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DRUNK AND DISORDERLY THE MAN — WHO RUNS REHAB CENTERS — SAYS HE WAS WRONGLY BOOTED FROM CLUB. BY KYLE SWENSON

A Palm Beach County couple re-cently took their grievances with the Boca Raton Resort and

Club to the courthouse, filing a bizarre lawsuit and using a you-shoulda-known-I-drink-and-not-served-me argument.

Christopher and Karen Walsh were members at the exclusive club, a 1 percent-ers’ playpen nestled on 356 beachside acres. They were members, at least, until Christopher Walsh had a particularly drunken evening on October 16, 2013. Ac-cording to court documents, Walsh con-sumed “excessive amounts of alcohol” in a short period of time, becoming “visibly intoxicated” with “impaired judgment and loss of self-control.” You can probably see where this is going: Walsh became “aggres-sive” and “verbally abusive,” using “profane language toward the staff and guests.”

Due to the episode, the club booted both Walshes from its membership ranks. But the club should have known what it was getting, the couple now claims.

The lawsuit lays out the following argu-ment: On “several occasions” before the incident, Walsh had consumed “excessive amounts of alcoholic spirits” there and then engaged “in behaviors readily perceived to be those of an intoxicated individual.” In fact, he was a “habitual drunkard,” in the words of the suit. Therefore the club, the suit argues, not Walsh, should be liable for his behavior that night — it served him.

This is all the more interesting because Christopher and Karen Walsh own a se-ries of drug and alcohol treatment centers in Fort Lauderdale — the Inspirations for Youth and Families and Cove Center for Recovery. The Walshes’ work has even been

featured on the Dr. Phil television show. They’re suing to reclaim their membership fees as well as items left at the club, includ-ing golf clubs, “bathing suits, cover-up, 2 pair sandals, beach hat,” and other items.

The drunken episode at the club came during a tough time for the couple. In Sep-tember 2013, Karen Walsh was arrested on child abuse charges after allegedly leaving an 11-year-old girl home alone. The child was reportedly Christopher’s biological daugh-ter, and no charges were filed against Karen.

In April 2014, Boca Raton Police were called to the couple’s home on a domes-

tic battery report. Karen told police her husband had just returned from a rehab stint in Arizona, according to a police report posted by CourthouseNews.com. Christopher allegedly went straight to a casino, where he drank and gambled. When he got home, he shoved his wife. The officer wrote in her report that the husband told her he was going to “fuck me in the ass.” “Walsh would not get out of bed,” the officer added, and “flatu-lated” at the cops. No charges were filed.

Walsh didn’t return a call to his office for comment.

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BIRDNAPPERS IN PEMBROKE PINES SUSPICIOUS MARKS ON TREES SUGGEST CLIMBERS ARE STEALING BABIES FROM NESTS. BY PATTI ROTH

S outh Florida bird advocates are seek-ing the public’s assistance in protect-ing vulnerable hatchlings from being

snatched from nests and sold as pets. Shawn Denton, director of public services

in Pembroke Pines, says he’s seen about 20 palm trees in his town with gouge patterns. He suspects the gouges are from spiked footwear worn by human poachers as they shimmy up the trunks on the prowl for baby birds. It’s

something he wants to prevent — especially during spring, when baby birds are hatching.

“We don’t want to disrupt the natural fam-ily life of the nesting birds,” Denton says. “We don’t want see additional birds and juveniles going into the sales stream in the pet [market].”

That’s where he’d like to partner with the public. Many of the gouge-marked palm trees are in

medians along busy roads. Usually, he says, legitimate landscaping projects involve work-ers in trucks with lift mechanisms. People

climbing trees with ladders or belts harnessed to the trunk would be suspicious, he says. He asks that anyone who sees this type of activity report it by calling 954-538-3644. He adds that suspicious vendors or road-side bird sellers should also be reported.

Pembroke Pines is a designated bird sanctuary, with municipal laws that protect all birds, Denton says.

Terry Denton, president of the nonprofit Bird Lovers Club and Shawn Denton’s wife, adds that people who want a captive pet bird should think about adopting rather than buying. The Bird Lovers Club takes in hundreds of abandoned and unwanted pet birds. Email [email protected].

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SEX ASSAULT ON YACHT? WOMAN SUES RESTAURANT MOGUL, CLAIMING HIS SON ASSAULTED HER AT BAHIA MAR. BY DAVID MINSKY

Canadians love to vacation in South Flor-ida. As a token of appreciation for their tourism, the Florida Panthers even put

a Tim Hortons coffee stand in the BB&T Center. Tim Hortons is a multibillion-dollar fast-

casual restaurant chain. In Canada, it’s like the equivalent of Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Subway all rolled into one. Tim Horton himself founded the Canadian fast-casual restaurant more than 50 years ago in Ontario, along with a partner, Ron Joyce. And after Miami-based Burger King bought the company last August for $11.4 billion, Joyce’s wealth ballooned from a modest $1.2 billion to several billion more.

Now, Joyce is being sued in a Canadian court over allegations of sexual assault com-mitted by his son on his megayacht last Oc-tober, reports the Toronto-based newspaper National Post. The lawsuit alleges that Joyce’s son, Steven, sexually assaulted a woman Oc-tober 24 aboard the 160-foot Destination Fox Harb’r Too yacht when it was docked at the Bahia Mar Yachting Center in Fort Lauderdale.

National Post reports that the accuser, Eliza-beth Kelly, had been in an on-and-off relationship with the younger Joyce for several years and was in Fort Lauderdale celebrating her 50th birthday aboard the yacht with friends. The lawsuit alleges that at 4 p.m., Steven Joyce and Kelly had con-sensual sex in his stateroom. A while later, when Kelly’s friend came to check on her, Joyce asked if she wanted to join the fun, but she refused. Steven allegedly grabbed the friend’s arm and tried to pull her into bed with the couple. In the ensuing struggle, Steven and the friend both fell onto Kelly, “catapulting” her to the floor and in-juring her hand. Kelly refused medical treatment.

Later that night, Kelly and Steven Joyce were naked in the hot tub when Kelly got out and tried to dress herself with a robe. Without warning, the man forced Kelly face-down on a chaise lounge chair and subjected her to “vicious sexual battery” during which she begged him to stop, the lawsuit says.

The attack left Kelly with “serious and permanent personal injuries and impair-ments,” the National Post reported.

Kelly claims that Steven Joyce apolo-gized the next day, and she never reported the incident to police. But when she got back to Canada, she filed a lawsuit against the elder Joyce in Ontario Superior Court, realizing that more damage was done to her than previously thought. She is ask-ing for $5.7 million in damages.

“It affected me a lot more than I realized,” Kelly told the National Post. “As glamor-ous a surrounding as it was, it just wasn’t cool. That is not what love looks like.”

Ron Joyce is listed as a defendant in the lawsuit because he owns the yacht, although he was not there. He says he is being targeted because of his wealth.

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he light-colored SUV was already parked when Keri Street wheeled into a neighboring spot at the KinderCare in a Seattle suburb. As Street gathered up her two kids, she ran a suspicious eye over the vehicle. The guy behind the wheel was cocooned

in a baggy gray hoodie. A young girl sat shotgun. Their car windows dripped inside with condensation, a sign they’d been sitting there for a while. Why were these two killing time in a daycare center’s parking lot before 9 a.m. on a weekday? Street wondered. Then she noticed the back seat. Who goes to a daycare and doesn’t have car seats?

But Street was in a rush that morning in September 2013. She collected her kids, grabbed her keys and phone, and scur-ried into the mint-shingled building. She was inside for five minutes, then headed to her nearby office. While at work as a service department manager for a security company, Street realized she didn’t have her purse. Probably left it home, she figured. But when she got home, she couldn’t find it. Street pulled up her banking activity online. There was a $2,400 withdrawal pending on her Chase savings account. She rewound a play-by-play of her busy morning.

“I’d left the purse in the car and didn’t lock it,” she explains today. “Shame on me.”

She’d just had a visit from some out-of-towners from South Florida.

Street wasn’t alone. About an hour and a half south, purses were plucked from cars at the Gig Harbor Academy, a posh private elementary school on ten acres of wilderness. In downtown Seattle, a similar robbery was reported at the University of Washington Medical Center. At a local YMCA, an LA Fitness gym and a Montessori school, the same story. In each case, thieves were able to hoover out the checking and savings accounts belonging to victims, all women. Although it would take police months to puzzle out the situation, even-

tually they’d trace the crime wave back to a man and woman running a rental car up and down Interstate 5, the highway sewing Seattle to Tacoma. Working overtime for 16 days, the duo scammed more than $48,000 from a half dozen victims. Both criminals called Broward County home.

Every week, hustlers, hoods, prostitutes, and drug addicts from the Fort Lauderdale area are picked up in just about every corner of the country for running a scam copied from the same playbook. Dubbed the “Felony Lane Gang” by po-lice, these organized crews target unsuspecting victims and steal their drivers’ licenses and bank cards or checks. Then, frequently using hair dye and wigs, they or their coconspira-tors dress up like the victims to gain access to accounts. The crews systematically suck away the victims’ funds, sometimes with the help of corrupt allies working inside tag agencies and banks. Just in the past year, 954ers have been busted in Virginia, Ohio, Arkansas, Maine, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Texas. “Why don’t they stay down there and break into your cars?” a Lone Star State police official recently wondered aloud.

But the name is a bit of a misnomer. “Gang” suggests a single crime boss somewhere stroking a Siamese cat and directing his minions from a secret lair, or a legion of thugs with some sort of hierarchy. Today, crews pulling off this scam are unconnected bands of drifters laying siege to dif-ferent corners of the country . Likely, millions of dollars a year are lost to these crews. In the words of a Broward cop who investigated the scheme, it’s a national “epidemic,” with local police and even the FBI trying to play catch-up. It’s gotten to the point that financial institutions now budget for the loss. “We call it bank robbery without a gun,” the detective says.

All thanks to Broward. The scam was founded and popu-larized here by enterprising hustlers from Fort Lauderdale, including a pair of crafty women known to local law enforce-ment as the “Godmothers.” A special task force eventually mopped up early incarnations of the “gang,” but Felony Lane lives on. It may be Broward County’s single greatest contribution to the criminal underworld.

P olice from several local departments were powwow-ing in Boca Raton, a regional intel meeting for sharing tips. It was 2004. The conversation shifted to a string

of recent car break-ins in gym and restaurant parking lots; purses were being snatched. A high-energy young detective with a cue-ball shaved head and biceps stretching his shirt sleeves spoke up. Randy Rosenberg had a couple of similar cases sitting on his desk back at the Coral Springs Police Department. He suggested it might be an organized criminal effort worth going after.

“Everyone looked at me like I had ten heads,” Rosenberg recalls. Most of his peers thought the crimes were random burglaries. “A lot of people don’t want to get involved in this because it’s so complicated. I had no idea what I was getting into.”

Rosenberg would soon be pulling strands out of a tangled ball of yarn. But his hustle in the mid-aughts pointed the first spotlight at the Felony Lane activity. He helped reveal that these weren’t one-off heists but criminal outfits with organized depth charts.

At first, all Rosenberg had was a name: Jennifer New. Coral Springs PD had busted a woman making a fraudulent

bank transaction. In turn, the woman said police should look at New, a pasty-faced then-31-year-old with a half-dozen ar-rests for theft and drug possession hanging from her record. New was the go-to girl for a crew that was breaking >> p8

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into cars and using the IDs for bank fraud, the tipster said, who added that New got picked up every day to scam.

New would prove to be Rosenberg’s skeleton key for understanding the whole shakedown.

Rosenberg and other detectives posted up outside New’s Hallandale Beach home. As the tipster had predicted, two women swung by to pick New up one day in Sep-tember. The three drove to Coral Springs, where they stopped at a Walgreens. From his own car, Rosenberg watched as the women used a spray hair dye to darken New’s blond locks in the back seat of their car. Then they went to a Burdines (now Macy’s) in the Coral Square Mall, where New opened a store credit card with a stolen ID, quickly spend-ing the plastic’s $1,600 automatic credit. The crew also hit up a Union Planter’s Bank on University Drive where they attempted to access the accounts of another victim.

Rosenberg arrested the three right there for identity theft. At the station, New con-fessed. She admitted that she worked in a crew run by A.D. Hampton, a 29-year-old topped with a field of short dreadlocks who had previous arrests for grand theft, battery, and drug possession, among others. New said Hampton had recruited her for the scam.

“He was like, ‘Do you want to make some real money?’ ” New told police. “I said, ‘How much money are we talking about?’ He was like, ‘Three thousand a day.’ I said, ‘That’s my kind of thing. What do I have to do?’ He said, ‘Nothing like tricking; alls you have to do is go through banks.’ ”

New sketched out the organization. “Jackboys” were responsible for breaking into cars. They would smash up spark plugs, keeping the pieces in their mouths, then pop the windows with the fragments, cracking the glass. “They wrap something around their arm and break it,” New explained. The jackboys hit gyms and daycare centers. “They like Starbucks,” New said. “Women like to hurry and rush in and leave their purses in the car with the door open.” The jackboys were careful to use ordinary vehicles that wouldn’t draw attention. “They never use the cars with the rims. No flashy cars.”

The aim was to scoop up as much of the sensitive personal information from a victim as possible. “We want your social security card,” New explained, “ ’cause you’ve got to have that number to get the information from the bank. We’re going to look for credit cards that have your bank emblem on it, ’cause we’re going to know what bank you go to so we don’t have to call all the banks. Then I call all the credit cards, the numbers on the back, and put in your account num-ber and see what your credit is on the cards. How we test them to see if they’re still on or if they’ve been reported is by going to a gas station and just slide it through. If it says ‘See Attendant,’ we know it’s burnt. And then we have to keep the ID, the social security card, and one major credit card, ’cause you need the second form of ID to do the check.”

New’s role was as a “casher.” Tak-ing a stolen ID from one victim and a stolen check from another victim, she would write a check to the name of the person on the ID — and then dress like that person and go cash the check.

The charade involved theater-major panache. Cashers dressed up in wigs, dyed their hair, and donned makeup to pull off the scam. “I even played a black lady and a Chinese lady,” New bragged to cops in her interrogation. “The wigs make it.”

The crew had a set payment plan for cashers: If they cashed checks between $1,800 and $2,500, they walked away with $400; checks between $1,000 and $1,800 got the casher $200. Another scam had the casher walking into stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Macy’s to open new cards and immediately buy merchandise; the bill would be sent to the victim weeks later.

“If you had to put a dollar amount on it, of what you got paid, how much do you think you made?” a Coral Springs detective asked at one point during the interrogation.

New thought. “In the hun-dreds... of thousands.”

“Two hundred thousand?” the detective asked. “Or more?”

“Probably more. I was spend-ing $700 to $1,500 a day on drugs.”

“Three hundred thousand?”“I would say $375,000 to $400,000.”“In the first week, I made $15,000,”

New tosses off later in the interview. “Damn,” the surprised detective an-

swered. “For yourself or for the crew?”“For me.” New wasn’t shy about aiming a fin-

ger at her conspirators. She told Rosen-berg that Hampton had a garbage bag of stolen drivers’ licenses at his house. “How big?” the detective asked.

“Like a 50-gallon bag full.” Rosenberg scrambled to get a search

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warrant for Hampton’s address. Hours after he’d scoped New’s place, he was knocking on the ringleader’s door in Lauderhill. Rosenberg hadn’t even slept; his discovery turned into one continu-ous, adrenaline-juiced, 31-hour shift.

Rosenberg and Lauderhill cops poured through Hampton’s house late at night on September 30, 2004. “We found the gar-bage bag in a closet in the baby’s room,” he says. “There were also IDs and checks just all over the house. It was the first time we’d come across something like that.”

Later, they’d determine that more than 600 IDs were in the bag.

Like New, Hampton rolled over easy, admitting he ran the organized con. “He didn’t realize,” Rosenberg quips today, “that he was putting himself down as an organized leader for a federal case.”

Similarly, Rosenberg didn’t realize he’d just taken down the first of four organized rings he would wrestle with over the next five years. When he was interviewed, Hamp-ton dangled a clue for Rosenberg’s next big bust. The con said he’d learned everything he knew from a woman named Janice.

The first investigation had another sig-nificant impact — a historical one. While Rosenberg and other detectives were sit-ting around in an intel meeting talking about the operation they were planning, they spitballed ideas for names. All good police investigations need a name — Op-eration Such and Such. “They would use the last lane of the bank drive-through to commit the felony,” Rosenberg says.

So: Operation Felony Lane.

C arlos Irvin, a heavy-set transvestite with sunken eyes, sat slumped in a chair in an interrogation room at the

Coral Springs Police Department. A large purse was parked in his lap. It was 2005.

“What retailers do you find easiest to do?” a Coral Springs detective asked. “To manipulate for instant credit?”

Irvin scrunched his face. “Sound Advice, Best Buy, Circuit City, Lowe’s, Home Depot, Walmart,” he said as ca-sually as reading off a shopping list.

“What about Target?” His head snaps back a hell-no

shake. “I don’t play with Target.” Irvin was another downed chess piece

for Rosenberg and other detectives work-ing on Felony Lane cases. The garbage bag of IDs found at Hampton’s home made officials realize this was a larger problem than anyone had initially suspected. The U.S. Secret Service, which investigates fi-nancial crimes, got in on the action, and a task force was set up to investigate. With the needed resources and manpower, Rosen-berg and others turned toward the leading ladies. Irvin was key to getting at a queen.

As they made more arrests in South Florida — catching people in the middle of trying to pass forged checks or with stolen identification — investigators kept hearing two names: Sebrina and Janice. Janice and Sebrina. Everyone said they were learn-ing the scam from them. The cops began referring to the pair as the “Godmothers.”

It also turned out that jackboys weren’t the only source for stolen IDs. Crews were dealing with counterfeiters who would take

a victim’s name and personal information and cook up a fake driver’s license with a photo of a criminal check casher. When one of these counterfeiters was busted, he turned informant, telling Rosenberg he should pay attention to Sew It or Grow It, a Fort Lauder-dale beauty salon on NW 19th Street, in the shadow of an I-95 overpass. Court records indicated Sebrina Smith owned the store.

Then 35, Smith already had a criminal record for forgery and grand theft. Rosenberg set up surveillance outside the business. “Fe-dEx packages were always going back and forth,” he says. “A lot of packages. We just posted up at the shop and watched who was coming in and out.” Later, investigators would determine Smith was using a man named Sherwin Hue to produce counterfeit Florida drivers’ licenses or employee ID cards. The items were being shipped to the store.

Rosenberg also watched a number of transvestites coming through the store, he says. They got in on the action because they could pass for male or female.

This crew was pioneering by taking its show on the road. Police tracked Smith and an accomplice as they paid cash for tickets to Nashville, Tennessee, where they com-mitted more bank fraud. Smith’s crew was also adept at fraudulently conning instant credit from department stores. Walking into a store, the scammers could use the fake IDs to establish lines of credit and walk out with items. It was a slam dunk. “See Burdines and Macy’s, it’s commission,” Smith told inves-tigators after her arrest. “[The salespeople] are [getting paid] on commission, so they are offering it to you anyways. They don’t care if you don’t have a second form of ID or nothing. They’re going to do it regardless.”

Thanks to the work of the task force, in 2005, a federal indictment landed against Smith, Irvin, and eight others. The charges included conspiracy, bank fraud, and identity theft. Authorities determined the crew had bilked around $4 million.

The second Godmother would be harder to get.

If a letter later filed in federal court from a family member is to be believed, Janice Coachman, born in 1970, was cornered into scamming by bad breaks and easy opportu-nity. The letter writer — a nephew whom Coachman raised along with her own three kids — described the Godmother’s Fort Lau-derdale childhood as “very impoverished, somewhat dysfunctional, abusive, and dream shattered.” Unable to finish high school because of teen pregnancy, Coachman fell into a “physically and verbally abusive” mar-riage and motherhood all before age 21.

Her work options were slim. “It had all overwhelmed her to the point when she didn’t have the urge to want to work hard for a mere six dollars an hour considering the fact that her life outside work was stressful enough,” the nephew later wrote. After her marriage ended, with no job, four mouths to feed, and living at her mother’s house, Coachman “heard about a scheme... that was popular in her neighborhood around the early 1990s about earning money an easy and quicker way opposed to working long hours,” the nephew wrote. “Being naive and just really wanting to provide a better life for her children and live in her own home, she immediately got involved.” >> p10

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become, in the words of one of her later codefendants, “the leader of an organized group that commits bank fraud through-out the Southeastern United States.”

Between 1992 and 2001, she’d racked up an impressive file of criminal charges in Broward, from delivery of cocaine to forgery to grand theft. But by the time Rosenberg sighted his efforts on Coach-man, she was smart enough to put buffers between herself and the criminal action.

“Janice was so insulated,” Rosenberg ex-plains. “You wouldn’t catch Janice in a bank cashing a check or in a drive-through. She would be doing countersurveillance, parked in the bank parking lot watching what happened.”

Like a crime-boss Bill Belichick, Coach-man was crafty at innovating the playbook. She persuaded — or bribed — people work-ing inside institutions to hand over victims’ personal information. For example, if a jackboy brought her a stolen driver’s li-cense, Coachman would contact a source who worked at a Plantation tag agency. For $100 a pop, the source would punch the driver’s license number into the system and pull up a social security number.

Coachman also had people inside the banks. Court documents show that police caught a BankAtlantic teller on security video in De-cember 2008 logging into a customer’s account without permission. When confronted about the access, the employee admitted Coachman had texted her for information about the ac-count. The teller was dating Coachman’s son.

Coachman’s own success working the scam put a target on her back. Accord-ing to her nephew, “threats about harm-ing her and her children came rolling in from anonymous callers, her home had been broken into on several occasions one time in which her daughter was held at gunpoint, and cops began to harass her whole family.” But nothing stopped her. “She was determined to make a better life for her children... This was not a woman who made mistakes for fun; she made mistakes with purposes behind them.”

By the time Rosenberg and the task force lassoed Coachman’s crew in 2009, the federal indictment listed ten defendants. They pinned the crew to $1 million in stolen funds. All told, the task force landed 55 fed-eral indictments between 2004 and 2009.

The techniques and schemes pioneered in Broward in the mid-2000s are now some of the crime world’s best practices.

T he Felony Lane busts were career-makers for Rosenberg. In 2008, he was transferred to homicide and

robbery investigations, then promoted to sergeant a year later. But talking about his task-force work today, his recollections are still shot through with excitement. “I loved it,” he admits. “You’re not just investigating a burglary. You’re dealing with drugs, fraud, surveillance, informants, search warrants. You’re dealing with so many levels of police work; it really was a multifaceted case.”

Ironically, the aggressive response to Felony Lane activity in the late ’00s is prob-ably why it’s now being exported elsewhere. Broward got too hot for the operators, so they went packing, not in organized crews but in smaller outfits. If the Felony Lane Gang had once been a single felonious sea beast, poking different tentacles at unsuspecting victims, today those tentacles have broken off and evolved with minds of their own.

Last August, law enforcement officials in Austin, Texas, were tipped off by a confi-dential informant that a Felony Lane Gang from Florida was working the region. The tipster gave police the address of a Super 8 motel. A surveillance team spotted a white Kia Sorrento that had been recently caught on security video, its occupants sus-pected of breaking into cars at a daycare.

Austin Police spotted three people pile into the Sorrento. One was a scraggly woman, a lo-cal named Tabatha Emerich. But the two oth-ers — Taneisha Story and Johntavias Brown — were straight outta the 954. Story had previ-ous arrests in Broward for robbery and petit theft. Brown’s Florida record included at-tempted robbery with a weapon, grand theft, firearm possession, and drug possession.

Austin Police followed the three as they steered for a Comerica Bank drive-through. Police called the bank right then, learning that Emerich was trying to pass a stolen check with a stolen ID. While the teller delayed the car at the bank, law enforce-ment approached. The fraudsters, however, drove off to a nearby parking lot. When an officer stepped out of an unmarked car pulled up to confront the crew, Story gunned the car in reverse, bashing the law enforcement vehicle. Down the road, the car blasted into an SUV before burst-ing into flames. Two of the women were arrested on the scene. Brown took off on foot but was scooped up later by police.

When she was interrogated, Emerich explained how they operated. She said Brown would fill out the forged checks, then sit in the back seat of the car with a stopwatch as Emerich tried to cash them. If it took too long, Brown would tell her to drive off. Story was the “makeup artist,” tasked with fitting wigs and making Emer-ich look like the women in the stolen IDs.

Police later linked the three to 24 break-in cases and estimated they’d scammed $80,000 to $100,000. All three are facing charges of forgery, fraudulent use of identifying infor-mation, and engaging in organized crime.

Authorities up in Idaho didn’t have as much luck roping in all the conspirators when a Felony Lane

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crew barged into the Boise area.Last August 13, the Ada County Sheriff’s

Office got a call from a Mountain West Bank branch in the small town of Eagle. A dark Toyota Corolla was idling in the far lane of the drive-through. The woman behind the wheel was trying to cash a $2,340 check made out to her. She flashed an Idaho driver’s license and a Mountain West checking card. But the teller recognized the driver and her friend: Two days earlier, they’d cashed a check that turned out to be fraudulent.

When deputies arrested the two women at the bank, both were wearing wigs. The Co-rolla turned out to be stolen from Hollywood, Florida. Danielle Cook, age 28, of Pembroke Pines had a clean record. Jennifer Gallagher from Margate, age 31, had a number of petit theft charges on her record as well as a recent charge of possession of hydromorphone.

When Cook was questioned, she told in-vestigators she had been recruited in South Florida to “make money.” An admitted drug addict in need of cash, she’d agreed, then hopped in the Toyota with two guys whom she knew only by their first names. They drove cross-country. Cook explained she and Gallagher were told to wear wigs and hit the farthest lane from the bank. They were promised 10 percent of the overall take.

“The people behind these groups tend to prey on vulnerable women who are desper-ate for money, and Danielle was definitely in that situation,” says Craig Durham, Cook’s attorney. “The girls that are involved in this basically don’t have any decision-making whatsoever. My understanding is, you get involved, and the next thing you know, you’re not free to leave, so you do what you’re told.”

IDs and checks that the women had been using had been stolen out of park-ing lots at gyms. Police determined that Gallagher and Cook had cashed a dozen fraudulent checks in a three-day run for a total of $26,502. One day, the pair hit seven banks. Both women face bank fraud and ag-gravated identity theft charges. “Obviously she made choices that have consequences, and she’s going to face those, but I think there was less culpability than the ones who directed this thing,” Durham says.

The men were never found.

T he rash of robberies and ID thefts along the Seattle-Tacoma, Wash-ington, area in the fall of 2013 was

eventually cleared up — unfortunately, not in time to collar the assailants.

In Seattle, a Good Samaritan found AAA and insurance cards from four women in the trash at a gas station. He looked up the victims, who met and swapped stories. The same guy or girl must have broken into their cars, they concluded; taken the IDs, checks, and credit cards; and dumped the rest. Working backward, police eventu-ally realized eight female victims had been scammed in a 15-day crime spree targeted at schools, daycares, and gyms. In late Oc-tober, investigators saw the perp on a bank security cam cashing a forged check: a buzz-headed guy with “Gucci” inked across his neck, behind the wheel of a light-colored Chevy Tahoe. Police circulated the suspect’s picture nationwide, as well as that of a brown-haired female accomplice in her 20s.

In the first week of November, police in

Fort Lauderdale matched the pictures to 40-year-old Ronald Rhoda and 23-year-old Alexa Durkee. The former’s criminal file in Broward County was fat with multiple pos-session-of-cocaine charges as well as conspir-acy to sell and grand-theft arrests. By the time Washington state law enforcement swore out arrest warrants in November 2013 — for iden-tity theft and forgery of checks — for Rhoda and Durkee, the couple probably weren’t even in the same time zone. Durkee has never been arrested on the charges. Rhoda, how-ever, was nabbed in Williamsburg, Virginia, in March 2014 for identity theft, forgery, grand larceny, and conspiracy to commit grand larceny, among other charges. He was pulling the same old Felony Lane scam.

None of this comes as much of a surprise to Rosenberg. For one, unless the arrests are part of a federal indictment, most of the collars related to Felony Lane will end up with a handful of years in jail at most. Even the federal cases don’t carry too much of a sentence. “Godmother” Sebrina

Smith was given 56 months, Carlos Irvin 77 months, and A.D. Hampton 78 months. All three picked up later fraud charges. Janice Coachman was given a ten-year prison sentence. She’s still inside. None of the four could be reached for comment.

Rosenberg is also quick to point out that banks aren’t exactly aggressive in their own security measures. If tellers quizzed every customer to confirm their identity, custom-ers might take their business elsewhere. “Customer service,” Rosenberg shrugs. As such, almost every bank has budgeted for loss due to fraud, and victims typically get their money back — the costs are spread to all the bank customers through rising fees. The crews taken down by the task force alone were responsible for $6 mil-lion in thefts. That level of institutional acceptance keeps Felony Lane going.

“I don’t think it’ll ever go away,” the detec-tive says. “I don’t know how you stop it.”

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“THE GIRLS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS BASICALLY DON’T HAVE ANY

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SATURDAYPAGE 14The Galt Mile Wine & Food Festival returns.

SUNDAYPAGE 15David Carl as Gary Busey as every character in Hamlet.

N I G H T DAYW E E K O F M A R C H 5 - M A R C H 1 1 , 2 0 1 5 W W W . B R O W A R D P A L M B E A C H . C O M / C A L E N D A R

THEY’RE NOT CREEPY. THEY’RE KAWAII .“Candy Coated Dreams,”

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Uncertain Terms runs from Friday to March 29 at Arts Garage, located at 180 NE First St. in Delray Beach. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays to Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tick-ets cost $30 to $45. Call 561-450-6357, or visit artsgarage.org. JOHN THOMASON

THEATER

LONG LIVE THE QUEENIn 2006, director Sofia Coppola’s great biopic of Marie Antoinette reimagined the doomed French monarch in 21st-century terms — as a malaise-stricken postmodern teenager and feminist martyr who could care less if anybody ate cake. Less than two years later, Joel Gross followed on Coppola’s heels with his three-character play Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh, an equally subversive new take on the beheaded cult queen. Gross blurred fact and fiction, inventing a love triangle with a historical foundation: the growing friend-ship between the queen and her official portraitist, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, presented in Gross’ play as a cunning social climber. Their lives are complicated by a character Gross invented: a left-wing aris-tocrat named Alexis. This turmoil brushes against the tumult of the French Revolution just outside the gates, in the years before Antoinette would meet the guillotine. Last produced here in 2008 by the now-defunct Caldwell Theatre, The Color of Flesh re-turns in a stripped-down staged reading from Outre Theatre Company, the latest installment in its season of “outsiders” that has included productions of Othello and the political drama Back of the Throat.

Sabrina Lynn Gore, Seth Trucks, and Katherine Amadeo star in this two-night-only production, at 8 p.m. Friday and Sat-

urday at the JM Family Studio at Broward Center for the

Performing Arts, lo-

cated at 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauder-dale. Tickets cost $30. Call 954-462-0222, or visit browardcenter.org. JOHN THOMASON

SAT 3/7 FOOD + DRINK

SEA-SONAL EATSThis time of year, anything and everything in South Florida should be done by the beach. We have great venues, fantastic restaurants, plenty of clubs, world-class museums, and a plethora of activities to at-tend to, but our greatest attributes are the Atlantic and the winter weather. Here’s your chance to make the most of both. On Saturday, the Galt Mile Wine & Food Festival is coming back around, and it’s bringing gourmet food and booze right to the sand.

From 4 to 8 p.m., the strip will be taken over by fine wine, craft beer, spirits, small plates, and live entertainment. Expect to see local eateries like Tokyo Blue, Bokamper’s, Basilic, Bao Las Olas, Pronto Café, Giorgio’s, Gelato Petrini, Sidecar Kitchen, Greenbar & Kitchen, Another Broken Egg Café, the Roasted Fig Catering, and Kelly’s Landing. If you’re looking to bring home a piece of the action, the Retail Bazaar & Marketplace will offer unique gifts and products. And Classic Rock Therapy will be playing a wide range of rock hits for all generations. General-admis-sion tickets cost $150 per person. The Galt Mile Wine & Food Festival takes place be-tween 3351 and 3531 Galt Ocean Drive in Fort Lauderdale. Call 561-338-7594, or visit galt-milewineandfoodfestival.com. SARA VENTIERA

ART

KAWAII TO THE SKYIf you’re looking for a serious sugar rush this weekend, pencil in a visit to the opening of “Candy Coated Dreams,” the newest exhibit at West Palm Beach art gallery-cum-tattoo parlor Slushbox. A celebration of everything sweet, sugary, cuddly, and nice, “Candy Coated Dreams” will be unveiled Saturday

at the lowbrow yet cutting-edge venue that is the Slushbox gallery. On display

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(pen name for local artist Michael Banks) and his work of adorable puppies and kittens with huge demonic black eyeballs — tearing a page from the work of ’60s artist Margaret Keane. Each work at the show will exude what’s known as kawaii — a Japanese slang term meaning cute. Artist Sara Leigh, for example, and her sewn, plush, animal taxi-dermy heads emit a certain level of kawaii.

Be there for all the eye candy from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Slushbox Gallery, located at 2716 S. Dixie Highway, Suite 101, in West Palm Beach. Free to attend. Call 561-832-4655, or visit slushbox.com. ALEX RENDON

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4K FOR AFFYou could take a varied sampling of the American population, put them in a room for a discussion, and they might never agree on when military force is warranted. One subject that is usually easier to agree upon is what to do for said armed forces when they return from sites of conflict. For any

service member coming back home, having a sense of community and a sturdy support system are the building blocks required for reintegrating into society. This is where the Armed Forces Foundation comes in, having raised an annual donation base of $10 million to support service members and their families in the transition back to civilian life. Unlike other charities where tracking dollars can prove difficult, a re-ported 94 percent of each dollar raised goes back into the foundation’s programs. Today, there is a chance to support this cause that requires a little more than sign-ing a check or dropping a couple of dollars into a bucket (although that is always wel-comed) as the AFF hosts the 4K for AFF at TY Park (3300 N. Park Road, Hollywood).

Registration begins at 7 a.m., and the races begin at 8. You can run, walk, or stroll, and even kids are encouraged to attend, with a kids’ race scheduled. After the races, stick around for eats, drinks, and conversations. There is a $25 registration fee for adults and $15 for children. Visit classy.org/4KFORAFF. TERRA SULLIVAN

SUN 3/8 ▼ THEATER

THE BARD, À LA BUSEYThe roster of actors who have portrayed Hamlet on stage and screen is a checklist of stentorian refinement and tragic pathos: Laurence Olivier. Kenneth Branagh. Rich-ard Burton. Gary Busey? The latter hasn’t happened yet, though the possibility of this crazed, ape-like cult figure sputtering and shambling through iambic pentameter has ignited the imagination of actor/co-median David Carl. His crowdfunded solo production Gary Busey’s One-Man Hamlet (as Performed by David Carl) drew raves at the 2014 NYFringe Festival, and not only for Carl’s uncannily accurate impression of the wily B-actor. In Carl’s script, Busey has decided to play every character in Hamlet, providing for an exhaustive comic showcase for Carl and allowing for count-

less inspired bells and whistles, including video projection in which Busey spars with Busey, and plenty of puppet theater (one Shakespearean marionette looks awfully similar to Donald Trump). Carl’s Busey runs an ambitious gamut from beat-poet narrator to action-movie star to “great” ac-tor, channeling this bipolar personality in a way that, if done correctly, will make the Bard palatable for a 21st-century audience.

Boca’s Sick Puppies comedy troupe have brought Carl down for one night of Gary Busey’s One-Man Hamlet, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Center Stage Performing Arts, located at 7200 W. Camino Real in Boca Raton. Tickets cost $25 to $35. Call 954-667-7735, or visit sickpuppiescomedy.com. JOHN THOMASON

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Power CoupleFrida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s art is stunning enough to overcome a lackluster presentation.BY STASSA EDWARDS

F rida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s tu-multuous marriage is the stuff of legend. In a relationship situated somewhere between codepen-dent and abusive, the Mexican

painters married in 1929, divorced in 1939, and remarried in 1940. Though deeply fraught and troubled, their relationship has an enduring appeal in large part because of the strikingly brutal self-portraits Kahlo produced throughout her short lifetime.

But the deep psychological examina-tion Kahlo brought to her marriage isn’t echoed in Fort Lauderdale’s current exhi-bition, “Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera From the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collec-tion & 20th Century Mexican Art From the Stanley and Pearl Goodman Collection.”

The cumbersome title says quite a bit about its direction. This is a show meant to celebrate two private collections, and while the exhibition does that quite well, it seems to have little interest in the radical personal and political lives of the painters.

Which is a shame, because the Gelman collection in particular is filled with some of Kahlo’s most striking self-portraits and some of Rivera’s most important work. The Goodman collection, meanwhile, is rich in works by Mexican modernists like Rufino Tamayo, muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Francisco Toledo, artists who are often ignored in American museums.

But if you’re looking to be guided through one of art history’s most turbulent yet profit-able marriages or trying to make sense of the deeply political works Rivera, Kahlo, and their counterparts produced, you won’t find it at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.

One challenge to the show is the wide visual gap between the pair. Rivera painted large-scale murals, populated by anonymous Mexican laborers, radically suggesting that an impover-ished worker was just as worthy a subject of art as a wealthy patron. In Kahlo’s relatively small oils, her subject matter was the result of deep, inward reflection. Rivera’s murals loudly shout of their politics, whereas Kahlo’s self-portraits unnervingly capture her psychological turmoil.

Their work is so different, their styles and approaches so disparate, that their paintings need a bit of contextualization. The NSU Art Museum fails to tell the story of their rocky marriage, making the exhibition rather opaque.

Also missing is any mention that the work on display was born of the sociopolitical upheavals of the Mexican Revolution or that Kahlo and Rivera were as united by their deep commitment to communism as they were by art. There’s no nod to Kahlo’s affair with Leon Trotsky, the dissident but ardent communist

who would later end up assassinated — via an ice ax through his skull — only a few doors down from the couple. There’s also no men-tion of Rivera and Kahlo’s quick decision to break from Trotskyism and affirm their com-mitment to his political rival, Joseph Stalin.

It’s a strange evasion and, intentionally or not, ironically sweeps class-based politics under the rug in favor of a narrative focused on the collecting habits of the wealthy. But if the museum itself refuses to explicate the personal and political meanings behind much of the work, the paintings themselves often do the job.

The collections that NSU Art Museum has borrowed from are truly spectacular. Taken together, both collections present a wide range of artists working in Mexican modernist style.

Included are two of Rivera’s sketches for a large-scale mural of the faculty of chemi-cal scientists at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico in Mexico City (1933). The graphite sketches include Rivera’s hand-written instructions for measurements and dimensions — vivid presentations of the hard, physical work of large-scale mural painting. The physicality of Rivera’s renowned mural work is evident in the sketches but inten-tionally invisible in the final product. And seeing the physical labor that underpinned Rivera’s work teases out some of the central tensions between the painter and his wife.

Labor itself is a consistent theme in Rivera’s smaller paintings. The exhibition has numerous examples of Rivera’s obses-sion with painting the common laborer: a

small Picapedrero (“stone worker”) from 1945 and an impressionistic depiction of farmers, including the watercolor Pareja Campesina (“farm couple”) from 1933.

Alfredo Martinez Ramos’ Zapatista (1931) is one of the more compelling explorations of la-bor and politics in the show. The mixed-media piece features an anonymous Zapatista — a member of the group committed to overthrow-ing Porfirio Diaz and later a key force in the Revolution — painted on a discarded newspa-per page of the Los Angeles Times. In Ramos’ rendering, the Zapatista is still prepared for battle. He holds a long rifle, and bullet rounds are draped across his chest. The irony of Ramos’ painting is that the Revolution is nearly two decades past, and he has painted the Zapatista on the want ads of an American newspaper.

If Rivera and the Mexican muralist were fo-cused on labor — both their own and the more humble labor of the average Mexican — then Kahlo’s work eschews those themes entirely. It feels a bit disjointed to move from one room filled with clearly progressive, socialist paint-ings into Kahlo’s world, a surreal place inhab-ited by disfigured bodies, ominous animals, and creepy dolls, without any clear transition.

Yet Kahlo’s work really is the star of NSU Art Museum’s show. Her pieces from the Gel-man collection show Kahlo as a diverse artist working in a variety of media, a painter who was interested in applying her surrealist vision to more than herself. Experimental Kahlo is on display in late collages including Collage con dos Moscas (Collage With Two Flies) (1953),

a work that looks purposefully infantile. The pictures of flies, cut from magazines, have been haphazardly taped on, while her name is scribbled in large, clunky letters across the top like a child proud of an art project.

Kahlo’s gifts as a portrait painter are evident in a stunning Portrait of Diego Rivera (1937) and another of collector Natasha Gelman (1943). Kahlo’s bust-length portrait of Gelman is heavily contoured, and the subject doesn’t make eye contact, looking disinterested with the process. It’s a vast departure from Rivera’s portrait of the same patron done in the same year. In Rivera’s more sensuous treatment, Gelman lies on a couch, her arms perched beneath her, suggestively modeled after the form of the calla lilies arranged behind her.

But it’s Kahlo’s self-portraits that steal the show. In the most familiar pieces, Rivera looms large in Kahlo’s artistic imagination. He seems, at times, as present in her self-portraits as Kahlo herself. There are seven self-portraits in the exhibition and, in them, a wide-ranging dis-play of both Kahlo’s talent as a painter and also the varying ways in which she struggled with her own identity. The familiar iconography are all here: braids and monkeys, jewelry, eyebrows all used to enhance her signature intensity.

In Self-Portrait With Bed (Me and My Doll) (1937), Kahlo sits on her bed, hands folded in her lap, and beside her sits a creepy, nude baby doll in place of a child. The paint-ing, done on metal, has the shine of a religious ex-voto painting, which casts Kahlo and her doll in the venerated role of saint and child.

In her large self-portrait Diego on My Mind (Self-Portrait as Tehuana) (1943), she wears the white headdress of Tehuana, the head of a matriarchal community, asserting her power and independence. Kahlo’s message of libera-tion, however, is undercut by an image of Ri-vera, who appears tattooed on her forehead.

There is a push and pull in Kahlo’s de-tailed self-portraits. She is unafraid of con-flicting images of self and to explore ugly internal conflict and psychological struggles. No matter how familiar Kahlo’s self-portraits might be, no matter how many times you’ve seen them, they never cease to be striking.

The NSU Art Museum seems to under-stand, at least, that the self-portraits are the strength of the exhibition. There’s an entire room dedicated to them, and seeing them all together is dizzying and disturbing.

The paintings are so good that they alone make the show worth the drive. But the exhibi-tion itself is disjointed. There’s no attempt to integrate the two separate private collections, no attempt to tell the fascinating stories that drove Kahlo, Rivera, and their counterparts to art. There’s no attempt, even, to explain the pol-itics that tied the Mexican modernists together.

While many of the paintings in the exhibition are high-quality and stun-ning, they leave you wishing for more.

Stassa. [email protected]

“Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera From the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection and 20th Century Mexican Art From the

Stanley and Pearl Goodman Collection” Through Sunday, May 31 at the NSU Art Museum

Fort Lauderdale (1 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale). The museum is open Tuesday to

Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Admission costs $12 for

adults, $8 for seniors and military, $5 for students, and is free for children under 12. Visit nsuartmuseum.org .

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Self-Portrait with Monkeys, 1943

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Second Best Ain’t BadHere’s a silver medal for this Exotic Marigold Hotel. BY STEPHANIE ZACHAREK

A lmost immediately after it was released, the 2011 stealth hit Best Exotic Marigold Hotel became more a punch line than a movie. Who knew

“older” people were so starved for pictures featuring gorgeously shot exotic locales, not to mention people falling in love, falling out of love, or desperately hoping for love, all while dealing with assorted problems related not just to aging but to life itself? Directed by Shakespeare in Love’s John Madden and based on the novel These Foolish Things, by Deborah Moggach, the first Marigold Hotel attracted a staunchly adult audience, appar-ently made up of women in particular. Natu-rally, then, it was scorned, secretly or openly, as a hot-flash movie, the sort of thing liked by ladies who wear comfy sandals and wrap themselves in shawls for going out to dinner. In other words, it wasn’t made for you or me.

But the fact that so many of us were sur-prised by its success — or, worse, derisive of it — suggests we’ve lost touch with what mov-ies can mean, and how they can mean it. I’m wagging the finger not at you but at myself: I didn’t see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotelwhen it came out — no comfy sandals for me, thanks. But when I finally did catch it, I recon-nected immediately with the appeal of watch-ing wonderful actors, all of them old enough to feel deeply comfortable in their skin, work-ing their way through a not-so-simple story that reflected the incongruities and half-dis-appointing surprises of real-life living. Why resist Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, and Tom Wilkinson, the last not, for once, playing the trademark sweaty stuffed shirt? What’s more, the glossy movieness of Best Exotic Marigold Hotel — largely filmed in the actual yellow-gold light of Rajasthan — wasn’t a liability but one of its chief selling points. We don’t always want that real life unadulterated in the movies; we’ll take the softening filter, because sometimes life just really needs it.

Now there’s a sequel, named, with suitable drollness, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hoteland also directed by Madden. (The script, once again, is by Ol Parker.) And if the harsh truth is that this follow-up is second best, it’s still not half-bad. All of the original cast — with the exception of Wilkinson, for reasons that will be clear if you’ve seen the first film — have returned. In the first picture, a clutch of mis-matched English people d’un certain âge de-scended upon what they’d been led to believe was a plush retirement community in Jaipur — what they found upon their arrival was a ramshackle old joint, badly run by an antic, bumbling young go-getter (Dev Patel). Now,

most of those at-first skeptical residents have settled in to the wobbly-wonderful groove of life at the hotel and life in India: There’s Dench, last time the sheltered widow who never had to fend for herself, now freelancing as a textiles buyer for an American entrepre-neur; Nighy, the sweet, stammering former civil servant now freed from the shackles of his somewhat shrewish wife, Penelope Wilton (though she makes a brief appearance, and, once again, makes us feel things we’d rather not for an alleged villainess); Celia Imrie, the spirited gold digger who just won’t give up; and Smith, the former nanny and housekeeper who’s now the hotel’s efficient comanager.

Lord knows Patel’s hapless hotelier needs it. He’s hoping to expand his franchise to include a second property, and he’s also getting ready to marry his girlfriend (Tina Desai). The appear-ance of a mystery man — super-silver-fox Rich-ard Gere, of all people! — throws yet another wrench into the already gummed-up works.

There’s a lot going on here, perhaps too much — Madden and Parker stretch for drama instead of just allowing it to unfurl like a resplendent swath of silk. Essentially,

though, they’re just repeating formula, and there’s still some magic to be shaken out of it. The banter between the peppery Smith and the much-softer-looking, though no less fiery, Dench is particularly fun. In their one small scene together, the two seem to be riffing on undertones of real-life faux rivalry, perhaps following the script of Ian McKellen’s wicked Dame Maggie Smith impersonation from Saturday Night Live: “Judi Dench. Little Judi Dench. Such a clever little Judi Dench. Little, clever, chubby Judi Dench.” Smith and Dench don’t go that far with their mutual ribbing, but their moments capture a particular kind of prickly affection.

Even better is the halting romance between Dench and Nighy. If you’ve seen the first movie, you won’t believe for a second that these two haven’t yet gotten it together. But Madden and Parker know we want to see how this love story blossoms rather than join it as a work already in progress. Someho w Dench, with her understated, authoritative glow, makes the movie’s worldly-wise aphorisms (“Sometimes it seems the distance between what we want and what we fear is the width of an eyelash”)

seem genuinely wise. You can see why Nighy is besotted with her: He sputters and falters more than usual in her presence but still throws off sexy sparks of dignity — and in his classically tailored dark suits, he looks youthfully mod.

It doesn’t hurt that The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel looks as good as the first: Shot by Ben Smithard, it’s a riot of reddish oranges, deep-sky blues, and pomegranate reds, a Ganesha-fest of color. But in the end, listing this sequel’s flaws and charms is a loser’s game, and I throw up my hands: I just had fun, maybe mostly because watching these actors brings me so much joy. There’s noth-ing second best about that, or about them.

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelStarring Judi Dench, Richard Gere, Bill Nighy,

Dev Patel, and Celia Imrie. Directed by John Madden. Written by Ol Parker. Rated PG.

Opens Friday, March 6, at the Classic Gateway Theatre (1820 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale;

954-763-7994; thegatewaytheatre.com).

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There’s nothing second best about them.Laurie Sparham

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Mr. KaplanSTARRING HÉCTOR NOGUERA, NÉSTOR GUZZINI, ROLF BECKER. DIRECTED BY ÁLVARO BRECHNER. OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 6, AT CINEMA PARADISO - HOLLYWOOD (2008 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., HOLLYWOOD; 954-525-3456; FLIFF.COM). THE CLASSIC GATEWAY THEATRE (1820 E. SUNRISE BLVD., FORT LAUDERDALE; 954-763-7994; THEGATEWAYTHEATRE.COM), LAKE WORTH PLAYHOUSE (713 LAKE AVE., LAKE WORTH; 561-586-6169; LAKEWORTHPLAYHOUSE.ORG), LIVING ROOM THEATERS (FAU MAIN CAMPUS, 777 GLADES ROAD, BOCA RATON; 561-549-2600; FAU.LIVINGROOMTHEATERS.COM), AND MOVIES OF DELRAY (7421 W. ATLANTIC AVE., DELRAY BEACH; 561-638-0020; MOVIESOFDELRAY.COM).

H ow do you compete with the greats when you probably aren’t one yourself? That’s the dilemma facing the hero of

Álvaro Brechner’s comedy Mr. Kaplan. Jacob Ka-plan (Héctor Noguera) has lived in Uruguay

since fleeing the Nazis as a teenager. Now push-ing 76 and haunted by the fact that Goethe pub-lished Faust at 31 and Churchill began his second term as prime minister at 77 (but taking some solace in the fact Abraham was in his 80s before God finally spoke to him), Jacob gives himself a mission: finding an elderly German man the local kids call “The Nazi” (Rolf Becker), who may or may not be an actual fugitive war criminal. En-

listing the aid of slobbish but big-hearted former cop Contreras (Néstor Guzzini), Jacob decides to get his Wiesenthal on by concocting a plan to kidnap the German and return him to Is-rael to stand trial like Eichmann,

never mind the fact that Jacob’s license has been revoked for poor eyesight. Mr. Kaplan is both an occasionally tense thriller and a rumination on the difficulty of living up to expectations, both real and imagined, compounded by decades-long survivor guilt. But it’s also a very funny buddy comedy between Jacob and Contreras, and that may be the best way to approach such dark material. SHERILYN CONNELLY

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O P E N I N GMr. Kaplan — Reviewed in this issue. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel — Reviewed in this issue.What We Do in the Shadows — Vampires, vampires everywhere, and

not a drop to drink. One of the tragedies of the modern world is there’s nowhere left to find regular old vampires with solid, old-fashioned values — except, maybe, New Zealand. That’s the setting for Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s buoyant little bloodsucker comedy What We Do in the Shadows. Four vampire dudes ranging in age from 183 to 8,000 share a house, dividing chores in a way that seems fair, though there are always going to be bloody dishes in the sink. You might call this Real World: Transylvania, except in Wellington. The affably neurotic Viago (Waititi) is the hopeless romantic of the group, having followed a young woman to New Zealand in the early part of the 20th century only to be jilted. Vladislav (played by Clement, of Flight of the Conchords fame) is the rake, fond of orgies and boasting a long history of skewering people with sharp implements. “They used to call me Vladislav the Poker,” he says with cheerful modesty. When the four guys get ready to go out on the prowl — a typical evening consists of some desultory dancing in a rundown old bar — they turn to one another for fashion advice. No mirrors for them, so they rely on each other to discern what pants go with which jacket. What We Do in the Shadows is never as self-conscious as you fear it might be, and it has some of the loose, wiggy energy of early Jim Jarmusch, only with more bite. (SZ)

O N G O I N GFocus — If Grace Kelly had been raised by coyotes, she might have

stalked the screen like Focus’s Margot Robbie, a va-va-voom blonde with bite. Only once every half-dozen years does a new actress jolt the screen like a taser, paralyzing the audience into waiting in their seats for the credits to find out the name of that girl. Robbie will have to royally screw up to avoid becoming a movie star — say, shooting smack with Justin Bieber while stomping on puppies. Focus is a bright trifle that shows her off like a canary diamond. She plays Jess Barrett, a small-time shakedown artist who sets up men in bars by luring them to her bedroom, where her “boyfriend” pops out with a gun. Eventually, she hooks up with the Bill Gates of bamboozling: Nicky Spurgeon (Will Smith). Too bad that everything is amped up and unnatural: Nicky and Jess’s crisp zingers, the briefcases of cash people casually tote, our mounting suspicion that we can’t trust a frame of what’s onscreen. These two are fated to lie to each other until the credits roll or they collapse in exhaustion. Focus is Smith’s effort to remind audiences that he’s not just a hero — he’s a man. A man who likes boobs. Onscreen, he and Robbie have an unusual spark. In the bedroom, Robbie dutifully coils around him like a snake. She nearly makes the scenes work, but if you don’t totally buy it, that’s OK too: Writer/directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love.) have carved so many switchbacks into the script that even Nicky and Jess can’t tell when they’re telling the truth. (AN)

Human Capital — Classes crash in Paolo Virzi’s lashing satiric drama, along with bikes and SUVs and the fortunes and dreams of the haves and the wanna-have-mores. Virzi opens his stylish, sometimes funny tale with a god’s-eye view of the aftermath of some confab of swells, with the cleanup crew brooming confetti. As regular folks attend to the messes the rich leave behind, Virzi’s camera glides outside in stately, headlong motion. A cyclist bikes down a twisting hillside roadway, cars surge through the night, and how exactly that cyclist gets knocked over a bluff we’ll have to wait to discover. From there, Virzi splits the narrative into three POV chapters: We follow one character awhile, then double back to follow another, with some scenes revisited and illuminated. The most arresting is the middle section, concerning Clare (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), the restless wife of a hedge-fund billionaire. As she searches for a way to set his wealth to meaningful use, she must make agonizing choices once her son (Guglielmo Pinelli) is accused of being the driver who hit the cyclist. The son is the erstwhile boyfriend of Serena, played by the marvelous Matilde Gioli. Serena wrestles movingly with the truth of the accident in the film’s final third; but everything’s complicated by her clownish father (Fabrizio Bentivoglio), who has wormed into a foolish investment with Clare’s husband — a hedge fund predicated on the country’s greater failure. Virzi laces these threads together tight as a garrote, which he wraps about the necks of his characters and audience. The biggest suspense: As everything gets worse for everyone, will this consummate director’s outraged worldview afford anyone any pity? At first you’ll seethe — then your heart will ache. (A.S.)

Kingsman: The Secret Service — Everything in Kingsman is familiar, cribbed from James Bond and a thousand other sources, yet every setup gets twisted twice, and then once more, just when you think you’re ahead of it. Director Matthew Vaughn’s mode is parodic, but he stages the killings with joyous vigor — he’s gunning for applause, even when what he’s showing us would have been read by previous generations as horror. He somehow keeps the craziness coming, through three or four escalating climaxes. Even the most stale of adventure-tale clichés gets blown up to absurdity: Our lead (Taron Egerton)’s reward for his heroics isn’t just the usual good-hearted beauty — it’s a princess who quite literally promises him her asshole. Is that a critique of women’s roles in men’s adventures? Or just a horny-porny updating? As in Kick-Ass, Vaughn (and Mark Millar, co-creator of Kick-Ass and Kingsman) leaves you to make sense of the mess, although this time there are some encouraging clues. Kingsman focuses on a fusty British secret service comprising handsomely suited gents who call themselves “tailors” and take pride in not having their heroics make the papers. After a Kingsman dies in the field, spectacularly, the organization — exemplified by Colin Firth and headed, of course, by Michael Caine — must bring in new blood, a batch of promising teenagers who have to survive deadly spy-game training. Meanwhile, Samuel L. Jackson is the funniest Bond villain since the one Albert Brooks played on The Simpsons. (AS)

Leviathan — Where we come from defines us more than we even real-ize: That’s the idea implicit in Andrey Zvyagintsev’s somber, sturdily elegant drama Leviathan, in which a mechanic who has lived on the same parcel of land all his life — as his father and grandfather did before him — resists being forced out by his town’s corrupt mayor.

Kolia (Alexeï Serebriakov) resides with his young wife, Lilya (Elena Liadova), and son Roma (Sergueï Pokhodaev) in a simple but striking house overlooking the Barents Sea in Russia’s far north. Seemingly out of nothing but greed and spitefulness, the town’s mayor, Vadim

Shelevyat (Roman Madianov), has long been angling to seize Kolia’s land for himself, and he’s just about succeeded: Kolia’s lawyer friend Dmitri (Vladimir Vdovitchenkov) has come from Moscow to mount a last-ditch effort to block Vadim’s efforts, but the future is looking grim. Kolia is drinking too much, Roma has become sullen and isn’t doing well in school, and Lilya seems to be withdrawing from her husband, even as he’s on the brink of losing everything. In short, bureaucracy has ruined his life. But Kolia hasn’t lost hope, and his determination is the solid, steady mechanism that keeps Leviathan moving. The film, which took the best-screenplay prize at Cannes this year, may be steeped in despair, but it’s not a heavy-handed sermon. (SZ)

Maps to the Stars — Is it possible to essentially like a movie yet feel revulsion toward its script? David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars is clearly intended as a sharp satire of Hollywood ambition, vanity, avarice, and emptiness, and in places it’s smart and astringently funny. Yet it seems to be fighting its own bone structure. The script is by Bruce Wagner, a screenwriter, producer, and novelist whose specialty, in bitter little books like Force Majeure and Dead Stars, is skewering Hollywood — he’s like a jaundiced eye with a laptop attached. But Wagner has little or perhaps no affection for his subjects, and he too often shoots at the easy targets. But the movie still has the darkly glittering Cronenberg touch, even if it’s just a light brushing. And he’s lined up the right performers, chief among them a witheringly funny Julianne Moore as Havana Segrand, a Hollywood actress in desperate decline. Her hair is bleached an ungodly shade of nowhere blond. The parts aren’t rolling in as frequently as they used to, so she’s frantically hoping she can play her own late, movie-star mother (who sexually abused her, natch) in a remake of her mom’s big hit, despite the fact that she might be just a teensy bit over the hill for it. Wagner packs a lot into the script, as if banking on the idea that the more barbs you throw in, the more will stick. Cronenberg gives the picture as much shape and heft as he can. Meanwhile, Moore is a terrific and fearless comic actress, and whenever she’s onscreen — which, thankfully, is often — Maps to the Stars works like gangbusters. (SZ)

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W elcome to Holly-wood. Hollywood, Florida, that is.

Any South Florida resident knows that the

East Coast version bears little resemblance to the West Coast enclave with the same name. Still, this Broward County beachside city has its charm and, in the past few years, a lot more to offer, culinarily speaking.

From the downtown Hollywood Bou-levard restaurant row to the beachside Broadwalk, a number of new restaurants have made their home in Hollywood, in-cluding a raw vegan café, a few Peruvian concepts, and an awesome bistro where you can score a great bowl of ramen.

Here they are, the ten best res-taurants in Hollywood, Florida.

1. GoBistro, 2035 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Call 754-263-2826, or visit eatgobistro.com.

We’ve all had ramen. For most Americans, it comes from styrofoam cups in flavors like “oriental” and “seafood.” We eat it when we are short on time, hungover, broke, or living in a dorm. If Cup Noodles instant ramen is all you’ve ever known, it can be hard to get excited about a bowl of soup. But the ramen at GoBistro in Hollywood is different. Open for lunch and dinner, the eatery is a collaboration by partners Andrew Gong, Joao Da Silva, and Niti Masintapan. Together, they also operate two Amazing Asian Bistro locations in Planta-tion and Pembroke Pines. GoBistro is their latest concept, where each could unleash his creative side. The menu is based on their favorite dishes: a Thai, Chinese, and Brazilian take on Japanese cooking. Gong prepares the ramen, Da Silva the sushi, and Masintapan contributes specialty dishes, like his version of Korean-style chicken wings. Start with hot and cold appetizers, like DaSilva’s stel-lar jalapeño himachi or tuna poke. Or try the avocado fries, a novelty dish that sells out daily: panko-encrusted slivers of avocado fried to a golden brown. Most people come for the ramen: The broth is made from scratch, a golden-opaque kotteri packed with emulsi-fied goodness from long-boiled pork bones, the result of a two-day cooking process. Fat-laced and fragrant, the surface is like an oil slick that leaves a gelatinous sheen on your lips as you slurp away, revealing firm, crimped noodles and succulent slices of pork belly.

2. La Huaca, 2000 Harrison St., Hollywood. Call 954-239-8722, or visit lahuacaperuviancuisine.com.

Unlike many casual South Florida Peru-vian eateries, La Huaca doesn’t fit into the

typical format — all those small, unassuming spots tucked into strip malls with order coun-ters, plastic-covered menus, and fading pho-tos of the Andean landscape. Instead, the newly renovated space has been transformed into an elegant affair. Two spacious dining ar-eas — one looking out onto South 20th Ave-

nue with floor-to-ceiling win-dows and another, more-secluded pri-vate room — can ac-commodate up to 180 people. Peruvian-born owner Ynes Sona has created a passion project with one purpose: to rep-resent the gastron-

omy of her country in a contemporary light, with a modern take on Peru’s coastal cuisine. Executive chef Daniel Huambachano, a Lima native who comes from Miami’s Peruvian restaurant Francesco, has a number of spe-cialties that fuse traditional Peruvian fare with a fresh approach.

3. The Tipsy Boar, 1906 Harrison St., Hollywood. Call 954-920-2627, or visit thetipsyboar.com.

Two doors down from the old Ful-vio’s 1900 — and a few blocks away from Sardelli’s Italian Steakhouse — the Tipsy Boar Gastropub is where Fulvio Sardelli Jr. is serving the kind of food that a regular at the family’s other two restaurants would be surprised to find. And he’s teamed up with a chef who’s ripe for a comeback. Go-ing well beyond French fries and chicken wings, this laid-back downtown Hollywood gastropub serves comfort food with a twist. But the offerings might surprise custom-ers who’ve come to know the Sardellis for their delicate, handmade pastas and care-

fully prepared beef, veal, and fish dishes. With items like the Reuben spring roll — with juicy, salty corned beef; Swiss cheese; Thousand Island dressing; and sauerkraut inside a fried wrapper, dipped in the ac-companying ramekin of vinegary brown mustard — it’s clear that Fulvio Jr. and Blum have more than just Italian cooking secrets in the pantry. The dishes may change fre-quently, but the beer list should stay steady with 40-odd choices. All in all, the not-too-hipster scene draws a diverse crowd.

4. Sugar Reef Grill, 600 N. Surf Road, Hollywood. Call 954-922-1119, or visit sugarreefgrill.com.

Anybody who dropped in to Sugar Reef years ago could go back today and suffer no future shock: Nothing seems to change — the open-air restaurant on the Hollywood Broadwalk still follows a rhythm as soothing and predictable as the sea its ocean-colored rooms open out on. Paper-covered tables offer jars of crayons for doodling, and a French-Caribbean menu features dishes beloved by the Reef’s many return custom-ers: Jamaican pork with authentic French-style gratinéed potatoes, a tropical fish stew redolent of coconut milk and green curry, and roasted duck topped with mango salsa. An eclectic wine list offers lots of vin by the half bottle. The staff patters in polyglot tongues — Spanish, French, Russian — and if you show up twice, you’ll find yourself inducted into a coterie of beloved regulars.

5. A La Turca, 1848 Harrison St., Hollywood. Call 954-925-5900, or visit myalaturca.com.

With its roots in Ottoman culture, Turk-ish fare has developed into a unique fusion of Asian, Mediterranean, and Balkan flavors, with dishes varying from one region of the country to the next. At A La Turca, the food is

emblematic of the country’s southeast region — cities like Urfa and Adana — where the kebab reigns supreme. Meat, spices, and olive oil are often an integral part of each recipe, and Istanbul native Ugur Unal is steadfast in ensuring each is prepared to exacting stan-dards. Although the restaurant originally opened in 2005, today it has relocated from its original location off Hollywood Boule-vard’s main drag to a new space nearly twice the size, allowing for seating of larger parties and plenty of new menu items. The upscale touch allows for alfresco dining, and whether inside or out, the white-tablecloth service is flawless. Unal travels his native Turkey extensively, sourcing ingredients and recipes to ensure the most authentic experience and freshest flavors. As a result, many things — from the sweet Turkish olive oil to the spices, even some fish and meat — are delivered directly from the homeland, while breads and desserts are made in-house from scratch.

6. J28, 1854 N. Young Circle, Hollywood. Call 754-208-2902, or visit j28sandwichbar.com.

There’s a new place to get a well-built sandwich in downtown Hollywood. J28, which opened several months ago, is taking the whole fast-casual model and giving it a Peruvian twist. Founded by brothers and Peru natives Marco and Javier Rondon, the sanguchería at the heart of Young Circle on the outskirts of the city’s downtown restaurant row is an Americanized take on the country’s sandwich shop. J28 delivers approachable, easy-to-order Peruvian-style street food made with high-quality ingredi-ents and professional service. A fast-casual eatery at its core, the restaurant features a small lunch counter line where sandwiches are assembled to order. Everything, from the meats and cheeses to toppings and sauces, is prepared in-house daily. The bread is the best part, a light and airy Peruvian dough baked fresh several times a day. A simple alchemy of flour, yeast, and water, it’s de-signed to have no taste, says Marco, to let the ingredients of each sandwich take center stage with your taste buds. The menu of-fers a number of hearty sandwiches stuffed with classic and contemporary Peruvian ingredients, the signature being the buti-farra: sliced pork, lettuce, and pickled on-ion served with a side of boiled potato and roasted corn. The most popular one — and certainly the most tasty — is the chichar-rón, thick slabs of pork belly topped with pickled onions and boiled sweet potato.

7. The Taco Spot, 1500 N. Broadwalk Blvd., Hollywood. Call 954-921-7711.

The Hollywood Beach Broadwalk is many things. It’s great for people-watching and roller blading, for example. And — of course — our favorite: eating and drinking. The 2-year-old Taco Spot presents the perfect op-tion for tourists and locals with its tiki-hut-style shack reminiscent of a remote island hideaway despite its prime real estate at the north end of the Broadwalk. A thatched straw roof provides shade for those dining on the open front deck and the streetside tables below. Inside, a light-blue subway-tile inte-rior offers additional seating and an order counter for those who wish to grab and go. The beachside eatery is owned by chef Stuart Snowhite, a personal chef and former owner of the nearby Taco Beach Shack. The menu is tourist-friendly thanks to tropical

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drinks served out of coconuts and pineapples or white and red supersized sangrias. Tacos come alone or in pairs with a combo meal that includes rice, beans, and an ear of Mex-ican-style roasted corn. There’s a choice of ground beef, grilled mahi, tempura shrimp, chicken, Baja-style fish, and the house spe-cialty: Korean short ribs paired with house kimchi slaw and a creamy chipotle sauce.

8. Face Restaurant and Bar, 2022 Hol-lywood Blvd., Hollywood. Call 754-263-2811, or visit facehollywoodfl.com.

Face Restaurant operates out of prime real estate off Hollywood Boulevard, right smack in the center of the downtown res-taurant row. There, owners Michel and Kimy Thomann offer an eclectic menu that fuses French and American fare. While Michel grew up in the northwest region of Alsace, France, his wife, Kimy, hails from the southeast province and the city of Avignon, famous for its cultural history. There, Kimy grew up in the industry, while Michel operated several restaurants and nightclubs during his career, including Le Memphis in Crans-Montana, Switzerland — one of the most exclusive ski resorts in Europe. In love with the United States, the couple relocated to Hollywood to share their European experience with an inter-national menu in a lounge-like setting. Find dishes from upmarket foie gras and blue crab strudel with mango chutney to a rich beef bourguignon and a delightful flatbread topped with brandy-marinated figs, rose-mary chicken, and Gorgonzola cheese.

9. LiveHara Café, 116 S. 20th Ave., Hollywood. Call 954-674-8708, or visit liveharacafe.com.

At this new vegetarian and vegan café in downtown Hollywood, organic and healthy fare is the name of the game. LiveHara originated with the idea to make delicious food full of flavor — without compromis-ing health and well-being. “Hara” means “green” in Hindi, an extension of the idea that eating healthy in a fast-paced world is not only possible but also delicious. As a result, LiveHara Café is dedicated to mak-ing raw, vegan, and organic food without processed-food ingredients like gluten and artificial flavors and colorings. Choose from signature dishes like polenta, raw tacos, a spring veggie burger, a portobello melt, salads, and fresh-pressed juices.

10. Moonlite Diner, 3500 Oak-wood Blvd., Hollywood. Call 954-924-2012, or visit moonlitediner.com.

Nothing says classic American comfort food quite like an old-school-style diner. And the newish Moonlite Diner in Hol-lywood — with other locations in Kendall and Fort Lauderdale — is just the spot to quench those specific dining desires. The new location has just the right amount of nostalgic decor to take you back in time. If that doesn’t do it, the food will, a menu rife with classic diner dishes like steak and eggs, pancakes, omelets, and sandwiches. Or order a complete three-course meal for $13.99, be it breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Wash it all down with a thick, handcrafted $2 Tuesday milkshake (on the same day, bring the kids for half-off and eat-free specials).

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CARAMEL CREAM ALE FROM DUE SOUTH BREWING This week is tough, because we’re go-ing to delve into a beer that was once bottled and has since appeared only a few times in the wild: the Apple Brandy Barrel-Aged Caramel Cream Ale.

With this beer, the brewers and cellar men move gallons of their flagship Caramel Cream Ale into Laird & Co. apple brandy barrels to age over the course of months. This process allows the barrels to lend parts of their in-nards (for lack of a better term) to the beer in-side them. It’s the ultimate loving relationship.

Here, Caramel Cream Ale sat soaking up the goodness of those barrels, imparting a new and unique second wind to the old standby.

It pours with a reddish-orange hue that glistens in the afternoon sunlight. The beer appears lighter and more boisterous in this new outfit. There is a small border of foam that hangs about as it is sipped. The aromas are a delight, with notes of but-terscotch, vanilla, and sweet apple butter. There is a determined nose of “spirits” as well, hinting at the traces of brandy that have made their way into the drink.

Flavors again remind one of butterscotch, fresh apples, and some mild oak. The taste holds itself with a heft that makes one think twice about if this is the standard Caramel Cream or the Imperial version. I am as-sured it is the former. Some basic drying character imparted from the wood takes hold at the end, showing that every aspect of this familiar beer has been updated.

As this is such an uncommon treat, there are few places in which to sample. Know someone with a bottle? Hint your darnedest to try a sample. Otherwise, keep a look out for this beer at various Due South tasting events across the area. Even if you can’t find it specifically, there will undoubtedly be an-other intriguingly crafted varietal to sample.

Due South Brewing Co. is located at 2900 High Ridge Road, Boynton Beach. Call 561-463-2337, or visit duesouthales.com.

Every week on the New Times food blog, Clean Plate Charlie, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Fol-low #FloridaBeerFriday for more re-views of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. DOUG FAIRALL

▼ BEER BEER BEER

CRAFT BEER CARTEL HOSTING VIRGIN HOME BREW COMPETITIONFort Lauderdale’s Craft Beer Cartel is hosting a homebrewing event for new-bie beer crafters with its first Virgin Home Brew competition, on March 21.

The special event will give budding homebrewers a platform to share their brews with both seasoned profession-

als and craft beer fans. The competition is being referred to as the “virgin” competi-tion because it will feature only brewers who are competing for the first time, says Craft Beer Cartel cofounder Adam Fine.

“As a homebrewing beginner, you try your beers out yourself and on your friends,” says Fine. “Sometimes, your first beers are very good and sometimes not so much, but there is pride in producing them, and you are often drinking them just be-cause you made it. Your friends are too.”

To help you decide if you’re brewing a quality beer or not (and possibly putting your friends through undue misery), the competi-

tion will offer the perfect opportu-nity to get some valuable opinions and guidance. The Craft Beer Cartel has put together a panel of judges, including locally awarded

homebrewers, who will judge the first-time competitors and provide detailed feedback about what they’re doing right — or wrong.

The competition will work off the honor system: All participants are expected to be honest about their brewing experience and history before entering. To be part of the competition, homebrewers must visit squareup.com and pay a $20 entry fee to hold their spot. With one entry, they are permitted to enter up to two types of beer. There is no limit to the number of entrants.

Spectators are also invited to join in the fun. A $5 ticket to the event will get you samples of each of the new homebrews. You can purchase tickets the day of the event.

“It may sound scary, but it can be very helpful, and the feedback can lead to improvements in your brewing and ultimately in your beers,” says Fine.

The competition will kick off at 7 p.m. Sat-urday, March 21, at Craft Beer Cartel, located at 557 SW 12th Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Visit facebook.com/craftbeercartel.com. NICOLE DANNA

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▼ BOOZE HOUND

SMALL-BATCH RUM COMES TO FORT LAUDERDALEThere’s one thing about making booze that’s not like brewing beer in Florida: You can’t make it at home without breaking the law.

And that was the inherent problem for Avi Aisenberg and Joe Durkin when they began their venture into South Florida Distillers, a distillery that recently opened for production in Fort Lauderdale.

Having been in the family plastics recycling business for most of his life, Aisenberg always felt he should own his own business too. And growing up in South Florida surrounded by sugar cane and being inspired by the television show Moonshiners, the thought came to him three years ago that he should start a distillery.

“One day, it just hit me that there’s all this sugar around me and I should do something with it,” Aisenberg says.

But much to Aisenberg’s disappointment, starting a distillery wasn’t the easiest thing in the world. It was like a chicken-or-the-egg sce-nario: He needed investors, but they needed a facility, which costs money. To top it off, the suppliers he was talking to don’t do business with craft distillers, only industrial-scale ones.

He needed some equipment and a facility, which would have cost him up to $600,000, ac-cording Aisenberg. It was a tough sell to inves-tors, but Aisenberg was able to wrangle enough cash to get a facility and used his background in electrical engineering to design some automa-tion equipment. He bought the smallest equip-ment he could buy, and in May 2014, he secured the facility he needed to apply for a license.

South Florida Distillers received a license in November, and the facility is operating on a “microbatch” basis, at least six days a week, pro-ducing 20 to 40 bottles per day, Aisenberg says.

Their first bottles of rum, FWAYGO, are about to go on sale and will retail for around $30 each. It’s Florida-certified, Aisenberg says, with at least 51 percent of the product made with ingredients from Florida. The 300 gallons of aging barrels, which give the rum a deep bourbon taste, come from East Coast Wood Barrels in Long Island.

Even though the facility is producing, Dur-kin and Aisenberg are still working on get-ting a tasting room open. Unlike breweries, distilleries cannot sell their product directly from the premises (except for two bottles per person, per year, according to the law). They can only give limited quantities away for free.

Aisenberg says the tasting room should be open in the next month or so. The interior will be decorated with furniture supplied by Broward Design Center, and it just so happens that all of it is for sale, he said.

Aisenberg says the distillery license allows for up to two brands. For now, they will be fo-cusing on rum, since that’s what people in South Florida seem to be drinking the most, he says.

“If you look at where rum is being con-sumed,” Aisenberg says, “it’s on the beach, in the hotels, and [on] the cruises.”

South Florida Distillers, Inc. is located at 1110 NE Eighth Ave., Suie 3C, Fort Lau-derdale, or in North FAT Village near Fed-eral Highway and Sunrise Boulevard. Visit southfloridadistillers.com. DAVID MINSKY

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To Hell and BackBehemoth’s Nergal discusses the band’s future and Satanism. BY DAVID VON BADER

A t present, things are going very, very well for Behemoth, the Polish-bred band made up of extreme-metal demigods. Not so long ago, a cloud of

uncertainty loomed over these titans when mastermind and frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski was sidelined by leukemia. However, not only did Nergal recover but the band returned with its most ambitious musical statement to date: The Satanist, a universally acclaimed triumph for the group that further reinforces its staunch refusal to be pushed into the servitude of a specific metal subgenre

and an album that may truly be its magnum opus.

Nergal, long a pillar of icono-clasm, has become quite the icon in recent years. Fol-lowing his cancer treatment, the outspoken Sa-

tanist was a coach on the Polish version of The Voice, recently opened a barbershop in Warsaw, and helped put together a pair of books — his own biography and a Behemoth-specific collection of interviews and photo-graphs — slated for simultaneous release.

We caught up with the unbelievably busy musician to discuss the band’s successes, the possibility of an impending solo proj-ect, and the potential end of Behemoth.

New Times: You’re extremely articulate in your explanations of Satanism to the uninitiated and have always been a real proponent of the intellectual nature of it. Do you see yourself as a spokesperson in a way, and do you get tired of field-ing questions on the subject?

Nergal: It all depends on the day, the mood, the interviewer, and how he or she approaches it, you know? When I take the typical kinds of stupid ques-tions about Satanism, it’s not very inspirational to discuss it, but when you push the right button, I can just go on forever. It’s a very difficult subject, and it’s never easy to talk about. It’s not every day that I’m allowed to elaborate on these things in a way that makes me feel like I’m truly understood in what I’m trying to say.

In a recent interview, you alluded that The Satanist may potentially be the fi-nal statement for Behemoth. Would you care to expand upon that at all?

Well, like anything, I think the future is good with thrills and... options. I’m not really counting on my future further than the touring cycle goes these days. That’s really it. We’re going to surprise people with some amazing projects in the com-ing months, but there’s no new record in sight, to be honest. I don’t know even when or where we’ll start working on it — it’s in

the last position on my list of priorities.I believe The Satanist is a true zenith al-

bum for what Behemoth does, and I took the statement to mean that you potentially saw it as an appropriate place to lay things down, as there might not be anywhere else to go within the context of this band.

I think The Satanist gave us a founda-tion to go pretty much anywhere. It’s a very universal record, I’d say. We could go a little more rock-oriented, or we could go even more extreme. We have a lot of op-tions that we can allow to develop, but it’s just way too soon to talk about it now.

Do you see yourself making a solo state-ment entirely your own in the future?

I’m actually working on a project now, but I don’t want to let much out about it yet. I’m always creating. I always do stuff

on the side, and some of it’s not suitable for Behemoth, and I’ve got some other proj-ects that will eventually see the light of day. Or not. Nothing is for certain! [laughs]

Without giving too much away, would you be willing to tell us a little of what we might expect from a Nergal solo project?

Very stripped down and simple. The most primitive, acoustic-based stuff. That’s what I’m really into.

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Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets cost $28.50 plus fees. Call 954-449-1025, or visit jointherevolution.net.

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“I’M NOT REALLY COUNTING ON MY FUTURE FURTHER THAN THE TOURING CYCLE GOES THESE DAYS.”

Pura VidaGogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz “confronts the jaded.”

BY DAVID ROLLAND

I t’s not until you’ve heard Gogol Bor-dello that you realize your life was lacking loud punk rock with festive Gypsy roots.

Formed in New York City at the turn of the century, Gogol Bordello combines violins and accordions with lead singer Eugene Hütz’s Eastern European lilt. It gives listeners the si-multaneous urge to drink, dance, and frolic.

“I don’t go onstage for some deep in-ternal monologue or pent-up anger from teenaged angst,” Hütz told New Times in a Ukrainian accent that ranged from strong to mild. “It’s about having a blast.”

Music has been a daily presence for Hütz since he was a fetus in the former Soviet Union. “My mom and dad had a romance straight out of high school. When my dad went to the army,

my mom listened to his records. Lots of Jimi Hendrix, the Doors — that’s what I heard all the time from behind the wall called her womb.”

His family managed to emigrate to America, where music continued to play a vital role in his life. “Music helped me survive in the Ukraine. Then when I came to America, I was driven by sharing music. The absence of any English knowledge didn’t prevent me from having conversations with my peers. I could have conversations just using the names of bands. I knew what a door was.”

It is that Door, Jim Morrison, whose Dionysian spirit is personified when Gogol Bordello takes the stage. It reminds listeners, like Jim did, that tonight might be all we have. Playing a two-night run at Culture Room on March 11 and 12, Hütz promised both nights will have entirely different sets. “We decide seven minutes before we go onstage what the songs will be. Every morning when you wake up, you’re in a slightly different mood than any other time you’ve opened your eyes. Same with a band. Every day, we open our eyes and let the awesomeness ensue.”

On its website, the band has its mission state-

ment handwritten on loose-leaf paper. It says: “With acts of music, theatre, chaos, and sorcery Gogol Bordello confronts the jaded.” The two-page treatise was written for the band’s perfor-mance at the Whitney Biennial and disappeared behind a couch in the band’s storage space for years. Hütz recently uncrumpled it and posted it online as a reminder of the band’s goals.

For a long time, those goals included serving as an ambassador for Gypsy culture, a period of his life Hütz says has ended. “I felt like an ambas-sador for five years, meeting activists. When that cup got full with benefits shown getting more jobs for Roma musicians and getting backlash from Italy and France, I moved on, creatively speaking. I’m a student of worldwide folklore, not just Gypsy. I’ve spent time in Brazil and Ar-gentina, so Latin themes became predominant. Country music is always a big influence. I write a song on my guitar like a country song; then I take it to the band, and they get it to the next level.”

Though Gogol Bordello last put out an album in 2013, every member has a side project going, including Hütz, who has written more songs than

he says he can possibly perform. Some of those will come out on an album of duets about which he was not comfortable divulging details just yet.

Every Gogol Bordello performance has gobs of theatricality attached, so it’s not surprising that Hütz once acted in a feature film, Every-thing Is Illuminated. He was Alex, the native Ukrainian who guided Elijah Wood around his ancestor’s homeland. It was a performance that was both touching and funny and a decade old, which leaves you wondering why he hasn’t acted again. “Once in a while, I get the urge. I’m open to it. But I’m only now open to watch-ing movies. When I was younger, you couldn’t get me to sit down and watch a movie for an hour and half. I’d rather do anything else.”

Good thing, as we have enough movie-goers and not enough rock stars.

Gogol BordelloWith special guests. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,

March 11, and Thursday, March 12, at Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Highway, Fort

Lauderdale. Tickets cost $28.50 plus fees. Call 954-564-1074, or visit cultureroom.net.

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CornersWITH PLASTIC PINKS, HYPOLUXO, AND SWEET BRONCO. 8 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, VINTAGE TAP, 524 W. ATLANTIC AVE., DELRAY BEACH. NO COVER. CALL 561-808-7702, OR VISIT VINTAGETAP.COM.Writers all over have been complaining that they can’t find information on L.A. band Cor-ners. “I’m not really sure what that all means,” said the band’s lead singer and gui-tarist, Tracy Bryant. He spoke to New Times by phone as the band drove from Des Moines to Milwaukee, where it’d be doing a radio in-terview. “We thought that was kind of weird that people said there wasn’t that much infor-mation ’cause we didn’t have a big self-made bio or something.” Its label, Lollipop Records, was sure to include a big bio, as well as links to clips written by journalists complaining about the lack of one, when announcing the bands’ five Florida shows. That includes Fri-day in Delray Beach at Vintage Tap and Satur-day in Miami at Churchill’s Pub. Hitting two South Florida cities isn’t the norm for most bands, but Bryant said they were excited to come back after their trek through the state last year. That trip included a stop in Saint Augustine so the native Californians could get some surfing in — though, he added, it wasn’t all that different from being at home. “We’re coming back ’cause it was really great,” he said. “We met a lot of people and had a good time. Obviously we’re in Florida instead of California, but there’s not that much of a difference. Surfers are surfers, so it’s all good.” The band is still touring for its 2014 release, Maxed Out on Distraction, which added a heavy helping of synth to the garage rock of its first album. The title Maxed Out on Distraction is a reference to social me-dia and the internet’s interference in all our lives. Bryant had said previously that the band could feel the distraction while record-ing, and it helped influence the songs. The band’s love of Joy Division and 1980s post-punk is also a lot clearer on the new album, mostly because guitarist Jeff Ramuno started experimenting with synths during the re-cording of the “Pressure” seven-inch in late 2013. “It’s a progression of people joining the band,” Bryant said. “The first album was based on home recordings and started the band off. After ‘Pressure,’ we pretty much de-cided the direction we wanted to go in. We

basically wanted to make things a little differ-ent. It worked out.” STEPHEN FELLER

Aesop RockWITH ROB SONIC AND HOMEBOY SANDMAN. 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, AT REVOLUTION LIVE, 100 SW THIRD AVE., FORT LAUDERDALE. TICKETS COST $18 IN ADVANCE AND $20 THE DAY OF THE SHOW, PLUS FEES. CALL 954-727-0964, OR VISIT JOINTHEREVOLUTION.NET. “Jittery, Zeitgeist, wither by the watering hole” is not from a Shakespeare sonnet but rather the second line from an Aesop Rock song. As you could guess from that one snippet, the New York-raised, San Francisco-residing Ae-sop Rock spent some time with a thesaurus. The rapper made his name in the under-ground hip-hop world as the MC who could spit out the most unpredictable verses. Whether the subject matter is serious, like dealing with anxieties or the death of a friend, or just plain silly, like in “Homemade Mummy,” which explains the embalming process, he takes you on a clever, lyrical jour-ney. His creativity as a writer and producer has landed him work with unpredictable partners. In 2013, he put out the album Hokey Fright with ex-Moldy Peaches member Kimya Dawson (who also knows her way around words). Most interesting, and as proof he’s something special, Aesop Rock was pro-claimed by a scientific study to have the most diverse vocabulary of any rapper in the world. Data scientist Matt Daniels pored through the lyrics of 85 rappers and found that Aesop Rock used more unique words than any other MC (GZA was number two, Kool Keith was number three, and DMX was last). If that doesn’t impress, also know that Aesop Rock used more unique words than were found in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick or even Billy Shakespeare himself. Critics at times have slammed Aesop Rock for spouting out gibber-ish. And on songs like “Zero Dark Thirty,” lyr-ics like “Evoke lunch jumped over plunging necklines/Up, beside tongue-tied hungry en-zymes,” he gives them ammunition. It’s worth a second, third, and 24th listen to wade through Aesop Rock’s arcane pop-culture references surrounded by five-dollar words. Recently, he released Bestiary with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, who will be onstage with him Friday night at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale. It’s a night that promises dance-able beats, great humor, and rhymes few oth-ers can provide. Just make sure to bring your dictionary. DAVID ROLLAND

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T H U R S DAY, M A R C H 5

Bone Brothers Tour: With Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, and Shark Anthony vs. Beat Thief Inc., 8 p.m., TBA. Propaganda, 6 S. J St., Lake Worth, 561-547-7273, propagandalw.com.

Emily Kopp: With Phil Barnes, 8 p.m., $10-$20. The Funky Biscuit, 303 SE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton, 561-395-2929, funkybiscuit.com.

Gladys Knight: 8 p.m., $25-$115. Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, 501 S. Sapodilla Ave., West Palm Beach, 561-802-6000, awdsoa.org.

The Lacs: 7:30 p.m., $15. Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, 954-564-1074, cultureroom.net.

Ronnie Milsap: 7:30 p.m., $46.50-$66.50. Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-761-5374, https://parker-playhouse.com/online/.

Skum Rocks!: With Skum, Eddie Money, Quiet Riot, and the Urge. Benefiting Charlee of Dade County, 7:30 p.m., $50. Grand Central, 697 N. Miami Ave., Miami, 305-377-2277, grandcentralmiami.com.

Spyro Gyra: 7 p.m., $55-$130. Jazziz Nightlife, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, 561-300-0730, jazziz.com.

Wake Up: With Squiers, DJs Marvelous Kendall, JJ Contramus, OZwaldus, and the Stoop Kids. Presented by Flaunt, 11 p.m., Free. Respectable Street, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, 561-832-9999, respectablestreet.com.

F R I DAY, M A R C H 6

Aesop Rock: Bestiary Tour with Rob Sonic, DJ Abilities, and Homeboy Sandman, 7:30 p.m., $17. Revolution Live, 100 SW 3rd Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-449-1025, jointherevolution.net.

Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton: With JP Soars & the Red Hots, 9 p.m., $15-$30. The Funky Biscuit, 303 SE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton, 561-395-2929, funkybiscuit.com.

Corners: Maxed Out US Tour with Plastic Pinks and Hypoluxo, 8 p.m., Free. Vintage Tap, 524 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-808-7702, https://facebook.com/vintagetap.

Elton John: All the Hits Tour, 8 p.m., $36-$156. American Airlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, 305-960-8500, aaarena.com.

Graham Wood Drout: With Mitch Mestel, 9 p.m., Free. Dockers Bar and Café, 318 N. Federal Highway, Dania Beach, 954-920-7072.

Kalin and Myles: The Dedication Tour with special guests, 6:30 p.m., $20. Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, 954-564-1074, cultureroom.net.

The Legends of Florida: With Impression, Danny Bled, Knoxz, Soular, Nicky Dee, and Eyecue, 9 p.m., $10. Propaganda, 6 S. J St., Lake Worth, 561-547-7273, propagandalw.com.

Spyro Gyra: 7 p.m., $55-$130. Jazziz Nightlife, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, 561-300-0730, jazziz.com.

Stillkept: With Murder In Motion and Moguera, 9 p.m., $10. Respectable Street, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, 561-832-9999, respectablestreet.com.

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Alejandro Lerner: 8 p.m., $38.50-$128.50. The Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, 305-673-7300, fillmoremb.com.

Blood Sweat & Bass Tour: With Downlink, Dieselboy, and others, 10 p.m., $20-$25. Grand Central, 697 N. Miami Ave., Miami, 305-377-2277, grandcentralmiami.com.

Bria Skonberg: 8 p.m., $25-$45. Arts Garage, 180 NE 1st St., Delray Beach, 561-450-6357, artsgarage.org.

Burger Revolution 3 Fest: With Corners, Plastic Pinks, Viceroy, the Bearings, Montage, Pariah, Part Time Models, and Red Nectar, plus the release of the Cheap Miami Zine along with Urp Durp and Maciel Vargas. Presented by Cheap Miami and Burger Records. Sponsored by Jolt Radio., 8 p.m., $7. Churchill’s Pub, 5501 NE 2nd Ave., Miami, 305-757-1807, churchillspub.com.

Cannibal Corpse: With Behemoth and special guests, 6 p.m., $27.50. Revolution Live, 100 SW 3rd Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-449-1025, jointherevolution.net.

Reggae Fest After Party: With the People Upstairs, Askultura, and LFTD LVLS, 8 p.m., $7. Propaganda, 6 S. J St., Lake Worth, 561-547-7273, propagandalw.com.

Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan: With Gourisankar Karmakar, 5-8 p.m., $40. Broward County Main Library Theatre, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-357-7444, browardlibrary.org.

WIRK’s Rib Round Up Music Festival: With Joe Nichols, Craig Morgan, Thompson Square, Dustin Lynch, and Gloriana, 12 p.m., $25-$50. Coral Sky Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way No. 7, West Palm Beach, 561-795-8883, cruzanamphitheatre.net.

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The Amernet String Quartet: With cellist Iris van Eck celebrating women on International Women’s Day with a quintet by Dame Ethel Smyth, 3 p.m., $15-$35. Leiser Opera Center, 221 SW Third Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-728-9700, leisercenter.org.

Birthday Candles: With ’84 SheepDog, the Shakers, and Sunnyvale FL, 7 p.m., $5-$10. Propaganda, 6 S. J St., Lake Worth, 561-547-7273, propagandalw.com.Martin Taylor: 7 p.m., $25-$55. Jazziz Nightlife, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, 561-300-0730, jazziz.com.

One Singular Sensation: A Tribute to the Music of Marvin Hamlisch: With the Palm Beach Pops and Lee Musiker, 7:30 p.m., $33-$89. Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, 501 S. Sapodilla Ave., West Palm Beach, 561-802-6000, awdsoa.org.

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Jazz Jam: With the Fernando Ulibarri Group, the Mike Wood Trio, and surprise guests. Out on the patio stage it’s open mic with the Theatre De Underground., 9 p.m., $5. Churchill’s Pub, 5501 NE 2nd Ave., Miami, 305-757-1807, churchillspub.com.

Panic Disorder: 8 p.m., Free. Murphy’s Law Irish Pub, 1 Seminole Way, Fort Lauderdale, 954-791-4782, themurphyslaw.com.

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Gin Blossoms: 7 p.m., $24. Revolution Live, 100 SW 3rd Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-449-1025, jointherevolution.net.

Hundred Waters: With special guests, 8 p.m., $15. Grand Central, 697 N. Miami Ave., Miami, 305-377-2277, grandcentralmiami.com.

Rick Braun: 7:30 p.m., $35-$75. Jazziz Nightlife, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, 561-300-0730, jazziz.com.

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Classic Albums Live: Let It Be: 7:30 p.m., $36.04-$46.64. Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Dr, Coral Springs, 954-344-5999, coralspringscenterforthearts.com.

Gogol Bordello: 7:30 p.m., $28.50. Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, 954-564-1074, cultureroom.net.

The Liverpool Legends: In the Michael and Andrew Gosman Amphi-theatre, 7:30 p.m., $25. Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, 501 S. Sapodilla Ave., West Palm Beach, 561-802-6000, awdsoa.org.

Rick Braun: 7:30 p.m., $35-$75. Jazziz Nightlife, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, 561-300-0730, jazziz.com.

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Gogol Bordello: Thu., March 12, 7:30 p.m., $28.50. Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, 954-564-1074, cultureroom.net.

Shotgun Betty: With DJs Marvelous Kendall, JJ Contramus, OZwaldus, and the Stoop Kids. Presented by Flaunt, Thu., March 12, 11 p.m., Free. Respectable Street, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, 561-832-9999, respectablestreet.com.

Mason Jennings: Fri., March 13, 7:30 p.m., $15. Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, 954-564-1074, cultureroom.net.

Michael Kaeshammer Trio: With the Gold Coast Jazz Society Band, Fri., March 13, 7:45 p.m., $45. Amaturo Theater, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-462-0222, browardcenter.org.

Norma Jean: With For the Fallen Dreams, Sirens and Sailors, Silent Planet, Nebraska Bricks, and Sounds of the Rodeo. Presented by Limitless Agency, Fri., March 13, 5 p.m., $18/$20. Propaganda, 6 S. J St., Lake Worth, 561-547-7273, propagandalw.com.

Rick Springfield: Fri., March 13, 7:30 p.m., $75-$200. Jazziz Nightlife, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, 561-300-0730, jazziz.com.

Dave Keller: Sat., March 14, 8 p.m., $25-$45. Arts Garage, 180 NE 1st St., Delray Beach, 561-450-6357, artsgarage.org.

Don Omar: With Nicky Jam, Sat., March 14, 8 p.m., $45-$150. Hard Rock Live, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, 954-797-5531, hardrock-livehollywoodfl.com.

The Ensemble Venezuela: With Edward Simon, Sat., March 14, 8 p.m., $20-$35. Bailey Concert Hall, Broward Community College, 3501 Davie Road, Davie, 954-201-6880.

Delray String Quartet: With David Alsina on bandoneon, Sun., March 15, 4 p.m., $35. Colony Hotel, 525 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-276-4123, thecolonyhotel.com/florida/.

Journey: With the Steve Miller Band and Tower of Power, Sun., March 15, 6:45 p.m., $25-$139. Coral Sky Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way No. 7, West Palm Beach, 561-795-8883, cruzan-amphitheatre.net.

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Churchill’s Pub: 5501 NE 2nd Ave., Miami, 305-757-1807, churchillspub.com. Miami Girls Rock Camp Benefit, With Holly Hunt, Raffa, Quarter Horses, Steph Taylor (from the State Of), Bleeth, Bonnie Riot, Sadie Hawkins, Haochi Waves, and others, Fri., March 6, 9 p.m., $10.

Murphy’s Law Irish Pub: 1 Seminole Way, Fort Lauderdale, 954-791-4782, themurphyslaw.com. Service Industry Night, with drink specials and music by Jason K and Signal Fire, Sundays, 10 p.m., Free. DJ Jason Dunne, Tuesdays, 10 p.m., Free.

O’Shea’s Irish Pub: 531 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, 561-833-3865, osheaspub.com. TGIF Happy Hour, with the Killbillies, Fridays, 9:30 p.m., Free. Bottomless Bloody Marys, with KillBillies, Saturdays, 11 a.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m., $15.

Propaganda: 6 S. J St., Lake Worth, 561-547-7273, propagandalw.com. Wise Tuesdays, College night with $2 Yuengling and shots, resident and guest DJs, and live music from Hoot/Wisdom recording artists and bands, Tuesdays, 8 p.m., Free-$5.

Respectable Street: 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, 561-832-9999, respectablestreet.com. Flaunt Thursdays, With DJs Marvelous Kendall, JJ Contramus, Ozwaldus, and Danxiety., Thursdays, 9 p.m., Free.

Shenanigans Sports Pub: 3303 Sheridan St., Hollywood, 954-981-9702, shenaniganssportspub.com. Live Bands, Fridays, 11 p.m., Free. Live Bands, Saturdays, 11 p.m., Free.

DA N C E

American Social Bar & Restaurant: 721 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lau-derdale, 954-764-7005, americansocialbar.com. Ladies Night, DJ set and music videos by Supersede, Wednesdays, 9 p.m., Free.

The Chase Nightclub: 2857 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-561-2136, thechasenightclub.com/. Ladies Night, with DJ Vertigo. Ladies drink free from 8-11 p.m., Thursdays, 8 p.m., Free. Happy Hour Fridays, Fridays, 5 p.m., Free. House Rules Saturdays, with DJ Eddie G, Saturdays.

Club Fate: 601 Silks Run, Hallandale Beach, 954-456-3283, clubfatefl.com. Femme Fatale Thursdays, with DJ Cyclone. Ladies drink free till 1 a.m., Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fate Fridays, with Jis Music and DJ DP, Fridays, 11 p.m.

Kaos Ultra Lounge: 2724 E. Commercial Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-975-8000, kaosultralounge.com. Kaos Saturdays, with DJ Ed Whitty, Saturdays, 10 p.m., Free.

Oasis Night Life: 7000 W. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, 561-756-9986, oasisnightlife.com. College Party Thursdays, Thursdays, 10 p.m., Free. Takeover Fridays, with DJ Scoobz, Fridays, 10 p.m., Free-$10.

Pawn Shop Lounge: 219 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, 561-833-6500, pawnshopwpb.com. Excess Thursdays, Party it up with DJ R1 and free drinks for the ladies all night long., Thursdays, Free.

PRL Euro Cafe: 1904A Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 954-980-8945, prlcafe.com. Hangover Sundays, Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight, Free.

Stache 1920’s Drinking Den: 109 SW 2nd Ave., Fort Lauderdale, stacheftl.com/. Throwback Thursdays, with DJs LinderSmash and Sweetswirl spinnin’ tunes from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, Thursdays, 8 p.m. China White, With Nicole Halliwell, Calypso Monroe, and others. Bring an article of clothing to donate to Out of the Closet and get a free drink at the door. #GRINDRPARTY Show up and present your green light Grindr app at the door and get a free drink. #DRAGWAR Bring your best drag (and your friends) and compete for a chance to share the stage with the cast, Sundays, 6 p.m. Continues through Dec. 31, Free.

Tonic Club and Lounge: 837 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-565-4446, tonicclubandlounge.com. Recess Sundays, with DJ GQ, Sundays, 4 p.m.

B LU E S

Diamond Strike Lanes: 2200 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach, 954-941-0968, diamondstrikelanes.com. Blues Jam, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Free.

The Funky Biscuit: 303 SE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton, 561-395-2929, funkybiscuit.com. Monday Biscuit Jam, with Jeff Prine, the Funky Biscuit All Stars, and special guests, Mondays, 8 p.m., Free.

The Sample Road Tavern: 8000 W. Sample Road, Margate, 954-688-9030, sampleroadtavern.com. Blues Bobby Open Mic & Blues Jam, Thursdays, 8 p.m., Free.

E C L E C T I C

ArtsPark: 1 Young Circle Hollywood Blvd. and US 1, Hollywood, 954-921-3500, visithollywoodfl.org/artspark.aspx. Music & Dancing Under the Stars, A free outdoor concert series at Young Circle

Hollywood’s Arts Park., Mondays-Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Free, visithollywoodfl.org/events.aspx.

Ink And Pistons Tattoo: 2716 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, 561-832-4655. Candy Coated Dreams, A dreamy art show featuring all things sweet, sugary, sparkly, extra fluffy, and super Kawaii, Sat., March 7, 7-11 p.m., Free.

Longboards: 519 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, 561-833-4660, facebook.com/longboardsrestaurant. Vinyl Sundays, Sundays.

Piano Hollywood: 5805 Seminole Way, Davie, 954-792-8722, pianohol-lywood.com. The Soulcial, Live music mixer, Thursdays, 8 p.m., $10.

Your Big Picture Cafe: 4900 S. University Drive, Davie, 954-252-5644, yourbigpicturecafe.com. Open Mic Night, Saturdays, 7 p.m., Free.

H A P PY H O U R

Atlantic Surf Club: 7 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-256-7873, atlanticsurfclub.com. Daily Sunset Happy Hour, $3 mixed cocktails and Coronas, $6 shots of Patron Silver , $6 Patron fresh fruit margaritas, and $18 100-oz beer towers (domestic drafts), Mondays-Sundays, 3-7 p.m., Free.

McSorley’s Beach Pub: 837 N. Fort Lau-derdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-565-4446, mcsorleysbeachpub.com. Happy Hour, Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.Megabite Cybercafe: 1910 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 954-237-2888. Happy Hour, Daily specials on select beer, wine,

and food, every day till 7:30 p.m., Mondays-Sundays, Free.Propaganda: 6 S. J St., Lake Worth, 561-547-7273, propagandalw.com.

Happy Hourz, Free cocktails for the ladies, $3 for the guys, $3 Yuengling drafts, $3 Jameson shots, and $10 food menu, Daily, 8-10 p.m.

Taco Beach Shack: 334 Arizona St., Hollywood, 954-920-6523, tacobeachshack.com. Happy Hour, Mondays-Sundays.

Vibe: 333 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-713-7313, vibelasolas.com. Social Mixer Happy Hour, Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m., Free.

O P E N M I C

Blue Bar & Bistro: 113 S. 20th Ave., Hollywood, 954-924-1010, https://facebook.com/bluebarbistro. Open Mic Jam, Solos, duos, and full bands welcomed, Tuesdays, 10 p.m., Free.

Boca Muse: 7136 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, 561-367-1133, boca-musecafe.com. Open Mic, Wednesdays, 9 p.m., Free.

Dada Restaurant & Lounge: 52 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, 561-330-3232, dada.closermagazine.com/index.html. Basement Open Jams, Sign up and get a free beer., Mondays, 10 p.m., Free. Poetry Slam/Open Mic Night, Tuesdays, 10:30 p.m., Free.

The Dive Bar: 3233 N. Ocean Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-565-9264. Open Mic, Tuesdays, 9 p.m., Free.

Funky Buddha Lounge: 2621 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, 561-368-4643, thefunkybuddha.com. Poetry Open Mic, second Sunday of every month, 9:30 p.m., Free.

Inkwell Pub: 238 US-441 N, Pompano Beach, 954-532-5311. Open Mic, Mondays, Free.

Mclaren’s of Hollywood: 2006 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Comedy Open Mic, Hosted by Lamonte Stewart, second and fourth Tuesday of every month, 8 p.m., Free.

Megabite Cybercafe: 1910 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 954-237-2888. Open Mic, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., Free. Poetry & Spoken Word Open Mic, Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Free.

Swampgrass Willys: 9910 Alt A1A Ste 711, Palm Beach Gardens, 561-625-1555, swampgrasswillys.net. Open Jam Sessions: Plug In & Play, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Free.

Wet Willie’s: 550 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach, 561-514-4001. Fusion All Arts Open Mic, Mondays, 8 p.m., Free.

Your Big Picture Cafe: 4900 S. University Drive, Davie, 954-252-5644, yourbigpicturecafe.com. Adult Acoustic Open Mic, Saturdays, Free.

T R I B U T E

Boston’s on the Beach: 40 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach, 561-278-3364, bostonsonthebeach.com. Crazy Fingers, Sundays, 7:30 p.m., Free.

The Field Irish Pub & Eatery: 3281 Griffin Road, Dania Beach, 954-964-5979, thefieldfl.com. The Hot Rod Show, with George Orr, Wednesdays, Free.

Johnnie Brown’s: 301 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-243-9911, johnniebrowns.com. Elvis Night, With Scott Ringersen, Mondays, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., Free. The Hot Rod Band, Tuesdays, 8 p.m., Free.

VA R I E T Y

Downtowner Saloon And Maxwell Room: 10 S. New River Drive E., Fort Lauderdale, 954-463-9800, downtownersaloon.com. Sunday Brunch Solo Artists, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.

HG Roosters: 823 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, 561-832-9119, hgroosters.com. Entertainers Showcase, hosted by Melissa St. John, Saturdays, 11:30 p.m., Free.

Megabite Cybercafe: 1910 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 954-237-2888. Variety Show, Music, comedy, beat box, and spoken word, Thursdays, 10 p.m., Free.

Palm Lounge: 131 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, 561-672-7561, palmloungeboca.com. Live Entertainment, Thursdays, Fridays, 9 p.m., Free.

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155Medical Research Studies

Francisco Flores, MD.Board Certi� ed Dermatologist

FXM Research Miramar

Do you or someone you know have Facial Acne?

FXM Research in Miramar is looking for males and females

9 to 45 years of age that suffer from Facial Acne,to partici-

pate in a six [6] study-visit clini-cal research study. Medical In-

surance is not required for study participation.

Quali� ed participants will receive:

•Evaluation by a Board Certifi ed Dermatologist.

•Investigational Study Medica-tion or placebo at no cost.

•Reimbursement for time and travel.

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500Services

527Legal Notices

FICTITIOUS NAME Montana Mining Consulting Group, LLC intends to use the � ctitious name of MMC Group in 13550 SW 88th Street, Suite 206, Miami, Florida 33186

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTMark L. ThortonCase No: 201201893 An Administrative Complaint to revoke your license and eli-gibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pur-suant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statues, by mail-ing a request for same to the Florida Department of Agricul-ture and Consumer Services, Di-vision of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Department will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTRoberto ClaudioCase No: 201205227An Administrative Complaint to revoke your license and eli-gibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pur-suant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statues, by mail-ing a request for same to the Florida Department of Agricul-ture and Consumer Services, Di-vision of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Department will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONAlien MoyaCase No: 201303042A Notice of Suspension to sus-pend your license and eligibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by mailing a re-quest for same to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Depart-ment will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONAnthony L. PowellCase No: 201305987A Notice of Suspension to sus-pend your license and eligibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by mailing a re-quest for same to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Depart-ment will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONAntwain J. WilliamsCase No: 201306265A Notice of Suspension to sus-pend your license and eligibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by mailing a re-quest for same to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Depart-ment will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONBrandy J. LoveCase No: 201400444A Notice of Suspension to sus-pend your license and eligibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by mailing a re-quest for same to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Depart-ment will dispose of this cause in accordance with law

NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONJoy F. Camacho-RosadoCase No: 201403153A Notice of Suspension to sus-pend your license and eligibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by mailing a re-quest for same to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Depart-ment will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONMaxwell J. DuboisCase No: 201305296A Notice of Suspension to sus-pend your license and eligibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by mailing a re-quest for same to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Depart-ment will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONMohammad R. FarrajCase No: 201305529A Notice of Suspension to sus-pend your license and eligibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by mailing a re-quest for same to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Depart-ment will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONPhillip SieversCase No: 201305926A Notice of Suspension to sus-pend your license and eligibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by mailing a re-quest for same to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Depart-ment will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONSteve PierreCase No: 201400955A Notice of Suspension to sus-pend your license and eligibility for licensure has been � led against you. You have the right to request a hearing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by mailing a re-quest for same to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, Post Of� ce Box 3168, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3168. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Depart-ment will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

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DESIGN DISTRICT $1,375 305-767-5000

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