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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PublishedAugust 22, 2021
This ranch dressing with fresh herbs and MSG is better than anything from the store
I love ranch dressing – and I am not alone. Ranch is the most popular salad dressing in the United States year after year and has been since 1992. Though there are hordes of ranch-o-philes who subscribe to the creamy, tangy lifestyle, there are others with opinions that seem to stem from a place of […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2021
Great cast, neat concept, promising – but the movie ‘Reminiscence’ is a good-looking mess
With a knockout cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Thandie Newton and Rebecca Ferguson, a promising writer-director-producer in “Westworld” showrunner Lisa Joy making her feature debut, and a neat sci-fi concept, “Reminiscence” has all the ingredients for electrifying summer entertainment. But despite its considerable star power and impressive set pieces, the sprawling meditation on memory is […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2021
Grow: Late lettuce
We have been eating leaf lettuce daily since early May, because we planted seeds of a leaf lettuce mix in March under a cold frame – basically a small greenhouse. That planting has grown tired, and we are now eating from a second planting I sowed in early June. That will get old, too, so […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2021
Fried halloumi adds cheesy crunch to a summery salad of tomatoes, avocados and herbs
And we haven’t even mentioned the squeak!
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PublishedAugust 20, 2021
Concert review: Chamber festival resumes with challenging and entertaining works – in person
The Portland Chamber Music Festival played to a live audience at Hannaford Hall on Thursday.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2021
Concert review: Bangor fans get electrifying Kiss goodbye
The legendary rock act’s End of the Road tour, delayed by the pandemic, stopped at Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion on Thursday.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2021
Bar Guide: A visit to Luna’s rooftop bar comes at a price
The setting atop Portland’s new Canopy hotel is impressive; the service less so.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2021
Indie Film: Collective willingness to stream is a silver lining for lesser-known filmmakers
While losing the moviegoing experience is a downside of the pandemic, it’s created more opportunity for indie films to attract an audience.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2021
From the Black Death to today, why quarantine is so unsettling
In March, my daughter called me in a panic. One of her college friends had tested positive for the coronavirus and had been sent to isolate in a designated building. My daughter and four other friends had recently tested negative, she told me, but they had spent time with the infected friend, so they were […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2021
Local review: ‘Billy Summers’ is Stephen King’s most bookish thriller to date
The master of horror’s latest literary protagonist is an assassin-turned-aspiring novelist.
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