The Waterville film festival starts Friday and runs through July 21.
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 inDo This, Food
Tap Lines: In taste and tasting room, Brewery Extrava will offer something different
The Belgian-style brewery in Portland’s East Bayside will have its grand opening this month.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Theater review: Monmouth’s ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ a fun-filled concoction
Director Catherine Weidner sets the play in Windsor, Maine, in 1948.
Posted inLocal & State
Society Notebook: Business awards visionary among event’s honorees
Maddy Corson conceived of what are now the Maine Family Business Awards 20 years ago.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘Golden Girls’ appears to get better with pop culture age
The sitcom is still popular nearly 35 years since it premiered.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
She said, he said: What’s next with Taylor Swift’s catalog?
Her feuds captivate the public almost as much as her music.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Drought,’ by Suzanne Langlois
Maine poems edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Mapping data makes for informative art at CMCA
‘Human Topographies’ is the result of the research and creativity of Dan Mills.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: The real messages of patriotic classics (and what you should watch instead)
How American politics, soldiers and sports are portrayed in film.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Movie review: ‘Annabelle Comes Home’ could be best of trilogy
In a summer of sequels, third and fourth films in a series have to prove the worthiness of their existence, and some this season haven’t risen to the top. But while it’s easy to scoff at another killer doll film in The Conjuring Universe, the spooky franchise is stealthily successful, and always steadily consistent. “Annabelle […]