The Maine Aquaculture Association holds events so people in the industry can talk about issues they’re facing.
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.
Art review: Bates pairs Hartley drawings with works by contemporary artists
The exhibit has been long in the making and is well worth a visit to the Lewiston college museum.
Theater review: Sisters share woes, wisecracks in ‘Crimes of the Heart’
The dark comedy is playing at Good Theater in Portland.
Best 75 breakfast bracket
Vote for your favorite breakfast and brunch spots on our Best 75 restaurant list.
Indie Film: In its 100th year, Rockland’s Strand Theatre hosts a yearlong celebration of film
The 100 Years of Movies series will feature deep cuts as well as film-fan favorites as it explores different themes every month.
Tap Lines: Feeling spontaneous? Take a dip in the coolship
Maine breweries embrace this wild style.
Best-Sellers: ‘Lessons in Chemistry,’ ‘And There Was Light’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Deep Water: ‘To Donna Dancing in Her Attic,’ by Denise Pendleton
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Art review: Portland photo museum puts on another jam-packed show
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts features works of 24 artists in ‘Twelfth Night.’
Brendan Fraser is great, ‘The Whale’ not so much
It’s impossible – and, frankly, surpassingly uncharitable – not to root for Brendan Fraser, one of Hollywood’s most likable actors, whose comeback has been one of the most heartening movie stories of 2022. But admiring Fraser’s performance as a man paralyzed by grief and self-loathing in “The Whale” doesn’t necessarily mean liking the movie he’s […]