Quinn’s opened a year ago in the Mellen Street Market.
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
Deep Water: ‘savannah blues,’ by Leslie Moore
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Posted inBooks
‘Hummingbird Salamander’ is a gripping eco-thriller full of cinematic set pieces
The easiest thing for Jeff VanderMeer to do after the success of his Southern Reach trilogy (which includes the novel “Annihilation,” adapted for the screen by Alex Garland) would have been to continue in that same vein: spooky, Lynchian, Tarkovskian, “X-Files” adventures in contemporary wilderness settings. Instead, he wrote “Borne,” a futuristic post-collapse urban disaster […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
How ‘Shiva Baby’ captures the anxieties of being a young woman
The premise of the new film “Shiva Baby” sells itself: While begrudgingly accompanying her parents to a shiva, the Jewish mourning ritual, a college student encounters not only her ex-girlfriend, but also her sugar daddy. Filmmaker Emma Seligman ran with the classic advice to write what you know, combining the experiences of sugar babies she […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Patt Franklin’s paintings of nature blur line between the actual and abstract
The show is at Mayo Street Arts’ pop-up gallery on Washington Avenue in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Azerbaijan Society of Maine shares culture through concert
The 50-person show featured a husband-and-wife musical duo that normally tours internationally.
Posted inDo This, Food
Run & Eat: Pick a bowl, then pick it up quick, from Crunchy Poke
The Old Port poke shop has been a reliable takeout spot throughout the pandemic.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Bath filmmaker emerging from lockdown with three new movies
Cody Alexander Curtis returned to his home state in 2018 and has kept busy.
Posted inDo This, Food
Tap Lines: Belleflower’s opening in East Bayside marks start of better days
The new brewery, owned by former employees of Boston’s Trillium, moved into the space occupied by now-closed Brewery Extrava.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ is a clash of the titans – and mismatched storytelling styles
If “Godzilla vs. Kong” sounds like the billing in a prize fight, the movie – a creature-feature sequel to 2017’s witty, stylish “Kong: Skull Island” and 2019’s more flat-footed “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” – lives up to that rock-’em, sock-’em dynamic, in more ways than one. In a literal sense, it’s a multi-round matchup […]
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