This week’s poem offers a glimpse into a story of summer, siblings and transitions. I love poet Michelle Menting’s vivid details of sisters and brothers around a fire, and the subtle poignancy with which she suggests the endings, changes and unspoken questions hanging thick in the air between them. Menting is the author of three […]
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.
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This reliable jam recipe will let you savor the best berries and stone fruit year-round
Starting with the best fruit you can find is a good foundation for great-tasting jam.
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Art critic wanted
Review local art shows for the Maine Sunday Telegram.
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Bar Guide: Portland’s hotel bars put their own spin on classic cocktails
These unique concoctions will make you feel like you’re on vacation.
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Indie Film: Filmmaker who moved to Maine for a quieter life has one last horror story to tell
Jeremy Kasten is releasing his movie ‘The Dead Ones’ more than a decade after he shot it.
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Deep Water: ‘Crawling with Uncle D,’ by Mark Melnicove
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Online art brings more than just wasting time
The best of what’s there offers a sense of what life will be like after the pandemic creates a new normal.
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Q&A: Nick Offerman on harnessing the power of ignorance
Like so many, national arts reporter Geoff Edgers has been grounded by the novel coronavirus. So he decided to launch an Instagram Live show from his barn in Concord, Mass. Every Friday and many Tuesday afternoons, Edgers hosts “Stuck With Geoff.” So far, he has interviewed musician Annie Lennox, comedian Tiffany Haddish, journalist Dan Rather […]
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If a Taylor Swift album drops in a pandemic, does it make a sound?
‘Folklore’ isn’t the predictable girl-and-guitar-quarantined-in-Nashville album that it could have been.
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This year’s Emmy nominations are a reminder to treasure great TV before we run out of it
The longer the industry is not able to shoot, the greater the likelihood that next year’s tally of contenders will begin to resemble an endangered species list.