Remember “Knives Out”? It was 2019, and we were all looking for a movie worth schlepping to a theater to see with the whole family. Who knew it would be a playful Agatha Christie-style parlor mystery whose themes of wealth inequality, political squabbling and internecine power plays made it arguably the most on-point film of […]
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
Stay active and entertained at these fun-centric indoor sports complexes
Golf simulators, ax-throwing pits, rock gyms and trampoline parks offer ways to expend energy inside during winter.
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Posted inDo This, Food
Tap Lines: Maine’s non-alcoholic beer options keep getting better
You can now find locally made non-alcoholic craft brews in several styles.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: They wrote a silly script and let AI handle the animation
Watch the first episode of comedic sci-fi web series ‘Your Universe is Weird.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Society Notebook: Holiday party becomes celebration of hope
Event at U.S. Custom House raised $18,000 for youth-led mental health nonprofit Yellow Tulip Project.
Posted inRecipes
French onion meets chicken soup in this creamy bowl of comfort
I’d been going through a dry spell, lacking in kitchen inspiration and feeling a bit blue, when it hit me: What I wanted was comfort food. I was itching for a creamy soup (with actual cream in it!), but I wanted it to be as familiar and easy to make as chicken soup with the […]
Posted inRecipes
How to make Hoppin’ John, a tradition that’s more than a meal
Every new year, people – especially those whose roots run deep in the South – soak black-eyed peas to make their favorite good luck dish, Hoppin’ John. Beloved by all but commonly misunderstood, the dish of rice, peas and pork is traditional in the Lowcountry, the coastal areas of South Carolina, but it has found […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Lessons in Chemistry,’ ‘The Light We Carry’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Wild Turkeys,’ by Thomas Moore
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
The 33 movies we loved in 2022 – and where to watch them
In a season of Top 10 lists, here’s one on steroids: We looked through the last 12 months of movie reviews and found 33 films that received 3 1/2 or 4 stars from our critics. Ranging from such mainstream fare as “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Nope” to “You Won’t Be Alone” – a little Macedonian-language […]