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The mythical moderne: Gross & glorious
Tue, 22 May 2012 04:14:13 -0700
THE narratives of our homegrown dictatorship have always been about the gross and the grand. The spaces of the social universe of the nation then owed its expansion not to geography but to design. In months, hotels sprung up. The landscape severely altered assured, or at least pretended to assure, that the world was swinging fast into the modern era. This is the crux of a seminal exhibition ...
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East End Arts and Suffolk Historical team up on shows celebrating the macabre
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:49:48 -0700
Take note, oh ye of dark or baneful natures, because a host of events celebrating the macabre is creeping up on us. The Suffolk County Historical Society and East End Arts are coming together to kick off a month of metaphysical mayhem. “La Morte,” a show where interpretations of the theme “death” were judged by [...]
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Book Review: A veteran journalist looks at China
Wed, 16 May 2012 06:06:51 -0700
• (http://twitter.com/share) China Airborne by James Fallows. Random House, Hardcover, 288 pp, available from Amazon, US$17.12, Kindle, US$15.99
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Friendly neighborhood vampire: 'Dark Shadows' is the latest movie to de-fang its monster
Sun, 06 May 2012 05:21:48 -0700
From Dracula to Johnny Depp's Barnabas Collins, modern films suck the bloodlust out of vampires.
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Film Clips: Battleship
Fri, 18 May 2012 15:39:03 -0700
OPENING TODAY BATTLESHIP (PG-13) When a fleet of US battleships discover an unidentifiable object in the open water of the ocean, a team of naval officers are sent to investigate. Upon arrival, they discover that the hunk of metal is actually an alien ship that they have just engaged.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Before Our Time: Betty Maxwell …
Thu, 03 May 2012 08:56:05 -0700
Share/BookmarkThe attention Idyllwild lavished on Ernie Maxwell during his centennial last year was well deserved. But it left his wife, Betty, the other half of the Town Crier’s founding editorial duo, in the shadows. Born in Missouri in 1906, Elizabeth Beeman grew up in luxury in New York City. By her own account a born [...]
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