8 August 8-14, 2024 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | music | cafe | culture | Night+Day | news | letters | contents | Month XX–Month XX, 2008 miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | ART | STAGE | NIGHT+DAY | METRO | RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | THU 8/8 ▼ FORT LAUDERDALE JUMP SCARES South Florida horror film festival Popcorn Frights was founded in 2015 by Igor Shteyren- berg and Marc Ferman and has become one of the leading genre film festivals in the Southeast. It returns Thursday with 11 days of gory and thrilling content spread across two venues: Savor Cinema and Gateway. It all starts with Thursday’s world premiere of Aaron Fradkin’s Beezel and JT Mollner’s Strange Darling at Savor Cinema. The rest of the program mixes new flicks and plenty of classic fare. Thursday, August 8, through Fri- day, August 16, at Savor Cinema, 503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale; and Paradigm Cinemas Gateway Fort Lauderdale, 1820 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; popcornfrights.com. Ticket prices vary. JOSE D. DURAN ▼ SOUTH BEACH MIX IT UP Shake up your evening during Strawberry Moon’s Thirsty Thursday Cocktail Class, an in- teractive cocktail mixology session led by ex- pert mixologists. Go behind the bar and learn how to use bartending tools as you stir up two signature cocktails. Whether you’re a noob or own a stocked bar cart, you’ll come away with a new skill set for the next time you’re hosting friends. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, at Strawberry Moon at the Goodtime Hotel, 601 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-506-2112; strawberry- moonmiami.com. Tickets cost $45 via event- brite.com. SOPHIA MEDINA ▼ LITTLE HAVANA DINNER DATES If hot girl summer isn’t working out for you, try Meet in the Wild’s Summer Singles Dinner Party at Terras at the Life House in Little Ha- vana. Launched in 2023, the boutique travel company invites you to shed your online per- sona and break free from dating apps. Sparks will fly on the Terras rooftop as you flirt it up with other guests and indulge in a three- course menu. Spots are limited to 20 singles: ten male and ten female. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, at Terras, 528 SW Ninth Ave., Mi- ami; 866-538-2493; lifehousehotels.com. Tickets cost $75 to $150 via eventbrite.com. ISABEL RIVERA FRI 8/9 ▼ FORT LAUDERDALE EARLY-BIRD PARTY Tired of parties that don’t start until mid- night? Then Curfew Club, the party for millen- nial moms and corporate cuties, is the answer. Founded by DJ Jessica Who, the party pops up north this month at Fort Lauderdale’s Rhythm & Vine. It starts at 6 p.m., meaning you’ll be home for bedtime. Who and Konflikt will be providing the tunes, along with tarot readings by LaDon Tarot and flash tattoos by @e_victoria. 6 p.m. Friday, at Rhythm & Vine, 401 NE Fifth Ter., Fort Lauderdale; 954-868- 4351; rhythm-vine.com. Admission is free with RSVP via curfewclubgirls.com. JOSE D. DURAN ▼ MIAMI GARDENS FIELD OF DREAMS Football season is on the horizon. Get a taste of what’s to come when the Miami Dolphins face the Atlanta Falcons in their preseason opener. Coach Mike McDaniel is, without a doubt, hoping to improve on last season’s 11-6 record and go after the AFC East title. This season, there are familiar faces like quarter- back Tua Tagovailoa and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., along with some young blood in Chop Robinson and Patrick Paul. Fins up if you’re excited for the upcoming season! 7 p.m. Friday, at Hard Rock Stadium, 347 Don Shula Dr., Miami Gardens; 305-943-8000; hardrockstadium.com. Tickets cost $30 to $200 via ticketmaster.com. ASHLEY-ANNA ABOREDEN ▼ FORT LAUDERDALE CRUSADER FOR WOMEN Social media influencer, podcaster, and au- thor Drew Afualo stops at Revolution Live on Friday as part of her Loud book tour. Afualo is best known for her signature laugh and tak- ing down misogynistic men on apps like Tik- Tok and Instagram. Her book, Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve, is de- scribed as part manifesto, part memoir, and Afualo presents a path to self-love for women and femmes that doesn’t center around men. Afualo’s sister, Deison, is also joining as part of their Two Idiot Girls podcast. 7 p.m. Friday, at Revolution Live, 100 SW Third Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-449-1025; jointherevolution. net. Tickets cost $30.50 via ticketmaster.com. ASHLEY-ANNA ABOREDEN ▼ SOUTH BEACH WHERE IS MY MIND? Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer stars in Cuckoo, the new thriller by German filmmaker Til- man Singer. The film centers on 17-year-old Gretchen, who reluctantly moves to a pic- turesque resort in the German Alps to live with her father’s new family. Their arrival is marked by an unsettling welcome from her father’s boss, who’s strangely fascinated with Gretchen’s mute half-sister. As Gretchen adjusts to her new surroundings, she is haunted by eerie noises and unsettling visions, which lead her to uncover a dark se- cret. The film opens widely on Friday, but O Cinema, one of the city’s few independent art-house theaters, will also be screening it. 7 p.m. Friday, at O Cinema, 1130 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; o-cinema.org. Tickets cost $12.50. ASHLEY-ANNA ABOREDEN ▼ HOLLYWOOD ROCK ICONS English rock band Def Leppard brings an epic performance filled with timeless anthems to Hard Rock Live on Friday. Led by vocalist Joe Elliots, guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell, bassist Rick Savage, and drummer Rick Allen, the legendary band continues to be one of the most influential forces in rock music. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 and has sold more than 110 million albums worldwide. Despite the group’s longevity in the music industry, Def Leppard isn’t slowing down; the band has released three albums in the last three years. 8 p.m. Friday, at the Hard Rock Live, 1 Seminole Way, Davie; 954-797-5531; myhrl.com. Tickets cost $259 via ticketmaster.com. SOPHIA MEDINA SAT 8/10 ▼ SUNRISE CRUSH ‘EM On Saturday, Monster Jam rolls its way back to South Florida for an action-packed show filled with car-smashing entertainment. Wit- ness drivers ride, jump, and soar over chal- lenging dirt obstacles with their 12,000-pound vehicles. For big-time fans of the series, this year’s edition will feature the return of popular trucks such as Grave Dig- ger, El Toro Loco, and Megalodon. Attendees can expect these trucks to push the limits at N I G H T DAY W E E K O F A U G U S T 8 - 1 4 , 2 0 2 4 M I A M I N E W T I M E S . C O M / C A L E N D A R | 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 GROSSED OUT Popcorn Frights at Savor Cinema Thursday Popcorn Frights photo ®
