Leslie Bridgers

Press Herald

Leslie Bridgers is the features editor for the Portland Press Herald, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and culture. She spent 10 years as a reporter, half of that time for the Portland Press Herald, covering the western suburbs of Portland, writing feature stories and working on special projects. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left.

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Published
October 17, 2021

Art review: Listen as you look at the works on display in ‘REverb’

The show at Zero Station in Portland is a reminder of how our senses are connected.
Published
October 14, 2021

Theater review: ‘Young Frankenstein’ ends Ogunquit season with a spirited treat

The show runs through Halloween.
Published
October 14, 2021

Theater review: In ‘You Got Older,’ a woman’s return home is full of wackiness and warmth

Pay what you decide to see the play at Mad Horse Theatre through Oct. 31.
Published
October 11, 2021

Indie Film: Documenting the dumpster fire that was 2020

Produced by NO Productions of South Portland, ‘2020: The Dumpster Fire’ is set for a December release.
Published
October 11, 2021

Bar Guide: Jing Yan’s cocktails taste as good as they look

The Asian bistro on Munjoy Hill has an impressive drink menu, crafted by co-owner Leo Zhang.
Published
October 10, 2021

Anthony Bourdain’s messy, brilliant life comes into focus in a new oral biography

Anthony Bourdain attracted people to him, beyond the usual parasocial relationships that develop between the famous and those who love them from afar. Folks felt like they knew him. They felt connected to him. That was one of Bourdain’s gifts as a writer, raconteur and television travel guide: He was open to experiencing the world, […]
Published
October 10, 2021

Art review: Natural and human worlds collide in ‘Witchgrass’

The show at Speedwell Projects in Portland features multimedia works by four artists.
Published
October 10, 2021

The movie ‘Lamb’ is weird, even by A24 standards, but also haunting and beautiful

It’s devilishly difficult to write about “Lamb,” while at the same time skirting spoilers that would take away from the pleasure of coming into the film completely fresh. (Pleasure is not quite right: Maybe shock value mixed with a perverse sense of fear, wonder and a little eye-rolling.) That’s true because the trailer gives away […]
Published
October 10, 2021

David Strathairn, now playing a Holocaust witness at the Shakespeare Theatre, reflects on the lessons of the past

WASHINGTON — “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” a one-man play co-written by Deering High School graduate Clark Young and now onstage at D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre, greets its audience with a warning that seems to transcend time. “We see what goes on in the world, don’t we?” star David Strathairn asks as Karski, the real-life […]
Published
October 10, 2021

‘No Time to Die’ is a satisfying send-off to Daniel Craig, in his final outing as James Bond

“No Time to Die” is a bit too long and a bit too complicated, with a villain in the form of Rami Malek’s Lyutsifer Safin, whose motivation in seeking a genetically programmable bioweapon that microtargets its victims by DNA is murky, to say the least. It does come in handy, however, as a plot device, […]

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