AltWeeklies Wire
Software Engineer Designs Furniture Out of the Boxnew
Pink-haired Jose Avila made thrifty furnishings from Federal Express shipping cartons, bringing himself fame and cease-and-desist orders from FedEx.
Phoenix New Times |
Robrt L. Pela |
09-13-2005 |
Art
Parents Play Hardball With Kids' Healthnew
Monomaniacal dads pushing their kids to play year-round baseball are blamed for an increase in sports injuries that require surgery.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
08-30-2005 |
Science
The Party's Hot; Arizona's Fashion Scene Is Notnew
Fashion insiders -- critical of the so-called scene -- say it's all about the party, not the designs. Anyone with even a hint of talent gets the hell out, heads for New York, Paris or L.A., and never looks back. But Angela Johnson has chosen to stay.
Phoenix New Times |
Joe Watson |
08-23-2005 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
Mind Gameynew
A tricked-up mental exercise that may intrigue the most impressionable film school students and a philosophy major here and there, Dot the I is more a pretentious load of crap.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
08-22-2005 |
Reviews
Swamp Thingnew
Though probably not intended, The Skeleton Key is one of 2005's funniest films, bested only by the first two-thirds of Wedding Crashers, all of The Aristocrats, and that part in Stealth where the airplane starts sassing Josh Lucas.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-15-2005 |
Reviews
Der Furornew
When vice president of the World YWCA compared Israelis to Hitler in a company newsletter, one Phoenix YWCA became a war zone.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
08-15-2005 |
International
Tags: Maricopa County, YWCA
Well Versednew
Singer-songwriter Joe Pernice puts his creative-writing MFA to good use, delivering lyrics that cut even deeper with his distinctive, heartbreaking voice.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
08-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Overkillnew
Critics are wetting themselves in praise of this documentary depicting the world of quadripilegic rugby. But it's easy to recognize the ways in which the film is manipulative and predictable.
Phoenix New Times |
Robrt L. Pela |
07-26-2005 |
Reviews
Grand Jury Indicts Divorce 'Mediator'new
A grand jury in Arizona's Maricopa County indicted mediator Gary Karpin, known as "Dr. Gary," of 14 counts of theft and two counts of defrauding clients.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
07-26-2005 |
Children & Families
The Last Suppernew
When a restaurant manager breaks company rules for religious reasons and gets fired, the path to God is paved with lawsuits.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
07-25-2005 |
Religion
Suspicions of Priest Rekindled in Unsolved Murder Casenew
Irene Garza was last seen alive 45 years ago on her way to confession. Now a priest and a former monk say that John B. Feit, who was then a priest, told them he killed her.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
07-12-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Airplane Is Gone, and So Is the 'Prophet'new
This June 2005 report on Warren Jeffs' disappearance was just one of many by Phoenix New Times on the FDLS prophet, who yesterday was found guilty of being an accomplice to the rape of a 14-year-old church member.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
07-06-2005 |
Religion
Floods of Raw Sewage Plague Homeownernew
Twice since 2001, Donna Hesketh's Phoenix home has been flooded with raw sewage.
Phoenix New Times |
Bruce Rushton |
07-06-2005 |
Environment
Tags: Park, Sunnyslope
Phoenix's Sewer Crisis: A Real S#&t Stormnew
The quick corrosion of the city's concrete sewer pipes has gone unnoticed by most toilet users, but it's been the talk of the sewage world, with civil engineers from across the country looking to Phoenix as an object lesson.
Phoenix New Times |
Bruce Rushton |
07-06-2005 |
Environment
Murder of Ex-Boxing Trainer's Estranged Wife Goes Unsolvednew
The financial spoils in the divorce case Carbajal v. Carbajal were hundreds of thousands of dollars in property and retirement accounts. Sally Carbajal was the odds-on favorite to win by a knockout -- until she was killed.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
06-28-2005 |
Crime & Justice
