While the term is often used insultingly, becoming a parent can change everything about how you hear music.
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 inDo This, Review
Theater review: Jolts of energy lift Lyric’s ‘Hunchback’
A substitute had to fill a key role in the opening performance, but there were still several musical and dramatic highlights.
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Posted inLife & Culture
Society Notebook: Walking the runway, Wabanaki style
The fashion show raises money for the Maine Historical Society.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Deep Water: ‘Motorboat Motorboat’ by Keith Dunlap
Maine poems edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.
Posted inFood
Get thee to Kittery for cocktails at Wallingford Dram
The tiny bar has a huge menu of creative concoctions.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review
Art review: Edwige Charlot uses metaphors for hopeful message
‘Letters to Sun: Land of Water’ is up at the Maine Jewish Museum through July 5.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Uncategorized
Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ radically changed the superhero-movie landscape 30 years ago
The film’s roller-coaster evolution – from finding producers to winning over wary comics fans – spanned the entire Reagan presidency.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
‘Rocketman’ goes beyond the music to tell Elton John’s full story
The movie covers the pop superstar’s stardom, substance abuse and sexuality in a time when being gay could have torpedoed his career.
Posted inLife & Culture
Society Notebook: Source awards honor environmentalists from all sectors
The Portland Press Herald puts on the event at Pineland Farms for the fifth year.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is ‘role of a lifetime’ for Jeff Daniels
Nominated for a Tony, the actor says the story is still relevant today when it comes to racial bigotry.