The exhibition at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship features woodworkers from around the world.
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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Pianist from Cape Elizabeth wins a prize that ‘all young musicians dream of’
Henry Kramer is one of 5 recipients of the $25,000 Avery Fisher Career Grant.
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Maine painter with uncertain prognosis going on mission to Mount Everest
Henry Isaacs won’t let his health stop him from making the painting of a lifetime.
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For nation’s aspiring writers, this Mainer makes sure there’s room at the inn
Shanna McNair, of Topsham, established the Writer’s Hotel, a literary gathering each June in New York City.
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Man airlifted to hospital after barn collapses on top of him in Casco
The 57-year-old victim was trapped in the snow for up to an hour and was being treated for hypothermia in Lewiston.
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From doc to drama, from light to darkest noir
Some interesting films are coming to the Maine Jewish Film Festival.
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Maine Jewish Film Festival is widening its scope and its audience
The festival begins Saturday in Portland and is screening films in six communities through March 17.
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First editions of classic books to be featured in Thomaston auction
The sale, which starts Friday, also includes works by several of Maine’s most famous artists.
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Playwright Monica Wood pulls from life and literature to find ‘The Half-Light’
As she recovered from a family tragedy, the Portland writer found herself telling a part of her own story in her second play, premiering this week at Portland Stage.
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Singer Don McLean threatens Maine weekly for writing about ex-wife’s exhibit on abuse
Patrisha McLean is examining domestic violence by sharing her experience and that of other Maine women in an exhibition of photos, audio and text now at the Camden Public Library.