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 20, 2022
Art review: The age of irony lives on at Cove Street Arts
Two shows at the Portland gallery, ‘Repartee’ and ‘Dance Me To the End,’ both juxtapose works to convey broader messages.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2022
‘Bel-Air’ is ‘Fresh Prince’ without any of the things that made it special
Unlike the popular 1990s sitcom, this reimagined version gets bogged down with gloomy, self-serious themes.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2022
The real story of ‘Inventing Anna,’ Netflix’s show about the fake heiress who scammed the rich and powerful
Netflix’s limited series mostly stays faithful to the actual details of a scam orchestrated by Anna Sorokin, who pretended to be a wealthy German heiress.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2022
With ‘Death on the Nile,’ Kenneth Branagh humanizes Hercule Poirot
The latest Agatha Christie adaptation includes a top-notch cast and an entertaining plot twist.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2022
This stunning radicchio and grapefruit salad is pleasingly bitter
Color compelled me to create this salad – I was drawn in by the variety of red winter produce at the market and had the urge to bring it together. But while the resulting dish turned out as beautifully as I had hoped, I was surprised to realize that the element that made it so […]
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2022
Roast sausages over cabbage and sauerkraut for a hearty, tangy sheet-pan meal
It can take a cabbage anywhere from 40 to 150 days to grow to full size. Smaller cabbages, like bok choy, mature rather quickly. But larger ones, such as quintal d’alsace, the massive green and white cabbages that thrive in Alsace in Northeastern France, spend many months in the ground. They grow so large that […]
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2022
Concert review: In return to folk roots, Anaïs Mitchell finds friendly crowd at Merrill
The singer-songwriter from Vermont, joined Thursday by her backing band and trio Bonny Light Horseman, mostly performed songs from her new self-titled album.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2022
Indie Film: Buxton filmmaker’s fantasy series is based on her unsettling dreams
Brooke Grondin is raising money to film the pilot for ‘The City of Children.’
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2022
Bar Guide: Same name, better cocktail game at Unwind
The Saco bar’s new drink menu features unique takes on classic cocktails.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2022
Deep Water: In memory of Ashley Bryan, ‘My People’ by Langston Hughes
Edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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