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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PublishedJuly 25, 2021
Theater review: Ogunquit Playhouse offers carefree ‘Escape’
The musical featuring the songs of Jimmy Buffett runs through Aug. 28.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2021
‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ director Malcolm D. Lee has never been afraid to give the people what they want
On first consideration, Malcolm D. Lee directing the second film in the Space Jam franchise makes about as much sense as anything in “Space Jam” makes sense. In the first movie, Looney Tunes characters recruit Michael Jordan to help them win a basketball game against a group of evil aliens intent on forcing the Tunes […]
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PublishedJuly 25, 2021
Best-sellers: ‘We Will Rock Our Classmates,’ ‘Crying in H Mart’
The top 10 best-selling hardcover and paperback books in fiction and nonfiction at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2021
A true story of gay bullying turns preachy in the Mark Wahlberg movie ‘Joe Bell’
Based on a true story about the bullying of a gay teenager and its tragic consequences, the drama “Joe Bell” has a message to deliver. That message, which is good and necessary – urgent even – isn’t simply the point of this well-meaning movie. It’s the whole plot, which follows the teenager’s father, played by […]
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PublishedJuly 19, 2021
Review: Alan Cumming takes the stage at his summer cabaret in Kennebunkport
The stage and screen actor was joined by NPR’s Ari Shapiro at Club Cumming on the Coast last weekend.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2021
Bar Guide: Check the weather before heading to The Chart Room
Sitting outside at the pub at the Black Point Inn in Scarborough is optimal.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2021
Indie Film: Lydia Lunch channels pain into punk in ‘The War Is Never Over’
The documentary tells the musician’s brutal backstory and ongoing mission.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2021
Art review: Coastal art colonies captured in variety of styles
The Monhegan Museum exhibits works by artists who painted both on the island and in Cape Ann, Mass.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2021
Society Notebook: In lieu of exhibit, Harpswell citizen historians hold a book launch
Stories collected to celebrate the state’s bicentennial last year were put into a book about the town.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2021
Best-Sellers: ‘Dead by Dawn,’ ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’
Nonesuch Books’ 10 top-selling hardcover and paperbacks in fiction and nonfiction.
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