Comfortable seating and top-notch cocktails make the bar at the Kennebunkport Inn a can’t-miss winter destination.
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.
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Deep Water: ‘How To Be Pretty,’ by Meredith Mitchell
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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From ‘Ted Lasso’ to ‘Insecure,’ TV’s therapists keep getting better (with a few exceptions)
Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) had just finished detailing the sorrow and helplessness he felt over his son’s depression when the tears welling up in his eyes turned to seething anger. “It’s in his blood,” the sensitive mob boss told his psychiatrist (Lorraine Bracco) in a memorable Season 6 episode. “My rotten … putrid genes have […]
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Best-Sellers: ‘The Sentence,’ ‘Downeast’
The current top 10 best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback at Nonesuch Books & Book in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: License to Chill dance party steers WinterKids toward goal
The Nov. 19 fundraiser will help the organization get more kids outdoors.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: ‘Tenera’ taps into the warmth of the womb
The exhibit at Speedwell Projects explores motherhood, in families and in nature.
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Review: Maine State Ballet delights audience with return of ‘The Nutcracker’
The production is back in person at Merrill Auditorium through Sunday.
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Fashionable drama goes to great lengths to do not very much at all
“House of Gucci” is a movie about passion, not fashion. The soap-opera-like tale, which tells the true story of the 1995 murder of fashion heir Maurizio Gucci by thugs hired by his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani, is also – if you believe the trailer, which touts the following themes, in all caps – about money, family, […]
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Indie Film: Start dreaming up a snowy scene for new Maine film contest
Registration is open for the Maine Film Association’s first-ever Winter Film Challenge, happening over 72 hours in February.
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Joaquin Phoenix in ‘C’mon C’mon’ is light-years away from ‘The Joker’: unforced, natural, yet still great
“There are no right or wrong answers.” So says Johnny, a patient, constantly curious radio journalist portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in a gratifyingly mellow, unmannered turn in “C’mon C’mon.” As the film opens, Johnny is in Detroit interviewing young people for a “This American Life”-adjacent project about children’s’ feelings about their future. Actors often say […]