Weekend Preview: Count your blessings with Tony Hawk, Marty McFly, Frances Ha

There are plenty of “cool” things going on around here this weekend (I have lusted in my heart for “Frances Ha” for, like, weeks), but ever since this Oklahoma business, I have been looking to spend more time with my kids, OK?

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell: Splendor in the bluegrass

Actor Steve Martin is no stranger to bluegrass. A banjo player since he was 17, Martin has performed with the legendary Earl Scruggs, received a Grammy for his 2009 debut music album, “The Crow,” and stood on the stage at Nashville’s famed Ryman...

The Hush Sound learns to embrace all the bull

When Chicago natives the Hush Sound recently ended a five-year hiatus with a new EP, it called the release “45,” a number worn by a Windy City act that made a slightly more famous comeback, Michael Jordan. Yes, the band’s cheeky wit remains intact.

Michael Connelly's trail of blood leads back home

Crime in Florida has reached a 40-year low, but Michael Connelly doesn’t expect to run out of material any time soon.

Casting call: 'The Glades' wants cowboys, Indians at Davie Rodeo

The hit A&E cop drama “The Glades,” starring Matt Passmore, is looking for 25-30 extras to play cowboys, cowgirls and American Indians for filming on Wednesday at Davie Pro Rodeo.  

Weekend Preview: Models, mutts, Harold Lloyd and a monkey

For the second straight year, a group of dedicated South Floridians will harness the region’s greatest natural resource for a cause dear to the hearts of most of us. By which I mean pinups promoting dog adoption.

Backstreet Boys are coming to the Cruzan

What is the appetite these days for the kind of entertainment put out by the likes of the Backstreet Boys? And if Backstreet’s back (alright!), can  Aaron Carter get some of that?

An order of Wings, Beatles on the side

Ask Joe Johnson about the Beatles, and you’ll unleash a torrent of memories, song titles, gossip, side projects and production trivia that quickly meld into a psychedelic “goo goo goo joob.” He just may know too much about the Beatles.

Casting call for MTV's 'The Real World' at Vibe Las Olas

Try to imagine Vibe Las Olas filled with a young party crowd, dressed to impress, but everyone’s sober and it’s broad daylight. Impossible, I know.

66 finalists named for lucrative Knight Arts Challenge grants

One of the remarkable things about the 66 finalists announced Monday for the annual Knight Arts Challenge grants is their range, both artistically and geographically.

Weekend preview: We're OK with S3 and C&I BBQ

What do an alluring new restaurant on one of South Florida’s most dazzling beachfronts and an urban outdoor barbecue with free burgers, dogs and beer pong have in common?

Il Volo in Miami: New tour, TV special

With their Fillmore-filmed PBS special due for broadcast in a few weeks, the pop-opera trio Il Volo has announced a 17-concert North American tour that includes a stop at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami.

Groban, Buble and Mars: A guy's guide to crooning season

Maybe it went unnoticed, but we’ve just entered that challenging season when the teenage girl in your house is all fidgety with the prospect of her favorite hunky singer coming to town.

Oh, joy: Welsh rockers the Joy Formidable at Culture Room

The alt-rock band the Joy Formidable is as literate and witty as one would expect of a band from the town of Mold in North Wales, with a discography that includes a Christmas single titled “My Beerdrunk Soul Is Sadder Than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees” and the 2009 EP “A...

Michael Buble bringing fall tour to BB&T Center

If you hear yourself saying something like “Michael Buble? Maybe it’s me, man, but I don’t get it,” be advised that, yes, it’s you.

When Augusten Burroughs had no words

Augusten Burroughs is a man of many words, but he was at a loss the other night.

SunFest 2013: Which way to go when acts overlap

There’s lots to like about SunFest, the five-day gathering that gets going for real this weekend along the delightful downtown West Palm Beach waterfront. But the best thing may be its unapologetic anti-hipster attitude, illustrated by a diverse 2013 lineup that again seems to have as its...

Weekend Preview: Get your party on, get your swede in

Here's what's on our mind this weekend: Low-budget movies, cheap drinks, free music, Ben Taylor, Mike Piazza and two leading curators of the cultural drift: Augusten Burroughs and KRS-One. 

SunFest: Ailing Dickey Betts out, Foghat in

Citing health concerns, guitar legend Dickey Betts will not perform Saturday afternoon at SunFest, where classic rockers Foghat will play instead.

The Monkees coming to Boca Raton for bittersweet concert

Beloved ‘60s pop-rock icons the Monkees will make a bittersweet swing through Boca Raton this summer for their first concert here since the 2012 death of Davy Jones near his South Florida home.

Marilyn Manson tour coming to Fillmore Miami Beach

Polarizing shock-rocker Marilyn Manson’s carefully plotted career arc, which began in the festering boil of the nascent South Florida punk-metal scene at clubs such as Squeeze, the Button South and the Edge (now known as Revolution Live), has led exactly where you thought it would.

Ozzy, Black Sabbath play the Cruzan July 31

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath will bring their 20-city North American tour to the Cruzan Amphitheater in West Palm Beach on July 31. Now that’s a sentence we thought we’d never see again.

Weekend Preview: Sun, surf, sand, soccer, sangria and Saigon Kick

The future site of the Flagler Garden,  destined to be a hub for all manner of earnest conviviality and creativity in downtown Fort Lauderdale, will have its first event on Sunday with Grow Downtown.

Richard Blanco looks at the big picture

There are pieces of acclaimed Miami-reared poet Richard Blanco — gay, immigrant, Hispanic — that have helped the nation define him. But they have also confined him. That may be changing.

Mike Piazza right at home with Miami City Ballet

OK, wiseguy, we know what you’re thinking: “Mike Piazza performing with Miami City Ballet? Well, so much for the rumors that he’s gay!” Har-dee-har-har.