Bob Keyes

Staff Writer

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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Published
August 21, 2011

Arts Planner

• On Wednesday, the Ogunquit Playhouse opens the musical “Legally Blonde,” which will remain in production through Sept. 17. The musical is based on the hit 2001 movie and follows college sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods (played by Broadway’s Becky Gulsvig) as she heads for Harvard Law School in pursuit of her boyfriend Warner, […]
Published
August 21, 2011

DaPonte String Quartet

It’s been (mostly) a classical gas for the members of the Maine-based DSQ, born 20 years ago.
Published
August 21, 2011

Arts Dispatches

MONMOUTH McAndrews named theater’s producing artistic director The Theater at Monmouth has announced the appointment of Dawn McAndrews as the theater’s new producing artistic director, succeeding David Greenham, who is stepping aside in October. McAndrews is an experienced director, producer, educator and dramaturge who has worked at theaters across the country, including Shakespeare Theatre Company, […]
Published
August 18, 2011

Rustic overtones

A new installation of a life-sized cabin conjures themes that have long occupied artist Ethan Hayes-Chute’s mind.
Published
August 18, 2011

Tedeschi Trucks Band rolls into Portland

Fans of their music and engaging touring style look forward to a four-star show.
Published
August 14, 2011

Arts Planner

• Portland artist Toni Wolf shows recent work in “Skateboards and Storyboard,” on view through September at Trinket and Fern, 172 Middle St., Portland. The exhibition includes original hand-painted skateboards from Wolf’s new line called Honeyslide, as well as charcoal drawings from “Car Dealer’s Daughter,” a graphic novel she is writing. The decks are bold […]
Published
August 14, 2011

Bob Keyes: Creative force moving on from Monmouth

This summer feels a little surreal to David Greenham. The long-tenured producing director at the Theater at Monmouth announced long ago that this would be his final summer at the theater. For 14 years now, Greenham has assembled a company of hard-working actors, put together a summer schedule deep on Shakespeare, and staged some of […]
Published
August 14, 2011

Bands fill his studio like peas in a Peapod

Ron Harrity’s tiny Peapod Recordings has grown into a big deal on the local music scene.
Published
August 14, 2011

Author Q &A: Hanging Around

Travel writer Janet Mendelsohn finds treasure right under our noses: Nearly 80 Maine museums, from the world-class to the slightly wacky.
Published
August 11, 2011

Music notables

Pulitzer Prize-winner Melinda Wagner and Northwestern’s Lee Hyla join many other fine artists for the Portland Chamber Music Festival.

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