This past Saturday, I got a chance to go see The Striking Viking Story Pirates, an awesome improv/theater troupe here in New York City that takes stories that real children have written, and turns them into hilarious shorts, usually with a musical flair. While I prefer the stage version, here is a hilarious short film based on a sentence written by an 8 year old:
The Story Pirates are great, but have dueling personalities. By day (well, all the time actually), this is a non-profit charity that travels around New York, doing important educational work with the aim of improving creativity and literacy in area schools. And by night, The Story Pirates bring a more risqué version of their show to an adult crowd at The Drama Bookshop on West 40th Street, which, if you can get out to see it, is well worth the price of admission.
Check these guys out and donate if you can; or get tickets for one of their shows…while it’s still possible! The Story Pirates are not going to be small potatoes forever.
Check out this video of Arthur Benjamin, from TED’s 2005 Conference. A self-proclaimed ‘mathemagician’, Arthur can multiply numbers up to 5 digits in length in his head. And he works faster than calculators.
Obviously he’s good with the numbers. It’s also safe to say he’s probably not nearly as good with the ladies.
The Beeskit team has a nice video gallery of their sociological “missions” and art projects throughout Seoul, South Korea. “Free Punch” and “Elevator Workout” are two personal favorites.
What would happen if you were walking down a San Francisco street, minding your own business, and some dude accidentally dropped a bunch of cocaine right in front of you? UnspunCulture finds out the answer, with some hilarity:
