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 7, 2022
Tap Lines: Early worries about the pandemic-era beerscape in Maine allayed by study
There’s been plenty of tough times, but by spring of 2021 there was a ‘broad sense of optimism,’ according to a new study by UMaine economists and the Maine Brewers’ Guild.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2022
Indie Film: Aspiring actor and Windham resident Anthony Carignan stars in the first episode of a new series
Local boy goes on an adventure, several of them.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2022
Deep Water: ‘Synesthesia, by Mary Tracy
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Lincoln Highway’ and ‘Atlas of the Heart’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Indie Film: Amid pandemic challenges, Belfast’s Colonial Theatre shifts focus
Moving away from screening first-run films, the independent venue will bring old favorites back to the big screen, and concentrate on Maine-made cinema.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Bar Guide: Cellardoor Winery’s new downtown tasting room hits almost all the right notes
The Lincolnville winery moved its Portland location from Thompson’s Point to the Old Port.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2022
This city just became one of the best places to get to know Rembrandt and Rubens, outside of the Netherlands
BOSTON — How do great art museums develop their collections? There’s an inclination to think it all took place in the distant past. In fact, of course, it’s an ongoing process. Occasionally museums decide to collect in an area they have completely ignored. But more often, they play to existing strengths. Great works act as […]
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Lincoln Highway,’ ‘Downeast’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2022
In the fantastic new dramedies ‘Single Drunk Female’ and ‘As We See It,’ it’s never too late to grow up
If 28-year-old Samantha Fink, a writer in New York forced to move back home, weren’t in so much denial, she’d pray for the serenity to become merely a train wreck. In the first episode of the new dramedy “Single Drunk Female,” Sam (Sofia Black-D’Elia) nearly blinds her boss, destroys two cars and ends up in […]
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2022
Deep Water: ‘Because that’s what he did,’ by Daniel Lance Patrick
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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