The Coast Guard and local officials are trying to identify the white man found near Memorial Bridge.
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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Yarmouth adds cameras to ‘stop arms’ to catch drivers who pass stopped school buses
Districts are taking advantage of a new state law that makes Maine one of 19 states to allow school districts to attach cameras to their buses.
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Scarborough police seek help identifying cyclist hurt in crash with car
Police say the woman, believed to be in her 50s, was riding a purple L.L. Bean bike on Route 1 in front of On the Vine Marketplace.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review, Uncategorized
Diana Cherbuliez channels her grumpiness
The Vinalhaven artist expresses dismay at the world around her in her latest Portland exhibition.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Moved by immigration crisis, mime opens up about his journey to Maine
A native of Brazil, Antonio Rocha has released a collection of stories on CD called ‘The Immigrant.’
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Experience as an outsider informs painter’s series on the oppressed
Norajean Ferris portrays Maine’s newcomers and others in a series of large-scale paintings.
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Portland artist’s work acknowledges help received and still needed by asylum seekers
Gabon native Titi de Baccarat is putting together a show that calls attention to poor sanitation in holding facilities and thanks Mainers who have opened their hearts and homes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
David Driskell in conversation in Rockland
The artist will discuss art, gardening and material culture at CMCA.
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Eckart Preu and PSO make it official with performances this month
Already familiar to local audiences, he makes his debut as music director with concerts on Sept. 22 and 23 at Merrill Auditorium.
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Portland playwright reflects on ‘Rock ‘n Roll’
Kevin O’Leary’s new play, coming to Portland Stage in September, looks at the Woodstock generation 50 years later.