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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PublishedNovember 19, 2023
Art review: Bowdoin grads featured in former teacher’s Brunswick gallery
John Bisbee shows the work of his former students at Fort Hill gallery in the Fort Andross mill complex.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2023
9 Thanksgiving recipes that put a twist on tradition
Break free from the Thanksgiving recipe rut with dishes that offer a fresh take on the classics.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2023
‘Trolls Band Together’ a kids’ film even millennial parents can love
“Trolls Band Together” is a glitter-encrusted variety pack of a movie. Packed with millennial boy-band humor, sibling love and snippets of pop songs, the third film in the Trolls franchise is an explosion of color tailored to a new generation of parents and their Gen Alpha kids. An advance screening was attended by what appeared […]
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PublishedNovember 17, 2023
Hunger Games prequel sings an edgier tune in ‘Songbirds & Snakes’
For all of their young-adult sheen and PG-13 restraint, the Hunger Games movie adaptations tend to triumph when they avoid sanding off the source material’s sharper edges. As envisioned by novelist Suzanne Collins, the dystopian realm of Panem – where combatants between the ages of 12 and 18 engage in an annual fight to the […]
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PublishedNovember 13, 2023
Classical review: Portland orchestra evokes warmer times and climes with ‘Symphonic Seasons’
The performance Sunday was led by guest conductor Tito Muñoz.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2023
Eat & Run: Donair, a Greek-Canadian shaved beef sandwich, has made it down from Halifax
The King of Donair food truck is serving up the pita-wrapped specialty, along with homemade fudge.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2023
Where to play trivia almost any night in southern Maine
More than 30 restaurants, bars and breweries in the area host weekly trivia nights.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2023
Indie Film: The fictional Mainers you’ll meet in can’t-miss drama ‘Nice People’
The film succeeds at authentically capturing the state and its people through five interconnected stories.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2023
Deep Water: ‘The Red House,’ by Shawn Keller
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2023
Arayes are a delicious marriage of meat and pita
In these sandwiches, a ground meat mixture is spread inside pitas and grilled or fried.
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