september2009

Arts:

Aristophanes' Peace adaptation at the Getty villa: too far from home, too far from the real deal.

Orchestra Nova, beautiful hall at the Qualcomm HQs building with an interesting patent wall.

Movies:

Il gattopardo: "If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change."

Mary Poppins: a classic forever.

Documentaries:

The 1900 House: How would you cope with the lifestyle of the beginning of the 20th century?

3-days of the week used just for laundry, coal-burning range at the kitchen, no shampoo or toothpaste, and no TV!

The Shape of the World: The lengthy process of mapping Earth's surface.

[we almost forgot the role the Cresques family played on it]

Incident of the month:

"remind me again, how many bottles you said?", the astonished guest asked...

What caught our attention:

MobMov: the new cinema under the stars

What did we learn:

The south Atlantic anomaly, a depression on Earth's declining magnetic field.

What did we discover:

Cymatics, or how to visualize sound (see for yourself, 4 min video)