THU 9/18 Are you sick of your emotions, or are they sick of you? The Delray Beach Public Library offers a three-part lecture by Dr. Laura Feoglio called “Can Emotions Make You Sick?” We all know emotional outbursts can feel good, but too many can turn us into sobbing gelatinous…
Nearly 200 years ago, Crown Prince Ludwig (later King Ludwig I) married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on October 12. They decided to hold the wedding in a picturesque field outside the city gates of Munich. Being the magnanimous royals they were, they also chose to turn the wedding into a…
SAT 9/20 Pagans around the world celebrate the autumnal equinox with festivals to offer thanks and wish for continued abundance. Part of Broward County’s “Pagan Pride Harvest Celebration” is dedicated to a formal offering of thanks. The day includes drumming, a Sun Celebration Circle, and Handfasting — a marriage-like ceremony…
SAT 9/20 Saturday night’s all right for fighting, and this Saturday certainly is no exception, as IPW Hardcore Wrestling and NWA Florida present Last Man Standing at Davie Junction (6311 Orange Dr., Davie). The main event is a six-man elimination match featuring David Babylon, Rod Steel, Justice, Mikey Tenderfoot, Johnny…
THU 9/18 What’s better than seeing alleged junkie pachyderms and ambiguously gay roommates on a kids TV show? Why, seeing those things live, of course! “Sesame Street Live 1-2-3… Imagine” opens at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts (201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale) at 7 p.m. Thursday, with…
SAT 9/20 Listen above the din of trendy conversation and obnoxious club jams, push your way through the throngs of silk shirts, and get thee to Dada. Every Saturday for the past two months, this cozy little bar in the heart of Delray Beach has played host to Popscene, the…
THU 9/18 Bluesmen have a certain image. You all know what it is. Somewhere on a front porch in a rural area of the South, an old black man sits in a chair banging out tunes on his acoustic guitar. Well, that’s not Scott Ainslie. But Ainslie has an affinity…
Somewhere in the deepest mists of Eastern Europe lies an urban hell shrouded in shadowy azure where darkly enchanted black-leather-clad denizens leap about to thudding techno, blurting outrageously melodramatic proclamations in randomly accented English. It’s The Crow meets The Matrix, it’s gothcore tricked out with wire-stunts, and most important, it’s…
When it made the rounds of the gay and lesbian film festivals last year, Km. (Kilometer Zero) found itself the winner of several audience awards — prizes voted on by festivalgoers themselves for the film they happened to enjoy the most. The ensemble-cast Spanish comedy couldn’t arrive at a…
Visualize Tokyo. Got it? Now add popular favorite Bill Murray, doing his “lovable shmoe” shtick. Toss in American Rhapsody’s up-and-comer Scarlett Johansson, doing her standard “like, duh” face. Dip them both into emotional torpor in the sleek Park Hyatt, add local color, stir. Et voilà: Lost in Translation. For Sofia…
One of the lamentable aspects of modern American life is the absence of political discourse in public life. “Never talk about politics or religion” goes the old saw, and Americans don’t, as a rule, do so in social contexts, and they often go ballistic when artists get political. Apparently being…
I’m into lamps lately. Not just lamps as décor but also lamps as art. Let me explain. It all started innocently enough. While relatives were in town, we inevitably ended up on Las Olas Boulevard. A little light lunch, a little light shopping, and lots of walking. Blame it on…
The slogan on a Troubled Hubble T-shirt reads: “Everything’s going to be fine.” They have songs called “I Love My Canoe” and “You Stay Here, I’ll Go Get Help.” Goddamn it, these guys are adorable. But don’t mistake their goofy titles, amorous leanings, and appearance for just another whiny emo…
Life on the road can be a lonely existence. The nameless faces, questionable hotel rooms, miles of nondescript terrain, and countless one-night stands can all lead a band to break down. So what if you could bring all the comforts of home along with you, including your soul mate? This…
THU 9/11 Hey, do you love drinking? How about kayaking? Have you ever wished there were a way to combine kayaking and drinking? Hasn’t everybody? Well, you’re in luck. Cellars Warehouse and Full Moon Kayak Co. have joined forces for a double-header called A Taste of Venice. For one night…
TUE 9/16 Have you ever had the urge to punch something? With all the stress and angst that comes from the everyday grind of life, people need an outlet through which to channel extra energy and burn off some steam. And occasionally, the target of one’s built-up frustration might just…
SAT 9/13 Now that the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (read: football season) has begun, you’ll need some way to get your kids in on the action. After all, God forbid they should want to watch some kiddie show on Sunday afternoon when the game is on. Perhaps the…
SUN 9/14 Are you tired of predictable art exhibits? Tired of staring at a piece of white paper with a black line for at least half an hour, only to realize that you don’t understand it and that you’re hungry? The upcoming Roberto Juarez exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary…
TUE 9/16 The South Florida poetry scene has changed quite a bit since spoken word/musical duo the Weeds last took to the stage. After a six-year break, poet Adam Matza and percussionist Jimmy Seidel are back with a new CD and a heap of newfound inspiration. Matza initially called it…
When Nicolas Cage plays still and sullen — a man possessed by self-loathing and melancholy in Adaptation, say, or the landlocked angel in City of Angels — he comes off as drowsy. He disappears into those roles like a head plopped in a fluffy pillow, and it doesn’t quite suit…
God bless Johnny Depp. For the second time this year, the man has almost single-handedly redeemed an action movie that would otherwise be indistinguishable from the pack. Introduced right up front in Robert Rodriguez’s Once Upon a Time in Mexico, he’s first seen dressed up like Prince in purple glasses…
THU 9/11 “Charlotte Sometimes” is a song by the Cure, and it’s also the title of the new Eric Byler film. Charlotte Sometimes tells the classic story of a love triangle, but with a fourth person. So it’s really a love quadrangle. It’s a simple love story: Boy likes girl…
