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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PublishedJuly 30, 2012
Artists struggle with where to leave legacy
When Will Barnet’s mother died, he lacked a proper way to grieve. He was not a particularly religious man, so finding solace in a church was not an option.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2012
Remembering Colby College art curator Hugh Gourley
The first time I met Hugh Gourley, I was quaking in my shoes.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2012
Maine’s artistic and cultural future linked to estates
When Will Barnet’s mother died, he lacked a proper way to grieve. He was not a particularly religious man, so finding solace in a church was not an option.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2012
Glen Campbell brings ‘Goodbye Tour’ to Portland
Campbell, whose credits include “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” “Southern Nights” and “Rhinestone Cowboy,” has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
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PublishedJune 26, 2012
Maine woman wins national arts award
As a little girl, Molly Neptune Parker played with wood scraps that her mother had discarded. She fashioned those scraps of ash into little baskets, impressing her mother and other traditional basketmakers.
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PublishedJune 25, 2012
Maine woman wins NEA fellowship
Passamaquoddy basketmaker Molly Neptune Parker is one of only nine Americans to win the fellowship this year.
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PublishedJune 23, 2012
Beach Boys concert: feel-good, not so memorable
If you suspended reality, Friday’s 50th reunion Beach Boys concert on the Bangor waterfront felt pretty authentic . . .
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PublishedJune 11, 2012
NEA chairman to visit Maine
The chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts will spend parts of two days in Maine this week, touring the arts-centric cities of Rockland and Portland for a first-hand look at how federal dollars spur economic development in the state through the arts and creative enterprise.
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PublishedJune 7, 2012
Journey Into Writing announces winners
Two Searsport juniors and a Bonny Eagle junior win $2,500 each for their entries in the Maine Community College System writing contest.
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PublishedMay 29, 2012
City book signing to benefit writer
Maine’s community of writers will come together Friday to help an author and friend who lost a barn and livestock and suffered untold emotional trauma in a devastating fire earlier this month.
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