The MacArthur genius grant winner brings the abridged version of ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music’ to Portland.
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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Bring your appetite to Waterville’s Buen Apetito
The Mexican restaurant at Railroad Square does many things well, including the food, service and atmosphere.
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In song and stories, the Byrds’ Roger McGuinn relates his long musical journey
The founder of the Byrds and longtime Bob Dylan collaborator plays a solo show at the Camden Opera House on Saturday.
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DeWitt Hardy and Harold Garde, in Lewiston and Bangor
The artwork of two Maine masters is on view in separate exhibitions.
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Informed by his own birth, Minter illustrates book about midwives
‘The Women Who Caught the Babies’ is a series of connected poems by Eloise Greenfield about midwives and their role in African-American culture.
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Melissa Sweet shows ‘How to Read a Book’
The Maine illustrator teams with Kwame Alexander for his poem-turned-book.
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Robert Indiana’s caretaker rejects accusations of neglect
Through his lawyer, Jamie Thomas issues a statement denying allegations made by the attorney for Indiana’s estate, saying he always had the artist’s best interests at heart.
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Robert Indiana lived last years in squalor, neglected by caretaker, estate says
As the legal fight over the artist’s estate continues, a court filing accuses Jamie Thomas of stealing over $1 million and artwork and letting the artist live in filth in his crumbling Vinalhaven home.
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Sculptor gets back to roots at botanical gardens
Steve Tobin, who went to camp in Maine as a kid, brings his Steelroot series to Boothbay.
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Exhibition at Colby shows Wabanaki art as it is today
The display of contemporary works, inspired by traditions of the past, is the first of its kind.