It may be unfair to classify any writer as a superstar, but Tony Horwitz comes pretty close.
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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Maine Festival of the Book: Read on!
For fiction lovers and non, and political junkies, too, plenty to like at the Festival of the Book.
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Maine students compete in poetry event
Ten students from across the state will participate in today’s Poetry Out Loud finals at Bates College.
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Arts commission fellow to play rare Maine gig
Allen Lowe is not interested in payback, but he sort of feels like he got the last laugh. Lowe, a jazz musician with a national reputation, has lived in the Portland area for 15 years but can count on two hands the number of concerts he has played in Maine. It’s not that he’s not […]
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Ibsen update
The Lorem Ipsum troupe imbues the 19th-century playwright’s words with a 21st-century vibe, interspersing its faithful interpretation of ‘Ghosts’ with projections created by local filmmakers.
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Film, art detective follow the trail of works stolen by Nazis
Maine-raised Victoria Reed has helped resolve 1940s-era claims as a curator at Boston’s fine arts museum.
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Bob Keyes: At Colby, top-down appreciation for art museum and its staff
Many people familiar with the Colby College Museum of Art understand that the museum enjoys a deep level of support among the college administration.
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The Saturday Sessions
Thanks to a generous bequest, the Portland Conservatory of Music has launched a new teaching program aimed at the region’s best and brightest young musicians.
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‘Giselle’
Portland Ballet prepares the gorgeous – and grueling – production, casting two very different dancers in the lead role.
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Making Noise: Change of scenery puts PSC before high-profile audience
Paranoid Social Club head west, with a stop at the influential SXSW music festival.