The Saccarappa Art Collective pools the works and commitment of several artists to create a new kind of gallery.
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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Off the Trail: Obama, Romney, whoever. Here, it’s the thoughts that count
A group of buddies dubbed the North Pownal Think Tank takes on issues ranging from the weather to politics.
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Arts Planner
This week • From 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, the Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk, will host Heartwood College of Art’s “Paint the Bunk” art sale. A large group of artists, including DeWitt Hardy, Susan Wilder and Claudette Gamache, have painted or otherwise created original artwork depicting the beaches, blueberry plains, homes, churches […]
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Author Q & A: Creativity put into words
Poet Stuart Kestenbaum’s essays in ‘The View from Here’ illuminate a writer’s progression and the symbiosis of community and artistic process.
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Bob Keyes: Mood(y) Music
The PSO conductor programs a 2012-13 season that features plenty of classics, but also shows his fun-loving side.
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‘9 to 5: The Musical’ pretty true to film
The spirit of country superstar Dolly Parton, who starred in the movie version, imbues the Ogunquit Playhouse production with guile, wit and those unforgettable songs.
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Lucid Stage will close in the fall
Many small theater companies use the Baxter Boulevard space, including Mad Horse.
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Off the Trail: Around the paddock, voters are as skittish as the horses
In Topsham, denizens of the harness racing world express deep dissatisfaction with the way things are. Watch the video
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Arts Planner
This week • Fresh off its successful run of the Red Sox version of “Damn Yankees,” the Ogunquit Playhouse opens its next show of the summer this week with Dolly Parton’s “9 To 5: The Musical.” This production is based on the movie about three office workers and their plan to get even with their […]
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Snap judgment
Photographer Samantha Appleton always looks for that intimate, one-of-a-kind image, whether as a foreign correspondent in bombed-out Baghdad or as a White House photographer in an elevator with the Obamas.