These exhibitions and events, some festively themed, provide more contemplative ways to spend the season.
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 inMaine, News
Meet our 2023 Mainers To Be Thankful For
As our state continues to grapple with the tragedy that took place last month in Lewiston, thankfulness is hardly the foremost emotion. Families and friends are grieving. Neighbors are fearful. People all over Maine are angry. But there have been numerous acts of remarkable bravery, extreme selflessness and effusive support. Those are qualities we look […]
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This, Review
Theater review: An artist fakes his identity to get his work seen in ‘White’
The Mad Horse Theatre show is up through Dec. 10.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Machias-set ‘Clandestine’ delves into the devil’s work
The in-progress film tells the story of a rural priest with a secret charged with investigating a possessed boy.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Southern Maine Community College works to meet the needs of more students
A Light on the Point raised money for academic and athletic programs, equipment and student scholarships.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘November,’ by Don Colburn
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘Iron Flame,’ ‘Maine: A Love Story’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Bowdoin grads featured in former teacher’s Brunswick gallery
John Bisbee shows the work of his former students at Fort Hill gallery in the Fort Andross mill complex.
Posted inFood, Recipes
9 Thanksgiving recipes that put a twist on tradition
Break free from the Thanksgiving recipe rut with dishes that offer a fresh take on the classics.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘Trolls Band Together’ a kids’ film even millennial parents can love
“Trolls Band Together” is a glitter-encrusted variety pack of a movie. Packed with millennial boy-band humor, sibling love and snippets of pop songs, the third film in the Trolls franchise is an explosion of color tailored to a new generation of parents and their Gen Alpha kids. An advance screening was attended by what appeared […]
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