutions, get a fresh start, and forget about the mountain of tossed monkey poop that is the Miami Dolphins. And what better way to do that than watching the Miami Heat? We used to be a football town. But that’s all…
Long before the media and the internet were used by the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Keith Olbermann to inform public opinion, propagandists relied on old-fangled, Kafkaesque data-slinging to stack the cards in favor of their arguments. Surreptitious name-calling might still be fashionable for, say, Michele Bachmann, but back when…
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is a svelte remake of the 2009 Swedish blockbuster, a movie that opens with a bit of Led Zeppelin grandiosity (covered by Karen O) and a credit sequence of scary satanic rubber-fetish ickiness. Set in a freeze-your-blood land of streamlined chrome, steely dawns, and…
