Email Author Deirdra Funcheon

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 26, 2008

  "To Hug a Porcupine"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published June 26, 2008

  "To Hug a Porcupine"

• 2009 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published June 26, 2008

  "To Hug a Porcupine"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published June 26, 2008

  "To Hug a Porcupine"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published January 31, 2008

  "Simmer Down, Kids!"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published November 6, 2008

  "Mud in Your Eye"

• 2008 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published July 5, 2007

  "Kill My Wife. Please!"

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2005 Stories by Deirdra Funcheon

• $ucce$$

  published July 14, 2005

  Word to your bank account FRI 7/15 As Flavor Flav and Vanilla Ice can tell you, it's a... More >>

• Box Offices or Briefs?

  published July 14, 2005

  Those of us who go to the dentist more often than we get to the theater should thank Cameron Harris for Brief Encounters: A One-Act... More >>

• Clothes Off

  published July 7, 2005

  Off-off-Broadway THU 7/7 After continually being called to audition for roles such as... More >>

• Seal the 7th

  published July 7, 2005

  With a lover's wish THU 7/7 Those paper-crazy folks at the Morikami Museum and Japanese... More >>

• Indie Garcia

  published July 7, 2005

  Before there were rock stars, there were artists. They snorted, smoked, and drank a variety of mind-altering substances. They knocked up their... More >>

• Marlins Look to Pound Brew

  published June 30, 2005

  Milwaukee stumbles down for three-game set MON 7/4 It's hard not to respect the... More >>

• Go with the Flow

  published June 30, 2005

  Sexy DJ launches soundgrenades on the dance floor SAT 7/2 When you think of... More >>

• Whodunit?

  published June 23, 2005

  FAU, again FRI 6/24 Who knew the King of Pop could inspire classic theater? "Michael... More >>

• Revolutionized

  published June 23, 2005

  Nicole Richie, DJ AM... and Axl Rose on trapeze FRI 6/24 Jeffrey John, the 28-year-old... More >>

• Clash in the Creek

  published June 16, 2005

  Warriors Boxing is back with another top card THU 6/16 Just when we wondered where Warriors... More >>

• Gay Mary-age

  published June 16, 2005

  Say "I do" to partying FRI 6/17 Lots of competing special-interest groups have been... More >>

• Strike Out

  published June 9, 2005

  Strike out for a good cause SUN 6/12 Many people see tow truck drivers as swarming vultures... More >>

• Kid Gloves

  published June 9, 2005

  Jose Jimenez bought the Showtime Boxing Gym (along with two partners) partly because he's sick of repossessing cars. A former pro boxer himself,... More >>

• Travel Bugs

  published June 2, 2005

  How many vacation days do you get? SAT 6/4 Tourists and cameras. They go together like... More >>

• Is It a Cult?

  published June 2, 2005

  What is all the bleeping commotion about? FRI 6/3 For every cynic who saw the film What... More >>

• A-B-C D-lightful

  published June 2, 2005

  We've all been there -- in jobs that are beneath us. Some of us bitch and moan about it. Some of us get proactive and start spending quality time... More >>

• Holiday In!

  published May 26, 2005

  Memorialize your weekend at the Hard Rock Hotel SAT 5/28 There's something for everyone... More >>

• It Came from the Caribbean!

  published May 26, 2005

  You're going to need some Red Bull to go with your Red Stripe this Memorial Day weekend, because you, baby, have some partying to do. "In... More >>

• Everything But Sex

  published May 26, 2005

  "Heavy petting. Foreplay. Mindfucking." That's what happens at a fetish party, says Glenn, owner of the Fetish Factory boutique. (He goes by just... More >>

• More Murph

  published May 19, 2005

  Eddie's big brother is a big hit FRI 5/20 When Chappelle's Show first hit Comedy... More >>

• Sidelines

  published May 19, 2005

  And tan lines SAT 5/21 When was the last time you took off your shirt and shoes and... More >>

• Playa Hatin'

  published May 12, 2005

  One former VJ makes you love him THU 5/12 Bill Bellamy continues to do the unthinkable.... More >>

• Banjos Invade

  published May 12, 2005

  Thou shalt not squeal like a pig FRI 5/13 The 1972 movie Deliverance introduced... More >>

• How Lo Can You Go?

  published May 5, 2005

  Young art stars go lowbrow SAT 5/7 "The Miami art scene feels electric," says... More >>

• Cho 'Nuff

  published May 5, 2005

  When we get Margaret Cho on the phone and ask if she feels pressure to be funny even when she's not on stage, she says, "No. The people that I... More >>