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

• Blowin' Smoke

  published April 28, 2005

  Slightly Stoopid is da kind band, brah! TUE 5/3 California's Slightly Stoopid pulls... More >>

• Diddy Does It

  published April 28, 2005

  P.'s Spring Fest packs in the celebrities SAT 4/30 It's a numbers game, they figure.... More >>

• Cranked Up

  published April 21, 2005

  Jim Florentine hangs up the phone and grabs the mic THU 4/21 Politely refusing an unwelcome... More >>

• Dear Juliet

  published April 21, 2005

  Wherefore art the popcorn? THU 4/21 If you thought Santa Claus was in for a serious case... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published April 21, 2005

  THU 21 After seven days and more than 150 films, including 11 world premieres, six U.S. premieres, and 43 Florida premieres, the... More >>

• The Other Boss

  published April 14, 2005

  Says, "We are the gumbo" SAT 4/16 B.B. King once sang, "The blues had a baby, and... More >>

• Weirdos!

  published April 14, 2005

  Meet the people behind lowbrow art SAT 4/16 Lowbrow art is a lot like Michael Jackson.... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published April 14, 2005

  THU 14 Motley Crue did it. Poison did it. And Kiss did it best. So why shouldn't King Diamond dust off his Caboodles makeup... More >>

• Elephantitis

  published April 7, 2005

  FRI 4/8 Joseph Carey Merrick (1862-1890), a.k.a. the Elephant Man, had a rare disease called Proteus syndrome that caused exaggerated... More >>

• Wine Not?

  published April 7, 2005

  TUE 4/12 If you're more of a boozer than a foodie, think of this as the opportunity to reform yourself -- while still catching a... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published April 7, 2005

  THU 7 You may not have heard of comedian Pablo Francisco, but chances are, after his show you won't forget him. The... More >>

• Holy Mackerel

  published March 31, 2005

  FRI 4/1 "Yuh mean to tell mi seh yuh really stop already?" dancehall star Macka Diamond sings to a "one-minute man" on... More >>

• Shtetl Havana

  published March 31, 2005

  THU 3/31 According to the website www.globalsecurity.org, the largest organized religion... More >>

• We Can Dig It

  published March 31, 2005

  Isaac Hayes' life story is so jam-packed that the 5,000-word biography on his website contains only three sentences about the role for which you... More >>

• Embrace the Abyss

  published March 24, 2005

  Josh Kornbluth shows us how to really live THU 3/24 What a charmed life Josh Kornbluth... More >>

• Oh, Brother

  published March 24, 2005

  Where art my harmonica? SAT 3/26 Some fascinating things have happened in the history... More >>

• They're Back!

  published March 17, 2005

  Eternal lighting of a sculpture line THU 3/17 Although they aren't holding any more... More >>

• NBA Slugfest

  published March 17, 2005

  Round two for Shaq and Kobe THU 3/17 It's an NBA tale of two cities. For Shaq in Miami,... More >>

• Colombian Celluloid

  published March 17, 2005

  If you thought smuggling cocaine from Colombia was difficult, try importing 14 films on old-school 35mm reels. "I am still struggling with the... More >>

• Just Add Water

  published March 10, 2005

  Donavon Frankenreiter rocks the surf-inspired tunes SUN 3/13 With his '70s porn star... More >>

• Art to the Max

  published March 10, 2005

  The iconography of an icon THU 3/10 Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine... More >>

• In the Green

  published March 10, 2005

  Who's your paddy? SAT 3/12 We could go on at length about the 20-odd musical acts at... More >>

• On the Ball

  published March 3, 2005

  Globetrotters rock the striped shorts in Boca MON 3/7 If you're wondering why the... More >>

• The Inner Lens

  published March 3, 2005

  Legendary photographer Ansel Adams once said, "I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning... More >>

• Hot Rods

  published March 3, 2005

  Hey, girls, you can get rid of that envy now. Guys aren't the only ones with the long poles -- not since Betty Baumann started running a fishing... More >>