Arts & Culture

On Easter Sunday, President Bush presided over the Egg Roll on the White House lawn, which “commemorates our Savior’s triumph over sin” (his words). At his side was a mascot bunny in a disturbing pink-and-purple apron, one of several Official White House Easter Bunnies. An A.P. photograph immortalized the pair…

In 2003, the Brazilian film City of God sent tremors throughout the international film community, pulling down four Academy Awards, becoming the highest grossing foreign film in America, and earning a spot in Time Magazine’s top 100 films of all time. More importantly, the flick served as a catalyst to…

In current times we lavish fame on the least deserving. Socialites, pop stars, and basically any child of privilege who can scribble her name on a perfume bottle fill our newspapers and magazines with fluff. It wasn’t always this way. Our founding fathers (and their extremely patient wives) actually did…

In November of 2006, Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosny sparked a heap of controversy when he publicly commented about the resurgence of the Islamic veil among Egyptian women. Speaking in an interview with an Egyptian newspaper, Hosny said that woman are “roses not to be covered or veiled,” their…

There are a ton of reasons to check out this show at Radio-Active Records (1930B E. Sunrise Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale): 1) Supporting local record stores automatically makes you a better American, 2) Radio-Active still rocks the vinyl, and 3) the show is free. Perhaps the best reason to check out…

Whether it’s with baby-stroller-roller-derby challenges or the girl-on-girl action that his prospective “soul mates” go through on VH1’s Rock of Love, it seems Poison frontman Bret Michaels is more into the idea of finding “love” than the actual execution of it. If you’ve wanted to show him your wifey credentials…

If you’re like us, you can spend days navigating the cavernous realm of pulp books, comics, plush toys, statues, kitsch, pop art, anime, cult flicks, and foreign snacks that is Tate’s Comics (4566 N. University Dr., Lauderhill). In fact, your accumulated time in the store probably does total days by…

Men by the thousands are dazzled when they wink coyly into news cameras. Football players share their coveted Gatorade with them like prehistoric man shared fire. And if there is a nuclear threat, you can be sure that politicians have made a special underground bunker large enough to hold only…

Coming up with your band name might be one of the most important decisions in your musical career – which is why it’s so amazing that Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power came up with Fuck Buttons. Forget the obvious Wal-Mart boycott, what about the group’s family members? Can you…

I think we can all agree that Willow was the unsung hero in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sure, Buffy had the whole buxom, blonde, superpower thing going on, but when she needed gray matter to defeat a villain, it was always Willow, her optimistic sidekick, who hacked into a national…

Roller derby is a bit like jai-alai: it’s fast, dangerous, and casual spectators don’t really understand the rules. Of course, that’s where the similarities end, because everything that’s intrinsically cool about the sport is precisely what makes derby so unique. Where else can you see legions of fearless gals on…

How often do you hear about wrestling at a club these days without the words mud or oil attached? Not that those are bad things, but what about all the other types of wrestling that are going unnoticed here? Like, if you’ve got a hip-hop show, judo is the obvious…

Attention, all lady-friends of local artist Larry Joe Miller: Don’t be surprised to see yourself naked in linocut on Friday. That’s when his latest art show “Women That I Have Known” opens – a linocut collection of hot mamas in various states of undress. If that isn’t enough to verify…

Near the end of Martin Scorsese’s epic Goodfellas, the main character, a low-level mobster, spins hopelessly out of control thanks to coke, sex, and violence. Accompanying this goomba gone wild meltdown are The Rolling Stones tunes “Gimme Shelter” and “Monkey Man.” The music radiates menace and certain disaster, the perfect…

Even denim baffles you: high-waisted, skinny, ultra-mega-distressed – these choices keep you up at night. If you’re that hung up on the basics, how will you ever be able to make the big decisions, like about your office wardrobe or – gulp – evening wear? Thanks to the students of…

Coming of age films have shaped our lives. From the tortured soles of the Brat Packers to the cooler-than-they-first-appear dudes from Revenge of the Nerds, we’ve all found characters that seem to understand our troubled adolescence and managed to prevail through it. But what about the ultimate in disenfranchised youth,…

When a comedian is featured on a weekly show with Dane Cook, it should be a good thing for his career. After all, it’s hard not to look funny when compared to Cook. But Robert Kelly managed to make the frat boy favorite look like a comedic mastermind during his…

This is the kind of thing that doomed the Roman Empire. There was a time, not long ago, when the knowledge of all the dumb things you did at the club was reserved for fellow travelers. If your sister occasionally dyked it up with a girlfriend or two in front…

If Disney has taught us anything it’s this: People love personified animals. A cat who can talk, an elephant who’s lost his mommy, a dog with a bit of a gambling problem – these are among our favorite artistic subjects, especially when they feature traits specifically human in nature (i.e…

Georgie’s Alibi (2266 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors) is a South Florida institution of fabulousness, so it’s only right that it commemorates its 11th anniversary accordingly. Thursday night’s party is the culmination of an 11-day celebration sponsored by Patron Tequila and Ultimat Vodka, with lots of goodies and giveaways. The evening’s…

Before we start hacking into Ward 57, the new Iraq war meditation currently chattering before the footlights at Florida Stage, let’s talk about two shows that are almost nothing like it: Heather Raffo’s 9 Parts of Desire and Will Eno’s Thom Paine, both of which recently played in SoFla. Both…