Our Top DVD Picks Scheduled for Release This Week

The Adventures of Aquaman (Warner Bros.) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One (Paramount) Battleship Potemkin (Kino) Breathless: The Criterion Collection (Criterion) Commune (First Run) The Company (Sony) Fantastic Planet (Accent Cinema) Home of the Brave (MGM) Hostel: Director’s Cut (Sony) Hostel: Part II (Sony)Into Great Silence (Zeitgeist) The…

Get Yer Halloween Fun Here

Halloween is that rare celebration that can be equally exciting for adults and kids. We think it’s because of the costumes, which are fun for everyone. And then there are the treats, which only get better as you age. If you think the sugar rush from candy corn is a…

The Power Is Yours

Simone Kelly-Brown is our kinda woman. She founded the Give ’N Take Network, which began as a networking event in New York City and has blossomed into a national platform for female entrepreneurs to exchange valuable services. She hosts the popular Own Your Power radio show, where every week she…

What’s Your Fantasy?

Can you dream of a better place for a chemical vacation or a marathon masquerade than the Conch Republic during Fantasy Fest? Tonight at 8:00 throngs of ribald revelers will converge on the Pier House Resort and Caribbean Spa (One Duval St., Key West) for Pretenders in Paradise, Fantasy Fest’s…

Calling All Shopaholics

Good shopping can give such a thrill. Special sales can feel like a crazy contact sport in which the rules are, there are no rules. On Black Friday, dodging through crowded department stores can be almost dangerous. But finding that thing you just gotta have is such sweet victory. Local…

Love in the Time of Russian Puppets

It is a children’s play with grown-up credentials. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer (and former Miami resident) Nilo Cruz, who adapted it from the short story by Nobel Prize-winning Gabriel García Márquez. Mix that literary lineage with the inventive direction of the…

Bottoms Up, Family-Style

On our side of the pond, a bier is something a corpse or coffin hangs out on before it’s buried. We prefer the less macabre interpretation that folks in Germany and the Netherlands use — the intoxicating elixir we know and love as beer. And we definitely appreciate Oktoberfest, their…

Abortion Is Hilarious

There are certain things that can be said aloud only if you’re Sarah Silverman. This fact has been proven repeatedly since her one-woman show/musical, Jesus Is Magic, hit the video store shelves; her appearance on The Aristocrats became urban party legend; and her new series, The Sarah Silverman Program, accrued…

We Feel a Song Coming On

If you’re tired of singing in the shower and have a hankering to bring out your inner child, why not head on over to the Miami Children’s Chorus’s first All Together Now community sing-a-long? Ya know, we don’t really do the whole Christmas-carols-by-the-fireplace thing here, so this is a great…

Soleful Art

Tired of seeing the same shoes everywhere you go? We agree — there just might be a few too many hipsters wearing black-and-white Chucks or white Air Force Ones. Want to check out some really fresh kicks? Head to the Antikulture Gallery today for the Vans “Art of Sole” exhibit…

Swing, Baby, Swing

When someone says “beach bum,” you might have visions of sandy-haired, Hawaiian-shirted transients, but from now on, we want you to know that South Florida Beach Bums are even cooler than you think. The semipro baseball team is made up of former and current collegiate baseball players who have proven…

Dance Gets a Fresh Spin

Ballet Gamonet kicks off its third season tonight, and fans of passionate, emotional dance performances would be smart to buckle in for the ride. Artistic Director Jimmy Gamonet de los Heros and his troupe will present a company fave alongside a world-premiere piece by guest choreographer Jerry Opdenaker. Transtangos draws…

Puck Halloween

Forget the Halloween costume; put on your Florida Panthers jersey and celebrate with some exciting professional hockey. This will be the first meeting in this young NHL season between the Panthers and their visiting division rivals, the Carolina Hurricanes. Be a witness to Panthers captain Olli Jokinen’s pursuit to be…

Candy Is Dandy, Liquor Is Quicker

Halloween is that rare celebration that can be equally exciting for adults and kids. We think it’s because of the costumes, which are fun for everyone. And then there are the treats, which only get better as you age. If you think the sugar rush from candy corn is a…

Monster Mash

When we were kids, we loved trick-or-treating — endless amounts of free candy without having to utter an insincere “Please?” We were in Halloween heaven. But all of that changed when allegations of razor-blade-laden apples and cyanide-injected candy corn swept through Elm Street, and we’ve been on a strictly costume…

Reading Miranda

A boxer without a story might as well be a horse. A man’s history inspires empathy in others; with empathy, we taste the bitterness of the sweet science. A 168-pounder from Colombia, Edison “Pantera” Miranda (28-2, 24 KOs), knows this well enough to pump his piteous bio in his promotions…

Bamboo Banger

Try this musical experiment just for giggles: The next time you’re hanging out with someone who is sonically conservative — parents who yell at you to turn that crap off, your boyfriend who’s way too into jam bands, that prissy co-worker who couldn’t let her hair down if her life…

Howl at the Moon

With so many venues closing as quickly as they open, Tobacco Road is unique for its longevity. But the ol’ Road couldn’t have survived ninetysomething years in this city of flux without its faithful legion of bands and the patrons they attract. Tonight at 9:00 the joint is giving back…

Get Your Shine On

A jewelry connoisseur you’re not; the last time you saw a real diamond, you were at Dolphin Stadium checking out a Marlins game. Don’t worry, this weekend you’ll learn the ins and outs of all types of baubles, from vintage and rare antique pieces to gemstones and timepieces at the…

A Schooner Is a Sailboat, Stupidhead

This year’s incarnation of the esteemed Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show promises to be bigger and, um, boatier than ever, with what flacks call “two billion dollars’ worth of runabouts, sportfishers, high-performance boats, cabin cruisers, express cruisers, sailing yachts, motor yachts, bowriders, catamarans, trawlers, inflatables, canoes, and extraordinary superyachts.” That’s…

Feel the Bass

Ah, the ups and downs of Lance Bass. First he tried singing, and he was pretty good at it — he was in that boy band ’Nsync, teenagers loved him, he was on top of the world. But then he tried to be an actor and made a movie called…

So You Wanna Be a Filmmaker?

Everyone’s a critic. Sure, it’s easy to look at some of the television shows that get green-lighted each season and wonder what particular kind of crack the network executives were smoking that day — Cavemen, anyone? No? Alrighty then. But behind the scenes, television can be more dramatic and difficult…