When you push a lawn mower across the grass on a crisp Saturday morning, perhaps all you’re thinking about is keeping the homeowners’ association off your back. But no. Your action is positively loaded with symbolism. “When I approach America’s obsessive quest for the perfect lawn,” says artist Don Lambert,…
Steve Carell’s gift is for men who might drown in their own obliviousness. Like his Daily Show reporter or The Office’s Michael Scott, his 40-year-old virgin lived in terror that someone might catch on to the fact that he knows nothing about subjects he purports to have mastered. When his…
As he’s questioned by a therapist in the opening scene of the film bearing his name, we see Charles Swan III’s subconscious literally spurt out of his head. It’s visualized as an animated collage largely made up of ladies’ long, disembodied legs — like those in the ’40s pinups that…
Nine years on from her intoxicating road-movie debut, Somersault, Australian director Cate Shortland has fashioned a different kind of journey — this one set amid the winding trails of the Bavarian woods, circa 1945. There, the five children of a captured Nazi officer flee toward what they hope is safety…
Elisabeth Moss’ face is far from the only reason to savor Top of the Lake, Jane Campion’s smart, bracing, hugely enjoyable mystery rural noir Top of the Lake, which premieres on the Sundance Channel on Monday, March 18. But that pale-to-radiant instrument of hers—a mouth that suggests her characters might…
If you consider yourself a Francophile (meaning you love all things French) or cinema lover, then you should get yourself to Cinema Paradiso’s Rendez-Vous With French Cinema. On Thursday at 8 p.m., you will have the chance to see Le magasin des suicides, or, in English, The Suicide Shop. With…
The “50 Shades of Insert-Reference-to-Whatever” has officially jumped the shark. Want to know the final nail in that innuendo’s coffin? Its use in a fundraising event for a children’s charity. Unfortunate naming aside, the 50 Shades of Giving luncheon on Friday is designed to raise money for the Children’s Opportunity…
With all the St. Patty’s Day buzz in the air, it can be easy to forget there’s another spring holiday hot on its heels. As with most holidays that have a religious background, there’s plenty of secular fun to be had in regard to Easter. Perhaps no secular treat is…
The Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is quickly establishing itself as the ultimate destination for local MMA fans, broadcasting vital mixed-martial-arts fights live at no cost nearly every weekend to the delight of the full-contact-combat sport’s feverish aficionados. This weekend is no exception; the casino is bringing in Rashad “Suga” Evans,…
The Girls Club of Fort Lauderdale is hosting a continuing event called Artists in Action and will feature successful artist Felice Grodin. There are three elements to Artists in Action that make it a great event for artistically inclined people. If you know the art world, then you know it…
Raise your glass of green beer and toast the firefighters who serve our nation and other countries abroad. Join more than 150,000 attendees for the 45th-annual Delray Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade and weekend celebration, honoring firefighters and their families, on Friday and Saturday. The party begins Friday at the…
It’s time to dust off that obnoxious (read: awesome) green top hat and shamrock suspenders and dance a little jig down to the Pub Pembroke for some St. Patrick’s tomfoolery. Pretend your ancestors came over from the Emerald Isle as you toast in a mumbled “Irish” lilt with a glass…
Whether it’s Guinness and corned beef and cabbage you crave or Irish red ale with shepherd’s pie, you won’t want to miss celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in downtown West Palm Beach. Pint glasses will be overflowing Saturday and Sunday as O’Shea’s Pub, located at 531 Clematis St., once again hosts…
Kids. You’ve gotta feed ’em, clothe ’em, and house ’em for, what, two decades? On top of that, they expect to be entertained too? This weekend’s Coral Springs Festival of the Arts offers a cheap and easy way to keep everyone occupied. The two-day affair includes works by more than…
For the first time in its five-year history, pub-crawl service (seriously, there is an industry that caters to this) Pubcrawls.com is launching one of its self-guided pub tours in Fort Lauderdale. Hard to believe it has taken this New York-based company this long to organize a boozy event in a…
When you think Renaissance, images of mainland Europe come to mind: the great painters and artists of Italy, France, the Netherlands. When you think Renaissance Festival, scenes from Old England probably carve their way into your consciousness — jousting knights, kings and queens, wenches… you know, the usual stuff. Well,…
Muddy Waters Restaurant and Raw Bar will host a St. Patrick’s Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, March 17. Dining specials include corned beef and cabbage, Guinness beef stew, and shepherd’s pie. The cost is $7.99 and up. Sun., March 17, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., 2013…
You may enjoy reading a tangible copy of the latest New York Times best seller, or maybe you prefer scrolling through the pages of a novel on your Kindle with one touch of your fingertip. However you choose to read, we all know that literacy is important for children and…
Using found and recycled materials to create original works of art is a precarious habit. Too often, the finished piece resembles something an aging hippie would concoct using old records, pipe cleaners, and the remnants of a bad acid flashback. Not the case with Jim Drain, an internationally acclaimed artist…
B’Stro on the Beach and Bonnet House Museum & Gardens have teamed up for a new concert series called Concerts Under the Stars. March’s concert kicks off with a wine-and-cheese reception at the restaurant and concludes with an al fresco concert at Bonnet House with complimentary wine, dessert, and coffee…
The 1930s were not exactly the happiest of times. Let’s be honest: The Depression and World War II sucked. Fortunately, we’ve been able to move on and improve — for the most part. Want proof? The Norton Museum of Art is featuring a photography exhibition — “The Radical Camera: New…
It’s a bad omen when, early on in Oz the Great and Powerful, we learn that the full given name of its wizard is Oscar, also the ceremony that star James Franco once presided over as calamitously as he does this sagging Disney tent pole, a gargantuan attempt to turn…
