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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PublishedSeptember 19, 2022
Ken Burns on his latest PBS documentary, ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
Burns: ‘The willingness of people to believe the lies of an evil regime and manipulative leaders – demagogues – isn’t something that’s a one-off.’
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2022
Review: Ken Burns’ new documentary spotlights how little the U.S. did to stop the Holocaust
‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ shows that Americans fell far short of their ideals in their treatment of Jews threatened with imminent murder in Europe. And the film suggests that the past is not past.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2022
Tap Lines: Biddeford’s Sacred Profane is ‘preaching the gospel of Czech lager’
And after tasting the brewery’s two beers (pale and dark), you’ll become a believer.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2022
Indie Film: Professor’s fifth documentary film turns camera on homelessness in rural Maine
‘Hungry Now,’ by Alan Kryszak, a professor at the University of Maine-Machias, highlights a variety of Mainers who have no permanent home. The film also hears from ‘helpers,’ who want to solve the problem, and others who feel no responsibility. It premieres Nov. 13 in Orono.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
‘Pumpkin spice,’ ‘banh mi’ among food words added to Merriam-Webster
Other new food words added to the dictionary include “oat milk” and “birria.”
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Green Plate Special: Making ketchup is perfect cooking project for less patient little ones
The process is amenable to stopping and starting in accordance with kids’ attention spans.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Corn chowder with miso and salmon is an enchanting end-of-summer meal
Miso, a fermented bean paste, pairs well with the sweetness of corn.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Deep Water: ‘About your impasto,’ by Linda Aldrich
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Author who catapulted vegetarianism to speak at Common Ground Fair
Frances Moore Lappé’s ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ was published in 1971, the same year the fair started.
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