Email Author Silke Tudor

2012 Stories by Silke Tudor

• 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 >>