The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
What you can learn from Maine’s college art museums this fall
Plus, the major shows of the season at the state’s other leading art institutions.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Review
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard takes sold-out Thompson’s Point crowd for a wild ride
Fans of the genre-spanning Australian band are saying the Tuesday night show in Portland, featuring debut performances and a dip in the Fore River, was among the strongest on its tour so far.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Maine briefly hits the big screen in ‘It Ends With Us.’ Don’t get too excited.
There’s not a lot to admire about this controversial box-office hit.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Virga,’ by Kathleen Ellis
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ ‘Maine, A Love Story’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Portland Museum of Art’s Summer Party is straight-up good time
Museum supporters mingled in the sculpture garden, enjoying refreshments and each other.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Women’s sculpture collective debuts work in Wells
‘Life Forms’ – the name of the show and of the group of artists itself – formed a year ago and is embarking on plans for several shows.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Music, News, Review
At USM, an exuberant performance by East Coast Chamber Orchestra
The Portland Chamber Music Festival wraps up Saturday.
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In a film about a father-daughter dance in prison, the girls take the lead
In 2012, activist Angela Patton delivered a TED Talk about organizing a father-daughter dance at a prison. Several filmmakers reached out to her about turning the story into a documentary, but none of them seemed to grasp its point. They kept asking whether she could get them access to the correctional facility. It was all […]