Ian Butler News

Why are animals the way they are? A long time ago, Rudyard Kipling wrote the Just So Stories for his own children - stories about where he imagined animals' trunks and humps and throats and other things came from.

Why are animals the way they are? A long time ago, Rudyard Kipling wrote the Just So Stories for his own children - stories about where he imagined animals' trunks and humps and throats and other things came from.

David Zwirner presents the work of Diana Thater at this year's The Armory Show (*Pier 92, Booth 701). The artist will have a solo presentation at the gallery's booth of three new video walls made up of nine monitors each.

Divine Fits' moody and hypnotic performance video for 'Would That Not Be Nice,' directed by Brian Butler (director of Black Lips' 'Modern Art,' Kenneth Anger collaborator etc.) has been unveiled at the band's website, Divinefits.com, as well as Stereogum.com, and is currently spreading to every cool corner of the internet as you read this.

Producer Jo Schuman Silver, The Steve Silver Foundation and Beach Blanket Babylon - the world's longest running musical revue - has announced the 10th anniversary of the Steve Silver Foundation and Beach Blanket Babylon "Scholarship for the Arts" program.

Jo Schuman Silver, producer of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, announced last night the three Bay Area high school winners of The Steve Silver Foundation & Beach Blanket Babylon 'Scholarship for the Arts.'

Jo Schuman Silver, producer of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, announced today the selection of nine Bay Area finalists for the Steve Silver Foundation and Beach Blanket Babylon 'Scholarship for the Arts.'

Jo Schuman Silver, producer of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, announced today the selection of nine Bay Area finalists for the Steve Silver Foundation and Beach Blanket Babylon 'Scholarship for the Arts.'