Contemplations
Thoughts and Theories by Sophia News Publisher George MagaliosContemplations is a column by Sophia News Publisher George Magalios that explores ideas, concepts and theories related to art, philanthropy and philosophy.
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Magnet Fisherman Turns Hobby Into Charity
Credit: The Spokesman Review When a man from Spokane, Washington was told by doctors that he couldn’t fish any longer, he found a way around it. While tying the lines around lures and hooks is difficult for Paul Swanson to do, magnet fishing is far more manageable for...
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Care
Credit: The Relationship School care noun the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something. "the care of the elderly" serious attention or consideration applied to doing something correctly or to avoid...
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Boy Proves Philanthropy Has No Age
Credit: WEWS To most seventh graders, being awarded as little $25 is exciting. With that money, they can go to the movies with their friends, purchase a hefty stack of junk food, or perhaps buy a shirt their parents’ wouldn’t buy them otherwise. With so many...
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Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Miami City Ballet
Photo Credits: MCB dancers Chase Swatosh and Jennifer Lauren as Lysander and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Photo © Alberto Oviedo. Many things may cross our minds when we make our way to the ballet, the symphony or the opera. While sitting in the dark in the...
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Review: Monumental Journey, the Daguerrotypes of Girault de Prangey at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Both a journey back in time and an exquisite taste of antiquarian photography's delights, the daguerrotypes of Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (French, 1804–1892) represent a monumental artistic achievement that contributes as much to the history of art as it does...
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Review: Pulse by Ballet Florida at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
It can sometimes be a stretch to call certain dance performances "ballet." In the case of Ballet Florida recent program of works called "Pulse" performed at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, the confines of genre were pressure tested, expanded, and even...
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