Arts & Culture

Some observers have said Florida Marlins outfielder Mike Stanton could give Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg a run for his money in the NL Rookie of the Year race. Basically, Stanton is a mountain of five-tool awesomeness. He can hit 500-foot home runs and throw out runners with the accuracy of…

As a quote-unquote adult, you aren’t supposed to like laser shows. Your aesthetic sensibility should be much too evolved for some ironic stoner trip through outdated sci-fi atmospherics and a classic rock soundtrack. Yet this Friday, you will stuff your mouth with mushrooms, fill a water bladder with home-brewed hooch,…

Just as only the true king of England was able to remove the sword Excalibur from the stone, only the brave will be able to take a diamond from the mouth of Colombian performance artist María José Arjona. This Thursday, she’ll perform the third act in her Vires series at…

On May 8, 1902, the city of St. Pierre on the tiny island of Martinique was immolated when stratovolcano Mount Pelée erupted, spewing superheated gas, rock, and ash. Within minutes, town hall, the cathedral church, the shrine at Morne Rouge, the chamber of commerce, and the botanical gardens were utterly…

In addition to interviewing celebs on the red carpet, comedian Kathy Griffin has played Eminem’s nurse in a music video and Brooke Shields’s bitter colleague on Suddenly Susan. So it’s no surprise she landed on Hollywood’s D list. But the surgically enhanced, red-headed vixen might have crossed paparazzi lines into…

Bear and Bird Gallery, on the second floor of Tate’s Comics in Lauderhill, has long explored the connection between fine art and toys. Past events have included a Munny doll extravaganza, silk purses made from cigar boxes, and Star Wars characters as Beanie Baby-style art. In its latest exhibit, “Peculiar…

The door to the auditorium is slightly ajar. Inside is a large blank projection screen pulled down across the face of one wall and an entire theater of chairs arranged in carefully regimented rows near the center of the room. The place is empty. No one else is here. But…

The door to the auditorium is slightly ajar. Inside is a large blank projection screen pulled down across the face of one wall and an entire theater of chairs arranged in carefully regimented rows near the center of the room. The place is empty. No one else is here. But…

The door to the auditorium is slightly ajar. Inside is a large blank projection screen pulled down across the face of one wall and an entire theater of chairs arranged in carefully regimented rows near the center of the room. The place is empty. No one else is here. But…

Long a breeding ground for football phenoms and other elite athletes, Carol City Senior High has often enjoyed success on the field. The Chiefs won three state championships on the gridiron between 1996 and 2003. It’s also the alma mater of sibling superstars Santana and Sinorice Moss. But that triumphant…

If you gulped down all three works of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy — The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest — and you’re thirsty for more of the Nordic noir, check out Pippi Longstocking at the Miracle…

If you gulped down all three works of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy — The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest — and you’re thirsty for more of the Nordic noir, check out Pippi Longstocking at the Miracle…

If you gulped down all three works of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy — The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest — and you’re thirsty for more of the Nordic noir, check out Pippi Longstocking at the Miracle…

If you gulped down all three works of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy — The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest — and you’re thirsty for more of the Nordic noir, check out Pippi Longstocking at the Miracle…

If you gulped down all three works of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy — The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest — and you’re thirsty for more of the Nordic noir, check out Pippi Longstocking at the Miracle…

If you gulped down all three works of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy — The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest — and you’re thirsty for more of the Nordic noir, check out Pippi Longstocking at the Miracle…

If you gulped down all three works of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy — The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest — and you’re thirsty for more of the Nordic noir, check out Pippi Longstocking at the Miracle…

Once, in the ’80s, we starred in a DIY inspirational video where making waffles was a metaphor for career success. We thought the death of the VHS format meant the evidence would eventually disintegrate in some faraway Salvation Army thrift store. Yet there’s a group of seven friends that searches…

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck on I-95 in bumper-to-bumper traffic, dripping sweat, and choking back road rage, don’t despair. There’s finally a solution for the workaday commuter just raring to let the throttle loose on those Formula 1 reveries. Hooked on Driving is a high-performance driving experience that will…

Nietzsche declared, “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.” It’s doubtful that the existential philosopher anticipated chaos giving birth to Dancing With the Stars, where B-listers tango for more fame. More likely, he would have been down with the kind…

Here in South Florida, we’re lucky to have access to plenty of Caribbean and Latin culture. So give yourself a taste of the exotic this weekend by checking out the Inaugural African Diaspora Dance and Drum Festival of Florida. But first, learn your instruments. Think of the shekere — a…