Email Author Silke Tudor

2008 Stories by Silke Tudor

• The Realms of Lee and Mars

  published May 14, 2008

  The parallels between artists David Choong Lee and Mars-1 may not be immediately apparent. Choong Lee's work is decidedly urban, from his... More >>

• Way Up Thar

  published April 23, 2008

  In 2004, sibling filmmakers Jeremy and Randy Stulberg discovered a community of drug dealers, runaways, veterans, and self-proclaimed patriots... More >>

• Butoh Yes They Did

  published April 23, 2008

  Perhaps more than any other contemporary butoh artist, Shinichi Iova-Koga integrates the humor and horror of existence. Whether coyly romancing a... More >>

• In Good Company

  published April 9, 2008

  The local Company C Contemporary Ballet -- directed by one-time New York City Ballet dancer Charles Anderson -- counts among its many artistic... More >>

• Drink Up

  published April 9, 2008

  One of the more enduring mementos to pass through this office was the SF Weakly, a satire crafted by comedian Kurt Weitzmann in 2000.... More >>

• Bad Infrastructure

  published April 9, 2008

  At the beginning of the month, the Cardboard Institute of Technology (CIT) inaugurated the municipality of CardBurg, an apparition of whimsical... More >>

• Hanging Around

  published April 9, 2008

  Over the last 17 years, Project Bandaloop has danced on El Capitan and awed 1700 faithful hikers in the Dolomites. They've spent 18 days trekking... More >>

• The Herky-Jerky

  published April 2, 2008

  It's hard to believe that the epic battle in Ray Harryhausen's Jason and the Argonauts has only seven skeletons. That inhuman maelstrom of... More >>

• Terribly Titular

  published April 2, 2008

  Since he was posthumously granted the Golden Turkey Award for Worst Director of All Time, Ed Wood has inspired some unlikely, but long overdue,... More >>

• Giving You Some Lip

  published March 12, 2008

  The yoni is sacred in Hindu mythology. In Sanskrit, the word may refer to a vagina, a temple, a divine passage, or the seat of all... More >>

• WHIZ! BANG!

  published March 5, 2008

  Frustrated by the institutionalization of the avant-garde, the founders of POW! Mini Performance Art Festival have taken matters into their... More >>

• Come On!

  published February 20, 2008

  It has been reported that 43 percent of American women are non-orgasmic and 70 percent can not reach orgasm by penetration alone. While such stats... More >>

• Gimme a "G!"

  published February 20, 2008

  There's a little disagreement over the organization of the Ethical Decalogue in the Old Testament. (Is coveting your neighbors' wife and house one... More >>

• The Slav Trade

  published February 20, 2008

  Many of us are cultural orphans, ethnic mutts at least a generation removed from the music that coursed through our ancestors' veins. We've stood... More >>

• Incarceration Nation

  published February 13, 2008

  Imprisonment is part of the American experience. With the decline of farming, mining, and manufacturing, prisons represent a rare growth industry... More >>

• Dildo Juggler! Dildo Juggler!

  published February 13, 2008

  While April Fool's Day is San Francisco's most emblematic holiday, Valentine's Day is often our most triumphant. No other city in America is... More >>

• We Can Kick the Pope Around Next Year, Maybe

  published February 6, 2008

  We squeaked through another year. Somehow we managed not to contract drug-resistant TB, die from overhydration trying to "Hold Your Wee for a... More >>

• There Already Is Blood

  published February 6, 2008

  The visceral impact of Jordan Eagles' work at "New Blood Paintings" is immediate and unshakeable. Not, as some critics have suggested, because the... More >>