One fateful day in the late 1960s, a genome research team was commissioned by the United States Paranormal Comedy Department (USPDC) and given one mission: Genetically engineer the perfect comedian. From one canister containing a sample of George Carlin’s sperm (found on a Sears-Roebuck catalogue in a Howard Johnson in…
Your mom’s living room will look like a flower shop Sunday, which she’ll be forced to clean up when the flowers die. Save her some work and take her to Morikami Museum to make origami flowers instead. You’ll learn about Japanese culture while showing up your dad and siblings. Sun.,…
Buying your mom a gift from the mall seems so dated. You want to get her something special, but the Gap and Banana Republic scream, “No effort!” Instead, take her to the Mother’s Day Trunk Show on Sunday to peruse hand-made jewelery, handbags, and more. After shopping, eat brunch and…
Swimmers have amazing bodies. And they’re always close to naked. But you probably don’t interact with swimmers too often. Splash!, a photo exhibit depicting the “athleticism” (read hot bodies) and “unique imagery of aquatic athletes in action” (they’re wet), will feature the work of top sports photographers Heinz Kluetmeier, Donald…
The phrase “sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll” should include “hair.” Hair is as instrumental to a rocker’s image as habit-forming debauchery. And as destructive if you consider the impact the ’80s had on the ozone. Salon Edge will host Rock the Hair, a fashion show with a live rock…
Who says girls aren’t good at science, or more specifically computer science? (Well, besides Larry Summers, the director of Obama’s National Economic Council.) Not the Girl’s Club, a private foundation and “alternative space” emphasizing the contributions of women. Girl’s Club is holding a workshop on web design Saturday. Artist and…
Part of Area 7’s Avant-Garde series, the event Girls in Bands will bring artists from all over Florida that feature an experimental, noise or indie sound. All bands have at least one female member, except for James Roberson, a performance artist who will be entertaining the crowd during the intermission…
Fifty years ago, Zoo Story made playwright Edward Albee famous, but he forbids it from being shown again. Its brief, brutal, single act had struck him as incomplete. Now he’s added another, and the two acts combined are called At Home at the Zoo, showing at Palm Beach Dramaworks. The…
Two weeks after jowly Matthew Perry transformed into pretty Zac Efron to relive his adolescence in 17 Again, Warner Bros. releases Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, another backward and backward-looking child-is-father-to-the-man rom-com. Matthew McConaughey stars as NYC celebrity photographer Connor Mead, a horndog who tries to convince his kid brother, about…
Fun and sun draw many national events to Miami but none quite like Aqua Girl. No, not the DC Comics superheroine — Aqua Girl is the country’s largest non-profit lesbian event. This year is the 10th annual Aqua Girl Weekend, and features a litany of women-only events: dance parties, comedy…
It’s pretty clear that over the past couple decades, nerds as a people have had their revenge, and then some. Through the magic of the Internets, spectacled geekwads now rule the planet. They control you through video games, too – World of Warcraft continues to plunder your free time like…
Meeting like-minded folks at your neighborhood watering hole can be a gamble. And blowing your mad money on bar tabs? Well, that just doesn’t seem savvy in these patchy economic times. The solution is easy: direct your funds towards rewarding events, like Morikami’s swank soiree, Taste of the East: A…
We could plug Unwigged and Unplugged featuring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer quite easily, but perhaps it’s better to turn it over to Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel: “Yes, hello? Is this mic turned up to 11? I rather like Miami. I remember when we played the Marine Stadium…
With the economy in the toilet and job loss rates at an all time high, your hometown Florida Marlins seem to be perfectly built for our times. The Marlins have the lowest payroll in all of Major League Baseball, and yet are off to the best start in the entire…
Amassing a collection of the most prominent contemporary art, Gordon Locksley and George T. Shea have represented artists like Andy Warhol, Donald Judd and Brice Marden. A collection of over 100 works from their private collection, and from prominant South Florida art collectors Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz’s collection,…
It’s not a national holiday yet, but it should be: Free Comic Book Day is upon us once again, hitting comic book dens nationwide on Saturday. Though the spread of free comic books has no religious or nationalistic ties – it’s simply a chance for publishers to hook in some…
In the early 1960s, American jazz musicians and vocalists spread the Brazilian phenomenon of bossa nova throughout the country, conjuring forth a tidal wave of cool tracks and sultry, clave-inspired rhythms. 40 years on, it’s Brazil’s daughters who are bringing bossa nova back to the forefront. The all-women’s vocal ensemble…
Load up on all the Ed Hardy crap you need from the boutiques before Saturday, as downtown Fort Lauderdale’s famous drag will be filled with fans of the Las Olas Wine & Food Festival. Wok Star Chef Eleanor Hoh, Chef Jean-Pierre of the eponymous cooking school, and others will be…
The Recession has you worried. You might lose your job and your house. You might buy toxic toothpaste from China. But there’s really nothing you can do about it. So why be in a constant state of misery? Instead, enjoy some laughs at the expense of our convoluted and morally…
Victorian-era architecture and interior design are awe-inspiring, reaching epic levels of ostentation that are matched only by the former high-flying merry-making ways of the aristocracy. Sure, people starved, died of disease, and were victims of a newly industrialized society and deep-rooted classism, racism and sexism. And sure, nothing’s really changed…
Used to be, the only place where black gay dudes got together in any quantity was the Coliseum, and a helluvalot of those guys were on the DL. It was more than a little tense: there were beautiful boys with whom you’d really, really like to dance, but who looked…
The Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Fort Lauderdale kicks off on Thursday with King Size, a French sex musical about polygamy. It dares to pose and answer the million-dollar question: can three people have a happy relationship, or are all so-called “throuples” doomed to dissolution? For a long time,…
