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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PublishedSeptember 29, 2013
Portland Museum of Art spotlights Maine artists
‘Piece Work,’ the Portland Museum of Art biennial, samples the best of the state’s contemporary art scene.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2013
Osher show puts polar exploration on the map
The exhibit begins at the beginning – with the ancients’ cartographical hypothesizing about ‘the ends of the earth’ – and wraps with triumphant explorers at the South Pole.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2013
Masterpiece painting captures Portland’s maestro
A newly unveiled portrait leaves the Portland symphony’s conductor almost speechless: ‘Wow.’
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2013
Quiet Maine author decides to speak up
Nicholson Baker joins a protest in Portland, goes on national TV and is touring to promote his new novel.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2013
A matter of trust
Conductor Robert Moody hopes audiences put their faith in him and the musicians as their ‘journey’ together begins.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2013
Author Q &A: In his blood
Andre Dubus III comes to Biddeford this week to talk about writing and his new book set in Massachusetts, the place he fled, then chose.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2013
Matters of race open Portland theater season
Portland Stage presents ‘Ma Rainey’ and Good Theater stages ‘Clybourne Park,’ both by Pulitzer Prize winners.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2013
Maine State Music Theatre announces new leadership
Curt Dale Clark has been confirmed as the artistic director, and Stephanie Dupal was named managing director of the organization.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2013
5 views: Fine-arts picks for the fall
There is art beyond Labor Day, and quite often it’s the best of the year. Check out these venues easily reached from Portland.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2013
Another medal for our hero Joshua Chamberlain
Maine’s history community gets excited about news of the discovery of Civil War general Joshua Chamberlain’s original Medal of Honor.
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