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.

Artist Nicole Wittenberg paints the way Maine feels

by Megan Gray June 5, 2025June 5, 2025

Wittenberg has two solo shows in Maine this summer at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland and the Ogunquit Museum of American Art.

Summer in Maine will be stocked with theater

by Megan Gray May 14, 2025May 16, 2025

Plays, musicals and opera are all on the calendar this season.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

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

by Ray Routhier and Megan Gray May 14, 2025May 15, 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.

Arts & Entertainment, Guides, Life & Culture, Local & State, Outdoors, Things to Do

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.

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.