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 19, 2024
Indie Film: Doc appointment: Cabin Fever festival offers wintertime oasis for nonfiction film fans
On Saturday, the Camden International Film Festival is holding a single-day event that celebrates documentary storytelling.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2024
Bestsellers: ‘North Woods,’ ‘Maine: A Love Story’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2024
Deep Water: ‘Never,’ by Lily Jessen
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2024
Art review: Immerse yourself in Emilie Stark-Menneg’s fantastical world
Her show at the Farnsworth is the first in series featuring the next generation of Maine artists.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2024
Society Notebook: Partygoers get their groove on for Portland Youth Dance
A gala at the Woodfords Club raised money to support the company’s programs, including free classes and scholarships.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2024
Concert review: Wynton Marsalis and his band entertain and enlighten
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra played a sold-out concert Thursday at Merrill that had been rescheduled from 10 months earlier.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2024
Bob Marley biopic turns a complicated subject into the Messiah
“Bob Marley: One Love” is bookended by two concerts, in 1976 and 1978, both intended to foster peace in a Jamaica that had long been polarized by political violence. Such a narrow time frame for this story of the reggae pioneer, who died in 1981 at the age of 36 from skin cancer, is unusual. […]
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2024
Theater review: When college friends reunite, controversial topics take over in ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’
The thought-provoking play is having its Maine premiere at Mad Horse Theatre in South Portland.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2024
Indie Film: ‘Battle Legends: The Legend of the Battle Master’ puts manic Mainer in moviedom
The comedic web series character Slim Duffy, created by Matt Enos, breaks into commercial release with an intriguing marketing strategy.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
Deep Water: ‘Winter Song,’ by Evelyn Alsup
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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