Your love for wine runs deep. You’ve stockpiled enough cocktail charms to outfit the glasses of Ivana Trump’s bridesmaids. From coasters to picture frames, your crafting of “cork art” has truly impressed friends. And when Billy Joel croons, “A bottle of red, a bottle of white,” it’s like he’s peering…
By now we’ve all seen Jason Taylor on Dancing With the Stars — he’s scoring great every week and looks like he might be in command of the competition. But all that dancing works up a powerful thirst. Good thing Taylor has the hook-up; he’s President of Franchise Development for…
Have you noticed your fellow Floridians are looking less tan than normal? Well that’s because we are in the middle of Film Fest Season. It’s a beautiful time, really — when else are you considered refined for staying indoors and eating popcorn? This weekend, transform yourself into your most upscale…
In Ireland, when drinking folks gather to sing traditional songs of their culture it’s called a pub session. At Maguire’s Hill 16 (535 North Andrews Avenue), it’s called karaoke. Now, while participating in traditional pub activities (throwing darts and chugging Guinness), you might also hear heartfelt renditions of “Danny Boy”…
Running an underfunded young theater company is hard on the soul. You have big plans, transcendent artistic visions. You understand what you want to do and think you know how to do it. But after busting the bank to lay hands on the script you want, you find you cannot…
“Exhibit” is such a static word for a collection like this one that really moves — artistically, historically, and emotionally. “In the Hands of African American Collectors: The Personal Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey” displays 90 pieces — art and artifacts — that reflect the growth of a nation…
Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle with the novel idea: What if you made a John Hughes movie, but instead of writing garishly caricatured bit players with names like Long Duk Dong, you cast an Asian actor as the smart, handsome, upwardly mobile…
Could have sworn I’ve seen this episode of Baby Mama before — like sometime in January 2007, when it was originally titled “The Baby Show” and aired on the other primetime series starring Tina Fey, 30 Rock. (Waitaminute — you say Baby Mama’s a movie and not a TV show?…
First of all: God bless Atlus. As a publisher devoted to bringing obscure Japanese gaming gems to the West — basically, the much-needed heir apparent of Working Designs — Atlus is the only hope for gamers who crave oddball, strange, or downright niche titles from the Land of the Rising…
There are weird myths, like the story of Oedipus and his mum. And then there are extra weird myths — like that yarn about Keith Richards getting his blood changed in Switzerland so he could kick heroin. But perhaps we’re always drawn to myths precisely because we can’t explain them,…
It’s a little known fact: Pro skateboarders have concave eyeballs. It’s true. That’s why all skate videos are filmed with a fish eye lens – the effects counter each other out and, to skaters, it looks normal. Christian skaters are another breed altogether. They also have distinguishable traits, such as…
You’ve got your film degree framed neatly above your desk at home, reminding you of all the hard work and dedication you put in getting your learn on. Now it’s time for a job. You’re an eager sort, willing to enroll in the School of Hard Knocks, but the bums…
The 1980s were the best time in the world to be a kid. Back then, we had cartoons galore – Voltron, He-Man, Jem, G.I. Joe, Care Bears, and the Smurfs, to name a few – each spawning a whole line of toys and clothing. Yes, it was the heyday of…
Sure, you’ve left your mark on a few hotel rooms. How could you not? These spaces become your temporary residences, so naturally you customize them: Your toothbrush is just right of the sink, your condoms are on the Bible. Whatever it takes to make that rented room feel more like…
Close your bar tab a little early on Saturday night – you’ve got morning calisthenics to do on Sunday. Yes, it’s time to lace up your shoes, open your wallet, and stroll for a very good cause, the Florida AIDS Walk. You care about the people in your community and…
Get in a Cuban state of mind Sunday for the opening of “Unbroken Ties: Dialogues In Cuban Art (Sin rupturas).” Smoke a cigar, sip café con leche, or listen to a Celia Cruz CD before heading over to the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale (1 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort…
How do civic-minded carnivores save animals? By eating meat! Yes! You too can chow down on beef-filled tacos while luxuriating in your own benevolence as you hurl money at Shih Tzu Rescue Inc. — a fine bunch of people who really, really care about oddly coifed Asian dogs. The deal…
If you’re a local punk rocker, you’ve most likely heard the infamous tale about decade-plus ago Dwarves show. It all went down at Washington Square in the early ‘90s – ringing any bells? Well, it went like this: The Dwarves playing one whole song before singer Blag Dahlia chucked guitarist…
South Florida is chock-full of “gay” events year-round, with the various circuit parties and the parades and the pride festivals and such — but none have the panache of the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, running from April 25 (tonight!) to May 4. This evening rub well-toned elbows with…
Right now there are two classes of people: those with tickets for tomorrow night’s Bon Jovi concert and those without. Ticket holders are understandably excited; they get to see ol’ Jon Bon make bedroom eyes at the audience — thousands of pairs of panties will be dampened in unison. But…
Movie catchphrases are often more time-honored than the films themselves. Hell, Paul and Young Ron replay Joe Pesci’s chestnut from Raging Bull everyday: “If you win, you win. If you lose, you still win.” And what about a certain Italian Stallion’s one-liner after catching a fat shiner from Apollo Creed?…
For a few days out of every year South Florida gets more exotic. Fort Lauderdale becomes flush with lovely ladies, each glittering from their skin-adhered jewels. They drape themselves in colorful scarves and throw you a little wink, hip flip as you check out next to them at Publix. That’s…
