Kinonik’s screening of silent film ‘Faust’ on Sunday will be accompanied by a live piano.
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, Review
Think you know these Maine artists? See how they evolved at shows in Portland and Rockland
Triangle Gallery shows the work of artists in painting collective Seven, while Moss Galleries pairs Gail Spaien and Lynne Drexler.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Best Buddies celebrates its special friendships
The nonprofit, with chapters all over the state, connects people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Split,’ by Matthew Bernier
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inBooks
Bestsellers: ‘Intermezzo,’ ‘The Message’
This week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
In ‘Here,’ Robert Zemeckis homes in on the room where it happens
Robert Zemeckis’s golden touch has faded since the prior century, when his hit streak stretched from 1984’s “Romancing the Stone” through 2000’s “Cast Away.” Along the way, he won an Oscar for directing “Forrest Gump” (1994), the best picture winner that became one of the weirdest blockbusters in history and enshrined him as our national […]
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Live updates: Flag referendum fails, 2nd District race remains tight and local results trickle in
We’re gathering election results and reactions from across the state all day following an historic U.S. election.
Posted inDo This, Food
This falafel wrap from Mr. Chickpea has a lot of pluses
A new South Portland restaurant proves more is more when it comes to Mediterranean options.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Hiraeth,’ by Sherry Barker Abaldo
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
A Maine photographer uses a marble from childhood to look into his past
Tad Beck gets personal with exhibition ‘Scrying’ at Grant Wahlquist Gallery.