Applications to receive gifts open Oct. 1, but volunteers are already hard at work for the nonprofit’s 76th year making spirits bright.
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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Meet the new executive director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra
Derek Beckvold has worked around the world and is currently the managing director of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.
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In Waterville, 7 artists explore their ancestral roots
‘Dark the Night and Bright the Stars’ is open until Oct. 12 at Ticonic Gallery.
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The Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival will give away these 7 books
The annual program highlights Black and Black immigrant children’s books and their creators.
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Dennis Fogg, legendary Maine comedian and pancake artist, dies from cancer
Fogg, 64, was twice voted New England’s Funniest Comedian and ran the landmark Uncle Andy’s Diner in South Portland for nearly 2 decades.
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Stephen King, Eleanor Roosevelt and Rick Steves are on Maine stages this fall
The calendar is full of theater, dance and music for every mood.
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With moratorium looming, Portland Planning Board declines to take up Live Nation’s concert venue proposal
The controversial project is on hold until March.
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On eve of moratorium, Live Nation goes back to the Portland Planning Board
A six-month moratorium on new concert halls takes effect Wednesday, the day after the Planning Board’s next meeting.
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Demo begins at the former Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine
The Portland Museum of Art started tearing down the building at 142 Free St. this week.
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See the landscape of Monhegan Island through the eyes of artists
‘Wildland Walks’ explores the natural scenery of Monhegan as part of the exhibit ‘Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island.’