Not feeling well? No need to call a doctor. Just Google your symptoms to discover the problem. If you frequently self-diagnose or know someone who does, you won’t want to miss the “Amy Wong: Hypochondriac Series” at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. Wong, a graduate of Concordia University…
Short plays are sitcoms of the theater world. If long, intense dramas are too much, funny shorts are the perfect way to spend an evening. Not only is there guaranteed laughter but there’s also the smarmy superior feeling you get when participating in the arts while your friends sit at…
Arcade and bar. Movie theater and restaurant. Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Combining two great business ideas into one super-storefront is a worthy idea. How about an art gallery and a tattoo shop? That’s the vision that has come to life for Amanda and J.R. Linton, who opened Ink and…
Here’s something you would think we could all agree on: Rigid parts of the body probably shouldn’t go slack. But try asking a SeaWorld spokesperson about the drooping dorsal fins on so many of the park chain’s performing male orca, about that mighty spike that in the wild juts above…
All you need for a movie are two guys and two guns. Unless that movie is 2 Guns, in which case you probably need a good deal more. The problem with so many current action movies, this one included, is that once you’ve seen one, you can’t help feeling you’ve…
Grouchy Smurf may change his tune and transform himself into “Positive Smurf” in The Smurfs 2, but Raja Gosnell’s insufferably frantic and goofy sequel isn’t apt to motivate similar conversions from those who detested his original 2011 live-action/CG hybrid. Gosnell’s follow-up is something of a nature-vs.-nurture tale focused on the…
The lauded “Golden Age” of television just makes Vince Gilligan sad. Let’s get specific: “The sadness for me at the heart of it is that television now makes stories for grown-ups that Hollywood movies don’t allow filmmakers to make,” the Breaking Bad creator/writer/director/producer said Sunday at New York’s Museum of…
Porn re-inserts itself into the arthouse with this week’s The Canyons, co-starring adult industry stud James Deen, and next week’s Lovelace, a biopic of the Deep Throat star–two highly publicized releases that reconfirm the hopelessness of going hardcore in mainstream movies. Whether it’s works that inject un-simulated sex into their…
Many things about adulthood suck: You have to pay bills, you probably spend most of your waking time in a cubicle, and you most likely don’t get a summer break. While summers were always the best part of being a kid, stocking up on back-to-school supplies — like Trapper Keepers,…
If you’re a wine drinker, hopefully you can tell the difference between red and white. If not, there’s probably no helping you. For anyone in the middle of that equation, Virginia Philip Wine Shop and Academy is instructing a class that will teach students how to taste wines like a…
On the TV show Iron Chef, two culinary competitors create unique, delectable, mouthwatering dishes for a panel of four ungrateful judges — all while you watch, stomach growling, from your living room couch. At Miami New Times’ annual Iron Fork, on the other hand, chefs from 36 Miami restaurants will…
Do a good deed this Friday for our hotties, err, heroes. Homes for American Heroes presents 12 Months of Heroes, an interactive muscled voting event, at Pangaea Lounge. The heroes will be on display in all their rippled goodness for your votes. They are competing for places in the 2014…
Sometimes you’re just in need of a healthy option on a Friday night. On Friday, August 2, at 5:30 p.m., the Morikami Museum Gardens is opening its doors for the evening. Stroll among the gardens and sample some sushi from the museum’s Cornell Café. Entrance is $6 per adult, $6…
Don’t sweat on the street to shop famed Las Olas Boulevard. Step indoors for a fully air-conditioned shopping experience at the Riverside Hotel, the Fashion Show on Las Olas. Hosted by Women’s Innovation, the Riverside Ballroom is transformed into a shopper’s paradise high above the New River for an afternoon…
Taste It: A Comedy About the Recession is, well, pretty much what the title implies. Boy is living high, boy loses his way, boy meets hot girl who teaches him something about himself, boy has introspective moment, stupid friends are stupid, and it all works out in the end. What…
Tour du Monde: A Moroccan Affair Pistache French Bistro is offering skint, would-be travelers a slightly cheaper option this summer with its ‘Tour du Monde’ events. The ‘tour’ will take guests through a variety of cuisines and national traditions. ‘Tour du Monde’ guests will receive a passport to collect stamps…
Craft beer lovers like to hang out together — or they should, at least. Every Monday from 7 to 10 p.m., Coffee District hosts a social beer night aimed at bringing beer geeks together by sharing rare brews. Guests are encouraged to bring their own beer, whether purchased or homebrewed…
Generally, meeting your maker is not a good thing. When it comes to drinking wine, however, it’s kind of a big deal. On Thursday, August 8, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the Pelican Grand Beach Resort is hosting at “Meet the Maker” wine reception with Wayne Ballard, development manager for…
Starting in Greece in 776 B.C., the Olympics have a historic tradition of pitting the best athletes against one another in a quest for the best of the best. From running to wrestling to javelin and discus, the competition still shows off each nation’s toughest and strongest. You may not…
A bunch of artists supporting one another make art while surrounded by art. Chances are that if you fall into the artsy category, that last sentence made you salivate. The Artists’ Guild of the Boca Museum is a group of artists that got started back in 1984 and has grown…
Like first sex, writer/director Maggie Carey’s debut feature, The To Do List, is quick and messy, fitfully pleasurable, full of promise but not quite adept at getting everyone off. It’s an impossibly huge deal yet also a modest achievement, something we have to go through but will no doubt be…
In the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009, on a platform of Oakland’s Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit Station, a young man named Oscar Grant III was shot in the back by a BART transit officer. The officer later claimed he meant to reach for his Taser and not…
