Hudson river miracle

Avem un erou. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, pilotul de pe airbus-ul US Airways aterizat miraculos in raul Hudson spre salvarea tuturor pasagerilor. via Hotnews De unde aflam impresiile unui martor ocular, intamplator cititor Hotnews:

Am vazut toata faza de la fereastra biroului meu, alertat de colegii ingroziti ca se repeta nebunia de la 9.11. Avionul a planat si a amerizat perfect paralel cu apa. Dupa "impact" s-a rotit usor spre stinga, cu fata spre malul newyorkez al raului. In cateva secunde pasagerii au iesit pe usile din dreptul aripilor sau pe toboganele gonflabile care sunt la usile din fata ale aeronavelor. In cateva minute, paza de coasta a inceput sa-i evacueze. Apele nu erau inghetate, aeronava a lovit un stol de pasari mari (probabil gaste sau pescarusi), iar aeronava nu s-a scufundat. Dupa evacuarea pasagerilor, a fost tractata spre sud, pina in Battery Park. Autoritatile mentionate in articol sunt primarul Bloomberg si guvernatorul Patterson, care s-au abtinut de la orice fel de speculatii legate de cauza accidentului. In legatura cu pilotul, acesta este un veteran al mansei, cu peste 20 de ani de experienta. In tinerete a fost pilot in fortele aeriene."

Ceea ce ma duce cu gandul la rememorarile lui 9.11 din Extrem de tare si incredibil de aproape a lui Safran Foer.

My Grandma's Backyard la BestFest

pe tot parcursul festivalului in zilele 4,5,6 iulie. Cortul MyGrandma's Backyard va fi pe undeva aproape de intrare. Sa nu uitam, deci, sa luam bani la noi pentru ca, cine stie, poate Coca Zaboloteanu ne aduce pantofii preferati alb-negru de gangster masura 36, sau poate gasim niste shoes Aiurea sau poate vreun detaliu vintage, sau poate ceva very Roisin Murphy.

Recapitulez participantii: Coca Zaboloteanu, Now & Wow, Naive Design, Aiurea shoes, NOKO, Burp, Tricksbox, Virginia Toma, Andreea Vaduva, Cosmina Nicolescu, Evintage.ro.

Misscommunications on Vodafone

Things are really spooky. I just received a call from a friend, his name was shown on the screen but the voice was that of a woman looking for Mihaela. She said there had been an accident. I got scared. It was clearly a mistake but why did my friend's name clearly appear on my mobile phone screen as this lady called? I asked around only to find that weird thing have been happening for some hours now. I got calls from a Mr. Trandafir and a Simona. Both very nervous because they were sure to have called the right persons. I expected them to yell: "what did you do to my friend? where is he/she??!!"
The best so far is a colleague trying to call Vodafone's *222 number to report the series of miss communications and got transfered to ... himself. Make the most of now! as they say :)

Anyone been there or anywhere close today?

azi si de cateva zile

Bonus, ceva auzit azi in forfota de martzishorit: "Mami, exista Pastele Cailor?"
U bet your life it is, kiddo.

In rest, haleluya for the daffodils.

paNOU Cohn & Jansen

Teatrul care ne dezvolta

Din seria recuperari, somatii tip don't miss si noi sperante ma bucur sa stiu ca:
Vineri e The Shape of things
Vineri, 1 februarie, ora 19.00, la Teatrul Act:

THE SHAPE OF THINGS de Neil LaBute
cu:
MIHAELA SIRBU
VLAD ZAMFIRESCU
IRINA VELCESCU
SERBAN PAVLU

regia: VLAD MASSACI
scenografia/concept video/sunet: ANDU DUMITRESCU

O productie TEATRUL FARA FRONTIERE in colaborare cu Teatrul Act

Rezervari la telefon: 3103 103, Teatrul Act

si ca
Sambata e Bash

Sambata, 9 februarie, ora 19.00, la Teatrul Act:
Bash. O trilogie contemporana (tot) Neil LaBute
cu:
MIHAI CALIN
IRINA VELCESCU
VLAD ZAMFIRESCU
MIHAELA SIRBU

regia: VLAD MASSACI
scenografia / light design: ANDU DUMITRESCU

O productie TEATRUL FARA FRONTIERE

Rezervari tot la Teatrul Act

dar mai ales TFF (pe care ii iubesc, mai ales de la Autobahn incoace, ca tocmai ce-am vorbit cu Ioana despre asta) face CURSURI DE TEATRU PRIN IMPROVIZATIE

Incepand cu luna februarie Teatrul Fara Frontiere organizeaza, in colaborare cu Fundatia Calea Victoriei, in cadrul programului "Ce nu te invata scoala", cursuri de teatru prin improvizatie pentru copii si adulti.

Improvizatia bazata pe metoda britanicului Keith Johnstone dezvolta dorinta de colaborare, flexibilitatea, capacitatea de a asculta si de a conduce. Deprinderea acestor abilitati, prin joc, este esentiala pentru dezvoltarea personala.

Mai multe aici

Don't miss: Seara BD la Centrul Ceh

Seara BD la Centrul Ceh / 31 ianuarie / 20h00
Pentru pasionatii de benzi desenate:
Lansarea revistei cehesti de banda desenata Aargh! de catre Tomas Kucerovsky / Expozitie BD Alexandru Ciubotariu / O scurta istorie a benzii desenate in Romania cu Dodo Nita, presedintele asociatiei BD Romania. Un eveniment 3 in 1 la Centrul Ceh.




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Thalassa, Thalassa, acolo unde ochii dor

Ce bine ca ne reaminteste Mirona de DaKino si mai ales de filmul pe care vreau neaparat sa-l revad. "Thalassa, Thalassa, acolo unde ochii dor", un road trip prin ochi de copil, cu mare si nemaginire, poveste si chipuri frumoase. Ce bine ca e!!! Ce bine ca mai e!!! Felicitari DaKino! Filmul (facut in '94) e premiat la Rotterdam dar nu a fost difuzat decat o data in Romania (si asta acum vreo 3 ani) la Elvira Popescu. Atunci am vazut eu filmul si pe Anuta, personajul feminin principal, in carne si oase.
Un film despre care povesteam, entuziasmata, acum cativa ani, Sandrei only to find ca Silvia (Anuta din film) este "her best friend". Asta asa, ca mi s-a parut mie simpatic sa-mi amintesc...

Nu ratati filmul. E frumusete care doare. Am cele mai frumoase amintiri. De-abia astept sa ma re-imbib. Sambata aceasta la Sala Auditorium a MNaR.

Holiday's goodies for relatives in Spain

On my way through the city I am privileged to see the most surprising or impressive things, happenings and sceneries. I will post some stories and call the series .... "corner-eye shots".
Today, for instance, I came across a van, the colour dark navy blue, surrounded by pakages, big-size, small-size, almost all bearing at least one brand-logo on the carton box, and a lot of people.
They all flocked an area where a lot of electoral panels lay and my first thought was, oh! they're campaigning, in the streets, giving stuff to the people!!!
Coming closer I noticed that people were writing on the boxes, or taking them to their car, or securing them with scotch straps, weighing them and counting money.
And snap-shot! one box went to Nicolae T, Zaragosa, Spain.

And bingo! Every box was going to the Romanians working in Spain. Goodies for Christmas for the ones who miss the taste og winter holidays at home. I know a few stories about this phenomena and I would've loved to stop and do a quick inquiry and see what each box contains. But the branded boxes gave some suggestions: Bors Magic, 7days Croissants, Elita (cheap) Coffee, Rieni Palinca (in plastic bottles). I bet there was also some traditional smoked cheese, home-made fruit syrups and jam, some medicines, corn flower for mamaliga...

One mysterious thing said ee cummings

I'm going to see Vera Mantero (Portuguese choreographer and dancer) dancing tonight at CNDB . Miki Braniste, biggest thanks for letting me know about this!

Vera will actually perform in two shows this evening: the Josephine Baker homage One mysterious thing, said ee cummings and also Perhaps she could dance first ...and think afterwards. I'm in the mood for dancing. The back-pain is only in the body...In the back...back!

Do come and meet me if you happen to be around the National Theatre in Bucharest at around 18.30. I will be there celebrating mutely the times when I used to dance. Picture courtesy of cndb.

London's burning

London's burning!/London's burning!/Fetch water!/Fetch water!/Fire!Fire!/Fire!Fire!/And we have no water
it's a song (about the Great Fire in 1666 London) I've been singing this morning quite obsessively only to later find out that there has been a fire and a lot of smoke in London. It seems that fire burst out at some deserted warehouses in the Olympic Park area. The stock went down. People fear terrorist attacks again and I guess it's no wonder.
They were fearing too when I first (and eventually) visited my most fantasized and read-about city in the world. I remember being stuck for three hours in the Underground because of some strange events on the Piccadilly Line. Everyone thought about bombs or false alarms. Instead, a woman had killed herself by jumping on the line in front of the train. I found it hard to breath and got my first delusion with London.
Now I miss that city. Take the smoke out!

Science of sleep and my friends

It's damn hot. Got some writing to work at and can't get passed the title (which has already been set, now how great is that?!)Instead I escape to random thoughts and memories, amongst which there's this flashback, from Gondry's "Science of sleep", a lovely surrealist film I managed to see in a rather empty baloon-cinema at TIFF in Sibiu. Stephan (the main character) said at some point "I worked hard allday ... in my dreams". (Of course, it sounds so much better en francais!)Stephan has this great ability of getting, or better still, staying in touch with his deepest dreams. Stephanie, the girl next door, makes things with her hands. Beautiful things. She reminds me of Oana and Cristina, two of my friends who make beautiful things with their hands.
Here's some footage from the film, just to rememorize and get in the mood...of having dreams.

and there was Tori Amos (2)

a very good video and a great example of how she communicated with the audience in Bucharest. Loved it.

And there was Tori Amos

Tori Amos, simply amazing at the Friday concert, more than a simple, feeble video could say.

she breaks indeed, the siren

Waiting to get toridazzled

Tori Amos is going to perform tomorrow (actually, today as it's way past midnight now and I can't seem to get myself in bed)in Bucharest. I,ve been so busy that it's only now that I got the butterflies and started to anticipate. By looking at the gigs so far, I get shivers up my spine and I'm fervently searching for more videos on you tube, playing my tori playlist and keep on guessing on the songs we're going to hear so soon. I'm a little bit numb ... I'm basically sleep-searching&posting.

Earlier this evening I came back from work and rushed to my playlist and saw a most liquid sky with the liquid dimonds as soundtrack. Who know just how many moments I'll have at the concert. I just realised how much I've waited for this performer to come, I somehow still don't believe I'm gonna see and listen to Tori Amos live in a few hours. Any experience, I will share. Hope I can get a little footage too :)Stay around.
Me's going to sleep with butterflies.... Nighty-night!
May'be I'll dream on what she will be. See below how cruel Santa can get.

Life...

I just found out that Romanian sculptor Ovidiu Maitec passed away last Sunday, in Paris. He will be burried on Friday, at the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest.

Picture found here

IKEA opening in Bucharest, Romania. Today. I hope my blogging friends will share the photos from the event. I also hope it didn't compete the things shown in Czech Dream...