ORONO New England, Canadian arts groups to gather at UMaine Beginning Wednesday, the Maine Arts Commission will host a three-day conference, “Over the Edge,” for New England and Canadian arts presenters. The conference follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Gov. John Baldacci and New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham to improve international cultural […]
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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Arts Planner
This week • The Bowdoin International Music Festival comes to its close this week. The sixth and final Festival Fridays concert at 8 p.m. Friday at Crooker Theater in Brunswick High School features award-winning pianist Edward Auer performing Chopin’s 24 Preludes and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61. Auer was a prize winner […]
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Auction features rediscovered works by major artists
PORTLAND — At its annual auction of American and European art on Friday night, Barridoff Galleries is offering at least 19 paintings by major American artists that were previously unrecorded or whose whereabouts were unknown for decades, according to gallery director Rob Elowitch. They include a 1914 oil-on-canvas impressionist painting by Reynold Beals, titled “Ivy […]
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Demand for the Bard
Shakespeare’s being presented around the state to crowds with an apparent desire to hear his commanding language.
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New MECA chief has big-picture view of the arts
Don Tuski believes creativity is and will continue to be among the most important commodities in this country’s evolving new economy.
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Q&A: Work of Heart
Monhegan serves as both setting and character in Matthew Kiell’s love story about an islander-artist and a Midwestern visitor.
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Landscape painter opens gallery
PHIPPSBURG – Sidwell Art Gallery, featuring new oil paintings of local scenes by landscape painter Felicity Sidwell, celebrates its opening from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at 79 Wallace Circle, West Point village, Phippsburg. Sidwell lives in Brunswick and has been spending summers in West Point for several years. Her paintings reflect her environment, with […]
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Art and TheaterReady for her close-up
Stefanie Powers stars as Norma Desmond in Ogunquit Playhouse’s production of ‘Sunset Boulevard.’
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Dancers find room for all
Members of Axis Dance Company visited the Morrison Developmental Center in Scarborough on Tuesday to perform and work with members of the community who are developmentally disabled, as well as with their caregivers. California-based Axis is in Maine for the Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston. Tuesday’s program was part of the festival’s continuing outreach. Dancers […]
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Fundraiser for Knox Museum features noted philanthropist
THOMASTON – A world-famous philanthropist and a widely recognized news anchor will join together to help raise money for one of Maine’s most enduring history museums. The General Henry Knox Museum has its annual fundraising gala Thursday evening, and the guest of honor is philanthropist Doris Buffett, sister of the famous investor Warren Buffett. The […]