Let’s Stop Looking for God – or a Unifying Theory – Through Science

Marcelo Gleiser: “We don’t have to look for the mind of God in Nature and try to express it through our equations. Imperfect Nature has plenty to offer, if we are willing to embrace its message. The search for an all-embracing theory of Nature inspired by beauty and perfection is misguided, rooted in the monotheistic culture that has for so long dominated Western thought.”

The Live Arts Brewery (LAB): Philly Fringe Does Theater R&D

Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe’s new program “pays a handful of theater artists, dancers, and musicians (at this point all local) to create work. It gives them the space to do it, the equipment to do it right, small audiences to react as it evolves, and the oversight of a major-festival producer to guide it to polished completion.”

Ballet at Shanghai World’s Fair Cancelled Over Dedication to Tibet

Composer Pete Wyer’s The Far Shore “was created for the Shanghai Expo and was to be premiered next week as the highlight of the event’s ‘UK National Day’. But the British Council and English National Ballet cancelled the performance after learning of the [work’s] dedication [to the people of Tibet], saying … the piece had become ‘a political vehicle’.”

The Bedbug Tweet That Made The Toronto Film Festival Crazy

“Less than 10 days from the annual Toronto International Film Festival, a Twitter tweet claimed a moviegoer had been bitten by bedbugs at one of the main festival venues, Scotiabank Theatre. Within hours, the scare story zapped through cyberspace, capturing unflattering headlines on such tabloid websites as Hollywood Reporter and Perez Hilton.”