Bob Keyes

Staff Writer

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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Published
May 22, 2010

Tax-cuts may leave parts of Falmouth in the dark

But critics of the money-saving proposal say safety will suffer if some street lights are turned off.
Published
May 16, 2010

Arts Dispatches

BETHEL Local arts groups invited to participate in annual fair The Mahoosuc Arts Council will produce the 21st annual Bethel Art Fair on July 3. The council is creating an Open Space Gallery concept to accompany the fair, where any artist or arts group with a studio or gallery space can be included on a […]
Published
May 16, 2010

Arts Planner

Last week for Beckmann • Time is running out on “Modernism and Masquerade: Max Beckmann,” the second-floor exhibition of graphic work on view at the Portland Museum of Art. The show closes May 23. This exhibition features approximately 40 prints from the German master. The museum, at 7 Congress Square Plaza, is open 10 a.m. […]
Published
May 16, 2010

Oratorio Chorale takes on a ‘Whale’ of a challenge

The Oratorio Chorale has adopted an aesthetic of adventure. It doesn’t shrink from challenges. The community chorus will be tested this week when it presents composer Dominick Argento’s “Jonah and the Whale” at Falmouth Congregational Church. “This is a very big effort. It’s a demanding piece of music,” said Peter Frewen, the chorale’s director for […]
Published
May 13, 2010

Bean announces leaner concert series

Of the seven concerts in the series, the biggest star is indie-rock singer-songwriter Mike Doughty, former lead singer of the band Soul Coughing.
Published
May 13, 2010

A flair for the ‘perpendramatic’

SOUTH PORTLAND — While trying to find a new way to present his photography, Christian Farnsworth invented a new word: Perpendrama. It’s a combination of perpendicular and panorama, and its definition, at least for now, goes something like this: A vertical panorama that incorporates both horizons. Farnsworth, a 2009 graduate of the master’s program at […]
Published
May 12, 2010

Rock fest rolls ahead despite lack of permits

An organizer of the Oxford event says approval isn’t a concern, but toilets and security are.
Published
May 9, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Candidates for governor series at Aucocisco Galleries Aucocisco Galleries, 89 Exchange St., continues its series of talks by gubernatorial candidates, Meet the Governor: Maine 2010 Gubernatorial Candidates on Maine Arts, Culture & the Creative Economy. The speaking series focuses on issues related to arts and culture in Maine. The brown-bag lunch series will continue […]
Published
May 9, 2010

A little bit country? Who knew?

For Peter Wolf, jumping-jack frontman for the hard-rocking J. Geils Band, a highlight of cutting his latest solo album was dueting with the legendary Merle Haggard.
Published
May 9, 2010

Keyes: They call it MECAmorphosis

The college of art is throwing a party to celebrate ‘the completion of a vision’ in its Congress Street home.

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