Few things are greater than the east-west divide of Broward County. Just ask someone living on the beach to drive west of I-95. If it’s not a trip to IKEA, it’s probably not going to happen. Let’s be honest, eastern inhabitants: It’s time to bridge the gap. Pick up a…
A study in Fort Lauderdale’s past isn’t limited to charting the evolution of the body shot or innovations in beachside kegger etiquette. This city has enough artifacts and legends to appeal to most any history nerd. Explore one of those relics of bygone days at this weekend’s Pineapple Jam, hosted…
Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, Lake Worth’s Reggae Fest never disappoints in its steadfast rock-steady musical acts and delectable jerked-chicken, oxtail, and curried-goat delights. Despite all the festival’s unfaltering Caribbean enchantments, there are always those insatiable ones craving just one more irie tune or a few more sudsy brews…
Chances are you haven’t been to a skating rink in years. Most likely, your most recent skating memory was filled with awesome flashing ’80s laser lights while jammin’ out to Ace of Base. If that’s the case, you should probably stay off the rink: You wouldn’t want to break anything…
You might never have heard of comedian Sean Patton, but one thing is for sure: Make it to his show Saturday night and you’ll never forget this New Orleans’ native’s free-association style of comedy. Patton’s routines are outside-the-box funny; he keeps audiences on their toes with gags that come out…
“OUTlet: Plugging Women Into the Arts — A Conference for and by Young Lesbian, Bi, Trans, Queer, Questioning Women and Our Allies” isn’t just the world’s longest title for an event ever. It’s also a smorgasbord of activities for women of all sexual orientations, a conference that addresses female empowerment…
In a nation of short attention spans, brevity rules. The creative minds behind “BOXer Shorts 2” are well-acquainted with the notion of less being more. The theatrical showcase features six original, ten-minute plays written by Palm Beach PlayMakers’ members Lisa Banket and Todd Caster. The first “BOXer Shorts” — so…
Slow foods and the “local first” mentality are (finally!) getting their due in Fort Lauderdale, so perhaps it is fitting that the Las Olas Sunday Market has been given new, high-profile digs. The weekly market has moved from its out-of-the-way setting on 12th Street to the tourist-friendly confines of the…
In a world of email, text messaging, and Facebook, it’s hard to believe that the Barefoot Mailman actually existed. But in the 1880s, with no roads to connect the 68-mile route from Palm Beach to Miami, the only way mail could be delivered was by walking along the beach. Learn…
Bistro 1001 in West Palm Beach will host a culinary showdown of beer and wine from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18. The cost is $35 for a four-course meal and drinks. Call 561-803-1908. Thu., April 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 2013…
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach will host a demonstration in the ancient art of the tea ceremony at noon on Saturday, April 20. The cost is $5 with paid admission. Sat., April 20, noon, 2013…
The most mysterious and spooky family is headed to your neck of the woods. No need to panic and lock your doors. It’s just Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Lurch. Don’t miss this creepy family as it takes the stage in the new Broadway musical comedy The…
How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? The answer is… a fish. This is an old joke, but I had never heard it until Colin McPhillamy, the lead actor in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ Exit the King, told it to the audience as he wandered around the…
By Mad Men’s fifth season, Betty Draper had walked out of our lives, and a much plumper Betty Francis had waddled in. The audience response to this swollen version of a once-slender character: a collective cringe. Suddenly Betty became a joke. In no time, a parody of Ram Jam’s “Black…
A film festival shouldn’t be the cultural equivalent of a speakeasy, with only people “in the know” aware of its existence. But for the Palm Beach International Film Festival (PBIFF), that’s the way it seemed this year: Just two weeks before the fest was set to begin, its website still…
For a guy who has spent a lot of time planning how to brutally murder people in the woods, the most shocking thing about Fede Alvarez is his well-adjusted nature. As the co-writer and director of Evil Dead (in theaters Friday, April 5), the new remake of the 1981 gore…
“Can you speak up a little, man? I dove off a boat yesterday, and I now have an immense amount of water in my ear!” Brady Corbet, 24, is on the phone from the Republic of Panama, where he’s filming a new movie opposite Benicio del Toro and Josh Hutcherson…
The Blind Monk in West Palm Beach will host a Barley Wine & Blue Cheese pairing from 4 p.m. to close on Wednesday, April 10. Try five barley wines paired with an assortment of blue cheeses. Fri., April 5, 6-9 p.m., 2013…
The New Times “Original” Beerfest turns Sweet 16 on Saturday. On one hand, it’s hard to believe it’s been 16 years; on the other, the time since last year’s Beerfest seems painfully long. The wait for the 17th-annual suds fest is sure to seem even longer, but for a few…
It’s not a secret: Food trucks are one of the greatest trends to hit the South Florida dining scene. Who doesn’t like delicious food on the cheap? Even better: multiple tasty inexpensive options in one-stop shopping. Well, here’s your chance to get in on some food-truck roundup action: The Miami…
There is nothing like the desperation of: Either you get a job and make money or your family won’t eat,” says Joshua Miller, founding director at C&I Studios, a 7-year-old media company and “idea agency” based in the up-and-coming FAT Village Arts District in Fort Lauderdale. In March 2009, balancing…
Again and again, movies show you killing, but it’s one in a thousand on-screen killings that might get you to feel something of what killing is actually like. The same goes for fucking, but there, the numbers are worse: Whether it’s Hollywood’s quick-cut, nothing-below-the-waist bedroom montages or the mechanized chug…
