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brisa atlantica

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ENTERTAINMENT BUZZ
INTERVIEW WITH NILS
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BUZZ ON THE STREETS
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BUZZ INSIDER
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DVD REVIEW
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SPOOKY NEWS
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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BUZZ ADVICE
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SHRINK WRAP
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LATE NIGHT READING
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ENTERTAINMENT BUZZ
By Glenn Swift
ust a few days after
famed jazz guitarist,
Nils, saw his latest CD,
Ready To Play, climb
to #1 on the smooth
jazz charts, the brilliant musician took time out from a
nearby concert to speak with Glenn
about his life and his music. The
Local Buzz Magazine would like to
thank the Crowne Plaza Hotel in
Cocoa Beach and WGRV “The
Groove” 93.1 FM for helping to
arrange the interview.
Listening to Nils (pronounced
Neels) in concert is like listening to
three guitarists magically melded
into one. His versatility and sheer
mastery of the instrument definitively place him among the world’s
finest of his trade. He is also the
ultimate showman. Interacting with
the crowd through a wireless
hookup, Nils makes everyone feel
as if he is playing just for you. But
most impressive of all is his incorporation of so many widely varying
techniques and styles. For that, his
rich life experience is largely
responsible.
Born and raised in Munich,
Germany, Nils was infatuated with
the Classic Rockers of the 60s and
70s, especially the British supergroups. So much so, in fact, that he
was “forced” to pick up a guitar.
“Like so many my age, I really got
into music because of the Beatles,
Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin, and
Deep Purple. But at the same time,
I was also exposed to a lot of r&b
because of the U.S. military presence in West Germany at the time,”
he said.
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Nils began honing his skills as a
teen on the guitar, but his determination to “take it to the next level”
really intensified when he had what
could only be described as a musical epiphany.
“My whole life changed when I
heard a jazz band, ‘Steps Ahead.’ It
was my first real exposure to jazz
and those guys just blew my mind.
It was also the first time I got a
buzz without taking something
first,” he joked.
Nils began taking a serious look at
jazz and eventually became a huge
fan of legendary saxophonist,
David Sanborn. “From that point
on, I was always heavily into r&b,
but you could say that I have used
all my influences for what I do
now.”
For many, Nils appeared to jump
onto the music scene out of
nowhere two years ago with his
Pacific Coast Highway CD, which
almost overnight climbed to #1.
But for serious music aficionados,
this guitar virtuoso was anything
but an unknown. For over twenty
years, Nils was an accomplished
studio musician playing for a wide
range of superstars, from The
Temptations to jazz giant George
Benson. He also routinely performed in concert for a whole
string of big time acts.
versatility.
As for what he’s done lately, his
second CD in as many years, has
once again made it to the top of the
smooth jazz charts, inching above
Boney James’ Shine to grab the #1
slot. The new compilation reflects
Nils signature crisp and edgy electric guitar, at the same time showcasing the artist’s extraordinary
“The most important thing I
learned from the success of Pacific
Coast Highway was that everyone
likes a good groove, and you’ve got
to make them move. And of course,
there’s no substitute for a good
song with a great melody. That’s
what I strive for. If I come up with
a strong hook and it starts getting to
Photo by Glenn Swift
me, I know I’m on the right track.
The most important thing was to
make sure Ready To Play featured
my best writing and playing from
start to finish.”
And that it does.
For more information about Nils
and his music, visit www.nilsmusic.com.
BUZZ ON THE STREE TS
By Katherine Charland
uthier means one
who builds lutes in
French. However, it
has come to mean
anyone who builds or
repairs stringed instruments.
Being a luthier is as much an art
as it is a science. For musicians
who often have strong attachments to their instruments, it is
often difficult to find someone
you trust to do the work. The
good news is, the Treasure
Coast has several highly-skilled
craftsmen in this field.
Dave Wilt has been fixing guitars as long as he can remember, but it became a full-time
occupation in 2001 when he
received a contract from
George Thourogood to revamp
nine guitars to his specifications. The job came after he and
two other luthiers revamped one
guitar each to see which
George liked best. He chose
Dave’s. At that point, Wilt quit
his day job and went full time.
“ I love what I do for a living,”
Wilt said, expressing the kind of
passion that has won him a reputation for excellent craftsmanship. He also said that he will
not let anything leave his shop if
he is not pleased.
Some luthiers will only work on
instruments played with a bow.
Some only build; some only
repair. Then again, some do
both. Wilt will work on anything
with strings and the electronics
associated with them. Some of
the most novel things he’s
worked on were an instrument
called a quarto and a baritone
mandolin made out of a gourd.
Dave’s background was in electrical engineering, so he enjoys
working with the electronic pickups and electric guitars.
What do you do if you are in a
car accident and your guitar is
smashed but it is too sentimental to throw away? You take it to
Dave. He has completely rebuilt
several instruments. You can
hear the pride and satisfaction
in his voice when he gives
something back to his customers that they thought was
gone for good.
Luthiers are actually very delicate carpenters. Dave has to
build and modify his own tools
to his specifications so that he
can do the precise inlays. He
does custom inlays with brass,
abalone, mother of pearl, shell
or any type of metal or wood. He
also does custom wood finishes.
How do you find a luthier? If you
have a specialty or custom
made guitar it would be great to
find the original one. Other wise
you ask someone who knows.
In this case, some of the area
music shops and guitar venders
were happy to share with us
their personal favorites.
If you ask Jam Music PSL or
Okeechobee
Music,
they
endorse Dave Wilt. Wilt is also a
certified technician for Ovation,
Takmine, Adamass, Hamer,
Alverez, Yairi, and Fender. The
Rock Shop in PSL recommends
both Wilt and another wellknown luthier in the area, Bob
Peterson, of Angel Guitars.
Peterson is a certified technician for Martin. Wolfe guitars in
Jupiter also endorses him.
Schumacher Music of Stuart
stands by their own, Jerry
Tillman, a Fender-certified technician. If you live even further
south, Guitar Center of West
Palm Beach recommends
Michael Dacher, a certified technician with Gibson and Taylor.
As for electronics, Guitar Center
likes to go with Buzz Feiten.
So the next time you need a
luthier, you know where to go.
BUZZ INSIDER
By Jason Collins
cupuncture - a technique that involves
inserting little needles all over the body
to relieve pain or
stress - does not sound like fun.
It sounds more like some new
age hogwash. Or is it? What's
all the fuss about anyway? I
recently went on a little endeavor to find out for myself.
My investigation began with a
personal appointment with Dr.
Zsolt Kereszti, M.D., one of the
few medical doctors on the
Treasure Coast who specialize
in medical acupuncture. Dr.
Kereszti has over 16 years
experience in acupuncture and
rehabilitation.
Medical acupuncture is a system that can influence three
areas of health care. These
areas are the promotion of
health and well-being, prevention of illness, and treatment of
various medical conditions,
including digestive disorders,
neurological and muscular disorders, and even urinary, menstrual, and reproductive problems.
Studies have shown that half the
patients treated with acupuncture needles experienced relief
that lasted months. Why is this?
My findings revealed that
acupuncture is a method of
encouraging the body to promote natural healing and to
improve functioning. This is
done by inserting small needles
and applying heat or electrical
stimulation at very precise
acupuncture
points.
Acupuncture needles are very
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Dr. Kereszti gives acupuncture to a patient. Photos by Jason Collins
thin and solid, made from stainless steel. The point is smooth;
not hollow with cutting edges
like
hypodermic
needles.
Generally, the insertion through
the skin is not even painful.
After speaking with several
patients who have experienced
medical acupuncture, including
my own mother, I am convinced
that this ancient art of medicine
really works for many people;
and not just for pain. There are
numerous ways this can benefit
just about anybody. If you think
acupuncture may help you, then
research medical acupuncture
online or at the library. You may
want to even try it yourself. It
might just surprise you!
The Local Buzz extends its
thanks to Dr. Kereszti for taking
the time to speak to us. Dr.
Kereszti, with Treasure Coast
Rehabilitation
and
Pain
Management, is located at 8479
S. US Hwy 1 in Port St. Lucie.
772-344-4644
L OCAL BUZZ
All Photos Provided
he Visiting Nurse
Association
of
Florida is excited to
present “The Dirty
Flight Suit Party” at
Witham Field in
Stuart, Florida on November 9,
2007. The Dirty Flight Suit Party
will open the Visiting Nurse
Association Air Show Friday
evening featuring awesome twilight air performances, fireworks, food and beverage and a
concert by the Grammy nominated band “Little Texas.” For
more on Little Texas, read the
exclusive interview with lead
vocalist, Porter Howell, in last
month’s edition of The Local
Buzz
at
www.thelocalbuzzmag.com.
“In years past the Friday night
event was for sponsors and air
show performers. This year we
are extremely excited to open
the event to the community.”
said VNA CEO Donald Crow.
Tickets are $45.00 each, and
include the air show, concert,
food and beverage. A limited
number of tickets are available.
You can purchase tickets online
at www.vnaairshow.com or by
calling the VNA of Florida at
772-286-1844.
For more information on the
VNA Air Show or how to become
a sponsor or vendor, visit the
official Air Show website at
www.vnaairshow.com.
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Established in 1976, the VNA of
Florida is a non-profit, community-based healthcare agency
offering complete home health
services including skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy,
nutritional counseling, medical
social work and home health
aides.
The VNA has been presenting
the Air Show exclusively for the
past nine years. Funds raised by
the air show help support the
Visiting Nurse Foundation. For
more information about the VNA
Air Show, or to sign up for any of
the involvement opportunities
please visit the website at
www.vnaairshow.com or call
(772) 286-1844.
L OCAL ARTIST
By Dana Pardo-O’Kane
hen you go to see
Warren
Silvers,
who is originally
from
Alabama,
you’d swear you
were
right
in
Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium
or even the Gaylord Entertainment
Center. With his booming voice
and guitar handiwork, Warren puts
across songs with ease, and hardly even needs the microphone. He
has twenty songs published in
Nashville (so far) and quite a large
library of original numbers to showcase in between the country covers he plays at his local gigs.
After living in Alabama, he moved
to Loxahatchee in his youth and
then to Okeechobee. Silvers now
lives right on our beautiful Treasure
Coast in Port St. Lucie with his
extremely
supportive
wife,
Catherine, and three sweet children (Chloe, Aiden and Autumn).
His father died at a young age and
Silver’s beginnings may have been
very easy. But this very talented
country songwriter, guitar player,
and singer is a family man with
solid values. When he was first
offered a record deal while touring,
he had to turn it down to be there
for his son. Aiden has spinal muscular atrophy and needs round the
clock care, which his wife happily
gives so that Silvers can continue
on with his music and his dreams.
Touring since the age of sixteen in
rock and roll, southern rock, country and blues bands, he has
recorded seven independent
albums and won many awards for
his songwriting. He plays acoustically at local venues such as The
West End Grill near California at
1680 St. Lucie West Boulevard in
St. Lucie West on Wednesdays
and Sundays from 6:30 to 9:30
p.m., in addition to performing at
O’Malley’s (2727 S.E. Morningside
Blvd in Jensen Beach, from 8:00 to
12:00 p.m.) on occasional Friday
nights.
A few of Silvers major musical
influences are Hank Williams, Jr.,
Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson,
Josh Turner, Blake Shelton and
Jason Aldean, but there are many
more. He is a member of ASCAP
and NSAI and writes in other
styles, as well with a large number
of songs yet to be published. He
plays an Ibanez and has several of
them, along with a home studio.
Silver’s latest eleven-song CD is
titled, Cowboy State of Mind.
Country radio station 92.7 WAVW
plays his songs, and people can
request “Cowgirl Boots,” which
went to number one atop the
charts across the USA on Clear
Channel Broadcasting stations‘
New Country Artists section. He
recorded this newest CD at Amen
Studios of PSL with world-famous
producer, engineer and musician,
Ari Mendes. When asked what he
wanted people to know about him,
he mentioned that he “wants people to listen to his music” and that
he is “a humble man… keeps
things simple.” He is very much the
stand-up kind of guy who makes
his family his priority in accordance
with a deep spirituality and determination.
Prolific is the keyword for this
man’s songwriting abilities, and
don’t be surprised when you hear
of him on the CMA’s in the very
near future. For more information
on Warren Silvers (like gig dates,
his bio, to hear his songs, or purchase a CD), just go to his artist
page
on
Myspace
at:
w w w. m y s pa c e . c o m / r w s c o u n trysongs. You can also buy his new
CD at one of his area gigs. Be sure
to catch one of Silver’s performances and become a part of watching history happen before your
very eyes as this huge talent
makes his rise to inevitable fame.
Local Band Gigs
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Heritage Bluegrass Band at the Heritage Center (Vero Bch)
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Open Mic Night at Planet Smoothie (Jensen Bch) 7:00 PM 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Oct 10________ __ __________
Robert Swinton at the Hutchinson Island Beach Resort Tiki Bar
(Stuart)
Beach Party Open Mic -All Musicians Welcome at Tiki Bar at
Ft. Pierce Marina (Fort Pierce)
Open Mic Jam and Karaoke with Trebor and Robert Vines at
Sips Lounge (Port St Lucie) 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Jam Night with Spaz, Garry Nutt, Brian Cunningham & Keith
Whalen at Sips Nighclub (Port St Lucie) 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Oct 11________ __ __________
Coffee Beans with George Reemer (Sax, Flute) at Jazz &
Steak Night at Archie's Seabreeze (Fort Pierce)
Bike Night at the Yellowtail Grille Downtown Ft. Pierce
Jazz Jam with the Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society at Fort
Pierce Community Center (Fort Pierce)
Luis Manuel & The Charambo band (Latin) at Brisa Atlantica
Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Stuart) 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ _ _Oct 12____ ____ __ __________
(Hutchinson Island) Don't Flinch Alternative Rock (Port St
Lucie) Covers 9 until 1 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Oct 13 _______ __ __________
Country Singer " Warren Silvers " Live at The West End Grill
(Stuart) 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Don't Flinch Alternative Rock Covers 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Oct 14 _______ __ __________
The Jukebox Band at Wahoo's (Stuart)
_________________ ___Oct 16 _______ __ __________
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Oct 17_______ __ __________
Country Singer "Warren Silvers" Live at the West End Grill
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Jazz Jam with the Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society at Harbor
Place 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM (Fort Pierce)
_________________ ___Oct 18_______ __ __________
_________________ ___Oct 19_______ __ __________
(Hutchinson Island)
_________________ ___Oct 20 _______ __ __________
Sunset Saturday Night Concert in the Park at Humiston Park
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Country Singer " Warren Silvers " Live at The West End Grill
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
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LIVE & L OCAL
_________________ ___Oct 21________ __ __________
Country Singer " Warren Silvers " Live at the West End Grill
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
_________________ _ _Oct 23____ ____ __ __________
Heritage Bluegrass Band at the Heritage Cente (Vero Bch)
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Oct 24________ __ __________
(Stuart)
Ft. Pierce Marina
(Fort Pierce)
_________________ ___Oct 25________ __ __________
Restaurant & Jazz Bar 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Oct 26 ___ ____ __ __________
(Hutchinson Island)
Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Port St Lucie) 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Rocky Horror Picture Show (10 pm Until Midnight @ Undertow
in Vero Beach) 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Oct 27 _______ __ __________
_________________ ___Oct 28_______ __ __________
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
_________________ ___Oct 30 _______ __ __________
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Oct 31 _______ __ __________
Country Singer "Warren Silvers" Live at the West End Grill
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Place 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Nov 1 _______ __ __________
________________ __ ___Nov 2 _________ __ __________
(Hutchinson Island)
_________________ ___Nov 3 _______ __ __________
Sunset Saturday Night Concert in the Park at Humiston Park
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
________________ __ ___Nov 6 _________ __ __________
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Nov 7________ __ __________
Place (Fort Pierce) 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Open Mic Jam and Karaoke with Trebor and Robert Vines at
Sips Lounge (Port St Lucie) 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
_________________ ___Nov 8________ __ __________
(Hutchinson Island)
_________________ ___Nov 10________ __ __________
SWS REUNION SPAZ WADE SCOTT GARRY AND BRIAN AT
THE MOJO ROOM (Port St Lucie) 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
WHETHER IT'S RAMPAGING TRANSSEXUALS, SHAMELESSLY GOUGING CON
ARTISTS, OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS RUNNING AMUCK, YOU'LL FIND
THEM ALL IN CHUCK SHEPHERD'S "NEWS OF THE WEIRD" COLUMN -RIGHT HERE IN THE LOCAL BUZZ. SO, IF YOU'RE FASCINATED BY ODD
HUMAN BEHAVIOR OR WANT TO REPORT YOUR NEIGHBOR FOR BITING HIS
DOG, YOU NEED NOT LOOK ANY FURTHER.
S e n d y o u r We i r d N e w s t o We i r d N e w s Ti ps @ y a h o o . c o m o r g o t o w w w. N e w s o ft h e We i r d . c o m
BY CHUCK SHEPHERD
LEAD STORY
It is increasingly difficult these days for
a girl to go through the stage of "plain
old kid," according to a June Arizona
Republic story, because clothing fashions seem to move from "toddler"
directly to some form of "teen" (including "tween" and now "pre-tween"), with
spaghetti-strap dresses and "ultra
miniskirts," but in tinier-than-ever sizes.
In fact, reported the newspaper,
GapKids recently offered a "white, crocheted string bikini you'd likely see
Anna Kournikova wearing on the cover
of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
(except that it) was for a 12-month-old."
LATEST RELIGIOUS MESSAGES
-- Egypt's Muslims are growing
weary of the number of specific religious
edicts ("fatwas") issued by the country's
clerics, including two recent, highly controversial ones, according to a June New
York Times dispatch from Cairo. Ezzat
Atiya, a lecturer at the prestigious al-Azhar
Islamic University, had declared that men
can be permitted to see unrelated women
without their head scarves (which is ordinarily prohibited) by the symbolic act of
the woman's breastfeeding the man five
times, which in theory places the woman
on similar footing to the man's mother. A
second challenging fatwa declared that
drinking the urine of the Prophet
Muhammad would be holy. (Atiya has been
suspended.)
-- In May, one of the world's
Christian "dental healers," the interdenominational Rev. Steve Jones, set up his latest
revival tent, near Bradenton, Fla., and
began not only allegedly curing toothaches
but growing teeth and turning amalgam
fillings into gold, according to the Sarasota
Herald-Tribune. The reporter described a
parade of witnesses claiming to have been
healed and to have seen their crooked teeth
straightened. Laying his hand on the jaw of
one local resident, Jones assured the crowd,
"You can see gold coming (into the filling)."
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New Frontiers in Science
PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US
(1) Hitachi's "brain machine interface," which it showed an Associated Press
reporter in June, might soon allow a user to
don a hat and turn an appliance on or off by
merely thinking about doing so. (Until
now, such thought-controlled instructions
could only be done by people with devices
implanted.) (2) Scientists at Italy's La
Sapienza University announced in May
that they had, for apparently the first time,
surgically grafted a vagina (built with stem
cells) onto a woman who had been born
without one due to a rare condition.
Pablo Castro, 26, was sent to the
hospital twice in Decatur, Ala., on June 24,
once after being stabbed in an argument
and, after his release later that day, being
stabbed again while arguing with a different person. And Tony Hicks was hospitalized in Knoxville, Tenn., for separate
wounds on July 1, 2 and 3; he was hit by a
car one night, then released from the hospital the next day, but was back in after an
intruder attacked him in his home, and after
his release the next day, he was back after
police shot him in connection with a robbery.
-- A judge in London's Southwark
Crown Court sentenced Mr. Bonney
Eberendu, 36, to a mental health facility in
June after he admitted that he was the one
who smeared his feces inside at least six
trains over a several-month period last year.
Eberendu said the voices in his head had,
on at least five occasions, instructed him to
go kill someone and that, somehow, he was
able to overcome the voices by doing what
he did on the trains
QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENTS
Probation-Happy Judges: (1)
Judge Angelo DiCamillo of Camden, N.J.,
thought probation (and $750 restitution)
was enough for six teenagers in June, even
though they had wrecked a family's home
during a party ($18,000 damages), urinated
and defecated on the furniture and (except
for one boy) declined to apologize. (2) Also
in June, Judge Harold Kahn of San
Francisco thought probation was enough
for a woman who had claimed the identity
of another (through stolen credit cards) and
run up six months of bills and bad credit,
and even though the thief was already on
probation. (Bonus fact: The victim had collared the perp herself, following a chance
meeting, and handed her to police.)
JUST CAN'T STOP MYSELF
(1) "Bishop" Anthony Owens, 35,
of Duluth, Ga., out of prison less than two
years following a bigamy sentence, was
arrested in April on suspicion of agreeing
to marry four more women. Owens said
that maybe he "misunderstood" Mormon
teachings. (2) Kylie Wilson, 28, was convicted in June in Brisbane, Australia, of
stabbing her friend Daniel Blair because
Blair literally would not stop masturbating
in her home, where Wilson's 3-year-old
daughter was present. According to Wilson,
Blair started his adventure in the bathroom
and moved to the bedroom, ignoring
Wilson's pleas, until she grabbed a knife
and stabbed him twice in the shoulder.
Even then, the wounded Blair merely
retreated to the garage, where he continued
what a newspaper called his "marathon
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
-- Violent demonstrations in
northwestern India in May left at least 18
dead, as members of the lower Gujjar caste
demanded that the government put them
into an even lower class, at the bottom of
the social ladder (so that they would be eligible for more government benefits). The
Gujjars say that being one of the government's "Other Backwards Classes" is unsatisfactory and that they deserve worse.
-- International restrictions on tuna fishing
have created a shortage in Japan's sushi
restaurants so dire that chefs are considering substitutes such as sushi prepared with
raw horse or deer meat. While that would
outrage many Japanese diners, some
restaurateurs believe the plan feasible,
according to a June New York Times dispatch from Tokyo. Said one: "We tasted it,
and horse sushi was pretty good. It was
soft, easy to bite off, had no smell."
OBSESSIONS
John Moore, 67, golfs nearly
every day and has for about 20 years,
according to a July St. Petersburg Times
report. The golf he plays, though, consists
of hitting 35 long-iron shots (five shots
with each of the seven balls he owns) on a
grassy median strip along Interstate 275 in
downtown Tampa. "You can't play this
game one day, two days in a week," he said.
"You have to play it all the time if you want
to do something with it." What Moore
wants to do with it, he told the Times, is to
someday soon make his first-ever appearance on an actual golf course.
LEAST COMPETENT PEOPLE
In July 2007, four would-be suicide bombers were convicted in London of
a botched terrorist act that came two weeks
after their more successful colleagues
attacked trains and a bus in that city two
years earlier. The second attack failed
because the leader, Muktah Said Ibrahim
(who was said to have flunked math in
school) miscalculated the amount of ingredients, rendering the bombs useless.
However, terror fighters make mistakes,
too,
as
the
U.S.
Government
Accountability Office revealed in July. The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission had
recently granted a license for handling
radioactive materials (enough for a socalled "dirty bomb") to a fake company set
up by the GAO, consisting of nothing more
than a telephone and commercial mailbox
in West Virginia.
RECURRING THEMES
Smoking Kills: David Pawlik
called the fire department in Cleburne,
Texas, in July to ask if the "blue flames" he
and his wife were seeing every time she lit
a cigarette were dangerous, and an inspector said he would be right over and for Mrs.
Pawlik not to light another cigarette.
However, anxious about the imminent
inspection, she lit up and was killed in the
subsequent explosion. (The home was allelectric, but there had been a natural gas
leak underneath the yard.)
BUZZ EXTRA
by John Mundazio with additional
writing by Beth E. Cochran
UPBEAT Entertainment News Syndicate
e're not the sort of
group to jump on the
television
critics'
bandwagon, in fact
we primarily loathe
and detest most of
them... But... every once in a great
moon or so [much like Halley's Comet]
a television pilot comes along that
completely shocks and surprises you
with its dazzling beauty, pitch perfect
cast, and its casual ability to create a
whole new world that you never want
to exit. In this case, that show happens
to be Pushing Daisies, which ABC
recently ordered up for the fall season.
From the fertile mind of Bryan Fuller
(Wonderfalls, Heroes), it's unlike anything you've ever seen on television, a
Burtonesque vision of mortality, morality, and, er, pies that sucks you in from
the very opening scene and never lets
go. Fuller, with tongue in cheek claims,
"We're going to bring mutual masturbation back." Now THAT is a statement
folks. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
(The Addams Family), Pushing Daisies
has a super-saturated color palette that
jars sharply (and intentionally) with its
life-and-death theme: Lee Pace
(Wonderfalls) plays Ned, a lonely pie
maker who, as a child, discovers that
he has the ability to bring dead things
back to life, a gift he uses to full effect,
when his beloved dog Dibney is hit by
a truck in the pilot's beautiful and brutal
opening. But this new gift has a few
caveats: he can bring something back
to life but if he ever touches them
again, they die instantly and can't be
resurrected again; additionally, if he
keeps them alive for more than a
minute, someone else in proximity will
die. Think of it as the universal law of
balance: if someone lives, someone
else has to die.
Just that happens when his mother
suffers a fatal aneurysm whilst baking
a pie one afternoon. As she falls to the
floor, Ned revives her and she pops
back to life as though she had been
taking a nap. But when Ned keeps her
alive, the father of his beloved girlnext-door Chuck (a.k.a. Charlotte)
drops dead watering the lawn. He also
brings back his childhood sweetheart
(played by Anna Friel), but he obviously can't touch her again, which indeed
puts a major cramp in their ongoing
romance. "We're going to have a lot of
fun with prophylactics [and] Saran
Wrap kisses," Fuller said in a news
conference at the Television Critics
Association summer press tour in
Beverly Hills, California. "We're going
to see them dancing in beekeeper
suits. We're going to go a long way in
doing everything we can to get them to
touch each other that's not flesh to
flesh." The actors really like the challenge this presents. "It helps that we
like each other a lot," Pace said. Friel
added, "I think it makes it more exciting
not to be able to touch— the longest
foreplay ever in existence."
It's an odd concept with more than a
few inherent problems for Ned. For
one, he can't ever touch Dibney again
(he pets his beloved pooch with a hand
on a stick) and it's made him reluctant
to share any human contact with anyone, especially wanton waitress Olive
(Kristin Chenoweth). But Ned doesn't
have any qualms entering morally grey
areas to exploit his gift with his business partner, an ex-cop who goes by
Emerson (Chi McBride). Their business model? They follow the news for
any suspicious deaths, with reward
money attached, then animate the
corpse to learn who killed them, pocket
the cash, and go on their merry way.
It's a plan that's helped pay for Ned's
true passion: baking pies (not too
Freudian, huh?) at his own little slice of
heaven, The Pie Hole. And everything
would have been fine if the latest murder victim hadn't been his loved-andlost Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, now an
adult (Our Mutual Friend's Anna Friel)
who has gotten herself murdered on a
cruise. Ned and Emerson head back to
Ned's daisy-laden childhood home of
Coeur d' Coeur to revive Charlotte but
Ned finds himself in a bit of a Sleeping
Beauty quandary and he can't bear to
let Charlotte die again, especially as
she never saw who her killer was.
What happens next? You'll have to wait
to find out, but let me just say that it's
incredibly worth the wait and involves a
Fuller favorite (monkeys), a murder
mystery, a pair of over-the-hill synchronized swimmers, and a shady travel
boutique called, well, Boutique Travel
Travel Boutique. It's a mystery, a love
story, a quirky comedy, and a drama
about morality rolled into one and lovingly filled with a delicious cherry pie
filling that's sweet but never saccharine. The creators and director Barry
Sonnenfeld don't know how the show
will be received, but they already have
a way to end the series. "I think if the
show will end— hopefully it will never
end— but if it does end, it will probably
end with a kiss," Fuller said. Pushing
Daisies airs Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m.
ET/PT.
DVD REVIEW
by John Mundazio
UPBEAT Entertainment News
Syndicate
erhaps the good
folks over at
Paramount should
SERIOUSLY consider medicating everyone here at UPBEAT
prior to allowing us
to review some of their more
recent DVD film offerings. Next
should just be renamed, "The
Next Stupid Decision" or "The
Next Group of Terribly Written
Characters" or "The Next Round
of Idiotic Dialogue" or "The Next
Moronic Action Movie Cliche.
Director Lee Tamahori deserves
to be smacked silly for even
allowing this movie into public
view. If I were Philip K. Dick,
author of the book "The Golden
Man" on which the movie is
based, I'd be rolling around restlessly in my grave after having
my work unnecessarily mutilated like this. Nicolas Cage, (as
always), demonstrates that
even in a horrible film, he's eminently watchable, as when Cris
calmly tries to ask out Liz while
fighting her ex using his precognitive Tae Kwon-Do moves.
Ultimately, though, all that it
does is make you wish you
were watching one of NUMEROUS, much better Nicolas Cage
films. The ending is probably
going to be a major point of
contention for a number of viewers. Without giving too much
away, it all comes off as an
enormous cop-out.... another
cheap "gimmick" obviously done
(as with most of the film) for all
the wrong reasons.
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The problem is, by the time you
finally, painstakingly arrive
there, you really don't care anymore. In fact, you've probably
already fallen asleep. And if you
suffer from insomnia... well...
let's just say you have my heartfelt condolences. Next is yet
another case of missing the
Philip K. Dick forest for the
shiny high-concept trees.
Stronger adaptations like Blade
Runner or Minority Report mine
the deeper issues raised by
Dick's illuminating style... while
others, like Total Recall (also
co-scripted by Goldman) at
least supplement their premise
with good action and an engaging script. Next simply says
"wouldn't it be cool if?" and
hopes that the plot, character,
and dialogue will somehow...
miraculously take care of themselves. Trust me... they really
don't.
SPOOKY NEWS
By Judy Beard
e have all heard the
spine-chilling stories.
Maybe we had eerie
things happen to us
in our life time. Most
would rather not talk
about these phenomena. Perhaps they would rather just
make fun of them. The big question is
"are they real?" Before drawing a conclusion, let's take a road trip.
Our adventure will take us to a few
places located in Florida that have
communities living with legends of the
unexplainable as part of their daily lives
We will begin by heading north on the
Florida Turn-Pike to Yeehaw Junction.
Go west on SR-60 for 45 miles or so to
Lake Wales. Here you will find one of
Florida's best hidden mysteries just
waiting there for your free enjoyment.
Spook Hill. Located on the north side
of Lake Wales on Fifth Street, just a
few blocks from the historic district,
there is a hill. At first glance, one would
encounter a regular looking paved
road. But check this out! Stop at the
bottom of the hill, put your car in neutral, and your car will roll "uphill", pulled
by invisible forces which defy the laws
of gravity. I tried it and it really works!
Of course there is a legend of an Indian
chief and a great battle with a gator
that accompanies this mystery. But
regardless... spooky!
Don't stop now! Next take US-27 north
to I-4. Head east to the Orange City
exit. (Go to Map Quest on your computer for directions). There is a quaint
little village called Cassadaga that
most people have never heard of. This
is located between Orange City and
Lake Helen. It has only been there for
about 150 years and most of us are still
new to the town's existence! "So what
type of place is this?" you may ask.
Well hold on to your seats! There are
no roller coasters or rides there...at
least not earthly ones. Cassadaga is a
spiritualist community with psychics
and mediums. Most people come here
with the desire to communicate with
their deceased loved ones. I personally am more than happy to wait!
Nevertheless, this place really exists.
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Since looking into the future with a psychic and trying to communicate with
the dead are far from any desire of
mine, I took the safer way of exploring
this town...I sped through it! Not really...just kidding... I drove slowly.
Risking the unknown, my friends and I
actually stopped after dark, got out of
the car, and even took pictures. Of
what? The blackness of the woods
that surround the town of Cassadaga.
We "carefully" walked around side-byside taking these pictures. A few old
houses with lights on displayed inviting
signs for psychic readings. We just
walked pass them. My friends and I
snaked down the dark, long, winding
roads and paths of Cassadaga.
Creepy...huh? What was really freaky
was not what we saw, but what we didn't see - until we looked at the pictures.
Orbs and shadows, not visible to our
eyes, appeared on the photos. Too
spooky...we were outta there!
Now if you don't mind the drive, pack
an overnight bag and keep going.
Take I-4 east to I-95 north until you get
to St. Augustine. It's about 50 miles
north of Daytona.
As the oldest known city in the United
States, surely there must be ghosts
there. I once took one of their famous
ghost tours. This included graveyards,
light houses, buildings that used to be
hospitals or drug stores, and of course
the old fort and jail house. Yes indeed
it was spooky! Not as creepy as
Cassadaga, but a lot more to see even
without a camera!
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check around and go to the local
haunted houses...there's sure to be
plenty lurking about... SPOOKY!
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
By Glenn Swift
here’s a legend in the
backwoods
of
the
Mississippi Delta that
says if you really want to
play the blues, you must
sell your soul to the
Devil. Tall tale or not, one
thing is for certain – when Robert Cray
plays the blues, somethin’ supernatural
is going on.
Universally acknowledged as one of
the world’s premier blues guitarists,
Cray’s music has been described as
“thoughtfully soulful, yet muscular.” It’s
definitely that. Cray’s signature sound
is a popular favorite among traditional
and contemporary blues aficionados
alike, and his extraordinary technique
reflects a multitude of musical genres.
Over his star-studded career, he has
produced 16 albums, two gold albums,
and been nominated for eleven
Grammy awards, winning five.
Known as a high-energy performer,
Cray has performed alongside nearly
all of the contemporary heavyweights
in his field: B.B. King, Johnny Lee
Hooker, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton,
Buddy Guy, Johnny Copeland, Stevie
Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Keb
Mo, Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner, Albert
Collins, the Neville Brothers, and the
late-great Muddy Waters, who reverently referred to Cray as his “adopted
son.”
Born into a musical family in
Columbus, Georgia, Cray, 54, moved
at an early age to Newport News,
Virginia, where he spent the bulk of his
formative years. Although he was an
avid music fan as a youngster, who listened to everything from B.B. King to
Sara Vaughan, it was four guys from
Liverpool who literally changed Cray’s
life.
“I got a guitar because of the Beatles.
No doubt about it, those guys were
incredible. The funny thing was, when
they came out it seemed like everyone
in my neighborhood got a guitar.
Hearing their music made me want to
learn everything as fast as I could.
Then Jimi Hendrix came along a few
years later, and that whole psychedelic
thing turned my head backwards.
Within a few years I began playing the
blues. That's when I saw Albert Collins
in an outdoor concert... he just blew me
away. I mean he just walked out into
the crowd and did his thing. Then I saw
him again when he played at my high
school graduation. I took the opportunity to walk up to him and thank him for
a great show. I told him I was a big fan
and he said, ‘Young man, you play guitar? Keep it up!’... That really inspired
me, and if I had to name my greatest
influence, it would be him (Collins).”
During his late teens, Cray became an
avid record collector. “I listened to
everything, from Jethro Tull to Billy
Preston,” he said. An avid fan of pop,
rock, blues and jazz, Cray worked
painstakingly to hone his skills on the
guitar. “I always wanted to learn from
others and to incorporate other musical
styles into mine. At the same time, after
I got serious about music, it’s always
been about the blues.”
Shortly after graduating high school,
Cray formed his first band, Steakface,
which quickly proved to be a local
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
favorite. The band’s reputation grew,
and, a few years later, Cray was off to
California to seek fortune and fame.
In the Golden State, Cray soon
became popular playing the college
campus circuit, and he released his
first album, Who’s Been Talkin,’ in
1980. But the big break came two
years later when he signed a recording
contract with Mercury Records.
Following two more album releases,
Bad Influence and False Accusations,
Cray recorded a fourth album with two
of his idols, Albert Collins and Johnny
Copeland. All his early work was well
received, but it was the release of
Strong Persuader in 1986 that won
Cray a Grammy Award and cast him
forever among the titans of blues masters. The album’s crossover single,
"Smokin' Gun," also gave him wider
appeal and greater name recognition.
As a result of the success of Strong
Persuader, Cray became an opening
act for some of the biggest stars in the
music business. In fact, he opened
several times for Eric Clapton, who
remains a loyal friend to this day. But
Cray had also clearly become a giant
in his own right as a solo artist. His
soothing, soulful voice and stellar guitar work has enabled him to play to
sell-out crowds at some of the largest
venues in the country. A quarter century after his first record release, his work
continues to be critically acclaimed,
and whenever the titans of the blues
gather, Robert Cray stands among
them.
Don’t miss the opportunity to
hear one of the greatest guitarists to ever play the blues
when The Robert Cray Band
takes the stage at 7:30pm on
Sunday, October 21 at the
historic Sunrise Theatre in
downtown Ft. Pierce. For
tickets and/or more information, please call the box
office at (772) 461-4775 or
visit www.sunrisetheatre.com.
ON STAGE
By Michelle Kaplan
ueen Latifah’s first album
“All Hail the Queen,”
wasn’t just a title, it was
a premonition.
For
Dana
“Queen
Latifah” Owens, the album released
when she was just 19, forever branded
her as the first woman to make a name
for herself in the predominantly male
hip-hop world. Latifah burst on the
scene, promptly crowning herself.
Presumptuous? Maybe, but looking at
the scope of her work and overall
broad, ranging career, it would make
Queen Elizabeth’s life seem… well,
boring.
The 37-year-old rapper, songstress,
actress, spokes model, talk show host,
producer, restaurateur, author, cover
girl and record label president (who is
about to launch a new clothing line for
plus sized clothing for women called
Dana O) hasn’t slowed down enough
to figure out exactly which hat to
wear… maybe that’s why she chose a
crown.
Regal as she may be in stature and
appearance, her personality exudes
confidence, intelligence, and an inner
wisdom that strong women naturally
possess. She is a Hollywood anomaly,
whose plus-sized curvaceous figure
doesn’t seem out of place in a sea of
swizzle-stick actresses. Although
known for her way cooler-than-thou
persona, in interviews or walking the
red carpet she comes off equally warm
and approachable – someone who
could be your best friend. That familiarity may be, from her weekly appearances in your living room, as she
starred in the hit Fox TV show, Living
Single, from 1993-1998.
As far as it is known, Queen Latifah is
still living single. As rumors about her
sexuality swirl on the gossip pages,
she has been very guarded about her
privacy in the matter. In a 1999 interview with Ebony Magazine, she said,
“There's still all kinds of speculation
about my sexuality, and quite frankly,
I'm getting a little tired of it. My ploy to
get the media off my track (by releasing the track "Get Off Mine") didn't
work. It seems that in this country, sexuality is never a non-issue. Rather, it is
always the issue ... But it's insulting
when someone asks, `Are you gay?' A
woman cannot be strong, outspoken,
competent at running her own business, handle herself physically, play a
very convincing role in a movie, know
what she wants – and go for it – without being gay? Come on."
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IT’S GOOD
It is believed that her very convincing
role as a lesbian in Set it Off in 1996
perpetuated the rumor.
However it is no secret that she wants
to be a mom someday as she revealed
to comedian Ellen DeGeneres last
month on her show; she would like to
both give birth and adopt.
TO BE
While Latifah says she completely
understands why Americans would
want to go outside the states to adopt
because of tough adoption laws, she
would still rather adopt an American
baby.
“I want to have and adopt…since I
was 18, I’ve always wanted a baby…I
QUEEN
want to adopt an American baby just
because …there’s so many kids here
that really need our help, my sister’s a
social worker in Newark, NJ, and
there’s just so many kids that could
use a good home… I just feel like if I
do, I’ll probably just help a kid in the
hood.”
ON STAGE
However, one would have to wonder
where she would find the time.
The last few years have been a whirlwind of successes for the Queen: a
Best Supporting Actress Oscar nod for
her portrayal of Mama Morton in
Miramax’s 2006 Best Picture Chicago,
a Golden Globe nomination, and a
SAG Award nomination. She starred in
and was executive producer for
Disney’s Bringing Down the House.
This year she played Motormouth
Maybelle in Hairspray. As far as
movies go, she’s got a lot up and coming including, The Perfect Holiday due
out this December, Mad Money with
Diane Keaton and Katie Holmes coming winter 2008. She is currently filming What Happens in Vegas… with
Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher
scheduled for June 2008.
As if this were not enough, her majesty
hasn’t exactly put her musical career
on the back burner. This year she
received a Grammy nomination for her
first vocal album, Queen Latifah – The
Dana Owens Album. The platinumselling album is a collection of classics
that she chose to cover. Her new
album Trav’lin’ Light climbed to number 11 on the Billboard’s Top 200
Album Chart in its debut week. The
album takes some of her favorite
songs from female jazz, soul and blues
artists that have inspired her such as
Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Etta
James, Roberta Flack, Phoebe Snow
and Shirley Horn. The Queen stirs in
her own vocals with a twist of her personality that makes these classics her
very own.
So, although the Queen will be taken it
on the road, don’t expect this tour to be
trav’lin light. If her performances in
Chicago and Hairspray are any indication of what’s to come, she ain’t gonna
just rock, she’ll reign.
Queen Latifah will be appearing on November 7 at the
Kravis Center, 701
Okeechobee Blvd. in West
Palm Beach at 8 PM. For tickets and more information, call
(800) 572-8471 or visit
www.kravis.org.
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BUZZ ADVICE
by The Devore Sisters
UPBEAT Entertainment News Syndicate
By Michelle Kaplan
Michelle@thelocalbuzzmag.com
f there is one time of year
that I don’t like being a
Floridian, it’s the fall. I miss
everything about the fall that
you can’t get here. There is
nothing quiet like autumn in
New England. That first morning you
wake up and the air is a little cooler,
but by afternoon it fades becoming
warm. Then comes the first night you
have to reach in the closet for that extra
blanket, the thick, really warm one.
The first time you get home from
work, get out of the car, and immediately recognize that familiar smell –
ahhh, someone’s fireplace is burning.
The first weekend when the wind
blows chilly and the trees have all of a
sudden burst into color. It’s still warm
enough to step out onto the front porch
and admire the color with a steaming
hot cup of coffee to warm your hands.
The sun starts to sink around 4 PM,
giving you an excuse to put on your
pajamas early and declare yourself “in
for the night.”
Floridians will insist that the seasons
here change. They are just subtler, you
have to be more observant to notice
them. So, I went looking and yeah,
they’re right. Although it’s about 89
degrees out, the department stores have
stocked their shelves with wool and
angora sweaters, brown and black corduroy, and heavy, almost ski, resortstyle, vests.
I had this general unnatural, uneasy
feeling seeing Christmas trees and
Santa all decked out in what must be an
extremely uncomfortably hot Santa
suit. It’s the same feeling you might
experience when traveling thousands
of miles, by plane, by car, by donkey,
or by foot to a tiny, quaint little
unknown, out of the way, Italian village... only to find a McDonalds.
I’d like to see a more realistic picture
than just taking what works on New
York’s 5th Avenue in November and
sticking it in my local Neiman Marcus.
“Hey folks, most likely it’s not going
to snow here again this year!” Why do
the stores try to dress up and play winter here, when you can go down to
Clematis Street in a mini-skirt until
mid December?
I know it’s a psychological ploy to get
us to buy into the idea of winter here
and perhaps purchase an entire winter
wardrobe, and, maybe, for the really
weak minded, a pair of skis... you
know, just in case. Yes, there are a few
days each year we are blessed with an
actual cold day, but really it’s just a
few.
When you do live up north, you appreciate the beauty of fall differently, and
for maybe only a day or so, because it
is just a precursor of what’s to come
and folks, that’s not pretty. In fact,
that’s the reason most of us are here.
Most have already skipped anything
resembling Halloween and have gone
right into the Christmas décor complete with snow and icicles. I don’t
know; as a Floridian I’m kinda insulted that they’re trying to sell me this
stuff. Seriously, I’m still in the market
for shorts and T’s at least until late
November, when we can all break out
the kakis and three-quarter sleeves.
And you get used to hearing, that if
you miss the fall, well, it is only a
plane ride away. Lucky for me this
year, I’ll once again get to visit it.
Although living it is entirely different.
To those who are going to experience
your first winter as a Floridian, it can
be downright odd and even unsettling.
As I think back to my first winter here,
So, I’ll save them a seat poolside this
winter, if they save me a nice big pile
of fall leaves to dive in.
That is why I do envy my friends in
New England this time of year… the
way they envy me sometime in
February.
Dear Devore Sisters,
How do I tell the world's foremost experts on love
and the general bunk that accompanies relationships about one facet of my sex life that is uncomfortable - and is rapidly becoming intolerable?
Plunging in headfirst has always been my style, so
here goes... First of all, let's get one thing straight
from the start - I'm not the one having a problem, at
least I don't "think" that I am. Oh no! It's my wife
we're talking about - she's become a flaming harlot
during adult "play time"- and I'm now convinced
she's completely and thoroughly addicted to bedroom fantasies of all varieties (as in I play the
"pirate" and she plays the "damsel in distress" who
needs rescuing from the sinking ship). This is driving me crazy. I'm 48 years old and Zelda and I have
been married for 18 years.
Our sex life has always been fine (I'm certainly not
complaining) - you know every couple of weeks on
Friday or Saturday night after the kids were safely
tucked into bed (or at the neighbor's house). Of
course when we were first married, we behaved
like rabbits in heat. Then, like all couples who
experience the "after the kids were born" syndrome, we couldn't be as spontaneous - we had to
make dates, schedule our "intimate together time" which was thankfully of a short duration in those
years. I'm not technically complaining, and I love
Zelda dearly, but sometimes her need to achieve
"fulfilling orgasmic ecstasy" each and every time,
travels above and beyond what I consider the whole
foreplay - during play - after play levels of intimacy to be. She's always been into toys and atmosphere and ambiance - heck, we had candles littering
the house and bedroom when aromatherapy was
"all the rage"... And, as the kids have grown older,
Zelda's antics have gotten a bit kinkier. We've now
moved into an entirely new arena of staged productions - costuming, assigned roles, scripted parts, the
whole enchilada - and I'm having a hard time
understanding what she finds so appealing in all
this.
If I'm the Wolf and Zelda is Little Red Riding Hood
and I stalk her for about twenty minutes, then catch
her and, well, you know what comes next - what
does this playacting have to do with the act of making love? Here's the final straw - last month Zelda
became the character 'Xena Warrior Princess' in full
battle regalia from the over-the-knee boots, to the
iron-studded leather corset, all the way to Xena's
choice of weapon (kind of like a boomerang sort of
thing). And that's not the half of it. On alternate
nights my role is Xena's sidekick Gabrielle (what's
up with this anyway - are they lovers?) or the God
of War, Ares (I like this guy better - he's the bad boy
and gets to wear leather too!). But in this scenario
Xena - alias Zelda - is the dominant partner, the
supreme mistress, while I play a subservient knave
who caters to Xena's every whim. Believe me some
of Xena's commands - should I be a good warrior
today, or the evil princess? - can be downright
intimidating. What's next? I'm afraid I'll find Xena's
horse in our bedroom one day because Zelda has
gone twelve steps over the edge. Should I continue
to play along, or put my foot down here and now?
Signed Caught Up In An Alternate Fiction World
Dear Caught Up,
For a big, macho stud you certainly took this one on
the chin! Get real - Mimi is positively aghast,
speechless (which doesn't happen often) - she can't
believe you've actually written to us complaining
about a sex life that - from all counts - should be
glorious, amusing, invigorating, boisterous,
delightful, fulfilling and satisfying for both you and
your wife. Titillation at it's finest, igniting the fires
of passion to the utmost. We're positively drooling
with envy, pea-green with jealousy! Tell us, how
does Zelda get you to perform all these various and
sundry parts in her epic tales of bedroom splendor?
The fantasies that you and Zelda flirt with are the
stuff that most women pine for - it's a real soap
opera fanatic's ultimate dream, topped of course,
with whipped cream and a cherry. Think about it knowing that the female anatomy is highly complex and often considered like a foreign country to
a majority of men, coupled with the fact that most
woman require the added dimension of "emotional
attachment" during the lovemaking process - how
long do you honestly believe it takes for her to
become completely and utterly bored with the hohum, monotonous, tedious, drab, insipid, tiresome
aspects of a love life that uses only one method for
enhancement and one position (or two, if you're
creative) for fulfillment? Stop being such a cowering, flatulent, wormy toadstool. Zelda has taken the
initiative and created a mixture of savory, sexy
spices that only serve to enhance your sex life, a
posture almost in complete contradiction to the
multitude of long-term relationships we know
about - where the men claim their women are disinterested, aloof, uncaring, even perfunctory. Why
are you whining? You should be thankful for such
a resourceful, energetic woman. Mimi's extensive
personal research delving the depths of depravity in
society as a whole has concluded: "When it comes
to what women really need to arouse them sexually, men are so totally clueless that they truly believe
more is better, even when their substandard performance can't measure up to and ant's eyebrows."
SHRINK WRAP
by Robert A. Kutner, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist- PY4623
Be available for your children
• Notice times when your kids are most
likely to talk (e.g., at bedtime, before dinner, in the car) and be available.
• Find time each week for a one-on-one
activity with each child and avoid scheduling other activities during that time.
• Learn about your children's interests
(e.g., favorite music and activities) and
show interest in them.
• Initiate conversations by sharing what
you have been thinking about rather than
beginning a conversation with a question.
Let your kids know you're listening
• When your children are talking about
concerns, stop whatever you are doing and
listen.
• Express interest in what they are saying
without being intrusive.
• Listen to their point of view, even if it's
difficult to hear.
• Let them complete their point before you
respond.
• Repeat what you heard them say to
ensure that you understand them correctly.
Respond in a way your children will hear
• Soften strong reactions; kids will tune
you out if you appear angry or defensive.
• Express your opinion without putting
down theirs; acknowledge that it's okay to
disagree.
• Resist arguing about who is right.
Instead say, "I know you disagree with
me, but this is what I think."
Remember:
• Ask your children what they may want
or need from you in a conversation, such
as advice, simply listening, help in dealing
with feelings, or help solving a problem.
• Kids learn by imitating. Most often, they
will follow your lead in how they deal
with anger, solve problems, and work
through difficult feelings.
• Kids learn from their own choices. As
long as the consequences are not dangerous, don't feel you have to step in.
Parenting is hard work
• Listening and talking is the key to a
healthy connection between you and your
children. But parenting is hard work and
maintaining a good connection with teens
can be challenging, especially since parents are dealing with many other pressures. If you are having problems over an
extended period of time, you might want
to consider consulting with a mental
health professional to find out how they
can help.
This article comes from The
American Psychological
Association. Check out
www.apa.org. You can reach Dr.
Kutner at (772) 283-3223 or
flapsychdoc@yahoo.com.
L ATE NIGHT READING
by Bridget Petrella
UPBEAT Entertainment News
Syndicate
displayed an artistic talent at an early age. I first
experimented in dirty
diapers and mashed
potatoes. As I grew
older, I moved up to crayons on
drywall and markers on flesh.
This met with harsh reviews
from the critics ("No! Not on the
walls!", You do NOT color your
sister") and many hours of painting in my room, or on my room,
depending on how you saw it. I
saw it as a way to give my
Jackson Five poster a "Salvador
Dali" feel to it, Mom and Dad
saw it as my journey into "nonconformity"... Unshaken by
these minor setbacks, I continued my artistic development
venturing into coloring books. At
this stage I began to dabble in
art theory.
Dad: "Very nice, Bridget. But
bunnies aren't orange and fire
trucks aren't purple."
Me: "Bunnies don't wear jackets
and fire trucks don't have faces
either!"
Contempt for Dad. More painting on room or in room. Who'd
have thought I'd need a lawyer
at this age? Upon entering
grade school, I took up pencil. I
would draw everything from
horses to trees to houses to
cars. You name it, I'd draw it. I'd
even draw cartoon characters,
like Snoopy, Magilla Gorilla,
Popeye and Underdog, while
watching television. This continued through, middle school into
high school, where I discovered
drafting. At the time, I thought
this was the coolest thing, drawing odd-shaped objects from
every angle. I began to ponder
becoming an architect. I wanted
to learn exciting, inspiring concepts and design important
buildings! Hey, I just might
become the next Frank LLoyd
Wright. My high school drafting
teacher, Mr. Harper, saw this
plan quite differently than I did...
He was rather "linear" by
nature...
Mr. Harper: "Miss Petrella, you
have a very exciting, inspiring
concept for a motel... with a
bright brass fire pole and a Star
Trek Captain's bridge design
that, as far as I can tell, has
never been attempted by mortal
men. You were to supposed to
design a two-bedroom house."
Okay, so maybe architecture
wasn't exactly my "thing".
Besides, there were too many
little annoyances like building
codes and those nagging laws
of physics. I still wanted to do
something deep within the art
world, so, I headed to The Art
Institute of Pittsburgh and The
University of Pittsburgh. As an
"art school student of doom"-- I
spent the next 5 years commuting past cows, cornfields, and
barns while religiously studying
illustration, watercolor, cartooning, graphic design, painting,
markers, watercolors, oils. I
knew this is where my talent
could be nurtured and brought
to the forefront. That is, until the
COLOSSAL portfolio review...
just before my last semester.
Professor: "Bridget, do you see
this cow?"
Me: "Yes."
Professor: "Well, with the exception of your 'study on Norwegian
dogs with braided nose hairs'-- it
is indeed a bit of a plunge into
madness, however, it isn't
EXACTLY the 'marketing madness' we were hoping for with
this assignment. Tell me, what
does an Indonesian cow with no
karma on a retreat in Nepal
have to do with dairy farmers
selling milk?"
Hmmm. What was he trying to
say? Okay, just another insignificant speed bump on my journey. I simply turned it all into
surrealist cartoon sketches,
quickly done the night before,
snagged my degree, graduated
with honors and began to
explore this world of marketing,
writing and public relations a bit
more closely. It certainly wasn't
"spiritual"...
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Sandpiper
OFF THE CUFF
By Glen Swift Jr.
Buzz Writer
few weeks back, I
was walking along
US1 in Port St.
Lucie when all of a
sudden I noticed a
curious looking fellow with a loud speaker and a 12foot wooden cross… I could only
make out a few words here and
there, but I could tell it was the typical Christian fundamentalist message: Fear God, Rapture Is Coming,
Rejoice Now. And since I'm such a
sniveling egotistical liberal -- you
know, devil child -- I decided to walk
on over and see what all the fuss
was about.
(I've since found out that this gentleman is one of the nicest guys on the
Treasure Coast, so it's nothing personal… just here me out.)
When I joined the group of listeners
that was slowly growing larger, he
looked at me and greeted me with a
warm "hello", and "God Bless." I still
wasn't convinced. I looked at the
man and simply asked if he had
ever read the Bible. He laughed for
a second or two and responded
"why certainly." I then asked if he,
like most other evangelicals,
believed every word of the Bible
was the divine word of God, to
which the man replied yes. Finally, I
asked how he felt about Exodus
Chapter 21:20-21. Of course, he,
as I'm sure most of the people reading this article, had no idea what
Exodus Chapter 21 is about.
In a nutshell, the respective Bible
chapter is outlining a series of laws
to which Moses was told to return to
his followers with after having left
Egypt. And while I find most of
these laws to be absolutely blasphemous to begin with, Exodus Chapter
21:20-21 is by far my favorite. It
reads "If a man beats his male or
female slave with a rod and the
slave dies as a direct result, he must
be punished, but he is not to be
punished if the slave gets up after a
day or two, since the slave is his
property."
Seriously folks… This might have
been prudent teaching to a nomadic,
tribal people 3500 years ago, but
don't tell me Jesus would have been
for this kind of thing. Remember
25
what Jesus had to say about the
woman about to be stoned in the
Gospel of John?
This is precisely why I have been
asking Pastors and Reverends their
personal views on this draconian
and cruel passage ever since my little fingers first uncovered it in
Sunday school many years ago. I
have heard all the translations and
interpretations imaginable, from
"God was just kidding," to "that wasn't really God talking, it was another
guy" to "we shouldn't judge the way
God spoke to man at the time, for
man was very primitive." To say the
least, none of these answers have
settled my stomach to why a loving
God would say this to his creation,
and the chap with the loud speaker
on US1 was flabbergasted upon
reading it himself. (Nice as he was,
not even his 12-foot cross could
help him out on this one.)
Perhaps this is why the Roman
Catholic Church for many years
(especially since the Vatican II
Council in the early 60s) has cautioned against literal interpretation of
scripture. This very point is precisely why the Catholics broke rank with
many of the fundamentalist
Protestant churches over who
makes it into Heaven. (The
Catholics believe even some nonChristians will see the Pearly
Gates.)
teachings of Jesus to be extraordinarily inspiring. (If the whole world
lived like Jesus did, we'd have a far
better world.)
Back to the story…
But fundamentalist religion, believing
that every word of every ancient text
must be taken literally, leads to
problems. This becomes even more
of a sticky situation when this kind of
thinking is brought into the political
arena. I mean Ive heard some folks
refuse to recycle because they
believe in global warming, and that
such an act would be a contradiction
of faith. This is why I cringe over the
whole idea of teaching Intelligent
Design in a science class. Yes, I'm
amazed at how so many educated
members of our society (even SCIENTISTS) can become so politicized. And all because certain data
conflicts with biblical scripture?
So, the man stood there speechless
as he stared at his open pocket
Bible. After a few moments he said
he was taking a break, and a few
moments after that he packed
everything into his car and quietly
drove off.
First and foremost, I believe people
have the upmost right to believe
whatever they want to or do whatever they wish to do as long as it
doesn't hurt another person. I
believe we have the right to see the
world as being eight thousand years
old, even though virtually every scientist today would say it's closer to
four billion. Also, we have the right
to believe woman came from a rib,
and Moses road a triceratops to
work every day. However, I do
believe a literal translation of religion
can translate to irrational and closeminded behavior. This is my problem - not religion itself - but fundamentalist religion. Please understand me here. I have nothing
against Christianity. In fact, I find the
Come on now! I believe Jesus
would have been the first to speak
out on behalf of protecting this wonderful planet we live on. Wouldn't
the one who created it want to protect it too?
The opinions expressed in this column,
political or otherwise, are not necessarily
those of the management or ownership of
The Local Buzz Magazine, its advertisers
or sponsors.
VIDEO GAME PAGE
FEATURE
OF THE MONTH
TIP OF THE MONTH:
AT THE MOVIES
Movie Reviews
done monthly by
The Local Buzz
Magazine’s critic
James
Collins
Across The
Universe
A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent
years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock ''n roll, moving from
the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich
Village, from the riot-torn streets of
Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam.
The star-crossed lovers, Jude and Lucy, along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up
into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with Dr. Robert and Mr. Kite as their guides.
The Game Plan
The Boston Rebels' quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne ''The Rock'' Johnson) is
known as one of the toughest, most skilled NFL players to ever take the field;
he's also probably the most self-absorbed. But his seemingly perfect bachelor
life is suddenly thrown for a loop when he discovers Peyton (Madison Pettis), the
8-year-old daughter he never knew existed, on his doorstep. Oops. Now, instead
of supermodels and late night parties, Joe has to deal with baby dolls and bedtime stories.
The Brave One
New York radio host Erica Bain has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores.
All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and
her fiancé dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city
streets at night to track down the men she holds responsible. Her dark pursuit of
justice catches the public''s attention, and the city is riveted by her anonymous
exploits.
Resident Evil Extinction
Alice, now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos
Olivera and L.J., along with survivors Claire, K-Mart and Nurse Betty to try to
eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being
undead—and to seek justice. Since being captured by the Umbrella
Corporation, Alice has been subjected to biogenic experimentation and
becomes genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive.
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?
When eight married college friends reunite for their annual retreat in the snowcapped mountains of Colorado, they come expecting fun and relaxation, but
get a completely unexpected surprise. Career-driven Dianne and her supportive, but fed-up husband, Terry, are joined by popular psychologist and best-selling author Patricia and her architect husband Gavin, who share a secret
tragedy that finally comes to light, while Angela and Marcus argue constantly,
but remain in love.
AT THE MOVIES
Coming to theaters
Coming to DVD
Movies Opening October 12
SLEUTH (R)
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (PG-13)
WE OWN
LARS AND
THE
NIGHT (R)
THE
REAL GIRL (PG-13)
FAT GIRLS (R)
TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED? (PG13)
CANVAS (PG-13)
THE FINAL SEASON (PG)
WEIRDSVILLE (R)
BERKELEY (NR)
O JERUSALEM (R)
RESERVATION ROAD (R)
BORDERTOWN (R)
30 DAYS OF NIGHT (R)
FIRE (R)
GONE BABY GONE (R)
WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY (R)
HOUSE (R)
RENDITION (R)
THRESHOLD
OF
HELL:
THE HISTORY OF NEW AMERICA, PART 1 (R)
THE COMEBACKS (PG-13)
MAN
FROM
PLAINS (PG)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (PG)
SARAH LANDON AND
THE
PARANORMAL HOUR
(PG)
DAN
IN
REAL LIFE (PG-13)
SAW IV (R)
Movies Opening November 02
BEE MOVIE (PG)
OCT 23
Amazing Grace 2006 (PG)
Dead Lenny 2006 (NR)
NOV 06
KING CORN (NR)
THE
Alien Siege 2005 (NR)
Blood Car 2007 (NR)
Deck the Halls 2006 (PG)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
2007 (R)
The Forgotten Coast 2007 (PG-13)
Captivity 2006 (R)
El Cantante 2007 (R)
TERROR'S ADVOCATE (NR)
THE BEACH PARTY AT
Casshern 2004 (NR)
Crazy Love 2007 (PG-13)
The Hoax 2006 (R)
Planet Terror 2007 (NR)
The Invisible 2007 (PG-13)
A Mighty Heart 2007 (R)
The Reaping 2007 (R)
Transformers 2007 (PG-13)
OCT 30
KHADAK (NR)
IN THE
NOV 06
Fido 2007 (R)
Hostel: Part II 2007 (R)
The Company 2007 (NR)
MANUFACTURING DISSENT (R)
THINGS WE LOST
OCT 16
Absolute Wilson 2007 (NR)
NOV 13
WHEEL S
by Jacqueline
ASTROL OGY
OCTOBER 2007 HOROSCOPES
Aries March 21 – April 19
You’ll find opposition where usually there is none. Don’t defend your
position; use this challenge to listen and understand the point of view of
others, as it’s to your benefit. You’ve been working hard, now is the
time to focus on where you’re going and what’s around you. It’ll make
this month go by with ease.
Taurus April 20 – May 20
Opportunities arise early this month. However, you’ll have to work for
them. This is a time to find out which ones are worth working for and to
let the others go. The New moon on the 26th in your sign brings a good
time to start new habits and patterns that you’ll stick with. It’s your
choice as to what you want to accomplish.
Gemini May 21 – June 21
Last month kept you on the go. This month will slow you down. Your
natural charm just won’t work now. Take the time to ask more questions
before you act or you’ll find yourself chasing your tail and some of the
things you wanted may not be what you thought.
Cancer June 22 – July 22
The key word for you this month is change. The things you’ve put off
changing over the summer you must now address. With this Mercury
retrograde, it’s time for action, not words, as you’ll find others won’t get
your point. So, it’s time for you to do it yourself. Start that nest egg and
think about what is best for your future, then act on it. All the rest will
fall into place later.
Leo July 23 – August 22
Your hands are tied this month, which will make you take both patience
and a step back, then wait and see what happens before you act. You’ll
find others will reveal information they wouldn’t normally divulge, in turn
that you would usually overlook. This compaction will go far and you’ll
find a clearer path to what you want.
Virgo August 23 – September 22
This is a phenomenal month for friendship and improving your social
life. Go with the flow. Time will reveal to you those who are true. This is
not the time for snap decisions. Learn to go with the flow and enjoy the
now without analyzing it to much and you’ll have a fun month.
Libra September 23 – October 22
Happy Solar Return! Those closest to you will put unrealistic demands
upon you. You’ll find it is not the time to do things for others but,
instead, to tell them what they need to do. They’ll appreciate your sympathetic ear and feel empowered. You on the other hand can use the
free time to nurture yourself and have some fun!
Scorpio October 23 – November 21
With this Mercury retrograde in your sign, you’ll feel others misunderstand you. This is a time for you to ask more questions; use your
actions and not your words to communicate. Remember this is a time
for you to clean things up that you’ve set aside. Also, take care of your
health as you’re vulnerable to colds.
Sagittarius November 22 –December 21
New projects and ideas will arise this month. You have the power to
make them happen, just not in the time line you’d like. Take the time to
make it the quality work that you do and you’ll find time will pass quicker. Remember; haste makes waste!
Capricorn December 22 – January 19
Projects are slowing down now. Take this time to relax. Don’t stress out
about the timing; it’s giving you time to look toward the future and plan
for what is coming next. All the stress will do is weaken your already
frail immune system. So work on your health in your down time instead.
Aquarius January 20 –February 18
Your creative and intuitive powers are heightened this month. Use them
to advance your career; you’ll be happy with the results. However, your
compassion for others will be detached. Don’t try to meddle in others
business even though you may know how to fix it because your great
advice will not be well received.
Pisces February 19- March 20
You feel a change coming on but it’s not this month, so relax. With this
Mercury retrograde trining your sign, misunderstandings with others will
be plentiful. Think before you speak and you’ll find smother communications. Take this month to pamper you and enjoy the water. The
change that is coming has been long-awaited and will be rewarding.
With the Sun and the New Moon on the 11th in Libra, all will be looking at their
relationships with others. In love, you’ll be looking into the commitment-part of it.
Be careful, with Mercury going retrograde on the 12th, as communications will
become challenging. Wait until after the 24th when it goes back into Libra to understand where your mate is coming from. The Taurus full moon on the 26th will help
you look into your own personal values. After November 2nd, when Mercury goes
direct, will you know the truth. So sit back and ask questions this month.
For those who want to know:
Since Neptune is retrograde as well as Mercury, I thought I’d tell you about it this
month. Neptune rules the last sign of the zodiac, Pisces, which is the intuitive part of
us. With Neptune in Aquarius right now all will have a stronger intuitive ability to
see the future of our lives, or at least feel it, especially under this Mercury retrograde. All we have to do is listen.
Monthly horoscopes by Jacqueline. For more information call: 772.286.2720
COMMUNIT Y CALENDAR
Friday, Oct 5
Theater: Beyond The Rainbow
Where: Riverside Theatre
3250 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach
When: Begins Fri, Oct 5 Ends Sun, Oct 28
Sun 2 p.m. Wed, Thu, Sat 2 p.m., 8 p.m.
Fri 8 p.m. Info: (772) 231-6990 Cost: TBA
Saturday, Oct 13
Theater: Murderers
When: Begins Sat, Oct 13
Ends Sun, Oct 28, Sun 2:15 p.m.
Tue, Thu, Fri 8:15 p.m.
Wed, Sat 2:15 p.m., 8:15 p.m.
Info: (772) 231-6990 Cost: TBA
Sunday, Oct 14
Kids: Max and Ruby
Where: Lyric Theatre
59 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart FL
When: Sun, 10/14 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm
Info: (772) 286-7827 Cost: $10
Theater: Food Fight!
Where: Maltz Jupiter Theatre
1001 E. Indiantown Road, Jupiter
When: Sun, 10/14 2:00 pm Wed, 10/17 2:00 pm
Info: (561) 575-2223 Cost: $32-$36 Tickets:
(561) 575-2223
Thursday, Oct 18
Halloween: Frightfest Haunted House
Where: Martin County Fairgrounds
2616 S.E. Dixie Highway, Stuart
When: Thu, 10/18 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Fri,
10/19 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Sat, 10/20 7:00 pm 11:00 pm Thu, 10/25 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Fri,
10/26 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Info: (772) 475-6941 Cost: Adults $10; children
12 and under $5
Friday, Oct 19
Exhibit: Art in the Atrium featuring Images of the
Galapagos
Where: Florida Atlantic University - Jupiter
5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter
When: Ends Fri, Oct 19
M on-Fri 8 a.m.-10p.m. Sat-Sun 9a.m.-7p.m.
Info: (561) 799-8547 Cost: Free
Exhibit: Ack, Ack, Ack and Through the Lens
Where: Florida Atlantic University - Jupiter
5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter
When: Ends Fri, Oct. 19
Sun-Thu 8:30 a.m.-midnight
Fri 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sat 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
Info: (561) 799-8547 Cost: Free
Saturday, Oct 20
Concert: The New Gardens Band presents
Flight
Where: Palm Beach Community College Eissey
Campus Theater
3160 PGA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens
When: Sat, 10/20 3:00 pm, 8:00 pm
Info: 561) 688-1330 Cost: $12-$18
Saturday, Oct 20
(cont’d)
Friday, Oct 26
(cont’d)
Exhibit: Art in the Gardens
Where: Main Street at Midtown
When: Sat, 10/20 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Sun,
10/21 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Info: (561) 691-8507 Cost: Free
Comedy: Gated Community in Scary Noises
Where: Atlantic Theater
6743 W Indiantown Rd, Jupiter
When: Fri, 10/26 8:00 pm Sat, 10/27 8:00 pm
Info: (561) 575-3271 Cost: Adults $15; seniors
$12; students $10 Tickets: (561) 575-4942
Concert on the Green featuring Boss Groove
Where: Abacoa Town Center
1200 Town Center Dr, Jupiter
When: Sat, 10/20 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Info: (561) 627-2799 Cost: Free
Blues: Albert Cummings
59 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart
When: Fri, 10/26 6:00 pm, 8:30 pm
Info: (772) 286-7827 Cost: $30-$35
Theater: Reach Dance Company
Where: Atlantic Theater
6743 W Indiantown Rd, Jupiter
When: Sat, 10/20 7:00 pm Sun, 10/21 2:00 pm
Info: (561) 575-3271 Cost: Adults $15; seniors
$12; students $10
Halloween: Haunted House
When: Sat, 10/20 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Fri, 10/26
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Sat, 10/27 6:00 pm - 9:00
pm Sun, 10/28 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Info: (772) 231-6990 Cost: $5, $8 for two trips
through the houses
Sunday, Oct 21
Concert: Bluegrass Jam Music Session
Where: John D. MacArthur Beach State Park
10900 State Rd 703, North Palm Beach
When: Sun, 10/21 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sun,
11/18 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Info: (561) 624-6950 Cost: $4/carload
Kids: Enchantment Theatre Company's The
Velveteen Rabbit
When: Sun, 10/21 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm
Info: (772) 286-7827 Cost: $15
Wednesday, Oct 24
Halloween: Monsters in the Marsh
Where: Grassy Waters Preserve
8264 Northlake Blvd., West Palm Beach
When: Wed, 10/24 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Info: (561) 627-8831 Cost: Adults $3; adults in
costume and children $1
Benefit: Port St. Lucie Fall Festival
Where: Tradition Field
527 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie
When: Wed, 10/24 Thu, 10/25 Fri, 10/26 Sat,
10/27 Sun, 10/28
Info: (772) 344-4021 Cost: $5 per vehicle
Friday, Oct 26
Halloween Street Party
Where: Abacoa Town Center
1200 Town Center Dr, Jupiter
When: Fri, 10/26 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Info: (561) 627-2799
Cost: Free
Saturday, Oct 27
Halloween Boo Cruise
Where: Palm Beach Princess
1 E. 11th St., Riviera Beach
When: Sat, 10/27 6:30 pm
Info: 1-800-841-7447 Tickets: 1-800-841-7447
Concert: MacArthur Under Moonlight
When: Sat, 10/27 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Sat, 11/24
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
under 10 free
Halloween on the Riverwalk
Where: Jupiter Riverwalk
Coastal Way, Jupiter
When: Sat, 10/27
Info: (561) 741-2252 or (561) 741-2400 Cheryl
Thomson Cost: Free
Concert: MacArthur Under Moonlight featuring
Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String
Band
When: Sat, 10/27 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
under 10 free
Concert: Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
presents Wild West Show
Campus Theater
When: Sat, 10/27 7:30 pm
Info: (561) 832-3115 Cost: $15
COMMUNIT Y CALENDAR
Saturday, Oct 27
(cont’d)
Mangia at the Blake - Asia Fantasia
Where: Blake Library
2351 SE Monterey Rd, Stuart
When: Sat, 10/27 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Info: (772) 221-1403 Cost: Free
Halloween: Antique Car Show & Parade of
Hobgoblins
Where: Downtown Stuart
When: Sat, 10/27 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Info: (772) 286-2848 Cost: Free
Tuesday, Oct 30
Concert: Jazz Ensembles
Campus Theater
When: Tue, 10/30 8:00 pm Thu, 3/27 8:00 pm
Info: (561) 575-7336 Cost: $5 Tickets: (561)
207-5900
Friday, Nov 2
Where: Downtown Jensen Beach
Jensen Beach Boulevard, Jensen Beach
When: Fri, 11/2 6:00 pm - 12 Midnight Sat, 11/3
12 Noon - 12 Midnight Sun, 11/4 12 Noon 8:00 pm
Info: (772) 334-3444 Cost: Advance admission
$5, $10 at gate
Classical: Xiayin Wang, piano
When: Fri, 11/2 7:00 pm
Info: (772) 286-7827 Cost: $25-$33
Saturday, Nov 3
Fancy Pigeon Show
Where: Langford Park
2369 NE Dixie Hwy, Jensen Beach
When: Sat, 11/3 10:00 am
Info: (561) 744-4677 Fred Hencken
Sunday, Nov 4
Folk: Jonatha Brooke
When: Sun, 11/4 7:00 pm
Info: (772) 286-7827 Cost: $30-$35
Friday, Nov 9
(cont’d)
Benefit: VNA Air Show Dirty Flight Suit Party
featuring Little Texas
Where: Witham Field
1871 SE Airport Rd
Stuart
When: Fri, 11/9 5:00 pm
Info: (772) 221-2374 Cost: $45
Saturday, Nov 10
Benefit: VNA Air Show
Where: Witham Field
1871 SE Airport Rd, Stuart
When: Sat, 11/10 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Sun, 11/11
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Info: (772) 221-2374 Cost: General admission
$10 in advance, $15 at gate; VIP $125
Monday, Nov 12
Theater: Beehive, The '60s Musical
When: Mon, 11/12 5:00 pm, 8:00 pm Tue, 11/13
5:00 pm, 8:00 pm
Info: (772) 286-7827 Cost: $42-$48
ON-GOING EVENTS
Exhibit: Glimpses of River History - Postcards
from the Past
Where: Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum
500 Captain Armour's Way, Jupiter
When: Tue-Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Ongoing
Info: (561) 747-8380, Ext. 110 Cost: Adults $7,
children ages 6-18 $5, 5 and under free
Downtown Jazz
Where: Downtown at the Gardens
11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave
Palm Beach Gardens
When: Thursdays 6-9 p.m.
Info: (561) 340-1600 Cost: Free
Festival: Jammin Jensen
Where: Downtown Jensen Beach
Jensen Beach Boulevard, Jensen Beach
When: Thursdays 5-9:30 p.m.
Info: (772) 334-7755 or (772) 225-3994 Cost:
Free
Monday, Nov 5
Concert: Treasure Coast Youth Symphony presents American Fanfare
When: Mon, 11/5 7:00 pm
Info: (772) 286-7827 Cost: $15
Friday Fest
Where: Downtown Fort Pierce
Second Street and Orange Avenue, Fort Pierce
When: 1st Friday each month
Info: (772) 466-3880 Cost: Free
Friday, Nov 9
Comedy: John Pinette - NEW DATE
Where: Sunrise Theatre
117 S. Second Street, Fort Pierce
When: Thursday and Sunday 8 p.m.; Friday 8
p.m. and 10 p.m.; Saturday 7 p.m., 9 p.m. and
11 p.m
Info: (772) 461-4884 Cost: $34.50 Tickets: (772)
461-4775
Theater: Sweeney Todd School Edition
When: Fri, 11/9 7:00 pm Sat, 11/10 7:00 pm
Sun, 11/11 2:00 pm
Info: (772) 286-7827 Cost: $23
ON-GOING EVENTS
(cont’d)
Exhibit: David Hayes - Sculpture
Where: Vero Beach Museum of Art
When: Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Sun 1-4:30 p.m., Ends Sun, Dec 16
Info: (772) 231-0707 Cost: Free
Kids: Art Treasure Hunt
Sun 1-4:30 p.m. , Ends Sun, Oct 21
Info: (772) 231-0707 Cost: Free
Exhibit: From the Vault - Selections from the
Permanent Collection
Sun 1-4:30 p.m., Ends Sun, Oct 21
Info: (772) 231-0707 Cost: Free
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