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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PublishedApril 21, 2020
Maine State Music Theatre cancels season for the first time
The summer theater, held since 1959 at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, expects a $3.5 million loss.
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PublishedApril 21, 2020
With wedding season approaching, Maine couples and venues alter plans
While many are postponing ceremonies, others are saving the date and making new arrangements.
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PublishedApril 20, 2020
Escape the planet’s uncertain future with an Earth Day art exhibit
The Haley Gallery in Kittery opens its season with ‘One Planet Irreplaceable’ online.
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PublishedApril 18, 2020
Maine authors find an eager audience with virtual events
The success of online book launches and author talks could start a trend that outlasts the pandemic.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
Maine Arts Commission gets $426,800 in pandemic relief
Meanwhile, Opera Maine cancels its season, and the Bowdoin Museum postpones ‘First Light’ until 2021.
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
With gift, UMaine Museum of Art will expand
Linda and Donald Zillman donate $1.3 million for construction of five new galleries at the art museum in Bangor.
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PublishedApril 13, 2020
Bowdoin International Music Festival cancels summer season
It’s the first time the festival will have missed a summer since its inception in 1964.
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PublishedApril 12, 2020
Using virus as a prompt, visual artists compelled to create
Painters, sculptors, drawers and photographers find inspiration from the crisis and, in isolation, time to work.
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PublishedApril 9, 2020
Ten years ago, Lois Lowry wrote a book depicting Portland in a pandemic. Now, she’s rewriting the intro.
‘Like the Willow Tree’ tells the story of a girl whose family died during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.
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PublishedApril 8, 2020
Space Gallery, Warhol Foundation team up for artist relief grants
Space will distribute $60,000 to local artists in need.
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