Mother knows best.
At least that’s what she’d like you to think because she said it a hundred times while you were
growing up, until you actually believed. One day, though, if you were lucky, you learned that
Mother didn’t always know best, but she did her best – like in the new book “Cher: The
Memoir Part One” by Cher, when Mom helped make a star.
Being an intermission host of a Miami Coral Gables-based silent reading party has been an amazing experience.
The world of the music biopic is littered with as many failures (“Back To Black,” “Jersey Boys,” “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” “Respect,” and “Stardust”) as successes (“What’s Love Got To Do With It?”, “Get On Up,” “Ray,” “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Rocketman,” and “Control”).
This will be my last column of the year and due to space considerations, I am only given one column besides the To Do List, so I’m combining some events from Hot Dish and Culture Corner so that I can return to a clean desk in 2025.
Just a few years ago, it was relatively easy to count the number of albums by LGBTQ musical acts that would make good gifts for those on your holiday gift list. Now, counting seems pointless as there’s so much cool stuff available. Here are some suggestions.
The writing of legendary Beat Generation author, gun enthusiast, and notorious opiate addict William S. Burroughs was long considered too bizarre and experimental to make the transition to film. But that didn’t stop body-horror-master David Cronenberg from adapting “Naked Lunch” in 1991.
Jade Beer wants to make you cry, to feel the depth of love played out across the page, and to root for a happy ending in "The Memory Dress."
Grab the eggnog and cookies and settle in for a long winter’s binge.
Looking for a sexy stocking stuffer? Try 365 days of Sam Lantz.
Continuing with its thrilling “Icons & Rebels” Masterworks season, South Florida Symphony Orchestra (SFSO) will present its premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s satirical masterpiece “Candide” on Jan. 16, at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
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