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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PublishedMay 2, 2010
Arts Planner
This week • The crazy comedy “Bach at Leipzig” closes the mainstage performance season at Portland Stage Company. The play, directed by Samuel Buggeln, previews Tuesday through Thursday, opens Friday and runs through May 23. Written by Itamar Moses, it’s set in Germany in 1722 and involves the competition among eight musicians to become the […]
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PublishedMay 2, 2010
Keyes: Gallery gods smile on dynamic duo of art world
BRUNSWICK – Each time John Bisbee knocks down a wall, his buddy Mark Wethli steps in behind him and builds a house. The two friends form an ambitious partnership. They’re both artists. Both teach at Bowdoin College. They’re in a band together, and for the past three years, they’ve taken on the added task of […]
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PublishedMay 1, 2010
Rockport art center hires a new director
Suzette McAvoy hopes to fulfill ‘CMCA’s mission of furthering an appreciation for contemporary art.’
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PublishedApril 30, 2010
Rockport art center hires new director
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art hires Suzette McAvoy, former chief curator at the Farnsworth museum in Rockland
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PublishedApril 30, 2010
Willie Nelson coming to Merrill
Tickets for Nelson go on sale to Portland Ovations members May 7 and to the general public on May 10.
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PublishedApril 30, 2010
Filming ‘Wyeth’ could put Maine in camera’s frame
The producers of a major movie about the Wyeth family will meet today with Gov. John Baldacci and representatives of various state agencies to explore the possibility of shooting a significant portion of the movie in Maine. The movie, with a working title of “Wyeth,” will tell the story of three generations of America’s first […]
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PublishedApril 29, 2010
Theater companies putting final wraps on season
Spring theater is in full swing. With May just around the bend, theater companies are putting the final wraps on the season. There will be several shows in the days and weeks ahead: The Maine Playwrights Festival, produced by Acorn Productions, continues through Sunday at the St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center, 76 Congress St., […]
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PublishedApril 27, 2010
Jakob Dylan joins Oxford music fest lineup
Attendance at the July 2-4 Nateva festival will be limited to 15,000 per day.
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PublishedApril 25, 2010
Arts Dispatches
PORTLAND Artists invited to submit work for museum Biennial The Portland Museum of Art is accepting entries from artists for its 2011 Biennial exhibition. The online submission form is available at www.portlandmuseum.org/biennial. Submissions must be made online, and the deadline is June 14. The Biennial will showcase new work by living artists connected to the […]
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PublishedApril 25, 2010
Arts Planner
This week Jim Daniels, a Portland-based photographer, is showing images he has taken in his travels around the world at Northeast Hearing and Speech, a nonprofit audiology center at 75 W. Commercial St., Suite 205, Portland. There will be a public showing from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Daniels, 59, a client at the center, […]
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