Every year, the sculptural artist brings splashes of electric color to Portland’s darkest days. Now, at 72, she’s embracing a strategy for how to keep her work going far into the future.
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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How Portland picks its holiday tree – and keeps it from falling over
Aesthetic and ecological impact are both factors when selecting the tree for Monument Square.
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Jamie Silvestri, Woolwich: Bringing kids ‘wholeness and health and healing’ through art
The founder of ArtVan has been bringing supplies to neighborhoods of kids for 20 years.
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My Perfect Day: Topsham writer starts with a newspaper and ends with a movie
Carlene Hill Byron would have lunch at Kopper Kettle and drop by Gulf of Maine Books.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Feature Obituary, Local & State
Photographer Paul Caponigro, who died this month in Cushing, brought a spiritual quality to his work
He was among America’s foremost landscape photographers.
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Sick of sugar plums? Try one of these less familiar holiday stories coming to Maine stages
If you want to get into the holiday spirit but have had enough of ‘The Nutcracker,’ here are some less-told tales in unexpected settings and with more grownup themes.
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Why do classics like ‘A Christmas Carol’ endure? We asked a bunch of Scrooges
Four adaptations of the Dickens novel are on Maine stages this season, along with several other universal holiday classics.
Posted inDo This, Food
At Le’Cha, ice cream isn’t just for summer
The Deering Center cafe serves up soft serve in interesting flavors all year.
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A Westbrook trivia host on how he writes questions and who you need on your team
Nate Parent, one of the founders of Best Worst Trivia, aced our five questions.
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Cinderella’s ballgown? Elvis’ suit? King Arthur’s crown? It’s all for rent at Maine State Music Theatre’s costume shop
The seasonal Brunswick theater is trying to grow its costume rental business, based out of a warehouse at Fort Andross.