Meanwhile, Opera Maine cancels its season, and the Bowdoin Museum postpones ‘First Light’ until 2021.
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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With gift, UMaine Museum of Art will expand
Linda and Donald Zillman donate $1.3 million for construction of five new galleries at the art museum in Bangor.
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Bowdoin International Music Festival cancels summer season
It’s the first time the festival will have missed a summer since its inception in 1964.
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See Portland through the eyes of artists in Greenhut Galleries show
The gallery put its biennial ‘Portland Show’ up online and in its street-facing windows.
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Using virus as a prompt, visual artists compelled to create
Painters, sculptors, drawers and photographers find inspiration from the crisis and, in isolation, time to work.
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Ten years ago, Lois Lowry wrote a book depicting Portland in a pandemic. Now, she’s rewriting the intro.
‘Like the Willow Tree’ tells the story of a girl whose family died during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.
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Space Gallery, Warhol Foundation team up for artist relief grants
Space will distribute $60,000 to local artists in need.
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Maine Historical expands offerings, audience by putting ‘Becoming Maine’ online
A highlight of the bicentennial exhibition is a dramatic new painting by James Francis.
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In new book-length poem, Wesley McNair takes another deep dive into his family history
‘Dwellers in the House of the Lord’ continues the poet’s exploration of his roots and contemporary politics.
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Ogunquit Museum moves quickly to fill director vacancy
Amanda Lahikainen will begin May 1, moving to Maine from Michigan.