Find joy in discovering what you might not know about this legendary modernist. Plus, artist Shane Charles brilliantly bridges his British and Wabanaki ancestry at Interloc in Thomaston.
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, Do This
‘Wildcat’ and 6 other movies that dare to make a writer’s life watchable
The newest film, starring Maya Hawke as Flannery O’Connor, follows in the footsteps of a half-dozen fiendishly clever biopics.
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Posted inBusiness, Do This, Food
A brewery and a beer distributor turn 10. We can drink to that.
Here are the beers celebrating the milestone for Austin Street Brewery and Vacationland Distributors.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
In 2 shows coming to a close, charming wall sculptures and a loose take on mentorship
‘Kitty Wales: Drift’ is on a view at Speedwell Contemporary until Saturday, and ‘Generations’ is up for a couple weeks at Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Spurwink is all about inclusivity
The behavioral health nonprofit named Maine Needs founder Angela Stone its Humanitarian of the Year.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Junk Drawer,’ by Richard Foerster
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ ‘The Demon of Unrest’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Music
Billie Eilish shows us what she was made for
It feels too early to draw a bright pink line through Billie Eilish’s recording career, but do we really have a choice? Her obliterating ballad from last summer’s “Barbie” soundtrack, “What Was I Made For?,” felt so delicately inventive and deeply existential that it automatically split her songbook into before-and-after. So into the post-pink we […]
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Review: Opera In the Pines spellbinds with ‘The Crucible’
The sold-out audiences at The Old Red Church in Standish this weekend were treated to a rich production that deserves an encore run.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
New book maps out the real Maine places that inspired Stephen King
Space is holding a release party for ‘Stephen King’s Maine,’ during which it will also screen a Maine filmmaker’s 2021 documentary about ‘It.’