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 2, 2021
Ogunquit Playhouse announces 4-show, outdoor season
The playhouse will create an open-air, covered outdoor theater with a 75-foot-wide stage.
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PublishedApril 2, 2021
Family, friends, supporters gather on beach in York to mourn Rhonda Pattelena
About 200 people attend the candlelight vigil for the mother of 3 from Massachusetts a week after she was killed on Short Sands Beach.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2021
New group creates unified voice for Maine arts and culture
The Cultural Alliance of Maine will represent a wide range of groups and individuals, from artists to historical societies.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2021
Maine Navy sailor and craftsman helped build vice president’s desk
Donald Morse of Lyman was on a team of four that used materials from the USS Constitution to make heritage desks for Vice President Kamala Harris and the secretary of the Navy.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2021
All the art to behold as Maine museums reopen their doors
Meanwhile, the Farnsworth in Rockland has been open all along.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2021
Portland publisher puts out book of pandemic poetry from Maine
Littoral Books will release ‘Wait: Poems from the Pandemic’ in the first week of April.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2021
Illustrators called to flood social media with fish for April Fools’ Day
The Portland-based Illustration Institute hopes recreate the French tradition of Poisson D’Avril online.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2021
Yarmouth photographer mines the human condition in his explorations of the coal industry
Dennis Welsh traveled to West Virginia in 2019 to discover common ground with his portrayals of workers in the mining community.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2021
Opera Maine plans in-person performances, a hopeful sign for the arts
But federal officials spoke this week of the perils of reopening too quickly and the ongoing challenges facing artists.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2021
Nominations open soon for Portland’s next poet laureate
Candidates must be nominated by someone else between April 1 and May 1.
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