Deep into next month, the university’s art gallery in Portland features works that speak achingly and poignantly about the human condition.
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Trauma,’ by Jennifer Ryan Onken
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Posted inBooks
Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘The Light We Carry’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Spielberg peels back the curtain on his youth with ‘The Fabelmans’
Let the record reflect that “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s self-portrait of the artist as a young man, ends with one of the best final scenes in recent memory. That scene – and the wink that follows it – is reason enough to see a movie that, true to its title, lends a gentle fairy-tale sheen […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Theater review: Footlights reimagines Christmas classic in ‘It (Was) a Wonderful Life’
Nick P. Soloway plays all of the characters in this comedic show.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Concert review: Crooner, kids’ chorus add to Magic tradition
The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s annual Christmas show runs through Sunday.
Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: Batson River brings cheer to Biddeford
The brewery and distillery now has four locations in southern Maine, all of which are decked out for the holidays.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Portland filmmaker makes Maine version of Hallmark Christmas movie
‘A Downeast Christmas’ will be showing on Channel 5 on Christmas Eve.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Growing indoor crops is more about the fun than the food they produce
Make a hobby out of watching these plants grow, and maybe even get some fresh ingredients out of it.
Posted inRecipes
Hasselback your salmon for a fresh way to eat this tasty fish
Ever have a friend who finds little ways to make life easier? She offers clever asides or makes astute observations that result in why-didn’t-I-think-of-that moments. The cookbook “Prep and Rally” by Dini Klein delivers that same feeling: Here’s someone who not only gets it, but wants to help you get it, too. I found myself […]