The Maine-born director set many of his classic films in his ancestral homeland.
Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
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, Review
Art review: Amid a sea of text, find figures who faced demons inside and out
Lesley Dill uses words, illustrations and sculptures to share stories of early America at the Bates College Museum of Art.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘half light,’ by Kerem Durdag
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Bark is bigger than frostbite for animal lovers at Elsmere
The Portland restaurant raised $1,000 for the Animal Refuge League at the outdoor benefit.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Paris Apartment,’ ‘The Dawn of Everything’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Theater review: An almost-30-year-old struggles while his friends make marriage plans
‘Significant Other’ is now playing at Good Theater.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Theater review: Societal ills linger as ‘Last Ship’ takes off from Earth
The dark comedy is in its world premiere production at Portland Stage.
Posted inDo This, Food
Tap Lines: Internship program aims to bring diversity to beer industry
Brewing Up Opportunity was created by a partnership between Maine Beer Co. and the University of Southern Maine.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Documentary about a dedicated mom has taken a new turn since her death
The story of Stephanie Lay is deeper than the makers of ‘Routine Interrupted’ imagined.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Tell Me How Many Black Seabirds,’ by Susan Cook
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.