There’s room for more than one period-set fest in South Florida. Sure, the reigning king of fantasy events is the Renaissance Festival, but that doesn’t take place again until February. And it’s certainly not as scandalous as the upcoming Camelot Days. The Ren Fest is great and all, but are…
There’s a reason food and wine are considered the culinary arts: Both take a certain level of creativity. To explore the world of wine, food, and visual arts, the Boca Raton Museum of Art is hosting an Homage to Fromage, a class about the secrets to entertaining with ideal combinations…
Nicknames are a great thing. Whether it’s a silly moniker you picked up at a high school party that you could never seem to shake or a behind-the-back way to refer to someone you just met, it’s always swell to recognize others using an oddball descriptor. No stranger to the…
“I don’t get asked questions about stripping anymore — which is a relief,” beams Diablo Cody. Understandably. Cody spent one year on the pole and a whole lot longer on her knees at a Roman Catholic school, where the priests had old-world accents and made young Diablo attend Mass before…
There is much suburban normalcy in the opening scene of Next to Normal — a hectic morning of rapid Cheerios consumption, backpacks slung over shoulders, briefcases, and tie-straightening. It isn’t until after Mom, with factory efficiency, hands off bagged lunches to the house’s scurrying denizens that things start to get…
The Miami City Ballet’s 2013-14 season-opening program, First Ventures, is a sign of things to come: a company premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s breakthrough Polyphonia — as fresh a vision of classical ballet as we are likely to see for a while — bookended by two George Balanchine masterpieces. Serenade was…
5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 24, at Cinema Paradiso-Lauderdale, 503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-525-3456; fliff.com. also 5:30 p.m. Friday, October 25, at Cinema Paradiso-Hollywood, 2008 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; 954-525-3456; Fliff.com.False gravity weighs down 2 Jacks, a father-son drama less interested in exploring familial relations than in tut-tutting the millennials…
7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 26, at Cinema Paradiso-Hollywood, 2008 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; 954-525-3456; Fliff.com. also noon Sunday, October 27, at Muvico Pompano 18, 2315 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach; 954-946-6008; muvico.com/Broward-18. and 5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 31, at Cinema Paradiso-Lauderdale, 503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-525-3456; fliff.com.Richard Trank’s The…
If you really know comedy, you know Second City. The improv theater in Chicago has produced some of the most famous and gut-busting comedic masterminds of the past few decades. Everyone from Bill Murray to Stephen Colbert got his footing in this legendary improv underground that is still going strong…
Halloween is here again, and you know what that means: crazy costumes, candy, and haunted houses. If you are looking to engage in a little partying or just looking for a little fun with the kids, there are several events scattered around Broward and Palm Beach that you should consider…
PETA has often been known to incorporate nudity into its advertising. There have been tons of titillating celebrities who’ve bared it all for PETA photos. And if there’s one thing meat eaters and non-meat eaters can agree on, it’s that we all like a hot, naked celebrity. The kind of…
What’s the point of having a tattoo if it’s hidden under long sleeves and khakis all week? Empire Tattoos agrees and is hosting Power of Ink, an evening swimwear runway show to exhibit the minimalist fashion and the skin art it so conveniently exposes. As the long-limbed models strut back…
Good art tends to be political in nature. Whether it’s a sculpture capturing the turmoil of war, a photograph depicting poverty somewhere in the world, graffiti commenting on the ails of mass society, or music overtly challenging the powers that be, it should be saying something important. Or we hope…
Even if it doesn’t feel like fall in South Florida quite yet, there’s no excuse not to enjoy fall’s traditional festivities! Due to its initial success, Tradewinds Park is hosting its second-annual Fall Festival in addition to its monthly public run during the third full weekend of every month. Aside…
“Imagine if marriage didn’t exist, and you’re a guy and you ask someone to get married,” proposes comedian Aziz Ansari in his new Netflix stand-up special, Buried Alive, which premieres November 1. “Hey, so we’ve been hanging out all the time, spending a lot of time together. I want to…
October may be just about over, but fall, or fall flavors, really, is still sticking around for a while. Fortunately, that means you still have time to get your fill of pumpkin beers. Publix Aprons Cooking School in Plantation is hosting a fall pairing event on Thursday, October 31, at…
The Stranahan House is throwing a party. A funeral party, that is. For eight nights, the Historic Stranahan House Museum is partnering with Bluefoot Pirate Adventures for a Victorian home funeral and New River ghost cruise. This is your chance to mourn the dead in Fort Lauderdale’s oldest house, where…
Delray Beach is known as the foodie capital of Broward and Palm Beach counties. So any food festival in Delray is going to be a tasty affair. On Saturday, November 9, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, November 10, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Delray Beach is…
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival — or FLIFF, as it is endearingly known — returns for its 28th incarnation on October 18 and runs through November 11. FLIFF is already recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest film fest in the world, and this year,…
Being a sensible person, you’ve probably taken a liking to Benedict Cumberbatch — the actor, Dickensian beanpole, and banana-fana name-game destroyer who has lately played everyone literate geeks adore: Sherlock, Smaug, Kahn. And, as a sensible person, you probably were curious — even heartened — to hear Cumberbatch would appear…
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is the movie for people who think they’re too smart for The Butler. The story it tells, a true one, is horrifying: In 1841, Solomon Northup, a free, educated black man from Saratoga, New York, was kidnaped, sold into slavery, and transported to Louisiana…
Kimberly Peirce changes almost nothing in her rallying remake of Brian De Palma’s classic about a troubled telekinetic teenager. She doesn’t have to. Yes, now the mean girls who pelt Carrie with tampons upload a cell phone video of the attack, and the well-meaning jock who squires the school outcast…
