Email Author Silke Tudor

2012 Stories by Silke Tudor

• Shortcut to España

  published April 25, 2012

  The fulcrum of Mal Sharpe’s charming documentary The Old Spaghetti Factory is a mural created by Kaffe Fassett in 1963. It depicts... More >>

• Rabbit’s Run

  published April 25, 2012

  Tonight begins nearly a month of thought-provoking performance works from around the world in the San Francisco International Art Festival.... More >>

• Sideshow No More

  published April 4, 2012

  If you’ve ever stumbled upon a fire jam, or a melee of staff-wielders, or even just a common group of jugglers, you know that the... More >>

• Norma Jean Redux

  published April 4, 2012

  When Michelle Williams was cast as Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn, the blogosphere lit up with outrage and petulant assertions that... More >>

• Drink with a Clown in a Novel

  published April 4, 2012

  Obviously, bibliophiles with coulrophobia (fear of clowns) will want to avoid Literary Clown Foolery, but for the rest of us, this... More >>

• Mass Choreograph

  published March 28, 2012

  For about 300 years starting in the 14th century, mainland Europe was afflicted by choreomania, a social phenomenon that caused thousands of... More >>

• Bach’s Lunch

  published March 14, 2012

  While not considered a great composer during his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach created more than 1,100 works, three of which were pressed onto... More >>

• Literary Lies

  published March 14, 2012

  For word-lovers there can be no greater bluffing game than Balderdash. Originally a Victorian parlor game known as the Game of Dictionary, the... More >>

• The Adaptability Shuffle

  published March 14, 2012

  In 2010, choreographer Jenni Bregman heard Oliver Sacks interviewed on NPR. After a lifetime of studying neurological conditions -- synesthesia,... More >>

• Pi in Your Face

  published March 7, 2012

  Mathematically speaking, pi is transcendental, irrational, and deliciously random. It is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its... More >>

• Brutally Delicate

  published March 7, 2012

  Watching Eiko & Koma is like observing nature. The duo is brutal and beautiful; lingering, gradual, and dynamic; deliberate and chaotic. In a... More >>

• Artist? Criminal? Yes

  published February 29, 2012

  Last year Revok, a member of the graffiti crew MSK, was arrested and sentenced to 180 days for failure to pay for property damage when his work... More >>

• Blades, Flames, and Boobs

  published February 15, 2012

  We can think of no better remedy for Valentine’s season than some serious knife-gargling, a couple of jiggly boobies, and a whole lot of... More >>

• Gender, Bent

  published February 8, 2012

  The monthlong series “Bros Before Hos” explores “masculinity and its discontent” via avenues such as vintage stag movies,... More >>

• Human Wrongs

  published February 8, 2012

  Zimbabwe is home to the breathtaking Mana Pools, Victoria Falls, Mountains of the Mist, and ancient stone ruins of a sprawling kingdom. After... More >>

• Grass-Fed Sounds

  published February 8, 2012

  Hailing from the Appalachian region of West Virginia, the burgeoning BrownChicken BrownCow StringBand (tonight at 8 p.m. at Café Du Nord)... More >>

• The Form of Function

  published February 8, 2012

  Raised in an artistic family, Christophe Come began making jewelry and bronze sculpture under the prestigious tutelage of French sculptor Louise... More >>

• Handsome Prince Not Included

  published January 25, 2012

  Sleeping Beauty, the directorial debut by award-winning Australian author Julia Leigh, follows the movements of a beautiful and pointedly... More >>