‘The Stolen Child’ is the Portland writer’s fifth book.
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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Beloved Maine painter Dahlov Ipcar dies at age 99
The Georgetown resident was nationally renowned for her distinctly colorful paintings and children’s books.
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New director of influential New York art school has ties to Maine
Timothy Clark paints on the New Meadows River when he’s not in Manhattan or California.
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Ron Currie’s new novel may deliver him from ‘up-and-coming’ to ‘arrived’
The Maine writer taps into the fake-news phenomenon with ‘The One-Eyed Man.’
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Portland Museum of Art reopens with 3D show outside, more art inside
No admission fee will be charged at the museum on Friday night or Saturday.
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Freeport artist living a dream, with cover image on this week’s New Yorker
Abigail Gray Swartz, who attended the Women’s March in Augusta, updates the iconic Rosie the Riveter as a woman of color with a pink pussyhat.
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Tanja Hollander finds answers to ‘Are You Really My Friend?’
The Auburn photographer will display thousands of images of her friends, and the travels she took to reach them, in a new exhibition at Mass MoCA.
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Maine arts groups prepare to fight Trump in case of budget cuts
‘We’ll be ready,’ says one leader. ‘The stakes are high. People are paying attention.’
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Maine author Ashley Bryan’s book about slaves wins Newbery Honor Award
The prize recognizes excellence in children’s literature.
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Passamaquoddy canoe maker and craftsman David Moses Bridges dies at 54
A noted advocate for his ancestral culture, he also fought for the environmental rights of tribes in Maine and across North America.