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
November 24, 2019

Society Notebook: Scholars mingle at Mitchell Institute gala

The scholarships for Maine students are worth more than the money.
Published
November 24, 2019

This easy pumpkin tart is spiffy enough for a vegetarian Thanksgiving main course

This crostata delivers layers of flavor, too, thanks to a double-pumpkin filling.
Published
November 24, 2019

Maine Gardener: Put green thumbs to a different use – flipping the page

These new books cover topics from moss to compact crops.
Published
November 24, 2019

Another movie about Fred Rogers?

Yes, and this one feels like an answered prayer.
Published
November 24, 2019

These warm, fluffy pull-apart dinner rolls are bliss to eat and a cinch to make

These soft, golden, buttery puffs just might be the rolls of your dreams.
Published
November 24, 2019

Q&A: Mark Ruffalo, on playing the lawyer who took on DuPont

‘Dark Waters’ recounts a 20-year fight that exposed the harmful effects of a commonly used industrial chemical called PFOA.
Published
November 18, 2019

Indie Film: Lewiston High student making films and a difference

After attending a young filmmakers’ workshop in the other L.A., Zamzam Elmoge started working on her second documentary.
Published
November 18, 2019

Bar Guide: Good drinks, good prices, good service at Pepper’s Landing

Don’t be put off by the strip-mall setting of this Brunswick bar and seafood restaurant.
Published
November 17, 2019

Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Banks update tacky, sexualized ‘Charlie’s Angels’ for 2019

ABC-TV wasn’t alone. But in the network’s flesh-peddling harem era of the 1970s, an adolescent boy could tune into “Charlie’s Angels” (or “Fantasy Island,” or “Battle of the Network Stars”) and begin developing some pretty dubious notions of female empowerment as it relates to straight male gratification. Meaning: If the latter was covered, whatever with […]
Published
November 17, 2019

Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen have a blast in ‘The Good Liar,’ a silly cat-and-mouse game

Based on novelist Nicholas Searle’s best-selling 2016 debut, “The Good Liar” is a silly breeze of a movie starring two of Britain’s finest actors, each having a blast playing cat-and-mouse with the other. Ian McKellen charms as Roy, a London con man who woos elderly women into signing their savings over to him. His target […]

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