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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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These days, he pedals to the beat of a different drummer
But back in the ’60s, cycling advocate David Kinsman was the percussionist for an almost-famous band.
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Arts Dispatches
WATERVILLE Three students to compete in Poetry Out Loud finals Three Portland-area students will compete in the state Poetry Out Loud finals on Friday in Waterville. In this contest, 11 high school students compete. The winner will represent Maine at the national finals April 26-27 in Washington, D.C. Paige Meserve of Thornton Academy in Saco; […]
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Asner, 80, bringing ‘FDR’ to Merrill
Ed Asner is singularly motivated. At 80, he doesn’t need the stress of a one-man show, let alone a one-man show that stops in a different city every night. But Asner, best known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on the TV comedy ”Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its follow-up, ”Lou Grant,” is […]
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Raymond Everett Pinkerton, 75, stepped up to help others
PORTLAND – One way or another, Raymond Pinkerton spent most of his life in service to others. He served 16 years with the Coast Guard and another 23 with the Postal Service before retiring in 1995. Outside his work, Pinkerton chose to give back to his community in his spare time. He was a communicant […]
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This show’s got ‘SPUNK’
Penobscot Theatre’s exploration of the African-American experience by an all-black cast – in observance of Black History Month – marks a first for the Bangor-based troupe.
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Arts Dispatches
PORTLAND: MECA receives three grants for Porteous Building project Maine College of Art recently received three grants to complete the restoration of the Porteous Building. The Maine Arts Commission provided $15,000 to equip Osher Hall, MECA’s 112-seat lecture hall, with Americans with Disabilities Act technology to ensure full accessibility. The Quimby Foundation supported the overall […]
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Arts Planner
This week • At 8 p.m. Saturday at Gorham Middle School, the Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra will perform the premiere of ”The Lost Art of Steam Heating,” a new piece by composer and teacher Travis M. Ramsey, a 2003 alumna of the University of Southern Maine — for orchestra and two cast-iron radiators. Yes, radiators. […]
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Maine State: Transition and a fond farewell
BRUNSWICK – The curtain rises on the Maine State Music Theatre summer season in four months, and Steven Peterson is ready. He’s lined up the shows and hired the directors, and is making casting decisions about the season-opening production of ”Always … Patsy Cline,” scheduled to open June 9. Before then, there are a million […]
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Music festival in Oxford adds its July 4 headliner: Furthur
Organizers of a rock festival scheduled for Independence Day weekend in Oxford announced more acts for the lineup Friday, including a Frank Zappa tribute band and a group with former members of the Jefferson Airplane/Starship. But it’s the headlining act, Furthur, that has music fans buzzing about the Nateva Music & Camping Festival, scheduled July […]