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1. 10x10

Colleen Dougher - November 19, 2009

Question: How do you lure 600 people to a storage facility? Answer: 10x10. That's the title of Kara Walker-Tome's annual installation art show in a storage facility. Walker-Tome is woman with a vision for art in odd places. She's the woman behind Showtel, a show where installation artists take...

2. Street squad at Auteur Explosion X 1

The squad hangs out on the local art scene

3. The Big S Beerfest 1

The 14th annual Beerfest returns to Huizenga Plaza on Friday, Dec. 4. Click on the PayPal link to purchase tickets to this year's event. General admission is $20 in advance and $25 at the door. V.I.P. admission is $35 in advance and $40 at the door. V.I.P. tickets include access to the private...

4. Costa Vasca

Nightly guitar, vocals and dancing by international artists.

5. Very merry TV holiday specials

Two singing 'Idols' and a partridge in a pear tree

6. Cut 432

A prime steak spot in Delray.

7. Rino Vesuvio

Taste Rino's creations.

8. Tiki Waterfront Sea Grill

This is classic Florida: A chickee hut in a marina where you get fresh seafood and a salty breeze.

9. Original Fat Cat's

Live in a dive.

10. Open Mic Mondays

Get into the chill vibes at Marvelous Coffee in Cooper City. Each week the Jamaican restaurant features spoken word and acoustic music, hosted by Space Hippie. The weekly Monday event happens from 8-11 p.m.

11. Old School Square Cultural Arts Center

The four acre center houses the Cornell Museum of Art and History, Crest Theatre, a vintage Gymnasium and restored classrooms.

12. Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette. Or not

By Colleen Dougher - November 17, 2009

Local songwriters cough up five songs about smoking

13. 2-4-1 happy hour & complimentary buffet

A lot of places offer two-for-one drinks for happy hour, but the Cove adds a special touch. Come Monday through Friday between 4 and 7 p.m. to enjoy the drinks specials, and also be treated to a complimentary buffet.

14. Shake It Up

Colleen Dougher - November 20, 2009

"Shake It Up,": billed as a "bawdy, brilliant, and beer-guzzling" series of original monologues that "turn Shakespeare on his head," will be performed tonight at AE District in Miami's Design District. The evening of cocktails and monologues is a joint effort of The Krane, The New Light...

15. Marinheiro business lunch: three courses for $12.95

Grab a three-course lunch at Marinehiero for $12.95. The lunch menu, which has 10 selections, is available Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. 4 p.m

16. Sundy House Restaurant

Go for the food, stay for the surroundings.

17. Sterling Country Kitchen

Simple pleasures with a light Southern touch.

18. Tea time

Tea houses are the nouveau South Florida cafes

19. Callaro's Prime Steakhouse and Seafood

Brunch, lunch or dinner, Callaro's steak and seafood dishes are worth the indulgence.

20. Funkey Nutz

Sing along, eat and be merry. You'll have a FunKey time!

21. Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club

Named in honor of a famous jazz musician, it's no wonder that the Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club offers the greatest in live jazz shows.

22. Murphy's Law Irish Pub

The only pub that's open 24/7.

23. Coyote Ugly

Now in its second year of operation, Fort Lauderdale's Coyote Ugly Saloon provides a perfect blend of loud music, cool drinks and hot girls until the early morning hours.

24. Time + Temp

Colleen Dougher - November 17, 2009

Harumi Abe is intrigued with the family photo albums that wind up at thrift shops and flea markets, and wonders how they arrived there. Perhaps someone died and left behind no living relative. Maybe a person went through an ugly divorce and ditched the albums to make a clean break with his past....

25. Tramonti

Upscale Italian on Atlantic