Isabelle St. Cyr wants to use her platform to challenge stereotypes about trans people.
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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Maine cultural organizations reeling from canceled grants, threats to funding
Letters were sent Thursday to recipients of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, telling them their grant awards were terminated.
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Cumberland, Fryeburg fairs argue over shared Saturday in September
The overlapping date – Sept. 27 – is now a matter of contention between the 2 longtime events.
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Everything you want to know about going to saunas but were afraid to ask
Don’t sweat the details.
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New festival at Portland Public Library celebrates the comic arts
The free event – Comic Arts Maine Portland, or CAMP for short – is scheduled for April 5.
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The federal government owns 11 artworks in Maine. What will happen to them?
The Trump administration is laying off staff at the U.S. General Services Administration, which is responsible for one of the oldest and largest collections of art in the country.
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Want to connect with your Irish roots? These volunteer genealogists can help
The Maine Irish Heritage Center helps people learn more about their ancestry through DNA testing and historic research.
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For generations, Black Mainers made sure Vacationland was open to all
During the Jim Crow era, Black tourists to Maine found recreational spaces where they were welcomed, not shunned.
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Executive director Carolyn Nishon will leave the Portland Symphony Orchestra
Nishon has worked at the orchestra for 17 years and been the executive director for 10.
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Another storm Saturday night could bring up to 6 inches of snow
A National Weather Service meteorologist says the La Nina pattern appears to have taken hold and he advises keeping ‘your shovels nearby and your ice scrapers in the car.’