Tony-award winner Christopher Akerlind says he’s grateful to be back in Portland, working for PORTopera.
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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Modern Monhegan
A new exhibition at the island’s museum captures how modern art altered the offshore haven for artists.
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Bob Keyes: Opera strikes a chord in young artists
The story of “La Boheme” is richly layered and detailed, and one to which any young artist working in Portland today could relate. The Giacomo Puccini opera, on stage this week at Merrill Auditorium courtesy of PORTopera, brings audiences into the daily lives of young artists struggling in the Latin Quarter of Paris. As only […]
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Island history project receives boost
The National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution is donating $10,000 to the Monhegan Historical and Cultural Museum Association for its Monhegan Light Station Doors and Windows Restoration Project. Funding for this project was made possible through the sponsorship of The Lady Knox Chapter, serving the Rockland area. The project will restore the windows, […]
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Flash mob event headed for Portland
The organizers won’t say where the flash mob will turn up on Aug. 5, but they are now recruiting and hope to make it the largest in Maine’s history.
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Heartwood Theater Company brings the tale of Jim Cullen to the stage
Aroostook County ‘Legend’ comes to life
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Maine village to put its mark on U.S. stamp collection
The town plans a celebration for a special postmark that features a Maine painter.
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Bob Keyes: Take a bow, Mr. Kaplan
BRUNSWICK — The news could hardly be considered shocking. After all, Lewis Kaplan is the only artistic director the Bowdoin International Music Festival has ever had. He helped establish the festival, nursed it through infancy and raised it to become one of the most highly regarded classical musical festivals in the world. Each summer, 250 […]
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Slaid Cleaves is a travelin’ man
Every year about this time, singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves hits the road from his home in Texas — destination Maine — performing and renewing acquaintances all along the way.
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MPBN assessing role of classical music on the air
Maine classical music fans fear the station could decide to take the music off the airwaves.