A sweeping exhibit called ‘Music in Maine’ is on view at the Maine Historical Society through the end of 2024.
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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See these new acquisitions by Portland Museum of Art, before they go back into storage
The museum has a collection of 19,000 objects and counting, and only a fraction are on display at any given time. We look at how these pieces get to the museum and where they go when they’re not on display.
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Dancers get a turn as choreographers in Portland Ballet’s ‘New Works’
A favorite poem. A friend’s music. The interlocking gears of a machine. All provided inspiration to choreographers who will present pieces at Portland Ballet’s “New Works” on Friday. The annual show features experienced and emerging choreographers, including four current members of the professional dance company. Nell Shipman, executive and artistic director, feels strongly about giving […]
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To join #cluboyster, tattoo lovers seek out Portland artist’s raw talent
The oyster has become a signature linework design for Laura Cui of Fortune Teller Tattoo.
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Have something to say? Artist Hannah Elizabeth Bevens will listen
The Listening Wall, a piece of plywood with a hole for Bevens’ ear, is an art installation and an experiment.
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State police respond to erratic driver, crashes on Interstate 295
The incident caused a traffic backup, and troopers responded to 2 separate secondary crashes involving a total of 6 vehicles.
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Bangor police investigating death of child
Bangor police said that the child arrived at the hospital on Sunday morning and died that night.
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Love letters that led to a Maine couple’s marriage give glimpse of life during World War II
Harry and Zilphia Lund donated their letters to a UMaine library with the caveat that they’d stay sealed for 50 years. Now, they’re available to the public.
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The art of love: 6 works that embody deep affection are on display at Maine museums
The state’s major art institutions each chose a piece they felt represented the heartfelt sentiment associated with Valentine’s Day.
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Maine museums to create ‘visual dictionary’ of Wabanaki basketry
The Penobscot Nation Museum and the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine Orono received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the project.