Return visits by past music directors and the return of the Kotzschmar Organ highlight the concert season.
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.
Maine artist’s postal stamp for Shirley Chisholm unveiled
The image of the former congresswoman and presidential candidate is part of the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage Series.
Southern Maine’s theaters solving their space problems
New theater companies mean more stages in Portland and across the region.
MPBN hires new classical music host
Robin Rilette from Northwest Public Radio will join the Maine radio network in February as the replacement for Suzanne Nance.
Maine artist’s mosaic graces five floors of Boston hospital
Amanda Edwards’ work will be part of the opening Monday of Boston Children’s Hospital new addition.
Loss of NECN angers Time Warner viewers
As fans of the channel complain, the company says viewership and cost were factors, and the decision is final.
Stephen King joins Twitter – and it leaves him speechless
He can’t think of anything to say and still gets 25,000 followers in the first 15 minutes.
Theater at Monmouth offers fall tour of Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’
Monmouth is using a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to reach out to students.
Renowned architect to design arts center in Rockland
New York-based Toshiko Mori has a home in the midcoast and supervised the redesign of the interior of the Farnsworth Art Museum.
Maine cultural centers receive $710,000 in federal grants
The four recipients will use the funding for planning and education.