The Champlain Film Festival is screening contemporary French-language films from all over the world Friday and Saturday 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 inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: European flair rings true inside The Continental
Despite outward appearances, the pub on Brighton Avenue in Portland gets the stamp of approval from two residents of England.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
It’s the time of year for horror and weird tales. Here are some favorites.
The October Country. The season of mists and melancholy. That time of year when graveyards yawn and things go bump in the night and we break out worn copies of Herbert Wise and Phyllis Fraser’s “Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural” or the collected ghost stories of Vernon Lee and M.R. James. In 2023, […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: ‘The Road to Dalton’ a rural reader’s delight
“My recommendation is ‘The Road to Dalton.‘ This is a beautifully written book about love, loss, and community, in a setting that will feel familiar to anyone who grew up in a small, rural town. The characters are written with a loving honesty, and feel achingly real. There is sadness and pain, but also hope […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘Somebody’s Fool,’ ‘Democracy Awakening’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Find color on a foliage drive to Monson Arts or in town at Moss Galleries
‘Northwoods: Absence and Presence features the paintings of Alan Bray and poems of Wesley McNair, while ‘How Do I Look’ takes on female body image.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘flower slowly, a reminder,’ by Meredith Thomas
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Space returns to island-party roots
A benefit on Peaks Island raises $9,000 for arts programming.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ is a Halloween ‘Christmas Story’
What if Edgar Allan Poe had written “Succession”? It’s not a question I’d have thought to ask, but Mike Flanagan – the creator of “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor” and “Midnight Mass” – takes it up with grisly flair. “The Fall of the House of Usher,” his Netflix miniseries about […]
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Bar Guide: Tuck into Night Mares for dreamy drinks
The new bar down a Munjoy Hill alleyway has a small but thoughtful menu of speciality cocktails and mocktails.
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