The Portland restaurant’s philosophy revolves around reducing food waste.
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, Books
Best-sellers: What Mainers are buying at local bookstores
FICTION Hardcover 1. “The Damage,” by Caitlin Wahrer (Pamela Dorman Books) 2. “Midnight Library,” by Matt Haig (Viking) 3. “Sooley,” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. “The Maidens,” by Alex Michaelides (Celadon Books) 5. “Malibu Rising,” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine) 6. “The Other Black Girl,” by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Atria) 7. “The Hill We Climb,” […]
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Opera Maine supporters reunite to kick off new season
The summer will feature programs and performances aimed at inclusivity.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Complaint of El Río Grande,’ by Richard Blanco
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: ‘Acquired Symbols’ celebrates a teacher’s far-reaching effects
A colorful show at Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset honors John Lorence through the work of his associates.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Theater review: Monmouth opens with musical exchange of letters in ‘Daddy Long Legs’
The two-hour show about an orphan and her benefactor makes for an entertaining start to the season, but goes on a bit long.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: California water crisis fuels filmmaker’s work and plan to return to Maine
Falmouth-raised Emmett Brennan’s ‘Reflection: A Walk with Water’ premiered this month at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Posted inDo This, Food
Tap Lines: Why a Mainer’s brewery tour of Asheville feels familiar, yet different
The North Carolina city has a lot in common with Portland but also plenty of its own character to discover.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Tournament stakeholders fete return of pro golf to Maine
The Live and Work in Maine Open on Tuesday held a dinner and an auction to benefit the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘F9’ is under pressure to be the flick that revives moviegoing
Donna Langley, the Universal Pictures honcho who was one of the first studio leaders to delay a major movie over pandemic concerns, now has Hollywood’s hopes riding on that popcorn flick’s long-awaited arrival in theaters. “F9,” the latest installment of the Fast & Furious series, is a gut-churning visual spectacle of a film that has […]