Campbell, whose credits include “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” “Southern Nights” and “Rhinestone Cowboy,” has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
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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Wild times
Even the critters are having fun with the sculpture in a tandem show outdoors in Falmouth and Boothbay.
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The kid and the icon
Aucocisco is about to open an exhibition by Ellie Barnet, a young Portland painter with a fairly short resume. She’s proudly sharing the space with a recent presidential Medal of Arts winner, who also happens to be her grandfather.
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Worshiping at the altar of Church
A new show at the Portland Museum of Art gives admirers of 19th-century painter Frederic Edwin Church the chance to cast a reverential gaze on two subjects that he himself revered, which also happened to be in Maine.
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Arts Planner: Revisit Moliere and Shakespeare
The 43rd summer season at the Theater at Monmouth kicks into full swing this week, with the opening of the Moliere comedy “Tartuffe.”
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Author Q&A: A history of Maine
In this exclusive interview, William David Barry discusses his new book, “Maine: The Wilder Half of New England.”
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Artist Frank Benson:Seasons in the sun
The famed artist made many of his great plein-air paintings at his beloved North Haven. An expansive new show at the Farnsworth featuring several of those works fairly glows with the distinctive Benson light.
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Portland Performing Arts Festival: A bang-up job
Organizers call in the guys in the white coats – EepyBird, the Mentos and Coke explosion guys – to kick off the Portland Performing Arts Festival.
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Granite sculpture ‘Tidal Moon’ to welcome Maine travelers
A gift from the collection of William and Mary Louise Hamill, the 14-foot piece by Maine sculptor Jesse Salisbury will be displayed at the Jetport.
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Maine artisan honored for beauty of baskets, sharing of skills
Molly Neptune Parker is one of nine Americans to be named a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage fellow this year.