These nearby shows — one of photography, the other straddling the line of art and craft — both close Oct. 13.
Leslie Bridgers
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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.
Past and present Portland Symphony conductors carry orchestra into 100th season
Each music director conducted a movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which the orchestra will perform again Tuesday.
These Maine-made microwaveable cups are feel-good convenient meals
Mushroom Risotto and Pad Thai are among the varieties made by the Kittery-based Good To-Go brand.
Documentary insists the free press isn’t doomed. Phew.
A screening of ‘Trusted Sources’ at Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta will be followed by a Q&A with Maine journalists.
Environmental visions will beckon you off the beaten path
In shows running into the fall, galleries in Searsport and Deer Isle offer a wealth of variety.
Deep Water: ‘In Praise of Minor,’ by Abbie Kiefer
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Bestsellers: ‘Tell Me Everything,’ ‘The Demon of Unrest’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
On solo debut ‘Hundred Mile Wilderness,’ Griffin William Sherry gets personal
The former Ghost of Paul Revere frontman released the album Friday.
Beauty – and monstrosity – are skin deep in ‘The Substance’
“Vanity of vanities; all is vanity,” says the Good Book, and “The Substance” hastens to add a few more ingredients to the condemned’s last meal: fears of aging, sins of the flesh, daytime exercise shows, the monstrous egotism of Hollywood stars and buckets – no, tsunamis – of blood. And Demi Moore, fearlessly and hilariously […]
Society Notebook: Side x Side infuses Maine classrooms with creativity
The nonprofit’s Art Deck-O event raised around $22,000 for its arts integration programming.