Cove Street Arts focuses on portraiture, while Greenhut Galleries displays John Whalley’s trompe l’oeil paintings.
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
Deep Water: ‘Encounter,’ by Deborah Cummins
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘Atomic Habits’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, Things to Do
Theater review: Monmouth wraps up season of classics with updated Greek myth ‘Eurydice’
The play, running through Aug.19, tells the heroine’s side of the legend.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Kitchen: More plant-based foods partner with pop culture icons
Younger generations are more interested in vegan foods, and marketing professionals have taken notice.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Art review: Stopping short of abstraction, James Fitzgerald aimed to convey the inner life of things
The Monhegan Museum, which has preserved the island artist’s legacy and studio, is showcasing his work this summer.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Strategic weeding can help make it a manageable, even mediative, chore
Keeping weeds from going to seed and always having a trowel on hand are starters.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Eastern Columbine,’ by Laura Bonazzoli
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘An Immense World’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.