“It’s the fire in your belly that drives you to do anything,” says Zimmerman. “And we’ll see if I have it.” Gayle Zimmerman was perusing the cookie selection at Two Fat Cookies in Delray Beach for a Passover Seder when she noticed a flyer for a PBC Writers Workshop. She went…
Writing is a solitary endeavor – except, of course, for all the voices in your own head. Whether you write in the privacy of your bedroom or in a coffeeshop surrounded by the hustle and bustle of caffeinated humanity, the task itself requires a drawing in, an exclusion of the…
Every morning at sunrise, artist Susie Q. Wood walks the coastline outside her ocean-facing Galt Mile Beach condo and cleans up after other people. She collects stomped cigarette butts, misplaced shoes, discarded plastic, and forgotten dolls. Much of it she trashes. Some she recycles. A lot, she washes and uses…
Ed King was a pop artist for 13 years, having made a name for himself in the art world with his bright and vibrant pieces. King has years of experience including stints as a design and video editing instructor at the Miami Ad School, Art Director at Transmission Graphic Design,…
“I was dead for ten days, so I can tell you from the horse’s mouth: I got closer to God than you ever will. I was on the other side. And you know what He said to me? He said, ‘I forgive you, my son. Now go back home because…
It’s hardly surprising that Bill Burr strikes some people as a bit of a contrarian. After all, his stand-up comedy routine and frequent ate night television appearances find him ranting on everything from women in the workplace, Bruce Jenner and grocery shopping to fast food, stay home moms and muffins,…
When most Florida locals think of Palm Beach County, they imagine posh luncheons and swanky shopping on glamorous Worth Avenue or attending a trendy happy hour down on Clematis Street. But beyond the cityscape of craft coffee shops and expensive croissants lies a cultural mecca for fine dining, entertainment, and…
These days, most of the Native Americans living in and around the Everglades zip through the wetlands in airboats, not canoes. Traditional canoes were made from thousand-year-old cypress trees, which eventually rot. Modern tribal kids with motorized vehicles have had no need to learn to make canoes anymore — and…
ArtsUP is the latest addition to the increasingly popular FAT Village in downtown Fort Lauderdale. This unique gallery brings high-quality art installations to a new level — specifically, the level that starts at 12 feet overhead and goes up to the much-higher ceiling. Neil Ramsay, founder and director of the…
“Write what you know.” This is perhaps the most oft-repeated advice to anyone who’s every hammered away at a keyboard. So when Brittany Ackerman set out to develop a screenplay set in the city where she hangs out, one aspect of it was dominant: the drug and alcohol recovery industry…
Margaret Cho’s comedy always shines when she covers two subjects in particular: gay issues and her Korean-immigrant mother. Put them together and she slays. Cho perfectly captures her mom’s naive, old-school attitude as it plays out against Cho, an openly bisexual woman who grew up in ultraliberal San Francisco. In…
Nestled among the warehouses and industrial facilities in west Pompano, you will find the Dark Angel Armory & Forge — a metal art school and custom ironworks shop. It’s run by Shaun Williams, age 47, who is the regional coordinator for the Florida Artist Blacksmith Association (FABA) Southeast Region, a…
Of course, there were romance novels long before Fifty Shades of Grey started flying off bookshelves and ended up as a Hollywood movie. The tawdry tales that litter drugstore aisles have been around seemingly forever, distinguished mainly by cover photos featuring hunky, bare-chested,musclebound men who are about to ravish innocent…
“I have always been a fan of storytelling in all forms and think that sequential storytelling is a unique and exciting way to weave a tale,” says Cary Polkovitz. “My parents gave my brother and I these hardbound volumes of the classic Batman and Superman comics and that hooked me…
If you missed the opening of Sweet Dillard at the Miami International Film Festival on Sunday, you made a big mistake. The documentary, by a cadre of South Florida Sun Sentinelers, tells the story of the Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble. This is no small-time group. Started in…
Since 1988, Fort Lauderdale’s annual gathering of famous authors and bibliophiles alike has raised more than $3 million to support Broward County Library’s literary programs and services. This year, the twenty-eighth Literary Feast will host nearly 20 nationally acclaimed authors in a series of literary events over three days. The festivities begin…
When you need to up Instagram game, there’s one awesome way to do it: “underwater fashion” which is getting super popular — especially in the warm waters of South Florida. According to photographer Kim Porter of Fort Lauderdale, clients are lining up not just for shoots in which they wear…
As BroCo’s tight-knit arts scene grows into a more serious place for professional visual artists to call home, the small yet ever-evolving scene continues to foster an innovative community where artists crank out impressive works and organize quality exhibitions. While Broward can sometime feel like Miami’s ignored little sibling, plenty…
Kathleen Madigan is just here for the jokes. In her 25-plus year career in stand-up comedy, she has bypassed the coveted sitcom and movie route that so many comedians strive for and stayed doing what she really loves instead – simply standup. It is what has made her a frequent…
“Sometimes the tattoo artists in primitive cultures were shamans,” explains Fakir Musafar, the preeminent researcher of body modification and of the so-called “modern primitives” movement. “They envisioned the marks, tattooed them on the body, and then the person who got the tattoo was whole, complete. It was their pattern, their…
This year’s three MasterMind Award winners — chosen from a group of ten finalists — will be announced February 18 at Artopia, our annual soirée celebrating Miami culture. For tickets and more information, visit newtimesartopia.com. A night deep in the Southwest Florida farmlands means silence. During the day, tourists and city…
This year’s three MasterMind Award winners — chosen from a group of ten finalists — will be announced February 18 at Artopia, our annual soirée celebrating Miami culture. For tickets and more information, visit newtimesartopia.com. Liz Ferrer showed up to her New Times photo shoot looking like a scary clown:…
