Bob Keyes writes about the visual and performing arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He appreciates that his job requires him to visit museums and attend plays and concerts across Maine, and most enjoys interviewing artists in their studios. He’s a New Englander by birth, and has lived in Maine off and on, most recently since 2002. He lives in Berwick with his wife, Vicki, and their son Luke.
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PublishedApril 1, 2011
Nateva cancels summer concert
The promoter blames slow ticket sales and a crowded summer schedule.
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PublishedApril 1, 2011
PSO rehearsal will benefit Japan relief efforts
Donations will benefit the American Red Cross.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2011
Portland Museum: Return mural to Labor Dept.
The mural’s removal “has made our state the focus of unwanted national attention as an environment unfriendly to labor and art.’
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PublishedMarch 31, 2011
Telling secrets
Portland Stage’s latest, ‘Halpern & Johnson,’ is an engrossing study of emotional infidelity.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2011
MECA president weighs in on mural controversy
In an open letter, Don Tuski calls Gov. Paul LePage’s removal of the mural “an act of censorship,” and says the governor’s actions show a “lack of respect.”
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PublishedMarch 27, 2011
Books: From lessons learned in the potato fields
Shonna Milliken Humphrey grew up in Aroostook County without a writer for a role model. When she was 11, she signed up for a writing workshop for smart kids. It was then, for the first time, she thought to herself, “Maybe I can do this.” Now, at age 37, she has written her first novel. […]
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PublishedMarch 27, 2011
2011 Festival of the Book
This year’s gathering at USM is, first, and foremost, about face time – “a chance to interact” for writers and readers.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2011
Books: Yankee finds a niche in the Wild West
Christopher Corbett seems like an unlikely candidate to be a writer of Old West stories. He grew up in Waterville, and despite traveling widely, has spent most of his life entrenched in the Northeast. But Corbett is a journalist, and he has always had a nose for a good story. In Americana lore, there is […]
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PublishedMarch 26, 2011
Found under Homer’s studio:Is artifact a brush with greatness?
SCARBOROUGH – It’s been a long time since something so small created such a stir at the Portland Museum of Art. Archaeologists working at the Winslow Homer Studio at Prouts Neck this week unearthed personal artifacts including the handle of a paintbrush that’s presumed to have been used by the great American painter. “It’s certainly […]
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PublishedMarch 24, 2011
Maine Jewish Film Festival
This year’s festival, the 14th annual, puts the focus on feature-length films and unique niche flicks.
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