After a dreary June, residents and visitors alike are pining for more baseball, barbecue and boogie boarding.
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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Officials say Hancock County couple died in murder-suicide
A spokeswoman for the Maine State Police said no additional details would be released.
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For third year in a row, Portland’s July 4 fireworks will be a cappella
The Portland Symphony Orchestra has performed in past years, but no private partner came forward this year to organize and fund the extra entertainment.
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These couples from New York City were once at the core of Monhegan’s art colony
The Monhegan Museum of Art and History is showing the works of eight late artists who started coming to the island in the middle of last century and influenced each other over the following decades.
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300 gallons of water: How the Ogunquit Playhouse gives life to ‘Singin’ in the Rain’
The technical and design wizards at the theater ‘add a little magic’ to the summer production of a beloved Hollywood classic.
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Maine Maritime Museum charts a new course with art installation on warming ocean
The Bath museum hopes that ‘SeaChange’ prompts constructive conversations about the future of the Gulf of Maine.
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A year after firing saga, DaPonte String Quartet is reinvigorated by support
The group is in the process of hiring a violinist and hopes to tour beyond Maine.
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Kittery author wins Children’s History Book Prize
Rodman Philbrick received the award from the New York Historical Society for ‘We Own the Sky,’ set in Maine in 1920.
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Maine author Morgan Talty to release first novel next year
The celebrated author of story collection ‘Night of the Living Rez’ says his next book will similarly be set on the Penobscot Indian Nation in Maine.
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St. Lawrence Arts Center changes its name as it reboots expansion plan
The Munjoy Hill nonprofit, now called The Hill Arts, hopes to break ground next year on a 400-seat performance venue.