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2004 Stories by Kim Toms

• Fable Bodied

  published December 23, 2004

  12/31 Appearances often are deceiving. You'd probably expect a public performance of Aesop's fables to be some infantile feel-good... More >>

• Balls Out!

  published November 25, 2004

  11/29-11/30 Marketing jingles, every sports franchise has got one. With the Suns, it's "Working hard, playing harder." Feh. The... More >>

• Dude, There's My Car

  published November 11, 2004

  Sat 11/13 Looking back on the long and storied history of automobile culture, it's safe to say no single decade mastered the art of the... More >>

• Milk Money

  published October 14, 2004

  Sat 10/16 With Wall Street watching, there'd better be one hell of a good reason IBM and Microsoft are spending $2,500 each on a... More >>

• Devil in Disguise

  published October 14, 2004

  10/15-10/17 The ladies are packing lightly for Have Tassels Will Travel, a play following the life of burlesque dancer Satan's... More >>

• Unusual Suspects

  published October 7, 2004

  10/7-10/31 By now, we've been inundated by so much rigmarole surrounding "Decision 2004," we're more likely to pull a trigger come... More >>

• Secret Agent Ham

  published September 23, 2004

  9/24-9/26 Austin Powers can switch himself off, because when it comes to spy send-ups, there was none better than Get Smart.... More >>

• Puff Riders

  published September 16, 2004

  9/17-9/22 Democrats might have halcyon memories of JFK and Camelot, but we're betting you cigar aficionados think ol' Jack can just... More >>

• Low Life

  published September 2, 2004

  9/4-9/5 Danny Ochoa has a secret identity he wants to keep on the down low. As a judge for Lowrider Magazine, the 37-year-old... More >>

• Renaissance Woman

  published August 5, 2004

  8/6-8/31 If Lee Hazel has to be stuck in medieval times, she's bringing some friends with her. In her latest exhibition, which opens at... More >>

• Get Over It

  published July 29, 2004

  Ongoing "Rising to unimaginable heights" doesn't just describe summer's sweat-extracting temperatures. Mere mortals have the... More >>

• Net Results

  published July 22, 2004

  SAT 7/24 A dream catcher -- a hoop strung with netting -- traps bad dreams while allowing good ones to swish through, functioning... More >>

• Laugh Lines

  published June 17, 2004

  Fri 6/18 Being funny on cue is kind of like peeing on command. You gotta have it in you. Improv master Colin Mochrie's got it.... More >>

• Draggin' Tale

  published June 10, 2004

  Sat 6/12 An old Sesame Street ditty ("One of these things is not like the others . . .") will prove useful this Saturday, June... More >>

• Cowboy Junkies

  published June 10, 2004

  Fri 6/11 If genetic soda jerks made a milk shake of Allen Ginsberg's, Baxter Black's and George Carlin's DNA, they'd get JL Reed --... More >>

• Enter Sand Men

  published May 20, 2004

  5/21-5/22 Think "sand drags" mean a keg at the river bottom and a coupla converted Beetles? Meet Richard Holmes, a man who hasn't... More >>

• Fang Base

  published May 6, 2004

  Sun 5/9 Despite their five-game win streak, as well as a likely berth in the Arena Football League playoffs, the Arizona Rattlers will... More >>

• Eclectic Slide

  published April 29, 2004

  Some people talk with their hands; dancers talk with their arms and bellies and sacroiliacs. Listen as 30 dance groups use body language to... More >>

• Spiked Punch

  published April 22, 2004

  4/23-4/25 Mad hops and beer hops join forces when the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour serves up the Tempe Open from Friday, April 23,... More >>

• First Steps

  published April 22, 2004

  Fri 4/23 "I don't want the audience to blink," says Hodgie Jo, artistic director for Imation Dance Company, "not even once, throughout... More >>

• Eco Trip

  published April 15, 2004

  4/17-4/18 "We have all the answers now in terms of technology, clean water, clean air, transportation, building, education [and]... More >>

• Mock the Boat

  published April 15, 2004

  Sat 4/17 Let's face it: Boston harbors the big ships, and we're not exactly known for our nautical prowess. But you can help change... More >>

• Pieces of Ib

  published April 8, 2004

  4/8-4/11 "When you watch anything in performing arts," explains Ballet Arizona's artistic director Ib Andersen, "or you go and see a... More >>

• Something Gold, Something New

  published April 1, 2004

  Fri 4/2 First Friday visitors will schlep about longer than usual this week, thanks to the debut of the Gold Spot Transitional Bar &... More >>

• Crisis of Faith

  published March 11, 2004

  Thu 3/11 Nearly a decade before San Francisco's mayor incited a bold uprising of gay marriage supporters, Sandi DuBowski, a soft-spoken... More >>