http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ en-us bkeyes@pressherald.com 2008-05-15T16:27:27-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/027140.html The University of Maine Museum of Art has hired George Kinghorn as its new director. Kinghorn, who most recently served as deputy director and chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville in Florida, begins his new post June... 27140@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Visual arts 2008-05-15T16:27:27-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/027048.html Three Maine theater veterans fared well in the Tony Award nominations announced Tuesday in New York. Christopher Fitzgerald and Andrea Martin each received a nomination for their work in “The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein," and Donald Holder, a... 27048@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Tony Awards 2008-05-14T13:48:51-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/026615.html The smile sealed the deal. During a quiet moment of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 at Merrill Auditorium on Monday night, Robert Moody turned at his waist and learned in toward first violinist Charles Dimmick. With his eyes closed and left... 26615@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Portland Symphony Orchestra 2008-05-06T11:38:16-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/026419.html The news isn’t that Bob Dylan is coming back to Maine to play another show. He’s been doing that for years now, so his May 17 concert at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston is no big deal. But what’s... 26419@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Music 2008-05-02T10:40:48-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/026296.html The Portland Symphony Orchestra announced today that former conductor and music director Bruce Hangen will return to the orchestra in December to conduct this year’s "Magic of Christmas" concerts at Merrill Auditorium. Hangen served as music director of the PSO... 26296@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Performance art 2008-04-30T10:14:38-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/026142.html At Round Top Farm in Damariscotta on Saturday, friends celebrated the life and all-around good spirit of longtime arts supporter Jody McCorkle of Brunswick. McCorkle, one of Maine's most honest and ardent arts patrons -- and a fairly accomplished artist... 26142@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Visual arts 2008-04-28T08:32:26-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/025705.html BATH — The newly installed Charlie Goodhue exhibition at the Chocolate Church in Bath, “His Studio Revisited," is worth a look. It's a nice show, with several appealing images, including this oil painting "Autumn Range Farm." Goodhue, who died in... 25705@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Visual arts 2008-04-18T16:58:33-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/025625.html You've got give Gillian Britt credit for her dogged PR work. Britt, who owns gBritt PR with her husband, Jim, represents Bull Moose Music. On Saturday, independent record stores around the country will celebrate Record Store Day, a publicity event... 25625@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ 2008-04-17T15:11:56-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/025440.html Students from Casco Bay High School will be at Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, from noon to 1:30 p.m. today to interview people in the community about what matters to them. The students are participating in a weeklong intensive... 25440@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Literary arts 2008-04-15T09:34:20-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/025244.html The toll of our bad economy is beginning to show up in tangible ways. Suzanne Gagnon, who operates the Cooper Jackson Gallery at 70 India St., Portland, plans to close her gallery. She writes in an e-mail, “Spring has arrived,... 25244@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Visual arts 2008-04-11T11:02:21-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/025162.html Not that we needed affirmation from an outside source, but it's nonetheless interesting to note how revered Maine native Marsden Hartley remains. Bloomberg.com is reporting that Hartley's painting "The Lighthouse" is expected to be auctioned in May for $7 million.... 25162@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ 2008-04-10T10:59:47-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/025017.html If you get a chance to see “Rabbit Hole” at the St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center in Portland when it opens later this week, pay attention to the set. Designer Craig Robinson has created four aspects of the home... 25017@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Theater 2008-04-08T10:23:40-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/024547.html Two Maine high schools will represent Maine at the New England One-Act Drama Festival, set for April 17-19 in Rutland, Vt. Maine schools invited to attend are Freeport and Falmouth high schools. Falmouth won the Class A title at the... 24547@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Theater 2008-03-31T09:26:52-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/024448.html Donna McNeil, newly installed as chairman of the Maine Arts Commission, recently addressed a gathering of artists and arts administrators in Brunswick. I thought it would be worthwhile to share her thoughts, if for no other reason than to put... 24448@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Maine Arts Commission 2008-03-28T11:36:13-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/024444.html Kate McKeown, a 10th-grader from Leavitt Area High School in Turner, will represent Maine at the National Poetry Out Loud finals in Washington, D.C., in April. She will compete for a $20,000 college scholarship. McKeown won the state finals in... 24444@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/keyes/ Literary arts 2008-03-28T11:05:50-05:00