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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PublishedAugust 25, 2021
Maine State Music Theatre cancels shows after deluge of refunds
The theater attributes poor ticket sales to fear of COVID-19 and backlash against its vaccination requirements, which more venues say they plan to adopt.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2021
Watershed arts center receives $3 million endowment
The ceramic arts center in Edgecomb recently built a year-round studio.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2021
After brain injury, playwright Callie Kimball put down her pen to focus on healing
Kimball has a play finishing a run in Monmouth and another – likely her last – premiering at Portland Stage in September.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2021
Maine State Music Theatre to require proof of vaccination or negative test
The policy applies to shows starting next month at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2021
Composer draws inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe
One hundred years ago, O’Keeffe turned music into painting. Now composer Victoria Bond is doing the reverse. Bond’s work is meant to evoke the painting’s themes.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2021
Following his lodestar, composer Robert Sirota comes home to Maine
He’s hosting two chamber music concerts with different programs and performers in his private studio.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2021
Rockland foundation offers $20,000 award to composers
It’s the third year the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation has offered the commission.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2021
Newman Prize photography contest deadline extended to Aug. 11
Maine Media Workshops administers the annual contest, which recognizes innovation in portraiture.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2021
Portland writer collaborates with his ER-doctor cousin on book about COVID-19
‘Every Minute Is a Day’ chronicles the turmoil and challenges of the pandemic as experienced at a hospital in the Bronx. It was published this week by Penguin Random House.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2021
Portland celebrates its welcoming nature with ‘The Walk’ for refugee children
The art-and-culture festival begins with a free concert at 6 p.m. Wednesday on the Eastern Prom.
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