The anticipated delivery of REBEL's new EP Locations was finally actualized at Green Room in Fort Lauderdale this past weekend. The band spent time out of the limelight since last November, but you wouldn't know it by their essentially flawless performance. When we talked with the trio last week, they told us how stoked they were about being able to present their newest venture to a club packed with fans, family, and friends -- the triple-threat of the music world. REBEL turned out a killer live show. The crowd was on their feet before you could say "Who wants another shot?!"More >>

The third-annual "Trouble With Girls" art show took over the Bubble in FAT Village last night, hosting more than 40 terribly terrific female artists and photographers and dozens of vendors. We got a chance to chat with the Bubble's own Yvonne Colon, who was busy putting the final touches on fellow Bubble facilitator Garo Gallo's band Dooms de Pop's naughty-schoolgirl costumes, before they took the stage. More >>

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Too many stodgy old farts, Broadway isn't what it used to be, now that nearly all of the productions are based on movies, TV shows or previous productions, and -- these days -- every patron shows up dressed like a slob. Hey, sounds like a good time to us.

If you're equally sick-and-tired as hell of frou-frou, chi-chi musicals and plays, might we recommend the Trailer Park Boys' "Drunk, High and Unemployed Tour," which hits Fort Lauderdale's Parker Playhouse on Saturday.

The tour features the three main players from Showtime's cult fan-favorite original series Trailer Park Boys, detailing the lurid (often hilarious) exploits of Canadian conmen forever damned to Sunnyvale Trailer Park. To pass the time, they booze hard, burn mad reefer, and constantly scheme any which way they can to make some cash, which always results in arrest-laden finales followed by the "fresh out of jail" season openers.

Not sure that you're really ready for an up-close peak into the lurid lifestyles of Ricky, Julian, and, of course, Bubbles? Or maybe you're worried you relate just a little too much. Well, check the jump for sure-fire signs that you yourself are a bona fide Trailer Park Boy.

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Photo by Mike Rice

​Even if the cause for a memorial concert is a sad one, the large crowd of participants toasted the late drummer and promoter Jimmy Pagano at America's Backyard Sunday with smiles. In the brilliant, sunny afternoon, a collection of area musicians, bar regulars, friends, and family mingled, took photographs, and remembered a man who had spirit big enough to bring them all together.

Organized by Main Event Talent Agency's Judy Blem, who responded to the night's attendance with: "Two words. Fucking wow." From teens with grown-up rock attitude to seasoned vets of the scene, the event featured an assortment of acts who all had Pagano on their minds and many dedications went out to him -- including a cover of Guns 'N Roses' take on "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
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Photo by Betsey Denberg

​Returning for its second year, Art Rock revamped the white walls of the Armory Art Center into a marketplace filled with unique works of art this past Saturday. From skateboards to plushy taxidermy and even the tiniest little people one ever did see, there was something to tickle everyone's fancy. However, this wasn't just any old art show. Organizer and crafty queen Amanda Linton (of Stitch Rock and House of Sweets fame) exceeded in creating an environment in which the art was affordable and far from boring. More >>

Photo by Betsey Denberg

​On Sunday afternoon, the Kreepy Kittins (Kreepy Tiki Tattoo's pinup girl gang) transformed downtown Fort Lauderdale's music venue Revolution into a wonderland of vintage and handmade goods for a day of good ol' retro fun. In the past, I'd only seen concerts at Revolution, so I was curious about how the "crafternoon" would pan out.

One of the busty pinup clad girls selling raffle tickets greeted patrons entering the market. Everywhere I looked, there was a smiling face peddling handcrafted treasures.  

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