Mark J. Parker has also put out a couple of fan films that play off horror flicks from the ’90s.
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.
Deep Water: ‘The Peach Trees of Pray Hill Road,’ by Jefferson Navicky
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Best-Sellers: ‘Dead Man’s Wake,’ ‘Pageboy’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Society Notebook: Honoring the people who provide access to legal aid
Steve Rowe, former state legislator and Maine attorney general, received this year’s Access to Justice Award from the Muskie Fund for Legal Services.
Art review: The latest from one abstract painter and the last from another
Corey Daniels Gallery in Wells is showing ‘Deborah Zlotsky, New Works/Tom Gaines, the Last Paintings’ through July 22.
‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’: High school angst for sea monsters
The animated coming-of-age story “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” is a solid diversion, a good-enough escape if the kids are still making you crazy during summer break and you’ve already seen “Elemental.” It’s just charming enough, just exciting enough and just funny enough to not be a flop, but DreamWorks – the studio that has shown […]
‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ is a fitting if far-fetched finale
Father Time casts his long shadow over “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” and not just because the 42-year-old action-adventure franchise, now in its fifth installment, was already old-fashioned – a throwback to “Buck Rogers” and other serials of the 1930s – when “Raiders of the Lost Ark” debuted in 1981. Nor is that […]
Theater review: Now playing at Deering Oaks, Fenix’s wackiest take on Shakespeare yet
‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] [revised] (again)’ reimagines the Bard’s plays as a cooking show and football game.
Theater review: Before tragedy strikes, ‘Buddy Holly Story’ is a whole lot of fun
The jukebox musical is playing at Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick.
Indie Film: At Waterville film festival, sit back and enjoy new seats, centralized location, same high-quality shows
The new Schupf Arts Center downtown is also the new home base for the Maine International Film Festival, which starts Friday.