Winter in West Parsonsfield stood in for Ukraine in the movie, premiering this weekend in Saco.
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
Tap Lines: After Maine craft beer market’s years of growth, breweries now adjusting to stay competitive
Adding new locations and kitchens have been strategies for finding new customers and keeping others in tasting rooms longer.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Happy Place,’ ‘The Book of Charlie’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: A sculptor goes 2-D, and the Portland library looks at food in our lives
Plus, Jessica Gandolf brings chaos, order and torsos to Speedwell Projects.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Telling Room shows off homegrown talent
The Portland writing program held its ‘Show & Tell’ variety show fundraiser at the State Theatre.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Postcards,’ by Lynne Benoit
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘The Boogeyman’ a vehicle for creepy, if overly literal, fright
A family in mourning is plagued by a supernatural entity that preys on grief in this adaptation of a Stephen King short story.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Midcoast filmmaker turns family’s hunting camp into set for new thriller
Lucas McNelly’s ‘Up Country’ has its premiere next week at The Waldo Theatre in his hometown of Waldoboro.
Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: Room for Improvement a bar for Portlanders that’s pretty much perfect
The new Wharf Street watering hole specializes in jazzed-up versions of classic cocktails.
Posted inBooks
Best-Sellers: ‘The Society of Shame,’ ‘American Breakdown’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.