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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PublishedOctober 30, 2022
Society Notebook: Wayside pulls back the curtain on its food programs
A party at its Portland warehouse included tours of the facility.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2022
Art review: Exploring the Black experience and the human condition at Cove Street
‘Stay Black & Die’ and ‘Worry Later’ are up at the Portland gallery for about another month.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2022
Deep Water: ‘To the Welkin,’ by Betsy Sholl
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Furies,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2022
Movie review: ‘Armageddon Time’ a nuanced exploration of race and class privilege
Time, place and character are embodied with a stunning physicality (and emotional potency), especially by actors Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2022
Fact-based abortion-rights drama ‘Call Jane’ doesn’t quite ring true
Topicality is baked into the film “Call Jane,” director Phyllis Nagy’s historical drama about a pre-Roe v. Wade network of underground abortion providers in late-1960s Chicago. But for this undercooked endeavor, such relevance is more of a burden than a boon. The real-life inspiration for this fictionalized tale – the Jane Collective, a women-run network […]
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PublishedOctober 24, 2022
Classical review: Playing Violins of Hope, Portland Symphony gives stirring performance
The orchestra will repeat the performance, which features string instruments owned by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, Tuesday at Merrill Auditorium.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2022
Indie Film: Damnationland bubbles back up for a night of short-film fright
The showcase of locally made horror shorts, which took a hiatus last year, is happening again Thursday at the State Theatre.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2022
Tap Lines: How Maine lagers compare to their German forebears
A look at local brewers’ takes on the styles of the season.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2022
Society Notebook: Kids First celebrates successful co-parenting
A gala raised more than $30,000 for the Scarborough nonprofit.
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