The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books 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 inArts & Entertainment
Art review: Portland, Ogunquit museums give collections contemporary context
Efforts to be more inclusive have resulted in thoughtful new exhibitions.
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Society Notebook: Portland Symphony plays to its educational programs
The orchestra raised $48,000 at its Forte fundraiser.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘The Flash’: A superhero at war with himself in the multiverse
In “The Flash,” the titular superhero and Justice League member who is so fast he can time travel – via something called the Chronobowl, a sort of swirling arena of temporal possibilities that he enters by, er, running really fast – attempts to return to his childhood so he can prevent the murder of his […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, Review
Theater review: Ogunquit Playhouse puts on spirited ‘Singin’ in the Rain’
The show runs through July 15.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Making coming-of-age story ‘Light Attaching to a Girl’ was a family affair
Vermont-based writer-director Laina Barakat employed her relatives and Millinocket-born producer Karlina Lyons to make the film, playing Friday in Portland.
Posted inDo This, Food
Tap Lines: Union brewery owner is motivated to protect the watershed
But having clean water for The Pour Farm’s beer isn’t the only reason Bill Stinson wants to keep mineral mining out of the Midcoast.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
On his way to Maine, cult film icon John Waters talks about how he’s become ‘middle of the road’
The writer and director known for his transgressive films of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s is bringing his one-man show to the Waldo Theatre this weekend.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Demon Copperhead,’ ‘Pageboy’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: ChoralArt still singing after 50 years
Current and former members of the choral society marked the anniversary in May.