Daniel Sonenberg’s ‘The Summer King’ premieres Thursday at Merrill Auditorium in Portland.
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.
Portland Museum of Art director Mark Bessire: An individual, with an eye
After five years, he’s raised the profile of this cultural institution by getting others to see – and believe in – his vision. The neighborhood may never be the same.
Maine College of Art student wins major national fellowship
Furniture maker Rangeley Morton wins a $15,000 Windgate Fellowship
Falmouth painter wins major national grant
Jeff Kellar scores a $25,000 Gottlieb grant.
At Salt, an honest portrayal of one woman’s breast cancer battle
Angelo Merendino’s deeply personal photographs spark a very personal debate.
Eat and Run: Shipyard Brew Pub in Eliot
Food, company both sources of comfort at Eliot pub
Tony Award nominations include three with Maine connections
Actor Tony Shalhoub and lighting designers Christopher Akerlind and Donald Holder received nominations Tuesday.
USM gallery in Lewiston crawling with art inspired by ants
Putting egos aside four artists work collaboratively to visually re-create the complex social structures of leafcutter ants.
Maine artist’s sculpture lands on jetport road
‘A Spirit of Its Own’ consists of hundreds of metals rings from a former Brunswick air base hangar.
Press Herald nominated for five regional Emmys
Videos on a police shooting and a couple coping with Alzheimer’s disease are among the nominees.