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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PublishedMarch 22, 2020
Society Notebook: Junior League gets dressed up and geared up to lead
The annual gala was held March 6 at Cellardoor at the Point.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2020
Deep Water: ‘Speaking of Maine,’ by George Drew
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2020
Sinead O’Connor is still in one piece
BRAY, Ireland – Sinéad O’Connor’s office is a glass, pentagon-shaped porch that’s also the entryway to her house. Most days, before the sun rises over the Irish Sea, she’ll be sitting there, smoking a cigarette, nursing a sugary cup of coffee or shuffling through her iPad. She may even pick up a guitar. When the […]
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PublishedMarch 22, 2020
What to watch when you’ve seen everything else? Oh, NOW you want to hear from the TV critic
The coronavirus crisis has us stuck at home (working from home, if you’re lucky enough to have a job like that), socially distanced and stoically trapped. Everything’s canceled, closed, kaput. So NOW you’re interested in what the TV critic has to say. I see how this works. What else, after all, can physically distance us […]
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PublishedMarch 22, 2020
The show will go on. Just from their living rooms.
John Legend, Bono, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Pink, John Mayer, Keith Urban and more have held virtual concerts from their homes as the world continues to practice social distancing.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2020
How are you welcoming the signs of spring? Send us your photos!
We want to see how you and your housemates are keeping busy while keeping your distance. This week, we’re asking for photos that show you enjoying the signs of spring. Send pictures with captions that include the full names of everyone in the photo (animals included), along with your hometown and the name of the […]
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PublishedMarch 16, 2020
Movie review: Betty Gilpin main highlight of ‘The Hunt’
After being pulled from the release calendar in the fall of 2019 in the wake of a summer of mass shootings, Universal and Blumhouse’s “The Hunt,” a titillating, topical take on “The Most Dangerous Game,” took on the sheen of something forbidden, illicit, too shocking to be seen. It’s a bit of extratextual intrigue that […]
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PublishedMarch 16, 2020
Movie review: Vin Diesel in the bruising ‘Bloodshot’
It might be too harsh to recommend practicing social distancing with the new Vin Diesel movie “Bloodshot,” but I wouldn’t want to shake its hand, either. David S. F. Wilson’s film comes not from Marvel or DC but the pages of Valiant Comics. Its central character, a former soldier named Ray Garrison (Diesel), is brought […]
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PublishedMarch 15, 2020
Alan Alda would like your attention
NEW YORK — Of all the octogenarian actors who reached the height of their fame in the 1970s, let’s assume, generously, that a third are dead. Another third are almost certainly on base for an upcoming “In Remembrance” montage at the Oscars. The final third, the lucky ones, live on – in cameos and TV […]
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PublishedMarch 15, 2020
Society Notebook: Contemporaries show true colors at Winter Bash
Unique styles were on display at the annual Portland Museum of Art event.
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