Arts & Culture

Tom Hanks is who Tom Hanks is today because of something he did about 14 years ago. One afternoon, Hanks walked into his agent’s office and told the man who takes 10 percent, “I don’t want to play pussies anymore.” He had spent the better part of the 1980s being…

Maybe it’s leftover vibes from the highly successful “Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes.” Maybe it’s the presence of a new executive director. Whatever the reason, “Enrique Martínez Celaya Celaya: The October Cycle 2000-2002” is the best exhibition at Fort Lauderdale’s Museum of Art (MoA) in…

Young American artist Stephen Scott Young was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1958, and grew up in St. Augustine, Florida. His subject matter? Life in the Bahamas. Go figure. A selection of his work, called “A View from the Bahamas: Watercolors by Stephen Scott Young,” is on display at the…

A long time ago, on a wave far, far away, 19-year-old surfer Shaun Tomson made cinematic history. It was 1977. Darth Vader entered the world’s consciousness with Star Wars. Porn star John Holmes peaked with Young, Hot, n’ Nasty Teenage Cruisers. And Tomson titillated audiences in a different way. Free…

THU 18 For the enterprising cartoonist, freelancing is the ultimate gig. You get to set your own schedule, pick your own clients, and work from your own home. But there’s also a lot of hard work, long hours, and tough deadlines. Just ask Arnold Roth. He’s been at it for…

Despite the fact that Tibetan freedom has become a popular celebrity cause in recent years, the Dalai Lama and his peeps remain helplessly tucked away in the snowy Himalayan mountains while the Chinese continue to occupy his country. China’s Communist government has replaced the official language from Tibetan to Chinese,…

Authors dish it up SAT 3/20 “I don’t know why it was his lifelong dream to build a boat out of 100,000 corks,” says Jody Rafkind, “but I thought, ‘I want to meet that guy. ‘” Rafkind is manager of the Broward Public Library Foundation’s annual Literary Feast event, and…

Orioles host “Little League Day” SUN 3/21 Ah, spring baseball! Let’s hum a few lines for old times’ sake: “Take me out to the ball game/Take me out to the crowd/Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks.” So those are the words. No mention of pregame parades around the field…

A CHEAP DATE SAT 3/20 Free. No other word has quite the same visceral impact. That being said… Free movies this Saturday night at Weston Regional Park (20200 Saddle Club Rd., Weston)! Yep, there’ll be free screenings of Spiderman and Daredevil as part of Maroone Moonlight Movies. Spiderman, the 2002…

Those sweet ’70s sounds return SUN 3/21 The long stretch of musical mishmash known as the 1970s began with the demise of the Beatles and ended with disco. But somewhere amid the 11-minute prog-rock songs and pre-drug-addicted teen idols were a number of soul bands emerging from the ’60s with…

The Caldwell Theatre’s current show, Iago, certainly offers the promise of blood-pumping drama. James McLure’s play is set backstage during a mid-20th-century production of Shakespeare’s Othello and takes its inspiration from the tempestuous real-life relationship between Vivien Leigh and Laurence Oliver and Leigh’s adulterous affair with the young Peter Finch…

New Times once referred to the kids at Dreyfoos School of the Arts as “pretentious little artists.” But you know what they say about makers of snarky comments: They’re just jealous. And we admit it. At Dreyfoos, kids take a minimum of two classes in their chosen artistic fields –…

TUE 11 It used to be that Parisian artists would mingle with the bourgeoisie at streetside cafés in Montmartre. Guess it’s a sign o’ the times that today, pop artist Peter Max, the most famous mustachioed painter since Salvador Dalí, greets fans at the Gardens Mall (3101 PGA Blvd., Palm…

Ahh, St. Paddy’s Day. Irish folks’ most significant cause for yearly celebration always results in an overflow of activities, especially in a South Florida community dense with Irish natives. March 17 is more than an excuse for alcoholic (over)indulgence; it’s a celebration of Irish culture. From live music to parades…

A good day to be gay SAT 3/13 No question about it, Americans are getting more polarized about gay marriage by the day. The Bush administration, with a lot of support from the religious right, has abandoned its party’s traditional support for states’ rights to try to quash gay rights,…

Pros really chase the little white ball THU 3/11 Last week’s Ford Championship signals that the PGA tour’s Florida swing is under way. This week’s leg is the Honda Classic, taking place at the Country Club at Mirasol (11600 Mirasol Way, Palm Beach Gardens) from March 11 to 14. 2003…

Boca Raton drops some marine biology SAT 3/13 It’s no revelation that sea life harbors a strong influence in much of our community, from restaurants to recreation. For those not acquainted with life in the great sea beyond what they might have picked up from Animal Planet, Boca Raton’s Daggerwing…

Come celebrate all things Caribbean FRI 3/12 A steelpan jamboree, a women’s netball competition, bands performing on stilts, piles of jerk chicken… Sounds like a typical day at “Unite-A-Fest.” The annual celebration of Caribbean culture returns to Lauderhill on Friday, March 12, through Sunday, March 14, promising its usual assemblage…

Elliott and some lady friends alight at the Depot FRI 3/12 Missy Elliott did for hip-hop what Björk did for alternative music, which is to say that she swooped in from outer space, made a bunch of freaky-deaky sounds, worked some futuristic musical jujitsu, and left everybody saying, “Huh?” With…