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January 19, 2014

Classical Beat: Good things are happening in Latin America

El Sistema offers a simple idea to use classical music to promote positive social change for youth.
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January 19, 2014

Grammy Watch: Nominated producer Manfred Eicher goes his own way

NEW YORK — Grammy Award-nominated producer Manfred Eicher has enjoyed some of his biggest successes at the helm of the independent ECM label by going with his instincts as a musician to make recordings other producers would have rejected as commercially unviable. Eicher, a classically trained bassist who recently garnered his ninth Grammy nomination for […]
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January 19, 2014

Award-winning play, ‘Doubt, A Parable,’ comes to historic Cumston Hall in Monmouth

The Monmouth Community Player’s production of John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt, a Parable,” begins Friday at the historic Cumston Hall, 759 Main St. in Monmouth. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best New Play, “Doubt” is a powerful drama that explores suspicion and moral uncertainty. In 1964, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx Catholic […]
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January 19, 2014

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January 19, 2014

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Gold stars are normally awarded for good behavior, but not always. This week’s poem by Rachel Flynn of Gorham explains.

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January 19, 2014

Art Review: ‘Images of Change: Greater Portland’s Cityscape Since 1960’

The show at the Portland Public Library features 72 photographs by 44 artists.
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January 19, 2014

Movie Preview: Chris Pine’s Jack Ryan is a different kind of patriot-hero

LOS ANGELES — Chris Pine was well aware of his action-hero options. Accepting the lead role in “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” – the $60-million thriller that hit theaters Friday – the actor became the fourth man to portray novelist Tom Clancy’s iconic CIA super-spy character over the course of a five-film franchise that has spanned […]
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January 19, 2014

Movie Review: ‘Ride Along’ with Hart, Ice Cube is a dull buddy picture

A little Kevin Hart goes a long way in “Ride Along,” a dull buddy picture engineered as a vehicle for the mini-motor mouth Hart and the perma-sneering Ice Cube. It’s mismatched cops on patrol in Atlanta in this “48 Hours” / “Bad Boys” / “Showtime” / “The Hard Way” action comedy where four screenwriters tried […]
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January 19, 2014

Movie Review: ‘The Nut Job’ offers animated antics at a manic pace pay off in this cute slapstick comedy

If you’re going to make cartoons about critters, the late Chuck “Looney Toons” Jones used to preach, build them around the animal’s chief concern – survival. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are always avoiding the shotgun and the stew pot. Wile E. Coyote is desperate for a dinner of road runner. That principle pays off […]
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January 19, 2014

Book Review: ‘Andrew’s Brain,’ by E.L. Doctorow, explores nature of consciousness

The book is best as a narrative rather than philosophical work.

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