Plus, two other takes on the style to try, from Fogtown and Rising Tide.
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.
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Footlights Theatre tells the ‘Mama’ Cass story anew
The Falmouth theater is reprising its one-woman show about the life of the music icon.
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Bestsellers: ‘All Fours,’ ‘The Anxious Generation’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Rockland art center takes on contemporary issues in 2 shows
Donald Moffett offers his view on extinction, while Arnold Kemp addresses Black identity.
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Deep Water: ‘Letter to Kamal Boullata,’ by Martin Steingesser
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Longfellow Garden Club has preserved poet’s oasis for 100 years
The group marked the centennial with a party in the backyard of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s boyhood home in downtown Portland.
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Flaming Lips bring psychedelic, celebratory show to Thompson’s Point
Laser, bright colors and inflatable props were all part of the spectacle Thursday.
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Opera Maine’s ‘Aida’ a massive, memorable spectacle
The second and final performance of the 3-hour opera is Sunday.
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Ogunquit packs a lot of vocal talent into ‘A Little Night Music’
The humor and iconic husky voice of actress Kathleen Turner are among the highlights.
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‘The School for Husbands’ takes a farcical look at relationships
The Theater at Monmouth has adapted the Molière play.