Portland bartenders are whipping up cocktails with Irish spirits and green ingredients to mark the occasion.
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.
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Indie Film: Cinemagic theaters may have lacked charm, but their closure is still a loss
The pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of movie theaters.
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Bar Guide: Pair your next book with a Maine author-inspired cocktail
These combos are perfect for your next Zoom book club meeting.
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Possible result of an upended Oscar season? ‘It might be the purest … and strangest’
A vast sub-industry of activity to influence Academy voters and other award givers has gone as dark as movie theaters during the pandemic, adding even more mystery to which films emerge as contenders.
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Here’s the one Oscar nomination these contenders need to win best picture
Oscar voting begins – finally – this week, meaning we are one step closer to spring, one step closer to gaining a bit more clarity about this year’s strange awards season and one step closer to making sure the liquor cabinet is stocked with a bottle or three of good Irish whiskey for a few […]
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Bar Guide: Despite opening during a pandemic, there have been bright spots for the new Batson River
The Kennebunk brewery and distillery opened a second location in Portland in December.
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John Travolta’s Islesboro home on market for $5 million
The oceanfront home, which Travolta and his late wife bought in 1991, has 20 bedrooms.
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Tap Lines: What Maine beer pros are drinking now, from their breweries and others
The people running some of Maine’s biggest breweries offer their recommendations.
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Bar Guide: Shake things up on Valentine’s Day with these Cupid-themed cocktails
Maine mixologists share recipes that will have you seeing red.
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Homefront: Even without rosemary bushes in the yard, this chicken pasta dish is favorite
The Sheaffs brought this recipe from California to their Harpswell home.