The top 10 best-selling hardcover and paperback books in fiction and nonfiction at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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
A true story of gay bullying turns preachy in the Mark Wahlberg movie ‘Joe Bell’
Based on a true story about the bullying of a gay teenager and its tragic consequences, the drama “Joe Bell” has a message to deliver. That message, which is good and necessary – urgent even – isn’t simply the point of this well-meaning movie. It’s the whole plot, which follows the teenager’s father, played by […]
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This, Review
Review: Alan Cumming takes the stage at his summer cabaret in Kennebunkport
The stage and screen actor was joined by NPR’s Ari Shapiro at Club Cumming on the Coast last weekend.
Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: Check the weather before heading to The Chart Room
Sitting outside at the pub at the Black Point Inn in Scarborough is optimal.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Lydia Lunch channels pain into punk in ‘The War Is Never Over’
The documentary tells the musician’s brutal backstory and ongoing mission.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Coastal art colonies captured in variety of styles
The Monhegan Museum exhibits works by artists who painted both on the island and in Cape Ann, Mass.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: In lieu of exhibit, Harpswell citizen historians hold a book launch
Stories collected to celebrate the state’s bicentennial last year were put into a book about the town.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Dead by Dawn,’ ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’
Nonesuch Books’ 10 top-selling hardcover and paperbacks in fiction and nonfiction.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Theater review: High-energy performance fitting for Shakespeare farce in the park
The slapstick humor of Fenix Theatre Company’s small ‘Comedy of Errors’ cast overcomes Deering Oaks distractions.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Foxfire,’ by Meg Stout
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.