Daniel Sonenberg’s ‘The Summer King’ premieres in Pittsburgh, where Negro League star Josh Gibson played before dying a tragic hero.
Bob Keyes
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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Portland composer’s baseball opera, a tribute to Negro League star, set for world premiere
Daniel Sonenberg’s ‘The Summer King’ is an unusual success for Maine art, telling a story in operatic form about segregation and civil rights through a heroic athlete, Josh Gibson.
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With ‘Night Stories,’ painter Linden Frederick teams up with writers to finish the narrative
Novelist Richard Russo recruited an A-list of fiction writers to collaborate with his friend.
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‘Marsden Hartley’s Maine’ focuses on a complicated love affair
A new exhibition in Manhattan shows why ‘no matter where he was, the hills of Maine followed him.’
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In the centennial of his birth, Andrew Wyeth gets a closer look
A series of new exhibitions at the Farnsworth in Rockland attempt to reshape the Wyeth narrative and create ‘a new sense of balance.’
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Bill would reduce size of Maine Arts Commission
The maximum number of members would drop from 21 to 15 under the proposal before a legislative committee.
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Maine composer’s ‘The Summer King’ to get its second national production
Michigan Opera Theatre will stage Daniel Sonenberg’s opera about baseball star Josh Gibson in 2018.
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Portland Museum of Art taps former SPACE director Nat May to curate 2018 Biennial
He will spend most of this year visiting artist studios in preparation for the exhibition, which opens next January.
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MECA hires veteran journalist, radio producer to chair Salt program
Annie Aviles, a Maine native, has worked for NPR, among other outlets.
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School program teaches students mindfulness and responsibility with real-life role models
Stories of Sitting Bull and Buddha become teaching tools in the Spirit Series.