As you look around at the slowly diminishing landscape of downtown Fort Lauderdale, you may be incensed. It may be because you’re not part of the über-rich club whose shiny phallic condos will soon block out the sun. They can’t build west or east, so let’s build skyward, right? Or…
THU 1/5 Quicker than you can say “gratuitous beaver shot,” the Cheetah Hallandale decided it’s the perfect time for Pornfest 2004. Although pretty much any night at the Cheetah could be considered a “pornfest,” this weekend is the real deal, both for porn stars and for the freaks that have…
Perhaps because of the nomadic life of many fans and the inherent sense of community it creates, few music scenes suffer more from the GOD Syndrome than the world of jam bands — GOD standing for, of course, “Good Ol’ Days.” In the final years of the Grateful Dead, there…
THU 1/15 When art programs are being trimmed like fat from the school curriculum due to budget cuts, it’s nice to know that people like Rick Lowe exist. The Houston-based activist/artist first gained praise in the early 1990s with Project Row Houses. The public art project took 22 renovated shotgun-style…
MON 1/19 Just because there are no playoffs in South Florida doesn’t mean you need to go without topnotch pigskin action until September. The seventh-annual South Florida All-Star Football Game takes place Monday, January 19, at Miami-Dade North Community College’s Traz Powell Stadium (11380 NW 27th Ave., Miami). The game…
FRI 1/16 The Eckerd Theatre Company combines a classic children’s tale with a new, original story when the troupe comes to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts (201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale) at 10 a.m. Friday. First, kids meet Scorch, a young dragon, who then continues the action…
FRI 1/16 Have a penchant for psychoanalysis? Find it difficult, if not impossible, to pull yourself away from C-Span during the election cycle? Get both of your bookish hankerings satisfied in one dizzying night. See what happens when you mix applied psychological therapy to contemporary political theory. Explore the political…
Sat 1/17 For folk fans, this weekend is truly the most wonderful time of the year. For a scene normally relegated to house concerts and coffee shops, where performers play to incredibly appreciative yet admittedly small crowds, the South Florida Folk Fest gives the local folk scene its moment in…
Not a lot of people know this, but our word actress is derived from the Greek phrase strumpetos luckyos, meaning “prostitute who somehow landed an agent.” The reason this etymological root remains largely unappreciated is that it is entirely fake, fabricated for the present purpose of irritating a lot of…
William H. Macy’s plain-vanilla features and hang-dog screen demeanor have served him well. Who could resist him as the clueless car dealer who hatched the disastrous kidnapping plot in Fargo or as the distraught husband of a frisky porn star in Boogie Nights? A splendid character actor with a gift…
There is much to savor and even more to contemplate in Nilo Cruz’s new play, Beauty of the Father, now receiving a visually compelling world premiere at the New Theatre, the third world premiere of a Cruz play at the Coral Gables space in as many seasons. The production offers…
It’s a sure sign that “the season” is in full throttle when art fairs start springing up on the streets of South Florida. Having not attended one of these in a while, I took in the 16th-annual Las Olas Art Fair on Saturday, January 3. It’s too late for you…
To anyone with young children who insist on watching Disney films again and again and again and again and… (well, you get the idea), the name James Coleman may seem vaguely familiar. The sort of name that you can’t quite place but itches at the back of your head. That’s…
THU 1/8 If you’re a butterfly lover and feel as if there’s no one else out there who understands your winged desires, take heart. The North American Butterfly Association holds a meeting for the Broward County Chapter at the South Plantation High School Media Center (1300 SW 54th Ave., Plantation)…
The Palm Beach Contemporary Art and Design Fair takes place at the new Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, Thursday, January 8, through Tuesday, January 13. A one-day pass costs $15, a multiday pass is $35, students get in for $10. Call 561-209-1338, or visit www.ifae.com.
MON 1/12 Although on different continents, the cordial relationship between Jews and the Japanese during World War II proved to be tenacious, thanks largely to the selfless efforts of one man. Many people have heard of Oscar Schindler, thanks in part to Stephen Spielberg. But not many know about Chiune…
SAT 1/10 So the NFL regular season has come to an end, and what a great year it was. We saw another 2,000-yard rusher in Jamal Lewis. FSU alum Anquan Boldin set the rookie record for catches in a campaign. And Tom Brady led his Patriots squad to 12 straight…
SUN 1/11 Why do little boys obsess over big toys? The bright-yellow construction vehicle, the fire engine — these have been popular for decades. But wherefore this obsession? What, in the end, is the dealio? Perhaps psychological experts could do better to explain it than we mere journalists. So let’s…
THU 1/8 Good news for everyone who was busy taking care of his flu-infested family members during the 2003 Art Basel festivities: Art Miami has arrived. This is the 14th year of one of Miami’s most vibrant cultural experiences. Art Miami is an extensive, multigallery exposition of contemporary and modern…
FRI 1/9 >While the tendency in improvisational rock these days (we try to use the term “improvisational” instead of “jam band” for fear of immediately nauseating a certain segment of the readership) is to move toward techno and heavier rock sounds, not all the contemporary bands in the scene have…
Back in January of 2003, New Line Cinema released Final Destination 2, a horror movie in which the antagonist was the unseen hand of death itself. All the main characters knew their time was up, but they didn’t know how or when, so they existed in a constant state of…
It has become a subject of much discussion and debate among film fetishists in recent weeks: For which movie will Sean Penn win the Academy Award, Mystic River or 21 Grams? Perhaps this seems like so much jockeying for blurbs on a movie poster or a newspaper advertisement — Sean…
