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The joy of Black Ice Cream; good dogs in Lake Worth
Before he became the performer known as Helado Negro, with the recent New York Times profile and the Tiny Desk Concert on NPR, Roberto Carlos Lange was a kid growing up in Lauderhill and Davie, the son of immigrants from Ecuador.
And as child, the musician whose stage name translates as Black Ice Cream, suffered the indignities of his parents’ music-fueled house parties, which would inevitably include a “performance” by young Roberto for the assembled friends.
“It was fun and embarrassing, for sure,” Lange said, with a laugh, in a 2015 interview with the Sun Sentinel. “My dad loved the idea of entertainment. He liked that feeling of making sure people were having a good time and feeling good.”
Lange grew up to become a critically lauded creator of dreamy, synth-y collages who performs in front of thousands in venues around the world. But be careful what you wish for, Dad.
Lange will return to South Florida on Saturday for an 8 p.m. all-ages show at the North Beach Bandshell, bringing with him music from the new album “Far In.” Tickets for the show, produced by the Rhythm Foundation, start at $34.50. Visit RhythmFoundation. com.
One of the first singles from Lange’s album is “Outside the Outside,” which was released with a video that made use of film from the very house parties Lange’s father through in South Florida in the 1980s.
In a statement, Lange said the song and video capture the reality he was raised in: “My family came to this country as outsiders looking for and finding community. People would come to our house and bond through music, food and dancing.”
And as a snapshot of his father’s fashion and dance moves, it may be Lange’s best comic revenge for having to perform at those gatherings.
For more information on Lange and his music, visit HeladoNegro.com.
Dogging with drinks
The sixth annual Bark Back Benefit returns for the first time in two years, 1 p.m.-midnight Saturday at Mathews Brewing Co. in Lake Worth. The fundraiser for the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League will feature some of South Florida’s top bands on three stages — led by Spred the Dub, the Copper Tones and Joel DaSilva — along with a craft beer garden, food trucks, the signature First Responders Rescue Runway Walk and adoptable shelter animals. Visit BarkBackBenefit.com.
Ready, set, shop
You’ll find plenty of pre-holiday spirit (or am I late?) among the vendors showing off local creativity that should find a home on your gift list this year, with three events returning this weekend: Led by the irrepressible Rolando Chang Barrero, the Boynton Beach Art Walk returns for the first time in 20 months, bringing live music, gallery tours and pop-up shops to the Boynton Beach Art District warehouses at 410 West Industrial Ave. 6-9 p.m. Saturday (BoyntonBeach ArtDistrict.com). Meanwhile, the Saturday market called Jingle All the Way returns 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Grandview Public Market in West Palm Beach (Facebook.com/warehousedis trictwpb), and the folks at Indie Craft Bazaar are curating a quality pop-up at the Hollywood Art Walk 6-11 p.m. Saturday (Facebook.com/indiecraftbazaar).
A new room
The Circuit is a new cultural stage in Fort Lauderdale that is part of the Destination Sistrunk space at 1033 Sistrunk Blvd., and on Friday it will host a free musical showcase called JORDANXJAMS. Featuring local bands YARDIJ, Lando and The Infinite Sadness, and Thee Indomitable Will, the room holds about 150 inside and on the patio out front, and admission is first-come, first-served. There will be a bar and light bites will be available while supplies last. The show is hosted by YARDIJ drummer Jordan Solomon, an instructor with Destination Sistrunk. Visit Facebook.com/Yardij.
Words and music
This weekend brings the conclusion of the Miami Book Fair’s week of important authors (and Andy Cohen, 4 p.m. Saturday), punctuated Friday-Sunday by the return of the annual family-friendly Street Fair. Sweat Records is making its MBF debut and is sponsoring the ’90s Street Party at 6 p.m. Saturday, with a performance by The State Of, DJs Lolo, Hottpants and Carmel Ophir, and a show by incomparable drag star Karla Croqueta. Get there early for a 5 p.m. set by the highly danceable Afrobeta. Street Fair admission is free Friday, $10 SaturdaySunday ($5 ages 13-18). Visit MiamiBookFair.com.
YOLO BOLO
After a four-month renovation, buzzy downtown Fort Lauderdale restaurant YOLO and O Lounge next door will reopen on Friday. If you’re new to these parts, head west on Las Olas Boulevard from the Riverside Hotel and be on the lookout for a tree on fire. Visit YoloRestaurant. com.
Street food
The spirited street party known as the Las Olas Wine & Food Festival is 7:30-10:30 p.m. Friday and, surprisingly, there are tickets still to be had. For $150 (plus fee) you get unlimited samples and sips from more than 50 restaurants and 40 wineries, and access to all the pop-up lounges. The rooftop VIP above the annex to the Riverside Hotel is, naturally, sold out. Visit LasOlasWFF.com.
Un-Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones are playing a show Tuesday at 7,000-seat Hard Rock Live in Hollywood. Is that a crazier sentence than this one: You can still get a ticket. I get it, they’re singles, maybe two dozen left, it’s not cheap ($1,006, $781, $556, $456 and $281), and maybe you caught them on their previous stop on the No Filter Tour at Hard Rock Stadium. But, c’mon South Florida! Visit MyHRL.com.
Beach sounds
In case you were wondering, you can still get tickets to Audacy Beach Festival, which brings Lil Nas X, the Lumineers, Swedish House Mafia, Steve Aoki, Modest Mouse and many others to Fort Lauderdale Beach Park Dec. 4-5.
Single-day tickets currently are available for $75 per day. Two-day passes cost $129 for general admission, $229 for preferred general admission and $349 for VIP (you’ll also find VIP hotel packages and parking passes). Get them at AudacyBeachFestival.com.
Want your ’80s?
Beach House Pompano will host a beach clean-up 10 a.m. Saturday that earns participants a free drink card, which is not why you get involved in such things. But because you have a free drink card, be aware that Beach House will host an ’80s party 7-11 p.m. Saturday with DJ Misha spinning synth-y anthems. Visit Facebook.com/pompanobeach house.