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Funny, Sexy, Weird
Secret Science Club's Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest
Science geeks are sexy, and you must know that I love weird, funny stuff. So I was in heaven on Friday night when I went to a special event held by The Secret Science Club called Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest. It was touted to be the year's most beastly Day of the Dead event, and it was.
The Secret Science Club meets once a month for mind-bending lectures and volatile experiments in my neighborhood at Union Hall. Union Hall, a warehouse converted into a giant 5,000 square foot bar, restaurant, and music joint is set up with fireplaces and cozy sofas, and the walls are lined with bookcases. Yes, there are two indoor bocce courts. The staff is friendly, too (yes!), and that makes it a very cool place.
The sweet space downstairs was home for the taxidermy action. The third annual contest invited participants to enter their taxidermy (as defined on taxidermy.net, "the method of reproducing a life-like three-dimensional representation of an animal for permanent display"), with prizes awarded to best stuffed creature and most interesting biological oddity.
The contest judges included the American Museum of Natural History's collections manager for mammalogy, Darrin Lunde; Robert Marbury, co-director of the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists; and Dorian Devins of WFMU's Speakeasy radio show. Each had an alcoholic drink in hand as they reviewed a two-headed calf, a small monkey holding a nut, and an armadillo from Schenectady.
The Secret Science Club meets once a month for mind-bending lectures and volatile experiments in my neighborhood at Union Hall. Union Hall, a warehouse converted into a giant 5,000 square foot bar, restaurant, and music joint is set up with fireplaces and cozy sofas, and the walls are lined with bookcases. Yes, there are two indoor bocce courts. The staff is friendly, too (yes!), and that makes it a very cool place.
The sweet space downstairs was home for the taxidermy action. The third annual contest invited participants to enter their taxidermy (as defined on taxidermy.net, "the method of reproducing a life-like three-dimensional representation of an animal for permanent display"), with prizes awarded to best stuffed creature and most interesting biological oddity.
The contest judges included the American Museum of Natural History's collections manager for mammalogy, Darrin Lunde; Robert Marbury, co-director of the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists; and Dorian Devins of WFMU's Speakeasy radio show. Each had an alcoholic drink in hand as they reviewed a two-headed calf, a small monkey holding a nut, and an armadillo from Schenectady.
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11:02 EST, 12.Nov.07