A vast sub-industry of activity to influence Academy voters and other award givers has gone as dark as movie theaters during the pandemic, adding even more mystery to which films emerge as contenders.
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
Here’s the one Oscar nomination these contenders need to win best picture
Oscar voting begins – finally – this week, meaning we are one step closer to spring, one step closer to gaining a bit more clarity about this year’s strange awards season and one step closer to making sure the liquor cabinet is stocked with a bottle or three of good Irish whiskey for a few […]
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘I feel for the father,’ by Arisa White
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: Despite opening during a pandemic, there have been bright spots for the new Batson River
The Kennebunk brewery and distillery opened a second location in Portland in December.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: ‘A Glitch in the Matrix’ shows how the search for meaning can turn into an obscure obsession
The documentary is streaming through PMA Films.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
’17 Blocks’ opens a remarkable documentary window into the life of a family in Washington, D.C.
A companion piece to a documentary called “Time,” the film uses nearly two decades of footage to chronicle the challenges encountered by a 9-year-old boy’s family in Washington, D.C.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Maine Jewish Museum reopens with exemplars of art and craft
The first exhibition at its renovated Congress Street home features 10 artists and makers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘On a Film Set Playing Mary Bowser,’ by Maya Williams
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Sauce, gravy or stew too thin? We’ve got 3 ways to fix that
We’ve all been there. There being left with a thin, watery sauce when instead we’re in want of one that is thick, luscious and full of body-ody-ody. While a roux is a common thickener that we should all master for dishes such as gravy and gumbo, it is of no use once we’ve already reached […]
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Chili-tinged sweet potatoes are loaded in all the right ways – flavor, nutrition and satisfaction
You can count me in for pretty much any dish with “loaded” and “potato” in its name. Either of those words alone point in the direction of filling, comfort-food satisfaction, but together they are practically a guarantee. With this loaded potato recipe, as a bonus, that gratification is delivered in a healthful way, too. It […]