The Broadway actor’s one-man show, ‘Searching for Mr. Moon,’ is autobiographical.
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, Do This
Indie Film: Wells High grads document debate over controversial mascot
Filmmakers David Camlin and Megan Grumbling hope their hometown serves as a less-rancorous template for confronting the use of Native American imagery by sports teams.
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Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: Join the regulars on a weeknight at Wayside Tavern
The new restaurant in The Francis Hotel is a neighborhood hot spot.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Crossroads,’ ‘Taste’
The current best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inRecipes
Cider-braised pork shoulder goes from weekend project to weeknight dinner in the Instant Pot
Despite its commercial success, the Instant Pot is not the most beloved vessel within food writing circles. It lacks a certain romance of being “involved” with your food, artificially speeding up the natural course of the time it should take for a dish to braise. It doesn’t look as romantic as a clay pot used […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Eastern Trail fundraiser helps make connections
The outdoor Bonfire & Brew event in Scarborough raised money to build out sections of the trail.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘Eternals’ has too much Marvel, not enough Chloe Zhao
Chloe Zhao, fresh off winning two historic Oscars for “Nomadland,” gracefully handles a thankless job with “Eternals,” a Marvel Cinematic Universe origin story that suffers from all the baggy, convoluted drawbacks of the form. Based on characters created by Jack Kirby that first appeared in a 1976 comic, the latest installment of never-ending MCU hegemony […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘how the body heals,’ by Jeri Theriault
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: At Cove Street Arts, exhibits on oil and water make an absorbing mix
A show of watercolors by various artists and another of photographs of oil tanks by Tim Greenway are both on display at the Portland gallery.
Posted inRecipes
This acorn squash soup is creamy and flavorful with only 6 ingredients
The leaves crunch under my feet on my morning walks these days. The sun, still bright, is starting to hold back its warmth. What color are the trees where you are? Is it sweater weather there, too? On these cool, mid-autumn nights I find myself making a lot of soup. With acorn squashes piled high […]