Daniel Sonenberg’s ‘The Summer King’ is an unusual success for Maine art, telling a story in operatic form about segregation and civil rights through a heroic athlete, Josh Gibson.
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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‘Numb with sorrow’: A Maine composer channels a musical hero
Aaron Robinson sets the words of Leonard Bernstein to choral music in response to violence.
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With ‘Night Stories,’ painter Linden Frederick teams up with writers to finish the narrative
Novelist Richard Russo recruited an A-list of fiction writers to collaborate with his friend.
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‘Marsden Hartley’s Maine’ focuses on a complicated love affair
A new exhibition in Manhattan shows why ‘no matter where he was, the hills of Maine followed him.’
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Laudholm Farm explores the nature of inspiration
The reserve in Wells launches a season of workshops and other events that show the creative power in our senses.
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Crime Wave conference features discussion about real-life crime in Maine
The conference also will honor Maine mystery writer Tess Gerritsen.
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In the centennial of his birth, Andrew Wyeth gets a closer look
A series of new exhibitions at the Farnsworth in Rockland attempt to reshape the Wyeth narrative and create ‘a new sense of balance.’
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Bill would reduce size of Maine Arts Commission
The maximum number of members would drop from 21 to 15 under the proposal before a legislative committee.
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Maine composer’s ‘The Summer King’ to get its second national production
Michigan Opera Theatre will stage Daniel Sonenberg’s opera about baseball star Josh Gibson in 2018.
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Portland Museum of Art taps former SPACE director Nat May to curate 2018 Biennial
He will spend most of this year visiting artist studios in preparation for the exhibition, which opens next January.