THE 4TH-ANNUAL CARNIVOROUS NIGHTS TAXIDERMY CONTEST
When
Nov 15, 2009 7:30 pm (Sunday)
What
SUN 11/15: 7:30pm / $4 THE 4TH-ANNUAL CARNIVOROUS NIGHTS TAXIDERMY CONTESTCalling all science geeks, nature freaks, and other rogue geniuses! Show off your beloved moose head, stuf...
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Event details: THE 4TH-ANNUAL CARNIVOROUS NIGHTS TAXIDERMY CONTEST
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SUN 11/15: 7:30pm / $4
THE 4TH-ANNUAL CARNIVOROUS NIGHTS TAXIDERMY CONTEST
THE 4TH-ANNUAL CARNIVOROUS NIGHTS TAXIDERMY CONTEST
- Calling all science geeks, nature freaks, and other rogue geniuses!
- Show off your beloved moose head, stuffed albino squirrel, sinuous snake skeletons, jarred sea slugs, and other specimens. Compete for prizes and glory!
- Enter your taxidermy to win! The contest will be judged by our panel of savage taxidermy enthusiasts, including Robert Marbury, co-founder of the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists, and Dorian Devins, WFMU DJ and Secret Science Club co-curator
- Prizes for best stuffed creature, most interesting biological oddity, and more!
- Don't miss the feral taxidermy talk by beast mistress Melissa Milgrom, author of the forth-coming book, Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy
- Plus! Groove to taxidermy-inspired tunes and video
- Imbibe ferocious specialty drinks!
Contest Rules: The contest is open to taxidermy (homemade, purchased, found), preserved and jarred specimens, skeletons, skulls, gaffs... and beyond. (Note: Wet specimens must remain in their jars.)
Entrants: Please contact secretscienceclub@gmail.com to pre-register, and arrive at 7 pm on the night of the contest to log in your beast or specimen. Share your taxidermy (and its tale) with the world!
Spectators are invited to cheer their favorite specimens.
Where: The Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues), Gowanus, Brooklyn. p: 718.643.6510 Subway: F to 4th Ave; R to 9th St; F or G to Smith/9th
When: Sunday 11/15/09. Doors and pre-show at 7:30 pm. Taxidermy talk at 8 pm. Contest at 8:30 pm!
Cover: $4
Contest Background: The Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest is hosted by the Secret Science Club, an organization dedicated to exploring scientific discoveries and potent potables. The contest was started in 2005 by Secret Science Club co-curators Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson to shamelessly promote their taxidermy-inspired book Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger. The event has since taken on a life of its own, with first-year winners Andrew Templar and Jim Carden—co-owners of the Bell House—now providing a permanent home for this beastly annual smack-down.
For more information, contact secretscienceclub@gmail.com
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