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
June 27, 2010

Keyes: ‘Burt Dow’ goes to the opera

Maia Aprahamian was lunching one afternoon with the folks who run the Stonington Opera House. “Suddenly, it hit me. I said, ‘You know, ‘Burt Dow’ would make an incredible opera.’ This is my schtick, opera writing. They livened to the idea.” Five years later, Aprahamian’s idea has become reality. Opera House Arts, the programming wing […]
Published
June 24, 2010

Art and Theater: An old-fashioned barn raising

Lovers of Celebration Barn Theater — including past pupil and now TV regular Tom Bergeron — are putting on a show to help support it.
Published
June 20, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Museum of Art announces new members of the board The Portland Museum of Art recently announced new members to its board of trustees: Scott M. Black, Harry W. Konkel, Samuel A. Ladd III, Frank G. McGinty and S. Donald Sussman. In addition, the following officers were elected: president, John F. Isacke; chairman, Hans Underdahl; […]
Published
June 20, 2010

Arts Planner

• After several months of interior work, the Tides Institute & Museum of Art in Eastport reopens with a reception 5 to 7 p.m. Friday for “Terra Nova (Newfoundland): Contemporary Photographs by Thaddeus Holownia.” Holownia is head of the department of fine arts at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. He will discuss […]
Published
June 20, 2010

Herbie’s come down, sadly. Happily, there’s a big upside

There was quite a bit of sadness when arborists in Yarmouth made the difficult decision this winter to cut down the ancient elm tree known as Herbie. It started growing in 1793, so Herbie’s demise represented a tangible loss for generations of people who had come to know and love the stately old tree. But […]
Published
June 20, 2010

Hopper, Marin, O’Keeffe, Kent …

American art royalty will look down from every corner of the PMA’s big summer show.
Published
June 20, 2010

Young pianists descend for festival

The world continues to grow smaller at the Portland Conservatory of Music. This week, the conservatory hosts its annual International Piano Festival, featuring nearly two dozen students from around the United States and overseas, as well as respected professional players with ties to Maine. While the marquee concerts take place at the conservatory’s home at […]
Published
June 17, 2010

Art and Theater: Everybody !zing

Turning music on its ear is the aim of ‘hot-rod community chorus’ !zing.
Published
June 17, 2010

Having guests? Try a gifted cellist and his Stradivarius

When she moved to Maine a decade ago, Janna Hymes came up with an idea that seemed both outlandish and far-fetched: a professional orchestra in midcoast Maine. “We have plenty of chamber music around here, and very good chamber music too,” she said. “But we lacked an orchestra, and I felt this area deserved a […]
Published
June 13, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Sousa, Broadway tunes on tap for July 4 Pops program The July Fourth Patriotic Pops program of the Portland Symphony Orchestra will include selections from Broadway shows and marches by John Philip Sousa. The PSO announced details of the Patriotic Pops program that will be performed as part of the Stars and Stripes Spectacular […]

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