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2001 Stories by Edward Lebow

• Mow Better Blues

  published September 20, 2001

  Turf-building ranks second only to body-building as an American obsession. Our lawns have grown into a 25 million acre habit, costing roughly $7... More >>

• Not So Private Lives

  published September 13, 2001

  In Andy Warhol's world, everyone gets 15 minutes of fame. Charles Banaszewski -- friends call him Chuck -- is looking to grab 30, maybe... More >>

• Ice Try

  published September 6, 2001

  The current scene outside the Icehouse, on downtown's West Jackson Street, isn't the one that owner Helen Hestenes and her former husband, David... More >>

• Primary Colors

  published August 30, 2001

  Carolyn T. Lowery -- African-American neighborhood gadfly, city council candidate and ice pick in the toes of just about every authority -- has a... More >>

• Meet Market

  published August 2, 2001

  For a month or so this spring, the most confusing sign in Phoenix was the one on the broad beige façade of Southwest Supermarkets' new... More >>

• In Sight Full

  published August 2, 2001

  You don't notice the powder-blue hat at first. Its hue is too cool to steal your eye from the surrounding candy-wrapper yellows, oranges and reds.... More >>

• Much Ado About Numbers

  published June 21, 2001

  The body count of culture is on the rise.In the past half year alone, more than 200,000 people passed through the Norman Rockwell exhibition at... More >>

• Unpackin' Mama's Pistol

  published June 7, 2001

  The Arizona Museum for Youth has a reputation for innovative offerings. Yet in the coming months, it will be giving families access to something... More >>

• Queen of Arts

  published May 3, 2001

  Some arts patrons wear their wealth. Katherine Herberger gives it -- by the millions. In the 50-some years since she and her late husband, Robert,... More >>

• Simple Comfort

  published April 12, 2001

  It's difficult to make a convincing case for the comforts of things you can't touch. Yet there's clearly a physical ease about the fashions and... More >>

• The Light Fantastic

  published March 22, 2001

  It's tough to name the feeling you get being rolled, head first, into James Turrell's Gasworks -- maybe a little anxious, maybe a little... More >>

• Artistic Differences

  published March 15, 2001

  Weddings and funerals rarely share the same spotlight. Yet when Frank Jacobson, president of the Scottsdale Cultural Council, emerged from the... More >>

• Edifice Complex

  published March 1, 2001

  If you listen closely, beyond the din of new megamalls, hockey arenas and football stadiums, you'll hear the rumble of an approaching wave of... More >>

• Small Craft Warning

  published February 15, 2001

  "Craft" has proven to be a remarkably elastic term. Once a relatively taut label for useful objects made by hand, it has been stretched by artists... More >>

• Hoke Floats

  published January 25, 2001

  No modern artist made more of normality than Norman Rockwell did."I do ordinary people in everyday situations, and that's about all I can do,"... More >>

• Shooting Star

  published January 11, 2001

  A photographic negative of dead Italian fascist Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clarette Petacci, isn't something you'd expect to find in the... More >>

• Four Hands One Heart

  published January 11, 2001

  Even before the lights dimmed, it was apparent that this was no ordinary movie première. Held in the recreation center -- down the path... More >>