Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat has nothing on the flamboyantly attired women of “Julie Moos: Hat Ladies,” a small show of large color images that gets lots of mileage from limited material. The 18-piece exhibition, which has had its run at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm…
Cole: The Music and Life of Cole Porter: An evening of more than 35 hits from this classic tunesmith, whose popular melodies such as “Night and Day,” “You Do Something to Me,” and “I Get a Kick Out of You” were heard in countless musicals and films from 1916 until…
“Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary” — A richly satisfying exhibition assembled by the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans that surveys 50 artists’ takes on birds. Most of the artists are Americans born in the 1950s and 1960s; a few of them maintain direct aesthetic ties to the great John…
Chip away at any lame-ass party scene in the world, and you will find an infinitely more hip underground. Whenever that scene includes competitive dancehall reggae, you will hear talk of Black Chiney. Miami-based mixologist Supa Dups, who always looks tough as hell, put out a reggae/hip-hop CD under that…
Funeral returns to spread goth cheer FRI 7/9 In the beginning, the local Goth scene wasn’t really Goth. You’d descend on a party, find synth-pop and fetish, but scratch your scars and say, “There’s no fucking Goth music here.” Josepher, founder of the party house Abusement Park, heard the lament,…
Behold what is, in theory, the thinking person’s ideal summer blockbuster. King Arthur features some of the planet’s most beautiful people, dressed way sexily, gallantly galloping about and bashing one another with all manner of implements amid lush vistas and robustly appointed sets. Add an intriguing historical pedigree and apparently…
The first exceptional drama of 2004 is here, and it only took, what, seven months? Perhaps unsurprisingly, The Mother comes from British writer Hanif Kureishi, who penned the gritty, South Asian-in-London marvels My Beautiful Launderette and My Son the Fanatic. On the other hand, its director is Roger Michell, lately…
In the restaurant business, one classic mistake is to pay more attention to the presentation of the meal than to the cooking. Beautiful décor and lighting and expert service always enhance a dining experience, but they can’t compensate for an ill-prepared entrée. The same truth applies to show business. Take,…
Take Me Out: This Tony Award-winner takes on an ambitious range of subjects — homophobia, tolerance, and the lure of baseball chief among them. The play offers two stories — one, a dark drama about a major league slugger who is revealed to be gay, pitting him against a bigoted…
Though Ecuadorian artist Carlos Monsalve is as prolific as a Disney animation studio, that doesn¹t preclude him from being painstakingly detail-oriented — and full of creativity and intriguing subject matter. Monsalve, the master artist featured at Imaginar Art House (1523 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale), has painted, sculpted, drawn,…
THU 8 There’s a fine line between selling out and maturing that many punk bands would like to ignore. Not that Blink 182 was ever really punk, but Christ, have you heard “I Miss You”? It sounds like the band was held hostage by P. Diddy — quite a bit…
If you’re bummed out that Cedric the Entertainer canceled his Friday performance at the Office Depot Center, don’t sweat it; at least now you have fewer decisions to make — and more money to spend — as a slate of top-notch comics comes to town this week. Though Tracy Morgan’s…
Big bucks are on the line SAT 7/10 Horse fans, grab your racing forms and spyglasses, because the biggest day of the year at Calder Race Course (21001 NW 27th Ave., Miami-Dade) happens this Saturday. The Summit of Speed combines six eminent sprint stakes for an afternoon purse totaling $1.75…
and hungry brains FRI 7/9 Friday’s “All You Can Eat” exhibit at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood (1659 Harrison St.) may not fill your belly, but it will feed your imagination. There’s no salad bar or buffet table; the pieces here explore cultural tastes. Two imported artists and…
The Lion will feed you SAT 7/10 It’s just another night in the South Florida music scene when a symphonic rock band from Hungary plays with Miami’s leading violinist inside a former Winn-Dixie. The ghosts of TV dinners and forgotten produce haunt Ovation (3637 S. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach), a…
Cole: The Music and Life of Cole Porter: An evening of more than 35 hits from this classic tunesmith, whose popular melodies, such as “Night and Day,” “You Do Something to Me,” and “I Get a Kick Out of You,” were heard in countless musicals and films from 1916 until…
“Othoniel: Crystal Palace” — Despite a name shimmering with possibilities, this exhibition of 30 or so glass-based pieces by the celebrated young French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel is a mixed bag. It’s essentially a museum-size installation that takes up almost all of North Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art, and it has…
It’s one of the oldest stories in cinema and possibly in the history of storytelling: A man is kidnapped by a baddie wielding a deadly weapon. His family waits at home while law enforcement types try to figure out what’s going on. A plan is developed to deal with the…
All you need to know about Spider-Man 2 is revealed in the opening credits, in which comic-book artist Alex Ross recaps the 2002 original in lovingly, lavishly painted panels. Spidey and Mary Jane Watson are once again entangled in that now-iconic upside-down kiss; nutty Norman Osborn, out of Green Goblin…
Let’s begin with the bottom line: By any measure, The Shakespeare Project, the New Theatre’s summer repertory of King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is an undeniable success. These masterworks, played by a plucky acting ensemble of 13, are delivered in visually striking stagings by artistic director Rafael De…
Do birds have any idea what extraordinary creatures they are? How could they not? No other animals are capable of flight and song. Just watch a bird in flight sometime and focus on how it luxuriates in its seemingly effortless ability to defy gravity. Or listen to a bird sing…
South Florida businesses don’t get much more established than Smith’s Picture Framing and Art Gallery, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The small shop, just east of Federal Highway on Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, is owned and operated by Herb and Mildred Sedlis, who bought out the…
