Much like the days following Thanksgiving, the days following Christmas are not good ones to swim at the beach. The National Weather Service has issued an urgent coastal hazard message, warning of dangerous rip tides. The "high riptide risk" has been issued for Broward and Palm Beach Counties, as well...
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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...
An admirably complex tale of time travel, corporate espionage and high emotions you'll just have to take everyone's word on, Jacob Gentry's science-fiction puzzler Synchronicity is so ambitious — and so canny, on occasion — that you might be willing to forgive its indie infelicities. The acting is iffy, especially...
Palm Beach restaurateur Clay Conley's Grato opened just a few weeks ago, and already people are converging in droves for a taste of the famous chef's Italian-style dishes cooked up in a wood-fired oven. Specifically, that includes several specialty pizzas and a half-dozen handmade pastas. "I've always made my own...
A laugh comes at last just before the end credits of Robert Eggers' lit-class horror-bummer The Witch: a boastful note attesting to the documentary truthfulness of the dialogue in the movie we've just seen. Over 90 minutes that prove shriekiness is no impediment to ponderousness, we've beheld the harrowing of...
Thursday, May 19 There are a great many topics on which the U.S. citizenry cannot agree. But this week is a period to come together to celebrate the one thing 99.9 percent of us adore: beer. American Craft Beer Week is here. Celebrate at these South Florida spots: • Thursday...
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Out of the 50 states and Washington D.C., Florida Googled the term "Concealed guns permit" more than any other. This, according to real estate blog Estately. Florida was also apparently very interested in Donald Trump's net worth and the prices of homes in 2015. Indeed, concealed gun permits has always...
In 1961, Dr. Jack Fishman applied for a patent on nalaxone, a powerful drug that he created during his part-time work at a New York pharmaceutical lab. The substance safely reverses overdoses for users of opioids such as heroin and prescription painkillers. Hospitals and emergency responders clamored to have it...
Rejoice, South Florida! 2015 is finally over. We somehow managed to survive a questionable bear hunt, invasive pythons, and flakka. Through it all, you stuck by us and read along as we churned out story after story of all the craziness happening in the area we call home. And with...
Gary Kollin, a civil rights attorney in Fort Lauderdale, is currently suing the Broward Sheriff’s Office, and deputy Jason Dorsett, for wrongful arrest, based on an incident in Parkland on April 11, 2013. Kollin had called police for help kicking his ex-fiancee's sister out of the ex-fiancee's home. But when...
A battle is heating up between rich owners of waterfront property and boaters who, instead of docking, use anchors to keep their boats cheaply in the Intracoastal Waterway. The rich have argued that boaters ruin their view — especially ones that have abandoned decrepit vessels. Many boaters, however, contend that...
When Garth Brooks announced his comeback tour with Trisha Yearwood last year, it garnered so much buzz that a third date was added to the South Florida stop at BB&T Center in Sunrise — and rightfully so. Brooks has earned his spot at the top in a way very few...
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Matisyahu was as singular an artist as there’s ever been: a Hasidic Jew, long beard and forelocks included, unearthing the Judaic underpinnings of Rastafarian reggae and reconnecting them to his faith. But when Matisyahu the man (born Matthew Miller — he adopted the Hebrew moniker in 2001) broke away from...
"Got 'em on!" Mark "the Shark" Quartiano roars while his first mate stabs a shark with a gaff and hauls it out of the placid Atlantic Ocean. "In the boat, get him in the boat! Yeah, got 'em on!" Thwacking its tail and flipping over so the white of its...
Mr. Entertainment is a South Florida musician and herald of the local scene since the 19-somethings and serves as the unofficial Musical Mayor of Hollywood. The Art Scavenger Hunt started 15 years ago with a dozen or so artists having some fun, making works of art, then hiding them up...
Vera Arias glides north along Federal Highway during morning rush hour, her black Republic road bike fast and light beneath her. All her senses are heightened at this intersection near the Miami-Dade/Broward County line, the worst part of her daily ride to work. Cars zoom past and honk aggressively. To...
The Pee-wee Productions logo that kicks off the new Netflix film Pee-wee's Big Holiday trumpets comedian-turned-actor Paul Reubens' comeback as the formerly ubiquitous man-child. Forget about The Pee-wee Herman Show, Reubens' fan-service-intensive Broadway extravaganza. Big Holiday (which premieres March 18 on Netflix) plays like an un–self-conscious continuation of the character's...
When you see escargot on a menu, a few things may cross your mind, the first of which might go something like: "Why would anyone willingly eat snails?" Depending on your familiarity with the mollusk you may already love — or by the same token have no palate for —...
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A half-mile off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, 35 feet below the ocean's surface, two battery-powered golden-yellow submarines the size of Volkswagen Beetles puttered around Barracuda Reef. In one submarine's cabin — a transparent sphere that looks like a giant fishbowl — sat Rachel Silverstein, a dark-haired PhD who holds...
The story of singer/songwriter and accomplished pianist Leon Russell’s late-career revival is the stuff of film – literally. It’s a truly compelling tale that begins with a fruitful career in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Russell started the legendary Shelter Records (along with producer Denny Cordell), the label responsible...
Your momma didn't want her baby to grow up to be a cowboy, an English or a theatre major... and based on a recent report, she was right. You should skip college and get a certificate to become a paramedic. A recent report called “Labor Market Experiences After Postsecondary...
The NBA trade deadline came and went Thursday and while Heat fans were ready to yell out “LET’S DAAAANCE!!” like Kevin Bacon at the end of Footloose and celebrate in endless falling confetti, the actual day amounted to nothing more than the proverbial wet fart. The Heat traded away players and...