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
May 11, 2011

History trail shows Freeport has more than shops in store

The Freeport Historical Society will unveil the Freeport Heritage Trail at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Old First Parish Meetinghouse and Burial Ground at Lower Main Street and Meetinghouse Road. Consisting of 17 interpretive signs and related podcasts, the trail will direct people to significant spots in Freeport history. The goal is to reinforce the […]
Published
May 10, 2011

Emmylou Harris books State Theatre gig

The 12-time Grammy Award winner last performed in Portland in October 2009.
Published
May 8, 2011

Arts Planner

The spring theater season is in full swing, with several shows on stage in the region: • Mad Horse Theatre closes its season with “Spring Awakening” featuring local high school actors. The play (not the Tony-winning musical) runs through May 22 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and […]
Published
May 8, 2011

Author Q&A: Back Pages

Liz Thomson and Patrick Humphries restore Dylan biographer Bob Shelton’s original manuscript of ‘No Direction Home.’
Published
May 8, 2011

Bob Keyes: Cape’s leading lights inspire new music

CAPE ELIZABETH — It was in Chicago of all places that Tom Lizotte hatched the idea of commissioning a piece of music to celebrate the legacies of Cape Elizabeth’s famous former and current residents. Lizotte, the Cape high school band director, had completed a touristy afternoon and was leafing through a book about film director […]
Published
May 8, 2011

Voicing passion for classical music

As a radio host and as a singer, Suzanne Nance’s vibrancy and commitment attract audiences.
Published
May 6, 2011

PSQ performs tonight at High Street gallery

The Portland String Quartet will perform at June Fitzpatrick’s gallery in Portland tonight as part of the city’s First Friday ArtWalk.
Published
May 5, 2011

Shakespeare in the park returns to Westbrook

Centerpieces of the festival are two late-period romances, “Antony and Cleopatra” and “Cymbeline.”
Published
May 5, 2011

Art and Theater: Get into the swing

Portland Stage opens ‘The Syringa Tree,’ a one-woman show that tells the story of two South African families.
Published
May 4, 2011

Local woman steps into lead role on Broadway

Actress Alison Cimmet, who grew up in Scarborough and attended Waynflete School, got her chance to star on Broadway today. Cimmet took over the lead role in the new musical “Baby It’s You,” for which she is the understudy, when Tony Award nominee Beth Leavel bowed out because of illness. Cimmet took over the matinee […]

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