For all of their young-adult sheen and PG-13 restraint, the Hunger Games movie adaptations tend to triumph when they avoid sanding off the source material’s sharper edges. As envisioned by novelist Suzanne Collins, the dystopian realm of Panem – where combatants between the ages of 12 and 18 engage in an annual fight to the […]
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.
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Classical review: Portland orchestra evokes warmer times and climes with ‘Symphonic Seasons’
The performance Sunday was led by guest conductor Tito Muñoz.
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Posted inDo This, Food
Eat & Run: Donair, a Greek-Canadian shaved beef sandwich, has made it down from Halifax
The King of Donair food truck is serving up the pita-wrapped specialty, along with homemade fudge.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Where to play trivia almost any night in southern Maine
More than 30 restaurants, bars and breweries in the area host weekly trivia nights.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: The fictional Mainers you’ll meet in can’t-miss drama ‘Nice People’
The film succeeds at authentically capturing the state and its people through five interconnected stories.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘The Red House,’ by Shawn Keller
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Arayes are a delicious marriage of meat and pita
In these sandwiches, a ground meat mixture is spread inside pitas and grilled or fried.
Posted inRecipes
A creamy potato soup by way of Ecuador is a golden way to warm up
You’ll surely want in your regular soup-season rotation
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘Spy Coast,’ ‘Democracy Awakening’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Toddlers get in on Halloween fun at Little Monsters Ball
The Birth Roots event was held at Ketcha Outdoors in Scarborough and raised money for both groups.