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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PublishedFebruary 26, 2023
Deep Water: ‘The Language of Trees,’ by Joyce Ray
Maine Poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2023
Best-Sellers: ‘Demon Copperhead,’ ‘Unraveling’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2023
Society Notebook: Scarborough rallies to help heat neighbors’ homes
The event Feb. 11 raised $28,000 for Project GRACE.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2023
Art review: Biddeford art scene also has bright spots
University of New England hosts a car-themed show, while Engine displays the work of Kifah Abdulla, a Baghdad native and former prisoner of war.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2023
In photos: Artist sets out to re-create scene from Marsden Hartley painting
Vermont painter Eric Aho had planned the community ice-cutting event last year, but the weather conditions weren’t right until last week.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2023
‘Emily’ a Brontë-esque portrait of the author of ‘Wuthering Heights’
The Australian actress Frances O’Connor makes a striking directorial debut with “Emily,” a provocative revisionist biography of the author Emily Brontë. Played by Emma Mackey (“Sex Education”) with a beguiling combination of self-conscious reserve and feral intensity, O’Connor’s enigmatic heroine isn’t the reclusive, neurasthenic creature concocted by popular imagination (with the help of her older […]
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2023
Rivalries sports bar closes in Portland, gastropub to take over space
The owners of Rivalries will continue to operate their Falmouth location.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2023
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ goes big – and boring
“It’s never over.” Those prophetic words are spoken by Kang the Conqueror in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” but they apply just as easily to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the pop culture behemoth that has self-iterated into infinity, wiping out what used to be called “movies” and co-opting an entire medium for generations to come. […]
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2023
Indie Film: ‘Aliens’ proves that sometimes directors need to be kept in check
Eveningstar Cinema is smartly showing the theatrical cut of the 1986 film – not James Cameron’s version.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2023
Bar Guide: Bar Futo wows with beverages alone
Travels to Japan informed the bar program at the buzzy new Old Port restaurant.
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