July 2010
July 2010
Arts:
The Taming of the Shrew at the Old Globe
Movies:
New Tricks: For our addiction to suspense-thrill TV, this time with a vintage touch.
Documentaries:
-Medical Mavericks, on how medical advances have been made at the cost of daring doctors and unaware patients alike.
-Dimbleby in Russia, a huge land still to be explored. Can't wait to go there!
Incident of the month:
A new crusader against... a tree! Our poor eucalyptus tree, at the entrance of the alley is under attack...
What caught our attention:
First it was slow food, now it is slow reading
Do you want to make a fool of yourself? Just try to predict the future.
What did we learn:
How important data visualization is to get the point across.
What did we discover:
The Sinfonia Concertante of Danzi and Pleyel.
What did we achieve:
1 minute bread? It looks promising but still under test.
Our pictures of the month:
ballooing in circles
growing strong
against the wind
The book of the month:
Ana Karenina, as Tolstonian as it gets. Snapshots of a society in search of happiness and meaning.