Monica Wood’s ‘When We Were the Kennedys’ looks at loss through a wide lens.
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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Win-win-win solution: Trend benefits artists, museums, public
In a post-World War II phenomenon, artists with wealth create foundations that foster even more art.
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For Maine artists, a lasting legacy
For many artists with ties to Maine, the preservation of their life’s work presents an ongoing challenge, ‘a work in progress’ – not unlike art itself.
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Base hit for Ogunquit Playhouse
The theater is looking for a win with its version of ‘Damn Yankees,’ set at Fenway Park and starring Carson Kressley as the devilish Mr. Applegate.
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Friends combine talents
Whenever Elizabeth Peavey shows up for one of her book signings, she almost can’t resist the urge to help out in the kitchen. “After all my years of restaurant work to support my writing, I keep thinking I need to pick up a tray and start bussing glasses at these things,” she writes in an […]
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In flight with ‘Butterfly’
PORTopera recruits top-notch singers to present one of the most beloved operas.
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Bob Keyes: Waterfront reflects a new energy in Boston
BOSTON — I grew up just outside of Boston, and was lucky enough to have parents who took us without hesitation to all the key attractions in the city. We went to the New England Aquarium soon after it opened in 1969, and returned regularly thereafter. I’ve been to Old Ironsides more times than I […]
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‘Glass’ house
Theater at Monmouth, with accomplished director Bill Van Horn at the helm, opens Tennessee Williams’ poignant, poetic ‘Glass Menagerie.’
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Wegman unleashed
People know and love the portraits of his Weimaraners, but there’s a lot more in the portfolio of this longtime summer resident of Rangeley.
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Campbell bringing tour to Portland
Glen Campbell, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, will perform here on his Goodbye Tour.