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Matt Evans

Matt Evans lives in Utah with Brooklyn and Cairo. He is an associate editor with The Sigurd Journal, and a real estate developer.

Letters to a Young Lawrence Welk

Before he became famous, Lawrence Welk was just another hoofer working for tips. Then he reached out to Rainer Maria Rilke. MATT EVANS discovers where the Chicken Dance began. (Spoofs & Satire | May 19, 2009)

I Will Sing When You’re All Dead

Professional opera singer, mountain climber, race car driver, and Vladimir Nabokov’s best translator and collaborator, Dmitri Nabokov has led an impassioned life. MATT EVANS offers an impassioned profile. (Profiles | November 19, 2008)

Ferry Tale

The best realtors have personality, professionalism, and drive—Mike Ferry’s One-on-One training seminar is where they get it. MATT EVANS undergoes three days of ego crushing, dream building, and chasing the world’s greatest real-estate agent, Froy Cadelario. (Profiles | May 23, 2006)

To Blunt the Razor’s Edge

November is National Beard Month—but before you stop shaving you’d better have a close look at your options. An explanation of common facial hairstyles, including notes on those best avoided. (Guides | November 2, 2005)

The New Confederacy

Whether or not the new head of FEMA knows what’s best for New Orleans is a matter of concern—at least for the one person who knows he knows what’s best for the city. Presenting a manifesto, a proposal, a parvum opus from one Mr. Ignatius J. Reilly. (Spoofs & Satire | September 20, 2005)

Natural Selection

With no prospects for a girlfriend and his level of physical fitness plummeting, Matt Evans reads Darwin in hope of personal evolution, and then embarks upon a journey of cardiovascular and self-improvement. With unexpected results. (Stories | August 2, 2004)


TODAY’S FEATURE

The Game of Love

Anyone who says video games shouldn’t appeal to adults, let alone women, has never flirted with General Carth Onassi. MARIE MUTSUKI MOCKETT explores a virtual courtship.

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RoseLee Goldberg is an art historian, curator, and author of Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present. In 2004, she founded PERFORMA, a non-profit arts...