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.

Here are the free concerts, opera and musicals you can see in Maine this summer

by Ray Routhier and Megan Gray May 14, 2025May 14, 2025

The Mallet Brothers Band, Don Campbell and Pete Kilpatrick are among the local musicians doing free shows as part of several summer concert series.

5 questions about ‘Shoe Show,’ an exhibit in Blue Hill that reimagines footwear as art

by Megan Gray May 12, 2025May 9, 2025

The exhibition will be on view through June 13.

Arts & Entertainment, Do This, Guides, Life & Culture, Local & State, Outdoors

Here’s 16 easy hikes in every county in Maine

by Megan Gray May 5, 2025July 23, 2025

We’ve finally traded snow boots for hiking boots, so it’s time to discover great hikes in every corner of Maine.

Business, Local & State, News

Moratorium on new Portland music venues, including Live Nation hall, comes up for a vote

by Megan Gray April 28, 2025April 28, 2025

The City Council will hold a public hearing and a vote on the proposal Monday.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Local & State

Khmer dance classes keep alive a tradition nearly lost to genocide

by Megan Gray April 24, 2025April 25, 2025

For 3 years, the nonprofit Khmer Maine has offered the free classes highlighting an art form that was nearly lost. The students will perform at this weekend’s SEAFEST in Westbrook.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

Curtains go up on Good Theater’s new Portland location

by Megan Gray April 23, 2025April 24, 2025

The nonprofit theater company partnered with the developers of Stevens Square in Portland to renovate the auditorium into a professional venue.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

Crafty Mainers have it all sewn (and buttoned and knit) up

by Megan Gray April 21, 2025April 24, 2025

Mainers have the highest rates of participation in some kinds of fiber art — weaving, crocheting, quilting, needlepoint, knitting or sewing — in the country.