Weekend things to do in South Florida June 3-5

2022-06-04 00:48:51 By : Ms. Angela Sun

Fort Lauderdale's Revolution Live is a rock club and a mini shopping mall for Indie Craft Bazaar on Saturday. (Amanda Weiner & Chris Gaidry / Courtesy)

Summer in South Florida is rainy, and we react and prepare accordingly (thanks, science!), as reflected in the mostly indoor recommendations below. Also predictable in the current atmosphere is a sprinkling of South Florida’s trademark irreverence in response to former Miramar resident Johnny Depp’s complicated week.

First up is the Johnny Depp Club Brunch scheduled for noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 19, at Tin Roof in downtown Delray Beach. You are requested to come dressed as your favorite Depp character. Can you even buy scissor hands? How do you eat with them? Wait, pancakes?! Might work. Visit TinRoofDelrayBeach.com.

My dog: Chef Buddha Lo’s win on “Top Chef” Thursday night was different for South Florida viewers, as they can actually go out this weekend and taste something he created. The 30-year-old chef, whose transcendent season on the hit show included “best ever” acclaim (twice!) from a gushing Padma Lakshmi, currently helms the kitchen at Marky’s Caviar Lounge at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. A sister restaurant to Michelin-acclaimed caviar speakeasy Hūso at the rear of the Marky’s Caviar location in New York City, the Hard Rock restaurant is a showcase for Chef Lo’s inventive take on pretty much everything. Check out his popular Hūso Dog, an ode to New York street food, that layers a king crab leg twith Beluga di Venezia caviar (a hybrid of beluga and Siberian sturgeon) on a toasted brioche bun. It costs $45 at Marky’s Caviar Lounge. Visit MarkysCaviarLounge.com.

The Hūso Dog, a king crab leg topped with caviar, is "Top Chef" winner Buddha Lo's ode to New York street food. It's on the menu at Marky’s Caviar Lounge at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. (Marky’s Caviar Lounge)

Weekend laughs: Onstage at the Palm Beach Improv Friday-Sunday, actor-comedian Luenell Campbell (just Luenell to you) is one of those performers you’ve seen a million times without knowing it. Her best-known role was as the “hooker with the heart of gold” in the Oscar-nominated comedy “Borat,” but she’s also been in “A Star Is Born,” Eddie Murphy’s “Dolemite Is My Name,” Adam Sandler’s “That’s My Boy,” along with small-screen appearances on “Lopez,” “The Middle” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” Performances are 7 and 9:45 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $30. Visit PalmBeachImprov.com.

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Undercover funk: Sometimes faith is more powerful than science. I cannot imagine any kind of higher power allowing rain to fall on George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at the North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach on Friday night. Just in case, a few years back the venue added an artful canopy over the audience, under which I have enjoyed concerts in a light rain. It was fine. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show start at $60 at NorthBeachBandshell.com. The show, sponsored by The Rhythm Foundation and Blue Note Miami, is part of the Seaside Summer 2022 music series, which continues with Spanish pop stars Dvicio at 8 p.m. Sunday and a concert by the great Robert Glasper on June 10.

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic have a date at the North Beach Bandshell on Friday. (Chris Pizzello / Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Weekend movie: Opening in a handful of South Florida theaters on Friday, the music and culture documentary “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” captures the iconic festival through performances by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dwayne Dopsie, Big Freedia and Tab Benoit, as well as Jimmy Buffett, Gary Clark Jr., All Green, Pitbull, Bruce Springsteen and the Dave Matthews Band. Wrote reviewer Joe Leydon, a New Orleans native, in Variety: “This movie should be played real loud. And in venues where people can, if they choose, get up and dance.” There are many places to see the film this weekend, but know that the South Florida Tulane University alumni club will gather at the Classic Gateway Theater in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, with a 90-minute pre-party planned for the 6:45 p.m. screening. That’s both recommendation and warning. Visit FLIFF.com/gateway.

New cocktails: The new Four Seasons Hotel Fort Lauderdale on the beach has some things to recommend for the local, including The Bar at Evelyn’s. Head mixologist Matthew Dress has developed a menu of cocktails inspired by eastern Mediterranean flavors (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine and Turkey), as well as tropical elements from the garden at Fort Lauderdale icon Evelyn Fortune Lilly Bartlett’s Bonnet House. His Rangpur Daiquiri ($19) is a modern take on one of Bartlett’s signature cocktail recipes that Dress discovered when visiting the Bonnet House’s Shell Museum. The cocktail includes Plantation Xaymaca rum, za’atar-maple syrup and Rangpur lime, historically grown on the Bonnet House grounds, where Bartlett would serve the drink in pitchers for entertaining. Visit FourSeasons.com/fortlauderdale.

The Rangpur Daiquiri at the Bar at Evelyn's in the Four Seasons Hotel Fort Lauderdale. (Four Seasons Hotel Fort Lauderdale)

(Note: Citing tropical storm warnings, the Art & Culture Center on Friday postponed the opening reception for “BookBound: The Art of Books and Printmaking,” mentioned below, to Saturday, June 11, from 4 to 6 p.m.)

Prints charming: Books are revered in my house, but we don’t treat them as precious HGTV-style design elements (looking at you, dusty copy of Updike’s “Rabbit at Rest” and dog-eared “Letters of E.B. White”). But I am looking forward to the exhibit, “BookBound: The Art of Books and Printmaking,” at the Art & Culture Center in downtown Hollywood, which “examines the book as a sculptural art object and the many forms of art expression found in printed matter.” If only to see what I’m doing wrong. The opening reception for the exhibit will be 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Cost: $7 (members free). Visit ArtAndCultureCenter.org.

Ticket window: Chelsea Handler is bringing her Vaccinated and Horny Tour to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood on Nov. 20, with tickets (starting at $75) on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at MyHRL.com. A venue presale is up at the Hard Rock’s Facebook and Twitter pages. … Looking ahead slightly, Panic! At The Disco this week announced a stop on its global Viva Las Vengeance Tour at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise on Oct. 4. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. June 8, but signup for the presale mailing list begins at 10 a.m. Friday at PanicAtTheDisco.com.

Weekend shopping: Indie Craft Bazaar, the long-running local “art and handmade festival,” returns to the Revolution Live complex in downtown Fort Lauderdale from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, filling multiple rooms with works by a variety of your uncommonly creative neighbors. There’s also food and drink. Let’s call it a “shopping for Father’s Day” outing, if you need an excuse. For real, Father’s Day is coming. Can’t remember when exactly, but it’s … uh, soon? ICB admission is free. Visit IndieCraftBazaar.com.

Fun with science: The Museum of Discovery and Science in downtown Fort Lauderdale on Saturday will host a family oriented, activity-filled sleepover among the prehistoric creatures in its new “Dinosaurs in Motion” exhibit. There are still spaces available for this event, typically a sellout. Nonmember cost is $48 for kids, $32 for adult chaperone. … MODS has a grown-up networking social, Discovery After Dark, scheduled on June 9, with adult beverages (Gulf Stream Brewing is a sponsor) and light bites among the dinosaurs. You can get two-for-one tickets — $25 for two nonmembers (members $20 for two), including one drink or food ticket — by using the code DADBOGO22. Visit MODS.org.

The kids are alright: Speaking of quality time with kids, Teenstock 5 will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Round Up Nightclub in Davie, a showcase for young musicians to rock out in a club setting. The lineup includes newcomers making their club debuts and familiar names on the circuit, including Ripped Jorts, Midnight 3, Awkward Silence and Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies. Organized by Paul Kasin, bassist for veteran local band Rough Shot, and Orl Hernandez of FHR Radio Entertainment, Teenstock 5 is a free event, but visitors are asked to bring a new unwrapped toy for Palm Beach County nonprofit Smith Smiles Toy Donations. Visit Teenstock.net.

The sound and the foodies: The centerpiece of the inviting music weekend at Mathews Brewing Co. in Lake Worth Beach comes with Saturday’s 6 p.m.-midnight Rock Festival featuring Products of Rage (Rage Against the Machine tribute), 46 & Tool (Tool tribute) and Fall Victim. Admission to the 21-and-older concert is free. The music will be accompanied by food trucks Krazy Cuban Flavor and Twisted BBQ. The Saturday shows are bracketed by performances at 8 p.m. Friday by Spider Cherry and 3:30 p.m. Sunday by Bryan Smith of Girlfriend Material. And they have beer. Visit MathewsBrewingCompany.com.

The forecast calls for beer and rock 'n' roll at Mathews Brewing Co. in Lake Worth Beach. (Matthew’s Brewing Company / Courtesy)

More tributes: While you’re in the mood, Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale will host two heavy tribute bands beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday: Hardwired (Metallica tribute) and Maiden Mania (Iron Maiden). Tickets are $16 to $18 from the venue, $20 from Ticketmaster as part of a four-pack (that’s $10 per ticket and $10 in fees per ticket!). Visit JoinTheRevolution.net.

MAD theater: Thinking Cap Theatre will make its debut as the resident company at MAD Arts in Dania Beach this weekend with an innovative production of “Fefu and Her Friends,” off-Broadway legend María Irene Fornés 1977 Obie winner. The play, considered a seminal work in feminist theater, follows the reunion of a group of women who met in college. The audience will experience the first and last acts of the play together in MAD Arts’ black-box theater, but for Act 2 they will be divided into four groups to visit various “rooms” in Fefu’s home. After a preview at 8 p.m. Friday, the opening-night performance is at 8 p.m. Saturday, including a post-show dessert reception. Tickets cost $40-$50, with $10 student rush tickets at the door for those ages 25 and younger with a student ID. Pre-pandemic, the 12-year-old Thinking Cap Theatre performed at The Vanguard in Fort Lauderdale. MAD Arts, formerly the Gallery of Amazing Things, is at 481 S. Federal Highway, Dania Beach. Visit ThinkingCapTheatre.org.

What’s up, Tigirlily?: Leaning on its Nashville roots, Tin Roof brings a steady stream of up-and-coming country performers to Delray Beach’s buzzy Atlantic Avenue. Next up are North Dakota-raised sisters Tigirlily, who will perform a free show at 6 p.m. Sunday. This is what Fort Lauderdale audiences can look forward to when Tin Roof takes over the old Township location in the downtown area. Visit TinRoofDelrayBeach.com.

Remembrance: South Florida artist and scene-maker Keegan Hitchcock helped create Fort Lauderdale’s version of SantaCon nearly 15 years ago, an event that, while irreverent, tried against all odds to focus on family friendly traditions and virtues of the season. Friends of Hitchcock, who died in February after a fight with cancer, will remember her generous creativity with a sunset memorial gathering on Fort Lauderdale beach just south of the Pelican Grand (2000 N. Ocean Blvd.) on Sunday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Just show up in purple or white. For information, message co-organizer Michelle Rassner Cash on her Facebook page. To donate to the memorial fund, visit Everloved.com/life-of/keegan-hitchcock.

Staff writer Ben Crandell can be reached at bcrandell@sunsentinel.com.