“Welcome to the quirky world of nerdlesque, or nerd burlesque, a place where women performers of all shapes and sizes bare their geeky souls, strip down to pasties and panties – and boldly go where no man has gone before.” Show titles include A Super Mario Burlesque and The Burl-X-Files.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Kronos Quartet Takes On New Cellist
“A new cellist, USC graduate Sunny Jungin Yang will replace Jeffrey Zeigler, who is leaving Kronos to pursue solo projects and will join the faculty of Mannes College the New School for Music in New York.”
Dale Robertson, 89, Star Of Movie And TV Westerns
“The handsome, square-jawed actor, who was often said to resemble Clark Gable, … appeared in more than 60 movies … In the 1950s, Robertson moved into television” – most famously as stagecoach troubleshooter Jim Hardie in Tales of Wells Fargo – “where the faster pace appeared to suit his no-nonsense style.”
Nobel Laureate Mo Yan To Critics: You’re Just Jealous
“Mo Yan, winner of the Nobel prize for literature, has taken on the critics who have dismissed him for being too close to the Chinese government, saying they envy him the award and are distorting the meaning of his work.”
Micro-Theatres Crop Up In Spain In Wake Of Institutional Funding Cuts
“Housed in a ground-floor flat once occupied by the apartment block’s doorwoman, the Casa de La Portera is part of a cultural revolution as Spanish theatre, like other arts, finds ways to survive a recession that has seen it sucked dry of what used to be its lifeblood – public subsidies.”
The Next Generation Of Art Patrons: Tech Moguls
“Around San Francisco, tech entrepreneurs who spent years building businesses and accumulating wealth are starting to peer out from under their hoodies and explore the art world. … It’s a lucrative emerging market that is gaining the attention of museums, dealers, consultants and other art-world heavyweights.”
Humans’ Sense Of Self – Where Does It Come From?
“There appear to be few things more certain to us than the existence of our selves. We might be sceptical about the existence of the world around us, but how could we be in doubt about the existence of us? … While it seems irrefutable that we must exist in some sense, things get a lot more puzzling once we try to get a better grip of what having a self actually amounts to.”
You Think You Live In The Present, Don’t You?
“It seems obvious that we exist in the present. The past is gone and the future has not yet happened, so where else could we be? But perhaps we should not be so certain. … Our experience of the world resembles a television broadcast with a time lag; conscious perception is not ‘live’.”
You’re So Vain, You Probably Think Your Self Is About You
“Identity is often understood to be a product of memory as we try to build a narrative from the many experiences of our lives. Yet there is now a growing recognition that our sense of self may be a consequence of our relationships with others.”
When Star Choreographers Get Old Enough, They Can Unleash Furies
“Paul Taylor and Jirí Kylián are both airing their rebellious streak right into their advanced years. Having survived past the point of vulnerability in their careers, they are saying things that might have gotten them into trouble if they’d said them earlier.”