If a papal visit is not in your summer plans, a visit to the Museum of Art may prove almost as rewarding as a trip to Vatican City. That’s because those splendid Vatican treasures — they’re coming right here to Fort Lauderdale. “Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of…
SAT 8/23 Unifest 2003, the City of Lauderdale Lakes’ ninth-annual Caribbean culture celebration, kicks off Saturday at Vincent Torres Memorial Park (4331 NW 36th St., Lauderdale Lakes). From noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday, the city and the Greater Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce attempt…
SAT 8/23 Ray Mercer headlines the seven-bout fight card on tap at the Seminole Casino (5550 NW 40th St., Coconut Creek) sponsored by Warrior’s Boxing. Mercer (30-5-1, 22 KO), former WBO heavyweight champion, takes on Mario Cawley (22-9-0, 16 KO) in the ten-round main event. Mercer’s been out of the…
SAT 8/23 Paris in the 1920s was a magical time, filled with revolutionary music, thinkers, poets, and other assorted free spirits. It hosted Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, and Gertrude Stein, among others. Artist Alexander Calder was among those drawn to the romantic air of the city…
TUE 8/26 Whereas most audiophiles consider the DJ to be the foundation of hip-hop, it’s usually the mic-checking frontman who garners the spotlight. Since the early ’50s, spoken word has ushered in a revolution of its own, combining beat poetry with a punk-rock spirit and later christening itself “slam.” The…
SUN 8/24 Well, we all know what happened the last time they tried to hold the Latin Grammys in Miami. While the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences would like to be as inclusive of the entire Latin world as possible, a certain element of Miami (read: Cuban exile…
The last thing the Roman Catholic Church needs at this point is another exposé of its misdeeds. The shock of the pedophilia scandals and of the official cover-ups isn’t going away anytime soon, and when last we looked, the former bishop of the Phoenix diocese was out on $45,000 bail…
Ah, Paris — City of Light, of Love, of Liver Damage and Lung Cancer. C’est formidable, non? Who in need of a posh vacation would turn down the opportunity to luxuriate in its finest hotels, to stuff oneself with sumptuous snails, and to work on a terribly flat romantic drama…
Anyone familiar with the greatest show ever, Mr. Show, has seen the skit with the slow-jam duo Three Times One Minus One. They dry-hump and whoo-whoo-whoooo their way through songs with the occasional “daaamn” thrown in for effect, and the fact that they are two white guys imitating black guys…
THU 8/14 Are you tired of all those potty-mouth comics dragging their filth and verbal depravity across this great state of ours? As we all know, South Florida doesn’t take kindly to that tone. We’re upstanding citizens, you know. Well, thank goodness for Carlos Oscar. He’s been described as a…
For many observers, the antiglobalization effort is something to be snickered at while watching CNN. Few people understand what all the fuss is about. Another problem is the appearance of antiglobalization activists in the media and, to some extent, in real life. It’s hard to take anybody seriously when they…
FRI 8/15 “I do a bit of singing and a bit of speaking,” explains Sun-Sentinel columnist and television talk-show host Stephen Goldstein. “I call it ‘spinging.’ About a year ago, I started waking up after a night’s sleep with whole songs almost written — music and lyrics — in my…
FRI 8/15 What do Grave Digger, Bulldozer, and Maximum Destruction have in common? They are all grossly oversized automobiles with massive tires. They are also part of the U.S. Hot Rod Summer Heat Monster Truck Jam, coming to the Office Depot Center (1 Panthers Pkwy., Sunrise) on August 15 and…
SAT 8/16 What defines a puppet? It can be worn on your hand like a glove, or it can be a dummy with strings, as seen in a popular ‘N Sync video. Now, that’s art imitating life. The fact is that a puppet can, with a little imagination, be almost…
SAT 8/16 “Just Because I Live in America” is about more than having your picture taken. According to Swedish-born photographer Tone Stockenstrom, her show is about the universality of the experience shared by people who immigrate to America. Her work showcases the similarity of issues faced by immigrants from all…
SAT 8/16 The music industry is a cold and unforgiving mistress. However, over the past few years, there has been a resurgence in tours of the glam-metal persuasion that dominated airwaves in the ’80s, and why not? Last year, Vince Neil came through and showed this town nothing but a…
It’s a great pleasure to behold a chunk of art that’s both dank and fresh at the same time, and this appraisal perfectly fits the superb Dirty Pretty Things. The latest from veteran director Stephen Frears (Gumshoe, Prick Up Your Ears, High Fidelity) immediately transports the viewer to a subjective…
When was the last time you said to yourself: “Y’know, what I seek for my viewing pleasure is a boring, obscenely diluted remake of Fight Club set in the fascinating world of dentistry”? Indeed, it is a grave displeasure to announce that stellar director Alan Rudolph (The Moderns) has delivered…
Deck. Wheels. Attitude. This is the stuff of Grind, a new comedy about skateboarding and its effects on the human psyche. Neither young dawgs nor old poops will be surprised that the movie is about friendship, competition, product placement, and, like, chasing one’s, like, dreams. Yet Grind craftily sidesteps the…
You may think you recognize the ingredients of typical paintings by a group of Florida artists now widely known as the Highwaymen: gracefully curving palms jutting over a waterfront, blazingly red royal poincianas that seem to have just burst into bloom, live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, churning ocean waves…
In a rare moment of descriptive inspiration, County Commissioner John Rodstrom recently called the kind of art that has been showing up in Broward’s public spaces “plop art.” Rodstrom, who is no art critic (he’s a lawyer with a B.A. in political science), was commenting on a proposed $800,000 expenditure…
He knows there are people, too many, who do not like him. He has to know. They’ve told him to his face–the studio executives who slice and snip the scenes he loves the most and suffer his outbursts for it, the directors he’s pushed out of the way so he…
