Some support the proposed concert hall, citing the economic benefits, but many raise concerns about infrastructure issues and the effect the venue would have on the city’s music scene.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray is an arts and culture reporter at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and jails. Her current beat is her favorite yet, and she loves the stories that take her to behind the scenes to an artist studio or theater backstage. Outside of work, she likes to explore Maine’s hiking trails and coastal islands with her husband, and she definitely wants to pet your dog.
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The federal government owns 11 artworks in Maine. What will happen to them?
The Trump administration is laying off staff at the U.S. General Services Administration, which is responsible for one of the oldest and largest collections of art in the country.
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On Monhegan Island, artists create a record of ecological change
An exhibit that encompasses an ecological record of Monhegan Island is on view now at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and will travel this summer to the Monhegan Museum of Art and History.
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Want to connect with your Irish roots? These volunteer genealogists can help
The Maine Irish Heritage Center helps people learn more about their ancestry through DNA testing and historic research.
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Dispute over Portland Museum of Art expansion now in judge’s hands
Greater Portland Landmarks sued the city to prevent the demolition of the 1830 building at 142 Free St.
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Proposed Live Nation venue draws opposition from Portland arts organizations
The concert giant and Scarborough developer Mile Marker Investments have proposed a 3,300-seat concert hall on Cumberland Avenue.
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UNE’s new show pairs artists working high above the earth and deep in the ocean
‘As Above, So Below,’ an exhibition of the work of artists Elizabeth Awalt and C. Michael Lewis, is on view at the Biddeford campus until May 4.
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Maine storyteller goes on a personal journey in ‘The Malaga Ship’
Antonio Rocha will perform the show about the history of the transatlantic slave trade, his own family history, and healing from generational trauma, on Friday in South Portland.
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For generations, Black Mainers made sure Vacationland was open to all
During the Jim Crow era, Black tourists to Maine found recreational spaces where they were welcomed, not shunned.
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Durham painter Anne Buckwalter’s exhibit at the Farnsworth is both everyday and erotic
Buckwalter visited five historic homesteads as part of her research for the paintings on view in Rockland that use domestic spaces to explore femininity and sexuality.