Portland Stage reprises the popular play about a fictional town, with the playwright, John Cariani, in a starring role.
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.
T.S. Eliot’s ‘Four Quartets’ is all in this performer’s head
John Farrell has committed the collection of poems to memory and will perform them across Maine this winter.
Evidence of deleted emails muddies fight over Robert Indiana’s estate
In a motion filed in New York, a lawyer for the art dealer suing the famed ‘LOVE’ artist’s estate calls the missing emails ‘the most important evidence’ in the case.
Author series in Westbrook connects writers with readers
The publisher of Moon Pie Press arranges regular readings at Stroudwater Lodge.
Maine State Music Theatre director to narrate PSO’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’
The family concert Sunday will feature Curt Dale Clark, artistic director of the Brunswick theater.
Poet, painter and former POW Kifah Abdulla takes action through art
The Iraq native and Portland resident is channeling the energy of Arabic script for his ‘Rebel’ project.
Large-scale stone sculpture planned for Eastern Prom
TempoArt, a privately funded art agency, commissions artist Jesse Salisbury to create and install a granite-and-basalt piece this spring.
Last call for N.C. Wyeth, other art exhibitions
Get to the Portland Museum of Art, the Farnsworth or the Art Gallery at UNE.
The decade in Maine arts and culture
During the past 10 years, new venues changed the state’s entertainment scene while our artists showed the world their abundant talent.
Westbrook schools get federal money to fight drugs
The $125,000 grant will address substance abuse among youths.