Bob Keyes

Portland Press Herald

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.

Maine Jewish Film Festival is widening its scope and its audience

by Bob Keyes March 3, 2019March 5, 2019

The festival begins Saturday in Portland and is screening films in six communities through March 17.

Books, Business, Life & Culture, Local & State

First editions of classic books to be featured in Thomaston auction

by Bob Keyes February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

The sale, which starts Friday, also includes works by several of Maine’s most famous artists.

Life & Culture, Local & State

Singer Don McLean threatens Maine weekly for writing about ex-wife’s exhibit on abuse

by Bob Keyes February 21, 2019February 22, 2019

Patrisha McLean is examining domestic violence by sharing her experience and that of other Maine women in an exhibition of photos, audio and text now at the Camden Public Library.

Local & State, News, Politics

LePage denies knowing he paid up to $1,100 a night at Trump hotel

by Bob Keyes February 18, 2019February 19, 2019

In a radio interview, the former governor responds to a Maine Sunday Telegram story documenting at least $22,000 in Maine taxpayer-funded expenses at the hotel in Washington.