Maya Williams will be inaugurated in a Zoom ceremony Thursday evening.
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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Don McLean’s daughter tells magazine she was emotionally abused by ‘American Pie’ singer
Jackie McLean spoke to Rolling Stone and released an album about her experience, which her father dismissed.
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USM gets $5 million boost to build new arts center in Portland
The donation from the Crewe Foundation would support the construction of a building with a recital hall and an art gallery.
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Take a look around the new Children’s Museum and Theatre, opening Thursday
Hours will be limited at first but will expand week by week.
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Live theater returns, indoors and out, to Monmouth (and nearby Leeds)
Deertrees in Harrison also plans a full season, while Hackmatack will stage a single musical in Berwick.
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Father and son form two-person painting club, and a stronger bond
Tom and Graham Morgan of Portland have been making time to paint together and get to know each other better.
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Robert Indiana estate settles copyright lawsuit with late artist’s patron
The lawsuit was filed in May 2018, just before the ‘LOVE’ artist died on Vinalhaven.
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In preserving his brother’s legacy, Dan Crewe wants to complete the picture of the legendary songwriter
Bob Crewe is best known for writing hits for The Four Seasons, but his brother wants him to be remembered for his talents as a painter, too, despite their complicated relationship.
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Allegations of abuse by Robert Indiana resurface in ‘hush money’ court case
Sentenced for Social Security fraud, a Waldoboro man blames his downward spiral on the abuse he says he suffered by the late artist 4 decades ago.
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Portland Chamber Music Festival returns to in-person performances in August
The program for one of the concerts won’t be revealed beforehand.