With the theater season in full swing, here are some options that may be less obvious: • Farmers and artists will perform an original play about local agriculture and the future of small family farms Thursday through Oct. 30 at Camp Ketcha, 336 Black Point Road, Scarborough. Created by Jennie Hahn of Thomaston, “Of Farms […]
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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Author Q&A: Divided we stand
A new book by Portland writer Colin Woodard traces our history – and offers perspective on our present – as a politically and culturally fractured land.
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PSO soloist finds harmony in her Maine life and music
Laurie Kennedy’s life priorities go something like this: Family, classical music and a rural lifestyle. Thanks to her 30-year association with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy has all three lined up quite nicely. A violist, Kennedy will be the featured soloist at Sunday’s PSO performance at Merrill Auditorium. Under the direction of Robert Moody, Kennedy […]
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Four Maine artists win $13,000 fellowships
This year, about 200 artists applied for the annual grants for artistic excellence from the Maine Arts Commission.
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Arts Planner
• Last spring, nine College of the Atlantic students spent 10 weeks in Vichy, France. The students from the United States, Mexico, the Czech Republic and El Salvador were charged with recording their journey in drawings, paintings, photography, words and video. Highlights of their work will be displayed in “Carnets de Voyage: Illustrated Travel Journals” […]
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Let there be lute
Fans of early music, in the midst of a global renaissance, can party like it’s 1600 this month when the harpsichords, recorders and, yes, lutes hit town for the Portland Early Music Festival and a visit by the Handel and Haydn Society.
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Doing the math: Nonprofits, arts provide economic boost
Despite a down economy, culture-based enterprises are actually growing.
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Footlights find young Falmouth violinist
Seoyeon Kim knew nothing about the play and little about theater when her music teacher approached her about joining the cast of “The Morini Strad” at Portland Stage Company. “I didn’t know there was a Portland Stage, actually,” said 12-year-old Kim. “But I am glad to be here. I love performing in general. I love […]
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Art as (city) life
The arts scene in the ’90s brought rebirth and growth to downtown Portland.
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Ballet companies offering a family-friendly weekend
If you like dance, you will love this weekend. Both primary ballet companies in greater Portland offer performances featuring original choreography. Portland Ballet revives its original interpretation of the Washington Irving tale “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center. Maine State Ballet presents its version […]