The philanthropist wants him to unify the work of three groups in promoting the arts, preservation and better lives.
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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Movie series aims to show teens ‘oppression’ isn’t new
‘Teens Through Time’ at Portland’s library includes apt films from six decades.
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Arts Dispatches
PORTLAND PORTopera’s Riddle receives national recognition award John (Jack) Riddle, founder of PORTopera, has received a 2011 National Opera Trustee Recognition Award from OPERA America, the national service organization for opera. Riddle is among four recipients of the award, which honors trustees of U.S. opera companies for leadership, generosity and audience-building efforts. Other recipients are […]
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Taliban captive, wife share tale of love and war
David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill, both with Maine roots, tell of his kidnapping from two points of view in a new book.
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Bruce Roberts Toy Fund: The essence of charity? ‘Anonymous’
They receive no recognition or public thanks – but their gifts are very much appreciated.
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Art and Theater: Uplifting Performance
There’s still time to take in Portland Ballet’s “Victorian Nutcracker,” a version of the classic that’s singular for its inclusion of local elements in the staging.
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Report: Invest in nonprofits and save
Nonprofits are the state’s second-largest employer and already provide millions in savings in areas such as health care, it says.
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Arctic thrill
Into Inuit art? Bowdoin College’s Peary-MacMillan Museum has a show for you.
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Arts Dispatches
WESTBROOK Maine glass expert creates period windows for MFA The work of Maine stained glass conservator Robin Neely is part of the Brown Pearl period room of the new $345 million Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The museum commissioned Neely to re-create leaded glass windows for the Colonial-era […]
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Arts Planner
With less than a week before Christmas, the holiday programs are winding down. But we’re not done quite yet. • At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Merrill Auditorium and the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ host “Christmas with Cornils,” featuring municipal organist Ray Cornils playing a holiday program on the Kotzschmar. He will be joined by the […]