Arts & Culture

Gather with other aspiring comic book artists to draw at War and Pieces Comics and Games, located in Davie, FL. A published comic book artist will be available to help with ideas and techniques. Sundays, noon, 2007…

So you can’t seem to get this whole Battle of the Sexes thing down. You try dating, but girls ditch you faster than dirty laundry. You act sweet and chivalrous and buy flowers — she’s allergic. Bake her some cookies — she’s diabetic. You finally hook up, but suddenly she’s…

The Writers’ Guild strike sweeping Hollywood is bound to adversely affect a whole host of our favorite television programs, from the The Daily Show to Maury. Fortunately for fans of the WWE, their favorite sports opera, Monday Night Raw, will be just fine. Not convinced? Consider this bizarre, straight-from-the-depths sequence…

There are some things in this world — not many, but some — that exist only because they have to. They don’t make sense, they have not an ounce of rationality to them, but they’re there all the same, and the world is somehow more complete because of it. Pat…

Maybe it was the overabundance of Amy Winehouse costumes this Halloween or the bouncy heads of hair bobbing down the runway during the fall fashion roll-out, but one thing is clear: big hair is back with a big ol’ heaping spritz of Aquanet superhold. And what better way to celebrate…

If you’ve ever dialed your computer’s technical support line, you probably noticed two things: the call center rep’s Apu-esque pronunciation of “motherboard” (why does it sound like “grape squishee?”), which, in turn, tips you off that he ain’t from the U.S.A. In short, dude’s got a sweet gig at Dell…

The old axiom “You first eat with your eyes” is true enough of food, but can the same be said of art? If so, then we have to wonder whether you’d be hungry, nauseous, or just damned intrigued by artist Roxy Paine’s sausage-like spheroids on display at FAU Galleries’ newest…

Broken Ribs. Two-headed guitar players. Shark attacks. What is it about the powerpop/punk outfit Pots ´n’ Pans that incites so much mayhem? They look like ordinary boys – regular showers, fun with skateboards — but they ain’t. They’re beautifully twisted. By taking vintage pop sounds (like lead singer Jason Budjinski’s…

September 11 affected everyone differently. Some, after experiencing overwhelming loss, found solace in supporting our current political administration and our country’s involvement overseas. Others sought comfort in friends, family, or their community. Still others withdrew completely. Photo journalist Scott McKiernan turned his feelings of sorrow into inspiration: “I walked the…

You’ve always wondered what the inside of a drag queen’s makeup box would read like (maybe something to the effect of, “glittery mascara, five colors of; industrial size bottle of Nair, for problem areas; and a length of heavy-duty masking tape, uses unknown”). Lucky for you, inquisitive reader, there’s Oakland…

It’s not a moment to be proud of, but on your last trip to the American Museum of Natural History, you sidelined the “suggested donation” admission by handing over your pocket lint and spare change to the attendee and darted directly to the Hall of Asian Mammals’ water buffalo diorama…

You’ve dabbled in homemade gifts. Remember the year everyone received your handcrafted popsicle stick coaster sets (they don’t use them because they “treasure them too much”)? And the Valentine’s Day when you massacred those chocolate cupcakes (sugar and salt only look similar). They all shared a bond. You spent hours…

“It’s an unfair world from a dog’s perspective, I tell ya’. Every day, I’ve got some human telling me what I can and cannot do: ‘No, get off the coach. No, don’t take food off the table! NO! BAD DOG! STOP HUMPING MY NECK PILLOW!’ Grrrrrr! I’ve had it up…

The description “punkabilly” doesn’t quite sum ´em up. Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers is a proselytizing whirling dervish of in-your-face electrified swamp tunes, and that’s precisely why it’s loved. With relentless touring (about 200 shows per year), the band has converted the great unwashed into its own congregation of devout followers,…

Karate, like Jackie Chan, is an import. After WWII, the U.S. military jacked it from the island of Okinawa and opened karate schools stateside, and the high-kickin’ martial art quickly swept into civilian life. Today, it’s as American as minivans and the NRA. While the cultural phenomenon seems perplexing, it…

South Florida is a tough spot to take up surfing. Unless there’s a hurricane or a tropical storm roughing up the coast, it’s tough to find waves here worth waxing down for. But wakeboarding… that’s a sport where Florida’s tranquil, interior waters can be put to good use. The idea…

Boris the spider. Charlotte. Peter Parker/Spiderman. Ziggy and the spiders from Mars… There’s something elemental about the eight-legged, web-weaving arachnid that gives it a foothold in mass culture. Consider: Why hasn’t anyone ever written a song about an itsy-bitsy dung beetle going up the water spout? Explore the spider’s eternal…

The Women’s Theater Project knows a thing or two about the stage, so you aren’t surprised that it’s latest production was written by Wendy Wasserstein. After all, she’s heralded as one of the great feminist playwrights of her generation (a title that likely stems from her winning both a Tony…

Competitive eaters know you by your nickname: Gut McLean. Your digestive prowess is the stuff of delicious legend. Where others fall limp, their mouths overflowing and eyes rolled back, you continue. Chomping away until victory is yours. On Sunday, all the world will know this. The Broward County Fair is…

Not that anyone is counting, but after the Heat’s third loss to open this season – a jumbled, too-little-too-late two-point loss to the Charlotte Bobcats – some wisenheimer on the Sun-Sentinel’s Heat blog reminded beat writer Ira Winderman that, counting back to last season, the four-game playoff sweep to Chicago,…

It seems Lisa Corrao and her band of rogue comics still have a score to settle with jocks everywhere, because tonight marks the third incarnation of her pleasantly geeky show, Revenge of the Nerd Comics. Returning for more punishment are the ever-lovable cast of geeks, Mike Lawrence, Patrick Schroeder, and…