After a dreary June, residents and visitors alike are pining for more baseball, barbecue and boogie boarding.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray covers the outdoors and tourism 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, arts and culture. Outside of work, you can find her kayaking on the ocean and exploring Maine's many coastal islands with her husband.
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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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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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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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‘Night of the Living Rez,’ ‘Trailed’ among Maine Literary Award winners
The Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance also honored the food anthology ‘Breaking Bread’ and memoir ‘Woodsqueer,’ along with poetry and youth literature.
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In 5 years, Amjambo Africa has become an important news source for Maine immigrants
The publication prints 13,000 copies a month with articles in 7 languages, and podcasts have helped reach a broader audience.
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Theaters hope familiar stories will bring audiences back this summer
From the true story behind ‘Titanic’ to a play based on ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ there’s something to pique everyone’s interests.
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History of the Children’s Theatre of Maine, the nation’s longest-running institution of its kind
Founded in 1923, the theater merged with the Children’s Museum of Maine in 2008.
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USM guitar teacher scores big, as Buffalo orchestra premieres his concerto
As an artist lecturer at the Osher School of Music, José Manuel Lezcano balances teaching, performing and composing.
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Family from away found deep friendship in Maine decades before Bowdoin killings
The Egers and Eatons became friends when Joseph Eaton was 4. He’s now accused of killing both couples.