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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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Community rallies for art
When a Hallowell gallery sounded the call for artists for its Community Supporting Arts (and agriculture) show, it turned into a veritable bucket brigade.
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Author Q & A: Soul practitioner
USM professor Robert Atkinson continues to help people reach for their potential with a new book about getting to know our deepest selves.
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Burundi drummers, dancers wow Maine students
For two years now, 9-year-old Dan Ntwari has told his buddies at Ocean Avenue Elementary School about his homeland . . .
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What is it about book clubs?
Playwright Karen Zacarias explores that question in all its comic permutations in the season opener for The Public Theatre in Lewiston.
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Review: Glen Campbell says goodbye with dignity
PORTLAND – It’s fitting that Glen Campbell closed his show Tuesday night with “A Better Place,” a song from his latest and presumed last studio album, “Ghost on the Canvas.” “Some days I’m so confused, Lord,” the old troubadour sang from the Merrill Auditorium stage, surrounded by his family. “My past gets in my way. […]
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Maine State Music Theatre’s executive director resigns
Steven Peterson has held the post since 2004. No reason for his resignation was given.
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Off the Trail: Small business owners say candidates are all talk
Another in a weekly series on what Mainers across the state say about the race for the White House — and what they want from the next president.
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Worshiping at the altar of Church
For the artists who make the journey to Frederic Edwin Church’s farm in the shadow of Katahdin, to see what he saw and paint what he painted is almost a religious experience.
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Winslow Homer’s Maine studio and exhibition are … drawing ’em in
Interest in the show has forced the Portland Museum of Art to alter its admissions policy, adding a surcharge and selling timed tickets.