Poetry, photography, sculpture and more make up the multiple exhibitions on display.
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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Tap Lines: Surprise, brown ales don’t have to be boring
Maine breweries are playing with the old style in new ways.
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Indie Film: Filmmaker taps into his darkest fears for ‘Family History’
The horror film by Mark Parker, who moved to Kittery from New York during the pandemic, is playing at festivals.
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Art review: Farnsworth puts spotlight on women behind the Maine arts scene
‘Women of Vision’ uses artwork and wall texts to showcase their influence.
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A farm woman of iron will yet surprising delicacy anchors this Icelandic drama
If you’ve seen the recent Oscar-winner “Nomadland,” you might recognize a little bit of Frances McDormand’s Fern in Inga, the indomitable heroine of “The County.” Granted, Inga lives on a dairy farm in Iceland, thousands of miles away from Fern’s itinerant existence tooling around the American West in search of work. Set adrift by grief […]
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Familiar addiction drama is elevated by powerful performances
Anyone who saw the movie “Beautiful Boy” – the fact-based 2018 addiction drama starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet as a father and son struggling with the younger man’s drug dependency – will already be familiar with the narrative rhythms of the similarly themed “Four Good Days.” Much like Felix Van Groeningen’s movie, based on […]
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‘Rutherford Falls’ upends the narrative on Native stories
Native peoples’ stories in Hollywood are, more often than not, depicted as sad and monolithic. And while the stories of historical trauma inflicted upon our nation’s first inhabitants serve a purpose, it seems a sea change may be afoot. “Rutherford Falls,” a half-hour series for NBC’s Peacock streaming service, is one of a few Native […]
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Society Notebook: In virtual format, Source awards sharpen focus on environmental work
The annual recognition of Maine’s sustainability leaders was held virtually on April 21.
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Deep Water: ‘Going to Church,’ by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
This week’s poem, Gibson Fay-LeBlanc’s “Going to Church,” is a beautiful litany of graces. I love the music, intimacy and devotion of this poem, in praise of the “church” that exists all around us. It appears in Fay-LeBlanc’s new poetry collection, “Deke Dangle Dive,” which explores grief, masculinity, brotherhood and hockey, and which launches with a […]
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Bar Guide: Don’t be fooled by the plain facade, it’s a party inside Bueno Loco
The Falmouth restaurant’s owners describe the vibe as ‘Mexidelic.’