Arts & Culture

There are many world citizens who consider committing the perfect crime — every day. They revel in what would be the ultimate thrill — which can be brought on only by the utter compulsion to murder another human. Everything’s fueled by what they imagine would be the sheer satisfaction of…

Do you like German lesbian vampires? Of course you do, and you’ll find a few of them in We Are the Night, a year-old Dennis Ganzel flick playing Saturday at the Manor (2345 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors). It’s one of the relatively few standard-bearers of campy awesomeness at the Fort…

Maybe it was Danica Patrick’s latest plan to take on NASCAR fulltime in 2012. Or perhaps it was the droves of women in Saudi Arabia taking to the wheel in an attempt to reverse the ban on female drivers. But it does seem like it’s an exciting time to be…

Get out of those dirty polyester seats and kiss that stale movie-theater air goodbye, because the interactive Rocky Horror Picture Show will now be performed. Inside. A. Bar. Enter the dancing-and-drinking ($3 “Frank-N-Furter” shots) world — the smoky-aired castle Respectable Street. Really, Rocky Horror Picture Show was meant to be…

Been zombie-drunk before? That feeling where you’re nowhere and everywhere at once? It’s not the spinning effect — that means you’re going to throw up. It’s like your brain is dead — in a good way. With shoulders hunched over, you might be drooling. All that’s cool — when you’re…

There are some who object to the pinkification of breast cancer awareness. The argument goes that the color infantalizes breast cancer patients and detracts from the seriousness of the issue. Those in the antipink camp should try telling that to this year’s Glam-a-Thon 2011 Glam Doll Strut: Kiss Breast Cancer…

HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm centers on the unfortunate foibles of Larry David. Poor Larry. But this show would not be complete without his cast of hilarious family and friends. Richard Lewis and Susie Essman definitely help out on that front. Lewis is a vet of the standup circuit and plays…

If you’ve never seen an anencephalic newborn, do yourself a favor: Do not look for one on Google. You don’t want to see. Anenecephaly is a disorder whereby a developing fetus fails to grow most of its skull and all of its forebrain, meaning (A) that it looks like a…

Art lovers, get ready to prance around downtown Fort Lauderdale via free trolley buses. Art Fallout’s back, and for its second year — for “Art Fallout: Unframed” — it’s gotten bigger. Park for free at FAT Village, located at NW First Avenue between NE Fifth and Sixth streets, or across…

There may not be real-life fairies, busty vampires, or ripped, hunky werewolves out there, but it sure does feel good to pretend. That’s where True Blood, Wednesday night’s ode to the hit television series, takes its inspiration. The latest art nouveau event going down at 8 p.m. aims to turn…

There may not be real-life fairies, busty vampires, or ripped, hunky werewolves out there, but it sure does feel good to pretend. That’s where True Blood, Wednesday night’s ode to the hit television series, takes its inspiration. The latest art nouveau event going down at 8 p.m. aims to turn…

This Halloween, you may benefit greatly from one of the many therapeutic disciplines available. This Halloween, you can acknowledge — and “make friends with” — all the demons sneaking around your subconscious. Which of these hypothetical settings seems most frightening to you: (A) The dark and swampy lands of old-time…

The south tip of the USA has always been possessed: South Florida greed, South Florida debauchery, the mayhem. The Sunshine State can be dark, horrific, and haunting — as will be seen at the War Memorial. The Village of Horrors has gotten inspiration from many dreadful places such as the…

Maybe it was Danica Patrick’s latest plan to take on NASCAR full-time in 2012. Or perhaps it was the droves of women in Saudi Arabia taking to the wheel in an attempt to reverse the ban on female drivers. But it does seem like it’s an exciting time to be…

Lend Me a Tenor is a Tony-winning, screwball comedy from the ’80s that incorporates tranquilizer and blackface. Let me explain. Legendary tenor Tito Morelli is slated to play Othello in Cleveland. Before the show, his wife mistakes an autograph-seeking fan in the makeup room’s closet for Morelli’s lover and leaves…

There’s political fervor in the air these days. Political commentators and talking heads drone on about how the parties have never been so polarized, so divided right and left. Well, the Caldwell Theater’s latest play will remind a new generation that political strife is not new. It also will warn…

Does a museum have an institutional memory? Does it labor under the burden of exhibitions past — its memories of what once was, its aspirations forever colored by what has been and can never be again? If so, the Museum of Art|Fort Lauderdale has a heavy cross to bear. It…

Looking ahead to the 2011-12 cultural season, Broward and Palm Beach counties are, as usual, flooded with arts options. Here’s a look at just ten of the many unmissable events in visual art, music, theater, dance, and comedy. The World According to Federico Uribe Through December 4 at the Boca…