AltWeeklies Wire
Roller Jam: Every Night is '80s Night at South Florida Roller Rinksnew
There used to be about a dozen rinks down here filled with skaters every day of the week; I know because I used to be one of those skaters. Only a handful of rinks remains. Likewise, only a fraction of us who used to roll in this uniquely South Florida fashion, to tunes recorded here, still hit the rinks.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
10-15-2008 |
Recreation
One Schlepper Talks About Visiting Her Grandma in Floridanew
Across the country, young Jews are heeding comedian Sarah Silverman's call to have a political pep-talk with their grandparents in Florida. The message is: Don't let bubbe and zaideh vote McCain. Becky Gluskin, a 26-year-old PhD candidate from Manhattan, tells us how her weekend visit to 80-something-year-old grandma Helen swayed one more vote to Obama.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
Toy Soldiers Play War Games with Almost-Real Assault Weaponsnew
Airsoft aficionados realize that key aspects that attract them to the sport -- weapons that look, feel, and even shoot like genuine combat arms and military role-play that peaceniks might say glorifies violence -- frighten a big segment of the general population.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
09-16-2008 |
Recreation
Gay or Straight? Pick a Side Before Joining a Lesbian Softball Leaguenew
As a woman married to man, I'm an anomaly here in the South Florida Amateur Athletic Association, which defines itself on the web as "a gay and lesbian softball league ... for both gay and non-gay participants."
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
07-29-2008 |
Sports
Richard Entriken's Last Step to Redemptionnew
The drug counselor swam a little too easily in a sea of sharks.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
05-06-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Merchants Fight for Toehold in Gentrifying Downtown Ft. Lauderdalenew
If Jerry Miles loses the latest battle with his landlord, the retail face of downtown Fort Lauderdale likely will become a little more upscale and a little less quirky.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
04-08-2008 |
Business & Labor
Priestin' Ain't Easynew
For a couple of Delray padres, the high life allegedly got in the way of their priestly duties.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
03-25-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Kick Stopnew
When Luyen Nguyen was stomped to death 15 years ago, five men were locked up -- but was justice served?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
12-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Joyce Kaufman is Talking Up a Stormnew
The Florida radio host wins fans by flaying a new enemy: undocumented immigrants.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
10-30-2007 |
Media
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Lovernew
Some chasers say owning up to a fat fetish is like coming out of the closet a second time; chubbies and chasers are often ridiculed within a gay community where svelte figures and boyish good looks are prized.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
10-02-2007 |
Culture
You May Already Be a Losernew
David Lee Edwards won the Powerball lottery -- then his number came up.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
08-21-2007 |
Economy
This Pod-novelist May be Close to Striking Literary Goldnew
After a grueling year of shopping his first novel to agents, Chris Hutchins opted to podcast instead.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
07-10-2007 |
Books
Adios, Fidelnew
And hello again -- why some Florida immigrant groups are tired of the endless Castro drama.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
05-01-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Guatemalans Whisked Back to a Land They Remember in Nightmaresnew
So many Guatemalans are being deported -- more than 12,000 in 2005, with the number rising last year -- that activists have prepared a class-action suit to stop the removals.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
04-17-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
