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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PublishedAugust 22, 2010
Arts Planner
This week George Marshall Store Gallery in York opens an exhibition Saturday of new work by Maine painter Lincoln Perry. Perry, who when not living in Maine also spends time in Virginia and Florida, is a seeker of the Maine landscape. In his latest body of work, Perry reconsiders familiar places — Fisherman’s Walk, Wiggly’s […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2010
Lunch bucket brigade
Sharon Lockhart embedded herself at BIW, observing and documenting on paper and film the workaday habits and break-time rituals of employees there.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2010
Bob Keyes: Struck down, but far from out
PORTLAND – On the evening of Jan. 24, noted flute player Phil James and his wife, Lara Schneider, departed the Grand Canyon on a small, rural highway. They were wrapping up a brief winter vacation, a final getaway with just the two of them before the birth of their son. Schneider was seven months pregnant […]
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PublishedAugust 19, 2010
Art and Theater: ‘Marilynscapes’: A celebration of life in art
In her obituary from February 2009, it was said of Marilyn Carr that she could not remember a time in her life when she hadn’t wanted to be an artist. She began drawing as a youngster and painted until weeks before her death after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Evidence of Carr’s interest in […]
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PublishedAugust 16, 2010
Wyeth’s granddaughter will add color
Victoria Wyeth’s talk on her grandfather’s life and work will include some family secrets.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2010
Arts Dispatches
KENNEBUNK Kennebunk River Club kicks off art show today The 55th annual art show at the Kennebunk River Club is set for today and Monday. The show is an opportunity for local artists to demonstrate their talents. For more than 50 years, artists from throughout southern Maine have displayed oils, acrylics, watercolors, sculptures and photographs […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2010
Arts Planner
Today • In Ellsworth, painter David Graeme Baker will talk about his work from 4 to 5 p.m. today at Courthouse Gallery Fine Art. Baker will review his career and discuss his recent body of work, which is currently on exhibition in the gallery. Baker made a name for himself in Pennsylvania, then moved with […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2010
Brian Wilson’s good vibrations
Pop god Brian Wilson has always had an affinity for the stylings of George Gershwin. On a new album, Wilson gives the legend his due.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2010
Concert Review: Nelson wows crowd with his lasting genius
PORTLAND – Willie Nelson is still playing his beat-up guitar and still thrilling crowds with his weathered old voice. Nelson, who’s 77, played at sold-out Merrill Auditorium on Wednesday night and impressed with his deft handling of his Martin guitar, which he has named Trigger in honor of Roy Rogers’ horse. Nelson has been playing […]
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PublishedAugust 12, 2010
Concert review: Willie wows with masterful picking
On many occasions Wednesday night, Willie Nelson proved that his most lasting genius may well be his ability to pick and play with the best of them.
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