Emily Isaacson envisions something similar to Spoleto in Charleston, S.C. Now she’s trying to get others to help make it happen.
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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Museums look at the legacies of two Maine art colonies
Exhibitions about Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Slab City are on display in Portland and Rockland, respectively.
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Museums look at the legacies of 2 Maine art colonies
Exhibitions about Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Slab City are on display in Portland and Rockland, respectively.
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Images of black America held in cabinets, and hands, at Colby
The installation by artist-in-residence Theaster Gates allows viewers to pick up framed photos from the archive of Jet and Ebony magazines.
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Prepare to be overwhelmed by Big G’s
The packed Winslow deli delivers on its legendary portion sizes.
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Portland’s Café Review marks 30 years of curating poetry from around the world
Founding editor Steve Luttrell is still the driving force behind the publication, which received recognition by the city on Monday.
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Erin McGee Ferrell was helping people heal with art, when she became the patient
The Falmouth artist empowers other women with breast cancer with her Pirate Crew Paper Doll Collection.
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Portland Museum of Art heads to court over a disputed bequest
The museum alleges a caretaker exerted ‘undue influence’ on a former patron to change her will just before she died.
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John Cariani returning home to star in ‘Almost, Maine’
The Presque Isle-raised actor and playwright with an active Broadway career will star in his popular play next winter at Portland Stage Company.
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Four Maine arts groups receive $329,000 in federal funding
The Portland Museum of Art will use its share to support a new exhibition about Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.