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Twitpics from space

HuffPo article about International Space Station astronaut Soichi Noguchi who is tweeting pics from space. Too cool! 


The article includes a slide show, or you can check out his Twitter feed, or his Twitpics.

Brooklyn: Get thee to some Shakespeare

I'm psyched that I got tickets just in time to catch the As You Like It on Sunday, February 7th. It is part of the 2010 Bridge Project at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. From the BAM web site:

>>Following a critically acclaimed inaugural year, Tony and Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes will again direct a transatlantic company of actors for the second season of The Bridge Project, a unique three-year series of co-productions by BAM, The Old Vic, and Neal Street devoted to producing large-scale, classical theater for international audiences.<<

I don't know if I had a serious opinion about Sam Mendes as a director before, but happened to see both The Winter's Tale and The Cherry Orchard--the 2009 Bridge Project bill--at the Old Vic in London last year and really enjoyed both nights. All of the actors were wonderful, and the direction was, as it should be, completely invisible. I was excited to see this happening again, conveniently in Brooklyn where I live.


I'll be back at BAM on March 9th for The Tempest. 


On a side note, I noticed Sam Mendes is also attached to a movie in development called Netherland. I hope it is an adaptation of the excellent Joseph O'Neill novel!