THU 9 If there’s one characteristic common to South Florida’s scattered club scene, it’s the come-and-go nature of most club nights. Too often, DJs get the boot — or simply give up — sometimes before the ink dries on the full-color fliers they spent their rent money printing up. Bucking…
“Nepotism: The Art of Friendship” — The Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale continues its slow, steady comeback with this small exhibition curated by Edouard Duval-Carrié, the museum’s first official artist in residence. The Haitian-born artist drew on the work of two dozen other artists he knows and/or admires for…
FRI 9/3 Why did it take a controversial lyric to put Jadakiss on the mainstream map? Jada became the eye of a national media storm with his hit single “Why?,” a song filled with a series of questions about politics, current events, and life. Since they need to fill up…
If you happen to have a 1940 Cadillac gathering dust, you ought to call Funkmaster Flex. Football legend John Madden has recruited Flex to shop for just such a ride, then pimp it out. Way before MTV started transforming rusted-out dorkmobiles into space-age bachelor chariots, Flex was customizing wheels for…
THU 2 Sometimes in comedy all it takes is the right quote or a really outrageous character to make a lasting impression. John Witherspoon has experience with both, from simple sound bites like “Bang! Bang! Bang!” from Boomerang or hard-headed characters like the father in Friday. Though never quite able…
Most of us workin’ folk hurry home at the end of the day so we can plop down in front of the telly. Relaxing, sure, but it’s not for everyone. For those tireless souls we call artists, the end of the 9-to-5 day brings, alas, more work — albeit a…
SUN 9/5 Is your favorite color combination green and yellow? Do you walk around singing “O-léeee, olé, olé”? Do you know how to pronounce capoeira without even thinking about it? Well, then you might be a big fan of South America’s sexiest, partying-est, nakedest, soccer-craziest country. And you might want…
In Victorian England, 40,000 novels were published every year. Of the few that have endured, perhaps none is more worthy of a film adaptation than Vanity Fair, if for no other reason than this: It’s a chore to read. Clocking in at 850 pages, with frequent excursions into unrelated subjects…
Some of the people who helped bring you dank, morose amusements such as The Crow, Dark City, and The Matrix have a new movie to offer. Like The Matrix, it features a dork who flies through the air. As in Dark City, we witness the protagonist’s world radically changing shape…
Cole Porter’s Anything Goes tells the story of a young stockbroker, Billy Crocker, who neglects bosses’ orders to see off gal-pal Reno Sweeney as she boards ship. But then she sees true love Hope Harcourt ready to begrudgingly marry Sir Evelyn Oakleigh. In an effort to stay aboard sans passport,…
If you’ve visited any of South Florida’s major museums in the past few years — and if you haven’t, I don’t even know how to begin chastising you — you’ve seen them. Maybe you haven’t paid attention to them, but you’ve seen them. I call them “Incidental Pleasures” — works…
Genesis Fine Art on Las Olas Boulevard has a lot to offer within its walls. What Genesis doesn’t have, owner Gabriele Rasnick notes, are reproductions. The gallery carries only original paintings and limited-edition bronze sculptures made by dozens of international artists, ranging from the neo-romanticism of Stuart Glazer to the…
FRI 9/3 All eyes — and all of ESPN’s cameras — will be on Hollywood this Friday, when seven big, bad boxers beat the bejesus out of seven other big, bad boxers during Hard Knocks at the Hard Rock. In a battle for the world championship of the flyweight division,…
TUE 9/7 To catch top athletes from around the world, go to the Olympics. Or hop in the SUV for an event right in town — less of a schlep, plenty of flash and sparkle, talented teams, and sexy garb. The United States Dance Sport Championships presents its 35th-annual event…
Heaven Help Us! The Swingin’ New Rat Pack Musical: This toe-tapping world premiere about God’s sending the Rat Pack back to Vegas to help a suicidal lounge owner is stylishly presented, with the terrific cast belting out some great tunes — some 29 hits pop up in the show, ranging…
“Nepotism: The Art of Friendship” — The Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale continues its slow, steady comeback with this small exhibition curated by Edouard Duval-Carrié, the museum’s first official artist in residence. The Haitian-born artist drew on the work of two dozen other artists he knows and/or admires for…
Warning: This week, a convoy of vans is expected to pull up to the Carefree Theatre in West Palm Beach. When the doors open, an extremely potent, laid-back vibe will waft through the city. If inhaled, this substance may trigger an urge to quit work, grab your guitar and your…
THU 26 Funny how we scrutinize and scrutinize the people who run for president, but we could give a rat’s posterior about the folks who run for relatively dinky offices. And then they turn out to be gay governors who sleep with their employees or elections supervisors who can’t design…
With summer’s daily deluges, you’ve probably spent more time wringing out your soaked sneakers than pondering global water shortages. But the day you read this, the world’s human population will consume 3 trillion gallons of water. And not a whole lot of it is what you’d call “clean.” The U.N…
TUE 8/31 Weeknights in downtown Hollywood aren’t exactly your quiet, dinner-and-a-movie-and-off-to-bed-early evenings out. Not since Club Sonar’s been hoppin’ throughout the week. Tuesdays certainly don’t provide a break in the cycle of weeklong partying — the Rawcycle, as it were. Rawcycle is sponsored by Are&Are World United, which bills the…
FRI 8/27 The Florida Marlins’ win-loss ratio is hovering around 50-50 — but the team needs a little fire under its collective ass to make it to the postseason. Late August is when fans — particularly white-knuckled fans of defending national champions — offer to do anything that might bring…
THU 8/26 Finally. A silent auction that peddles more than autographed footballs and tired gift certificates. In conjunction with Boca Festival Days, the Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Hospice of Palm Beach County co-host “Don’t Box Me In — Celebrity Creations” as a sure way to resuscitate weary…
