‘Our Towns,’ based on a book, is streaming on HBO Max.
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.
Theater review: Annie Henk charms as star of ‘Bad Dates’
The warm, one-woman show from Portland Stage follows a single mom’s return to dating.
Uneven comedy-drama ‘My Wonderful Wanda’ has a dash of ‘Parasite’ and a smidgen of ‘Juno’
We meet Wanda on a bus from Poland to Germany, where she is returning to work for a prosperous family in their gracious lakeside villa. The patriarch has suffered a stroke and is bedridden; he’s sent all the other help away. He wants Wanda back. There’s also work to do preparing for his upcoming 70th […]
Art review: Maine Jewish Museum presents three disparate shows
The presentation of the works in wood, paint, paper and photography could have benefited by swapping places.
‘Sasquatch’: 3 takeaways from the new true-crime series on the folkloric beast
For the skeptics, conspiracy theorists and true-blue believers among us, monsters are everywhere. Lurking in the shadows. In closets. In the woods. In the murky depths of our waters. Maybe even living in our midst. “Sasquatch,” a new Hulu documentary series produced by brothers Mark and Jay Duplass (“Wild Wild Country”), takes America’s long fascination […]
This year, the Oscars underscore an existential question: What do movies mean?
Does anyone need reminding that the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday will be the weirdest ever? Or the most lackluster? We get it: No one’s seen the movies. These Oscars are going to tank. Next! Honestly, was anyone expecting rabid excitement after a year of pandemic, when theaters shuttered across America, studios postponed their […]
Deep Water: ‘journey to dc,’ by Lisa Panepinto
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Tap Lines: Pilsners of all styles are popular again
And Maine breweries are making great examples of them.
Indie Film: Auburn director raking in awards for ‘Kings & Queens’
Filmed in Portland, it’s the story of shy woman who pushes herself to join a local drag show.
A note of gratitude for Karen Voci and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation
From Lisa DeSisto, publisher of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.