The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books 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, Local & State
Society Notebook: Portland Museum of Art’s Summer Party is straight-up good time
Museum supporters mingled in the sculpture garden, enjoying refreshments and each other.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Women’s sculpture collective debuts work in Wells
‘Life Forms’ – the name of the show and of the group of artists itself – formed a year ago and is embarking on plans for several shows.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Music, News, Review
At USM, an exuberant performance by East Coast Chamber Orchestra
The Portland Chamber Music Festival wraps up Saturday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
In a film about a father-daughter dance in prison, the girls take the lead
In 2012, activist Angela Patton delivered a TED Talk about organizing a father-daughter dance at a prison. Several filmmakers reached out to her about turning the story into a documentary, but none of them seemed to grasp its point. They kept asking whether she could get them access to the correctional facility. It was all […]
Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State
LB Kitchen plans to open cafe in Rock Row medical campus
The next phase of the Westbrook development is scheduled to open in early 2025.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Sick of superheroes? There’s a cure for your movie malaise
Before ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ these indie offerings offered a different – and sometimes dark – take on the genre.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Kennebunkport history buffs relive the ’70s
Finger sandwiches and photos of the town’s Dump Parades brought back memories from the bygone era at the historical society’s lawn party.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
See how painter Lee Krasner and her peers shaped an artistic era
Their geometric abstractions are the highlight of one show at Ogunquit Museum of American Art, where another exhibit features the paintings of artist Russell Cheney.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ ‘Autocracy, Inc.’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.