Summer is upon us. And there’s no better place to chill out than at the Summer Daze Concert Series in downtown Lake Worth. The block party, hosted by bar and music venue Propaganda and presented by Nomad Surf Shop and Wonderland, promises to be the best indoor/outdoor music festival in…
Walking is supposed to be a healthy, calorie-burning activity intended to raise your heart rate, trim your waistline, and improve overall wellness. While a Dishcrawl is basically a prolonged evening stroll — or crawl, really — it has the opposite effect of a vigorous hike. It’s more likely to add…
Craft beer is kind of a big deal in South Florida. Jazz, on the other hand, is not that easy to come by. The Mack House is bringing beer geeks and music lovers together for a jazz night. The fun begins Thursday, July 25, at 8 p.m. The Mack House…
One of the most beguiling of the many stories all knotted up in Salman Rushdie’s brilliant, baggy, exhausting 1981 novel Midnight’s Children concerns a lovelorn doctor, his beautiful patient, and that timeless exemplar of old-world prudishness: a sheet with a hole in it. The patient, Naseem, not yet of marriageable…
Until 2005 or so, no one thought much about modern piracy of the high-seas variety. But then Somali pirates began attacking merchant ships with increasing frequency, seizing vessels and holding their crews hostage for outlandish sums. Danish director Tobias Lindholm’s wiry, neatly crafted thriller A Hijacking wrests fact into the…
The two married couples in this woefully schematic play turned film emote madly, revealing all manner of sexual secrets and hidden jealousies, not one of which will come as a surprise. Screenwriter Joe Hortua, adapting his 2004 play with cowriter/director Dan Mirvish, gracefully time-shifts between two ill-fated parties, both of…
Admit it: Redemption is boring. We think we want characters to “grow” and “change,” but really, it’s the people around us in real life — people who, say, loudly pick their teeth in restaurants, or walk too slowly in public thoroughfares — who need revamping. (We ourselves, of course, need…
You’ve probably seen most of the elements that make up The Lesser Blessed before: the icy, desolate rural town, teens who get high and have sex because there’s nothing else to do, two friends who want the same girl, a family that can’t communicate. But The Lesser Blessed can be…
There is a place in the Western theater canon for Pinter, O’Neill, and Shakespeare, and there is also a place for shows with lines like “When I was your age, I was as moist as a Sara Lee pound cake.” Jamie Morris’ The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode is…
Title: White House Down How Many Times Have We Seen The White House Destroyed On Film? If you mean, the royal “we,” then seven: WHD, Superman 2, Mars Attacks!, Earth vs the Flying Saucers, 2012, Independence Day, and Olympus Has Fallen. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Two-and-a…
To celebrate the good ol’ days, Flamingo Gardens is featuring a ’50s barbecue with oldies music and half-price admission: It’s $9 for ages 12 and up, $5 for ages 4 to 11. Flamingo Gardens is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is located at 3750 S. Flamingo Drive…
The City of Lake Worth is hosting a dual birthday party — it’s turning 100. At 10 a.m., the party kicks off with the 11th-annual Great American Raft Race, sponsored by the Bryant Park Neighborhood Association. At noon, the party comes back to land with music, arts and crafts, food…
It would make sense that a hospital would want to promote healthy living. Cleveland Clinic in Weston does. Every Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., the hospital hosts a farmers’ market with fresh produce, prepared foods, and other items outside its main entrance. Cleveland Clinic is located at 2950…
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 at each event. Since membership has…
Laser Wolf has been catering to the craft beer lovers and retro nuevo fans alike. Now it is taking it a bit further. An interactive, pop-up shop kicks off on July 5. The owner of Pink Slip Threads, Karen Reinstatler, is creating an eclectic shop exhibiting eclectic must-haves and unique…
If you haven’t noticed, it’s a bit too hot to take a leisurely stroll during the day right now. To get you out — and off the couch — the Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens is hosting sushi and stroll from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first Friday of…
Watch out, New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City, because the jazz scene has made its way to South Florida. And Felipe Lamoglia is just one of many jazz musicians making his way to the stage as part of the Jazz Project at the Arts Garage in Delray Beach. Lamoglia,…
Sometimes you need to spice up your Saturday nights. On Saturdays starting at 8:30 and 9:15, Fine on Singer Island brings Vaudeville Burlesque with Izzy Rich to South Florida. The show is free with the purchase of dinner or drinks. Fine is located at 1281 Plaza Circle on Singer Island…
Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… Yeah, it’s probably a plane, because you’re standing right next to the airport, among 900 guys who look like Kevin Smith and what we’ll all pretend is a super hot babe inside that Chewbacca suit. But back inside,…
In the mood for some tunes to appeal to everyone in your family? Can’t you see, the only answer is the Marshall Tucker Band. Yes, that was cheesy, but there will be a big smile across your face as you sway to the classic-rock jams on Tuesday night. Best-known for…
The summer heat might be out in full force, but beer geeks still have something to get excited about. Due South Brewing Co. recently started its Second Saturday Cask Party. On the second Saturday of each month — for those of you challenged with date and time, that would be…
Do you remember that bedtime ritual — being nestled into the comforting crevice of a shoulder, learning each line of a story word for word, and falling in love with the Poky Little Puppy, Tawny Scrawny Lion, and Scuffy the Tugboat? You and 2 billion children all over the world…
