A closer look at five current shows up at the Portland exhibition space.
Leslie Bridgers
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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, Review
Theater review: The Hot Flash Cafe serves up hilarity in spades
A two-woman sketch comedy team carries the Footlights Theatre show.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, Review
Review: Opera Maine’s ‘Cinderella’ both feeling and funny
The classic story contains many comedic moments and will be showing again Sunday at Merrill Auditorium.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Theater review: The working world may be different but ‘9 to 5’s’ message still resonates
The entertaining show is playing at Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Theater review: ‘On Your Feet!’ follows Estefans’ personal story and rise of Latin pop
The high-energy show is on stage at Ogunquit Playhouse.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: How we archive our lives is Maine documentarian’s latest subject
Ian Cheney’s ‘The Arc of Oblivion’ will be shown next month from inside an ark built on land in Rockland.
Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: The Woodshed is the way an outdoor bar should be
The Manchester spot, owned by the stars of ‘Maine Cabin Masters,’ has craft beers, food and regular entertainment.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Art-making is among the many careers of these professionals
Four concurrent shows feature artists who have worked in very different fields, from psychotherapy to coffee roasting.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Breathing Room,’ by Michelle Menting
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Dead Man’s Wake,’ ‘Battle of Ink & Ice’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.