Astronaut Leroy Chiao's Space Blog- postcard of the Patagonian Glaciers
This is one of my favorite shots. We generally think of South America as very warm, but in fact, the southern area is very close to the Antarctic continent. Icebergs can frequently be observed in the area and there many glaciers can be seen. This photo shows glacial feeds flowing into a lake in southern Chile. The conditions were exceptionally clear, allowing good definition of the mountain and glacier features.
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(New York, NY—March 5, 2012) Saving Face,Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge’s Oscar-winning short documentary about the plight of two Pakistani women who were victims of acid attacks, is one of more than 50 hand-selected films that will wow audiences at the 12th annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF). Presented by the Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC), NYIFF is scheduled from May 23 to 27 at Tribeca Cinemas in lower Manhattan. Formerly known as the IAAC and MIAAC Film Festivals, NYIFF has premiered some of the most well-known South Asian and foreign films, including Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, Bride and Prejudice, Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake, and several others. Some of the highlights of this year’s festival include:
May
23rd -
Opening
night
red
carpet
screening
at
Paris
Theatre
&
Gala
Benefit
at
Essex
House
May
24th –
Industry
Panels
at
Tribeca
Cinemas
May
24th
to
27th –
NYIFF
Screenings,
post-screening
events,
parties,
special
events
Script-writing
workshops
One
minute
cell
phone
films
by
NYU
Tisch
Film
&
TV
students
on
Bollywood
Music
Nightly
networking
parties
at
lounges
around
New
York
City
May
25th –
Centerpiece
screening
&
discussion:
Tribute
to
Dev
Anand
–Hum
Dono
Rangeen
Daniel Dae Kim and Dr. Patricia E. Taylor will be honored at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s 35th Anniversary Gala on Monday, March 19, 2012, at the Edison Ballroom, 240 W 47th Street in New York. Tickets are $350, $500 and $1,000; tables begin at $5,000. Call 212-868-4030 or visit www.panasianrep.org to purchase.
Daniel Dae Kim image courtesy of DDK Entertainment
The
evening
will
be
co-emceed
by
Broadway
performer
Raul
Aranas
(Miss
Saigon),
and
SLANT's
Richard
Ebihara
and
Perry
Yung.
Pan
Asian
Rep
will
honor
Daniel
Dae
Kim,
alum
from
Pan
Asian
Rep’s
1993
production
ofA
Doll
House and
star
of
television
series
“Hawaii
Five-O,”
“Lost,”
and
Academy
Award-winning
film Crash;
and
Dr.
Patricia
E.
Taylor,
research
scientist,
who
with
husband
Kenneth
Taylor,
former
Canadian
Ambassador
to
Iran
in
the
70′s,
was
a
key
player
in
the
escape
of
6
Americans
during
the
Iran
hostage
crisis.
The 7th Annual Red Socks Award, established to honor the memory of Lilah Kan, will be given to an Asian-American performer, to be announced at the event. The evening’s entertainment will also present highlights from Pan Asian’s musicals, andspecial In Memoriam photo tributes to Ellen Stewart founder of La Mama E.T.C. and Jadin Wong entertainer and artists manager.
Congratulations to playwright David Henry Hwang, who has been named the Honoree of the 31st Annual William Inge Theatre Festival, in Independence, Kansas, on the campus of Independence Community College.
David Henry Hwang Photo by Lia Chang
Hwang
will
be
at
the
Inge
Festival
from
April
18-21,
2012.
He
joins
the
roster
of
internationally
renowned
playwrights
who
have
traveled
to
the
Inge
Festival
to
receive
the
William
Inge
Distinguished
Achievement
in
the
American
Theatre
Award.
This
select
list
includes
Arthur
Miller,
Stephen
Sondheim,
Arthur
Laurents,
Edward
Albee,
Wendy
Wasserstein,
and
the
most
recent
Honoree,
Marsha
Norman,
to
name
just
a
few.
“David Henry Hwang brings a unique voice to the fabric of the American theatre,” said Peter Ellenstein, Inge Center Artistic Director. “Besides being a great dramatist, his work often gives voice to an Asian-American perspective that has been long left out of American culture.”
Hwang is also a librettist for musicals and operas, as well as a screenwriter. At the multi-media Tribute ceremony that concludes the Inge Festival, Hwang will accept the annual Inge Festival Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre Award.