‘Piece Work,’ the Portland Museum of Art biennial, samples the best of the state’s contemporary art scene.
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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Osher show puts polar exploration on the map
The exhibit begins at the beginning – with the ancients’ cartographical hypothesizing about ‘the ends of the earth’ – and wraps with triumphant explorers at the South Pole.
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Masterpiece painting captures Portland’s maestro
A newly unveiled portrait leaves the Portland symphony’s conductor almost speechless: ‘Wow.’
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Quiet Maine author decides to speak up
Nicholson Baker joins a protest in Portland, goes on national TV and is touring to promote his new novel.
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A matter of trust
Conductor Robert Moody hopes audiences put their faith in him and the musicians as their ‘journey’ together begins.
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Author Q &A: In his blood
Andre Dubus III comes to Biddeford this week to talk about writing and his new book set in Massachusetts, the place he fled, then chose.
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Matters of race open Portland theater season
Portland Stage presents ‘Ma Rainey’ and Good Theater stages ‘Clybourne Park,’ both by Pulitzer Prize winners.
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Maine State Music Theatre announces new leadership
Curt Dale Clark has been confirmed as the artistic director, and Stephanie Dupal was named managing director of the organization.
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5 views: Fine-arts picks for the fall
There is art beyond Labor Day, and quite often it’s the best of the year. Check out these venues easily reached from Portland.
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Another medal for our hero Joshua Chamberlain
Maine’s history community gets excited about news of the discovery of Civil War general Joshua Chamberlain’s original Medal of Honor.