And you can start by watching the series.
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.
‘Angel From Montgomery’: The story of John Prine’s most unforgettable song
As John Prine tells it, he just couldn’t write another song about old people. “I said everything I wanted to in ‘Hello In There,’” Prine recalled saying roughly 50 years ago to a friend as the pair brainstormed song ideas together in a Chicago apartment. “I can’t do it.” But Prine, then a letter carrier […]
Deep Water: ‘The Halo Brace I.’ by Jeffrey Thomson
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
How ‘Tiger King’ became a tale more about people than big cats
“Tiger King’s” directors Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode hope to show animal mistreatment by keeping the audience interested.
This Smithsonian exhibit says something powerful about Native Americans, even through your screen
When it comes to reimagining themselves for the pandemic age, museums might have a tougher time.
Art Q&A: With photo jobs canceled, Sean Alonzo Harris gets creative in new ways
The Waterville photographer’s Indigo Arts Alliance residency was cut short by the coronavirus.
In Starz’s enjoyably escapist ‘Outlander,’ a relevant story line about finding the cure
For the greatest escape in times of unsettling emotional needs, what embrace could feel more satisfying than that of Starz’s romantic, time-hopping drama series “Outlander?” Fans have been saying as much for years, happily falling into the attentive, 18th-century arms of Scottish highlander Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Or into the arms of his brilliant wife, […]
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Review: Creepy cult drama ‘The Other Lamb’ spins a beautiful but murky parable of female revenge
The young actress Raffey Cassidy has a gaze that is somehow both inquisitive and ferocious; it poses questions that could cut through glass. If you saw her in “Vox Lux” or “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” you might recall her presence more than anything else, her watchful intelligence and eerie, preternatural calm. She’s as […]
Review: A lewd buddy cop comedy in ‘Coffee & Kareem’
“Coffee & Kareem,” the new Netflix buddy cop comedy starring Ed Helms has one thing going for it: A clever title