Unchained Malady: Quentin Tarantino Emerges From a Chaotic Couple of Years With His Most Ambitious Film to Date. Will the Academy Really, Really Like It?

Quentin Tarantino has been Googling himself, and it’s starting to become a problem. The filmmaker, whose eighth feature, Django Unchained, opens on Christmas Day, is famously an analog evangelist: He writes his scripts in longhand; he bans cellphones from his sets, and hasn’t had one of his own in years;…

Find Your Funk

Sure it’s the holidays, but does that mean you’re stuck listening to bad pop covers of Christmas songs? Not when there’s a funk, soul, and Motown music tribute to be had. The Norton museum is hosting an exhibition called “Say It Loud: Art by African and African-American Artists in the…

Happy Hour

4 p.m. daily at Duffy’s Sports Grill in Fort Lauderdale. Thu., Dec. 27, 4 p.m., 2012…

What’s Black and White and…?

For more than a month now, everything has been all red and green or blue and white for the holidays. That part of the season is finally over. Get ready to retire your Festivus gear — including that much beloved ugly Christmas sweater — and prepare for the New Year…

In Science We Trust

One of the main reasons for having kids is that you get to do all of the fun things kids do under the guise of spending quality time together. Take, for instance, the monthly Nights at the Museum, hosted at the South Florida Science Museum. This month’s theme, “Holiday Magic…

To Be or Not to Be

Celebrate the holidays and mingle and jingle with some of South Florida’s most amazing actors, poets, comedians, and musicians and enjoy performances by the troupe at the third-annual Holiday House performance and social mixer presented by Conundrum Stages, a South Florida-based company, recruiting local talent from Palm Beach, Broward, and…

Follow the Herd

In its 20-plus years of touring, writing hundreds of songs, and performing with an array of musical legends, Donna the Buffalo has garnered a literal herd of followers. The Herd — as the group’s band of devotees are known — will migrate to downtown Fort Lauderdale on Friday night for…

Twist Again Like You Did Last Summer

Before pop music morphed into the overproduced, sex-crazed, Auto-Tuned abusing clamor it is today, there was a simpler time when the boogie-woogie of rockabilly ruled the airwaves. The radio reveled in tales of beaches, babes, booze, and love. This Saturday night, Lake Worth dive bar Speak Easy Lounge is bringing…

Moviehaus

Undergrounds Coffeehaus is the ultimate place to chill for hours, what with an extensive collection of used books, games, comics, plush chairs, and musical instruments. And with a latte menu that includes delights like raspberry white chocolate and peanut butter cup and a tater-tot flavor selection that ranges from cheddar…

Nerd Alert: New Year’s

Do you find calculus to be sexy? Better yet, have you ever tried to impress dates with your encyclopedic knowledge of Klingon? If you answered yes, here’s good news, you quirky brainiac: Roxy’s rooftop bar, SKY 309, in West Palm Beach has orchestrated an evening exactly with your ilk in…

Keep on Shopping

The gift-giving holidays have finally passed. No more worrying about trying to pick out that perfect gift for your work Secret Santa, your boss, or your great-aunt Jane. Better yet: Time to stop pretending you’re in love with all of the terrible presents you just got. Go return that Shake…

A Hard Habit to Break

The 1992 Whoopi Goldberg film Sister Act is one of those pieces of harmless Hollywood fluff that makes for excellent Sunday-afternoon, “I’m going to lie on the couch and recover” material. The Broadway rendition — which goes by the same name — is designed to facilitate a more active viewing…

Voce Dramatico

Pablo Francisco has the best impression of the movie trailer voice out there. Hands down. This alone is reason enough to check out his standup gig at the Improv at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. The show opens Friday and will run through New Year’s. And what better way to…

Singing and Satire

Between fake Twitter accounts, The Daily Show, and Stephen Colbert, social satire is never more than a click away. But if you like your parody live and in the flesh, Forbidden Broadway delivers in spades. Biting the hand that feeds it, the stage musical comedy affectionately skewers the biggest hits…

The Party Continues

So you’ve got a bit of a headache after your big New Year’s bash? Well, that’s nothing a little hair of the dog won’t fix. Keep it going and jump back onto the party bandwagon with Rosie’s Bar & Grill’s notorious brunch. Just like the usual Sunday brunch, this New…

Paint the Town

Some art-museum rules — like “Do Not Lick the Warhol” — are etched in stone. Others aren’t so rigid. The weekly Art After Dark program at Norton Museum of Art invites attendees to loosen up about the whole art-museum-experience thing. A cocktail hour in the After Dark Lounge encourages conversation,…

Beware the Men in Gray Suits

If you want to hang ten with the big dogs, you’ve got to be willing to dip your toes in shark-infested waters. The three South African pro surfers at the center of the documentary Surfing and Sharks know a thing or two about navigating dangerous turf. The 55-minute film tells…

Sake and Sushi

Ninja Spinning Sushi Bar in Boca Raton will be the site of a networking event on Thursday, January 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. The cost, $15 at the door, includes sake tasting or one cocktail, one spinning sushi dish, and a 20 percent discount on dinner for anyone who…

DRAG Yourself Out

After the New Year’s Eve ball drops, other balls will be gently tucked away. Is there a better way to bring in the new year than watching feisty drag queens “sing” and dance to classic and current pop songs in outfits brighter than the fireworks that went off at midnight…

Are You Geek Enough?

In the era of the nerd, everyone’s trying to claim a slice of the geek pie. Real nerds, however, don’t need to reiterate their status; they just are. And a bona fide geek will be certain to catch every reference on the wall at the Nerdcore Fandom Group Art Show,…

Food Trucks in Delray Beach

Delray Beach Center for the Arts hosts free concerts and food trucks every Friday night. Listen to free music and get dinner from a food truck starting at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 4, at Old School Square. Fri., Jan. 4, 6:30 p.m., 2013…

Learn All About The Raw Milk Cure

Cleanses and fasts have been around almost as long as humans have been eating food. Most involve juice or broth or just water. Today, the raw milk fast is not well known but it’s actually nothing new. Learn about the Raw Milk Cure during a free presentation by the Heritage…