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March 16, 2014

Book review: Modern world through Plato’s eyes

‘Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away’ makes a fascinating plea for the continuing importance of the dialogue master’s work.
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March 16, 2014

D-Day documentary has many Maine connections

South Portland filmmakers will film small scenes in Scarborough
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March 16, 2014

New gallery in New York features six from Maine

The ‘Second Nature’ exhibition is on view through mid-April in Chelsea.
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March 16, 2014

Audience Calendar

• Art Annette Kearney, “Let There Be Light,” fused glass freestanding sculptures and 3D collaged paintings, through March 31. Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath. markingsgallery.com. Andrew Wyeth, “Temperas and Watercolors,” through April 30. Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. farnsworthmuseum.org. “The Wonderful World of Oz,” exhibition drawn from the world’s most comprehensive collection […]
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March 9, 2014

Society Notebook: Chef David Levi cooks up a thank-you for supporters of Vinland

Its name is an homage to the original Vinlanders, Vikings from Greenland, the first Western people known to have settled in North America. But the country’s first restaurant to serve 100 percent local, organic food started on Kickstarter.com. On a snowy Sunday evening, Vinland, across the street from the Portland Museum of Art, filled to […]

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March 9, 2014

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

This week’s unusual love poem by Robin Merrill of Madison features a pair of damaged thumbs. Though the poem looks back on a happy marriage, Robin writes that she gave it to her husband after just one date. 'That took more courage than I’ve felt since,' she says. 'But new love makes us crazy brave, right?'
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March 9, 2014

Art Review: Geometrically meandering in the PMA Family Space

Chris Fulkerson’s work is contemporary art that smartly juggles content like systems logic, Boolean algebra, geometrical forms and 3D rendering.
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March 9, 2014

Movies: Mr. Peabody time-travels to the 21st century for new film

LOS ANGELES — Tuna, a Chiweenie with an overbite and more than 700,000 followers on Instagram, was there. So were Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Beethoven, Marley, Toto and several other dogs of renown. The canine A-list had gathered in Hollywood in February to celebrate one of their own. Yes, they had also come because their […]
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March 9, 2014

Movies: On this ‘Wind’ rises a complex moral challenge for moviegoers

Moviegoers tend to like their stories neat and their messages clear. That preference probably accounts for the controversy attending Japanese animation genius Hayao Miyazaki’s latest – and reportedly final – movie. “The Wind Rises” is a lyrical animated historical fantasy from the maker of the children’s classics “Spirited Away” and “Princess Mononoke.” While the film’s […]
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March 9, 2014

‘12 Years a Slave’ puts spotlight on Hollywood’s approach to race

LOS ANGELES – Was it ultimately a race about race? The best picture Oscar is meant to honor the year’s greatest achievement in film, and “12 Years a Slave” had no shortage of supporters before winning the top honor last weekend. But for all the film’s artistry, the undercurrent of many “12 Years a Slave” […]

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