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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PublishedMay 29, 2023
Bar Guide: Room for Improvement a bar for Portlanders that’s pretty much perfect
The new Wharf Street watering hole specializes in jazzed-up versions of classic cocktails.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Best-Sellers: ‘The Society of Shame,’ ‘American Breakdown’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Deep Water: ‘In the Beginning,’ by Maya Williams
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Society Notebook: Boys & Girls Clubs a ‘second home’ for many southern Maine youths
Spring for the Kids on May 4 raised a record-breaking $210,000 for the area’s clubs.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Art review: One photo shows captures range of emotions, another raises questions
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is packed with works from a personal collection, while the Portland Museum of Art images from Africa in 1958 by Todd Webb.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
‘You Hurt My Feelings’ is relationship comedy perfection
Early on in “You Hurt My Feelings,” a therapist named Don (Tobias Menzies) is wrapping up a Zoom session with a client. After noting that they’re making real progress, Don starts to log off, before hearing his patient mutter, “God, what an idiot.” It’s a laugh line, but also a moment of genius on the […]
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PublishedMay 24, 2023
Classical review: Portland Symphony Orchestra finishes season with a flourish
A rare minor key work by Mozart was followed by a thrilling performance of Brahms’ Fourth Symphony.
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PublishedMay 24, 2023
An Ariel for a new generation makes ‘The Little Mermaid’ her own
Other aspects of the live-action adaptation aren’t as successful.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Theater review: Portland Players’ ‘Full Monty’ is packed with entertainment
The show is playing through June 4 in South Portland.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Tap Lines: Meet the new head of the Maine Brewers’ Guild
Shea Cusick, who most recently worked at Nonesuch River Brewing in Scarborough, replaces Sean Sullivan.
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