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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PublishedMarch 10, 2020
Monhegan Museum reaches its $2 million fundraising goal
With a boost from the Wyeth Foundation, the island museum wrapped up its campaign nearly a year ahead of schedule.
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PublishedFebruary 29, 2020
Klobuchar makes pitch to hundreds at Portland event
Ahead of Tuesday’s presidential primary, the Minnesota senator presents herself as a moderate Democrat capable of uniting the party.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2020
Transformative director of Colby art museum leaving for job in Chicago
Since 2006, Sharon Corwin has helped transform the Colby College Museum of Art into one of the best of its kind in the country.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2020
Former PMA director files complaint over museum’s termination of biennial exhibition
In a letter to the attorney general, Dan O’Leary says the Portland Museum of Art is violating the will of a benefactor.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
Maine cartoonist’s Big Nate gets own show on Nickelodeon
The comic strip, created and drawn by Portland artist Lincoln Peirce, was greenlit to become an animated TV series.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2020
With recycling machine, Rockland artist plans to take carbon-neutral resolution on the road
Kim Bernard is using a Kindling Fund grant to turn recycled plastic into material for art.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2020
Jason Alexander, B.D. Wong to direct shows at Ogunquit Playhouse
Alexander will direct “War of the Roses” this summer and Wong is on tap for the musical ‘Mr. Holland’s Opus.’
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2020
Abbe Museum hires new executive director
Christopher Newell, a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe from Indian Township, joins the Bar Harbor museum.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2020
Governor lends her voice to new televised poetry series
Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum builds on the success of the ‘Poems from Here’ radio program and expands it into a TV series, featuring Mainers – including Gov. Janet Mills – speaking poems.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2020
Portland’s a star among U.S. cities in turnout for performing arts
A survey shows the metro area’s rate of attendance at plays, concerts and other performances is well above the national average.
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