Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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: Yellow Tulip supporters socialize to destigmatize mental illness
Hope for the Holidays at Canopy by Hilton Portland Waterfront raised $21,000 for the nonprofit.
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Art review: At a pair of Midcoast galleries, emotional evocations of a sense of place
Experience the profound depth at solo shows featuring the work of Elaine K. Ng at Interloc in Thomaston, and of Conrad Guertin at Triangle Gallery in Rockland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Why you should make a resolution to watch more movies
Making a point to streaming Maine-made movies and going out to local theaters more often are among the ways you could better support the local film scene this year.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘What We Do Not See,’ by Martin Steingesser
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inLocal & State
How Maine changed in a turbulent 2023
The year saw record-breaking weather, housing prices, homelessness and violence, with the Lewiston shootings leaving the biggest impact on our state.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store,’ ‘Maine: A Love Story’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books from Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Society Notebook: Party-goers get jazzed up about One Longfellow Square
The fundraiser at The Cumberland Club will benefit the Portland music venue’s mentoring and emerging artist programs.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
The furious tango of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
The centerpiece of the new film “Poor Things” is an erratic dance number. The setting is a Lisbon restaurant, where the eccentric Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) and her narcissistic paramour, Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), bicker over drinks. A sudden instrumental beat piques Bella’s curiosity, and she slowly makes her way toward the dance floor. Bella […]
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Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ is stuck in second gear
Ferrari starts with some ancient history: archival footage of Enzo Ferrari racing cars as a young man in the 1920s, just a few decades into the automobile age, long before he founded his eponymous automobile company. Watching him zoom around the track in grainy black and white is thrilling. But, wait a minute – how […]