Uncle Kracker goes from ‘hood to heartland FRI 10/1 Aside from being the heart of the country’s automotive industry, the birthplace of boxing great Joe Louis, and the home of the current NBA champions, Detroit has spawned three white guys who came to fame as hip-hop artists: Eminem, Kid Rock,…
It was only a matter of time before Hollywood capitalized on the sympathy and admiration that have enveloped the nation’s firefighters since 9/11, and here we are. Jay Russell’s action-packed, flame-broiled Ladder 49 is an all-out valentine to the firehouse fraternity that might never have gotten to the screen were…
Shark Tale is an animated film, though after you see it, you might wonder whether the term is intended as oxymoronic. Put simply, it has no life in it at all. Not even the kids roped into an afternoon preview screening seemed terribly interested. Perhaps they’ve grown tired of computer-made…
If optimism and determination are the twin guardians of success, then Teddy Herrell Jr. and his African-American Performing Arts Community Theatre are doubly blessed. The plucky troupe, which aims to present professional theater accessible to inner-city audiences, especially young people, appears undeterred by challenges it has taken on. Witness AAPACT’s…
While the rest of us were preoccupied with hurricanes, two industrious public galleries in Fort Lauderdale managed to assemble and mount roughly concurrent exhibitions commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month. The shows have similar strengths and weaknesses. The larger one, “Celebration of Hispanic Heritage,” in the gallery at ArtServe, includes more than…
Given its predominantly Cuban-born populace, it’s no surprise that Miami is a national epicenter for Latin-American art, an art community focused mainly on cultural roots. But what of those Latino artists who’d rather fit into the mainstream and not be bound to a single cultural mold? Such artists might want…
Given the overwhelming mediocrity of mainstream garage rock, it’s understandable that Hives frontman Pelle Almqvist so confidently claims his band to be “the best in the world.” Compared to the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, Almqvist is a full-fledged rock god. But put him next to the Cramps’ Lux Interior and the…
THU 30 There is an upside to getting cited for a moving violation — it means you get to go to traffic school. Comedy traffic school — where students swap stories and vie for the title of “Speed King”… where you laugh at people who got tickets for not having…
The rewards for Dumpster-diving are often meager — loaded handguns, slightly sticky porno mags, perfectly good medical waste, boxes of one-hour-too-old Krispy Kremes. But in this case, trolling for trash can result in a brand-spankin’-new trophy — provided you build a functional bicycle out of whatever you find. At the…
Pledge Tappa Kegga at Oktoberfest FRI 10/1 Perhaps nothing belies the separation of booze and state more than the municipal endorsement of ethanol commonly known as Oktoberfest. Hollywood’s version starts Friday when the honorary burgermeister (Mayor Mara Giulianti) taps the first keg of Beck’s at 5 p.m. The games continue…
Jets fly into town SUN 10/3 Is any group more down on its luck this year than Dave Wannstedt and the Miami Dolphins? After dropping their season opener at home for the second straight year, they lost to the Bengals in Cincinnati on week two, dropping them to 0-2 for…
“Dis poem will not be amongst great literary works/will not be recited by poetry enthusiasts/will not be quoted by politicians nor men of religion.” Dat is a piece of what turned out to be one of the best-known lyrics from Jamaica, written by the fierce and legendary Mutabaruka. According to…
THU 23 Unless you have plane tickets to Atlanta, Montreal, or Philadelphia, tonight’s your very last chance to check out one of the Marlins’ regular-season games. You ought to go — if only to insure yourself as a “real fan” should the Fish pull off another magical surprise, clinching the…
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Making voting fashionable FRI 9/24 As every mother knows, when it’s not paralyzing you, guilt can be a wonderful motivator. Tamarac-based fashion designer NiFlame Barrett says she feels just terrible that she didn’t vote in the last election. “I didn’t think about it until it was too late to register,”…
Miami looks to break through at home SUN 9/26 Oh boy. This season is off to a very familiar start for the Miami Dolphins. They lost the season opener at home for a second straight year, dropping a 17-7 decision to the Tennessee Titans. Most troubling was not the loss,…
Count my vote! SAT 9/25 We take it for granted. We scoff at its importance. And after the last presidential election was hijacked by a cabal of Bush family cronies, it’s not too far-fetched to wonder if democracy even exists anymore. So while there’s still time — and a glimmer…
We get it — you’re Sicilian THU 9/23 What a dilemma facing Tammy Pescatelli. Where does an aspiring comic go after a TV appearance with Danny Bonaduce? Hmm … could it be up? Well, it’s a decade later, and Pescatelli’s numerous film and TV gigs — not to mention her…
The very best thing about A Dirty Shame, a giddy sex farce from John Waters, is the credits. What’s not to love about a list of characters that includes “Sylvia Stickles,” “Marge the Neuter,” “Fat Fuck Frank,” “Cow Patty,” and “Tire Lick Boy”? The soundtrack, too, bears comic fruit, with…
Ash is feeling a little bit under the weather, so I’ll be taking charge.” So says Shaun (Simon Pegg) to his valiant crew of appliance salespeople, but if you don’t get the real meaning, you’re probably not part of the target audience for Shaun of the Dead. Ash, for the…
Theater has long been praised for holding “the mirror up to nature” to reveal reality through the artifice of performance. Yet, remarkably, our post 9/11 reality — filled with threat, fear, war, blundering, and duplicity — took quite a while to filter into new plays. Now, a somber, deeply pessimistic…
Artbeat River of Grass could easily be mistaken for just another small home landscaping center. It’s not. Yes, landscaping is a big part of the business. There’s a large outdoor area featuring rugged furniture, big urns and fountains, and chunks of volcanic rock called laterite that can be sculpted into…
