A new exhibition by nine women at the gallery at UNE explores what art in the 21st century is all about.
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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Author Q & A: Deathly tale
Andrew Vietze and Stephen Erickson collaborate on a book about the desperate, starving victims of an 18th-century shipwreck off Maine.
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Bob Keyes: The bad-boy elf returns
You’d better be careful if you see Dustin Tucker on the street or working out at the club. He may be scouting you. “I meet people that are in the show all the time,” said Tucker, who reprises the role of the naughty elf in David Sedaris’ true-life comedy “The Santaland Diaries.” “I met this […]
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PSO’s Sunday program: Traditional, not predictable
The Portland Symphony presents some lesser-known music from a variety of European composers.
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Will Barnet, legendary artist with strong Maine ties, dies at 101
Barnet, who was one of the most beloved artists of his generation, used Maine-inspired images in his work since the 1970s.
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Stirring the pot at Portland arts venue
The new director at One Longfellow Square, Kippy Rudy, aims to keep things bubbling at the ’21st-century urban Grange hall.’
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Hop on the brew bus, drink in the Pour Tour
Beer lovers ‘taste all the best of what Maine has to offer’ on the tour, which is part of Portland Beer Week.
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Theater: Revival of the fittest
A traveling production of ‘West Side Story,’ one of the best-loved Broadway shows of all time, mambos into Portland this weekend.
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Mainers of different stripes opt not to vote
Religious views, apathy or a perceived lack of time keep some away the polls, they say.
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Those Found Footage guys are back
Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, keepers of the VHS flame, host their sixth festival at Space.