Rockport gallery features late sculptor’s work as learning opportunity for school vacation week
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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Ying brothers prepare to succeed a legend
The world-renowned musicians will follow Lewis Kaplan in directing the Bowdoin International Music Festival.
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Kaplan intends to go out with a 50th-year bang
The summer concert season at the Bowdoin International Music Festival remains a lot of melted snow and months away. But founding artistic director Lewis Kaplan has big plans for the 50th anniversary season, which also happens to be his last. Kaplan steps away from his duties at the conclusion of the festival, which runs June […]
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As in their lives and careers, brothers tackle this task together
The idea of co-directors of an arts institution associated with Bowdoin College is not unique. Last summer, the Bowdoin hired Anne Collins Goodyear and Frank H. Goodyear as co-directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Husband and wife, they share administrative duties, each deferring to the other’s curatorial and administrative expertise. Their offices are […]
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Weak film incentives blamed as Maine sound stage closes
Maine’s lack of tax breaks for filmmakers doomed the South Portland business, its owner says.
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Drama brings John Steinbeck back home to Stonington
Maine playwright Caitlin Shetterly presents an excerpt from ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ at Stonington Opera House.
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Art exhibitions celebrate bleak mid-winter
Shows in Portland, midcoast embrace the season
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Portland Symphony’s 90th season to include a look back
Return visits by past music directors and the return of the Kotzschmar Organ highlight the concert season.
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Savvy artists use internet tools to build their audience
Etsy and other sites help Maine creatives tap global markets
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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.