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
May 11, 2020

Movie review: ‘How to Build a Girl’ captures the spirit of its brilliant source material

British author, presenter and columnist Caitlin Moran’s 2014 semi-autobiographical novel “How to Build a Girl” isn’t just a great book about being a teenage girl. It’s a great book about being a writer; about being the biggest dreamer in a small town, yearning to break free. It’s about how when we’re learning to be real […]
Published
May 10, 2020

Covid-era opera is getting more intimate, accessible and experimental

I was on a Zoom call this past weekend that took a weird turn. There were 15 of us in attendance, calling in from all over the place – Queens, Orlando, Martha’s Vineyard – and the one-at-a-time chat seemed to be proceeding according to the freshly established norms of the now-default videoconferencing platform. Then, one […]
Published
May 10, 2020

Art Q&A: Michel Droge scales down and stays scrappy

Known for their large works, the Portland artist no longer has the space.
Published
May 10, 2020

Camels, monkeys and lions at the ballet: Marius Petipa was just getting started

Decades before Cecil B. DeMille sent horse-drawn chariots thundering through the desert, the world’s most famous ballet choreographer created an epic version of Egypt for the stage, and paraded live camels, monkeys and lions through a glitzy Russian opera house. With that ballet – titled “The Pharoah’s Daughter” – Marius Petipa was just getting started. […]
Published
May 10, 2020

Movie review: A grim story freshly told in gang tale ‘Blue Story’

War is futile.
Published
May 10, 2020

Deep Water: ‘Bread,’ by Karen Swanson

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Published
May 10, 2020

‘Never Have I Ever’ is the LA immigrant tale I never thought I’d see on TV: My own

The new series on Netflix is a masterwork of second-generation angst and alienation.
Published
May 6, 2020

The Wrap: Bam Bam gets air time, Arabica shuffles around and more comes to the curb

Plus, new owners for Long Island’s convenience store and an opportunity to time travel.
Published
May 4, 2020

Bar Guide: Travel the world through your cocktail shaker

Let those Cinco de Mayo margaritas just mark the start of your international imbibing.
Published
May 4, 2020

Indie Film: The North Pond Hermit, through the eyes of his neighbors

Streaming for free on Vimeo, the documentary lets Belgrade lakes residents give their take on Christopher Knight.

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