The process is amenable to stopping and starting in accordance with kids’ attention spans.
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, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘About your impasto,’ by Linda Aldrich
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inVegan Kitchen
Author who catapulted vegetarianism to speak at Common Ground Fair
Frances Moore Lappé’s ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ was published in 1971, the same year the fair started.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Falmouth gardens that feed the hungry are growing
Tidewater Farm is expanding its gardens and building structures, where it plans to hold classes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Art review: One show celebrates Surrealism, another mud. Both are terrific
At the Portland Museum of Art and Ogunquit Museum of American Art, respectively, see ‘obstreperous’ Surrealists, who proposed upending all art, and John Walker, who finds beauty, and meaning, in mud.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Art review: Galleries show the spectrum of Maine’s contemporary art scene
But these exhibits aren’t up for long, so make a plan to see them soon.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Concert review: Dionne Warwick delivers timeless repertoire in Portsmouth
The legendary singer brought all the hits to an appreciative audience at the Music Hall.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘Gender Queer’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Art review: Maine museums offer a survey of the state’s art history this fall
From Wabanaki baskets to Ashley Bryan and beyond, these institutions are covering a lot of local ground.