Dana Baldwin and Stacy Rodenberger will receive awards at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference in March.
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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Bob Keyes: The irony of the verseless inauguration
We’ve heard a lot of talk lately about poetry in Maine. Gov. Paul LePage’s snub, intentional or otherwise, of Maine poetry at last week’s inauguration galvanized the literary community and created a perfect learning moment. Wesley McNair, one of Maine’s best-known poets on a national scale, was surprised when he learned the LePage team opted […]
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Year of the Drawing
Throughout 2011, museums and galleries celebrate this ephemeral art form with The Maine Drawing Project.
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Art and Theater: Wintry mix
2011 opens with a brisk, bountiful First Friday Art Walk.
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Maine poets speak out about inauguration snub
The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance criticizes the lack of poetry planned for the inauguration of Gov.-elect Paul LePage.
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Nateva Festival will return in August
This year’s festival will include cheaper tickets and more on-site camping, its founder says.
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Reporter suffers only a bruised ego playing goalie
Maine at Work: Bob Keyes discovers the level of athleticism, skill and commitment it takes to skate with the Portland Pirates.
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Plein-air panorama
That’s the signature style of the painter Rackstraw Downes, and it’s on view now in a big way at the Portland Museum of Art.
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Arts Dispatches
PORTLAND Choral Art Society giving Epiphany concert Saturday The Choral Art Society’s annual Epiphany Celebration will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High St., Portland. The performance is one of the Choral Art Society’s most spiritual annual concerts. The 2011 Epiphany will feature the Camerata Chorus, a select group of […]
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Arts Planner
This week • Boston singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Village Coffeehouse of New Gloucester. The show opens the season for the coffeehouse. Duvekot has been a darling of the Boston folk scene since 2006, when she released “Big Dream Boulevard.” Her latest release is “The Near Demise of the High […]