By all accounts, her visionary leadership skills are one of the main reasons Portland Stage has become an enviable success story.
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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First Parish Nativity: A tradition 50 years in the making
Every year since he was just a boy, 58-year-old Billy Hobbs has performed in the Nativity pageant at First Parish church in Portland.
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Snowlion Repertory presents ‘The Christmas Bride’
The musical about a young woman asserting her choice of suitor continues through Wednesday at Lucid Stage.
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Building on a job weld done
Sculptor Jay Sawyer has made it his personal mission to carry on the work of his late friend Dave McLaughlin, who committed suicide last year.
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Book about believing revives holiday mystery
With a new version of ‘The Night Before Christmas,’ a Maine publisher takes a side in the dispute over who wrote it.
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Not your parents’ ‘Magic of Christmas’
This year’s claims of new and improved, better than ever have more substance than usual.
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Back from the brink
This close to shutting the doors, the owners of Freeport Factory Stage instead took a deep breath and forged ahead.
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This year, Portland Stage says, let it ‘Snow’
The theater company debuts a mega production of ‘The Snow Queen,’ based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
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Maine glass conservator featured in design magazine
Robin Neely is known for her stained-glass work in museums, churches and colleges.
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Chance encounter wins Mainer prestigious photo award
A Lewiston man’s image claims the top spot in a national photo contest.