The exhibition at the Portland Media Center offers commentary on the challenge of living in Vacationland.
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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PSO’s new director, Eckart Preu, introduces next season that ‘might just blow your socks off’
The 2019-2020 season will include a total of 36 concerts, beginning Sept. 22.
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Second art center will add to vibrancy of East Bayside, where ‘the energy is great’
The owners of Greenhut Galleries and Angela Adams hope to draw in the foot traffic created by the neighborhood’s breweries and coffee roasters.
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Flooded Rockland art center will remain closed at least three more weeks
The two largest galleries at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art escaped damage, but the biennial won’t reopen.
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Rockland bookstore named among top 5 in country
Hello Hello Books is among five finalists for Publishers Weekly’s bookstore of the year award.
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Drawing exhibit at MECA puts the process on display
The Drawing Collective, with member-artists from across the globe, shows contemporary drawings, including one being made in the gallery.
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Maine artist Ashley Bryan’s extensive archive begins move to University of Pennsylvania
The Ivy League school was selected to house much of the 95-year-old’s lifelong collection of letters, books and artwork.
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New York’s mayor will help raise money for a tiny arts center in Maine
Bill de Blasio’s aunt lives in Eastport, and he’s coming for a visit this week.
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Five snowmobilers injured in 2 separate accidents in Maine
A collision between sleds traveling in opposite directions on a remote trail system northwest of Millinocket leaves four people injured, and a Rhode Island man is hurt in Franklin County.
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As Children’s Museum & Theatre prepares to relocate, its longtime director retires
Suzanne Olson will leave the museum she has directed for 19 years in June.