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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PublishedDecember 13, 2021
Eat & Run: When it comes to fish and chips, The Paddy Wagon knows what’s proper
In its first season, the food truck will keep operating as late into winter as it can.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2021
Tap Lines: Brothers create craft beer to pair with Indian food
The sons of the owners of Brunswick’s Bombay Mahal, Van and Sumit Sharma, returned to Maine during the pandemic with an idea, and now we have Rupee.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2021
Bedside Table: ‘The Lost Family’ shows the disappointing side of DNA testing
“I borrowed this book (‘The Lost Family,’ by Libby Copeland) from my local library and was captivated by the story of two sisters who learn through DNA testing that they have no paternal Irish ancestry, although their now-deceased father stated he was 100% Irish. Throughout this nonfiction work, I learned about the use of DNA […]
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PublishedDecember 12, 2021
Art review: Interconnected sculptures by three artists challenge perception in Rockland show
‘Spatial Relations’ at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art features the works of Elizabeth Atterbury, Gordon Hall and Anna Hepler.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2021
‘West Side Story’ is an urgent, utterly beautiful revival of the original
Pop culture is awash in boomer nostalgia, a symptom of intellectual malaise and the enduring chokehold one generation still has on what counts as worth caring about. But sometimes, the stewards of that patrimony manage not just to preserve what was great about the things they loved as kids, but infuse them with enough new […]
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PublishedDecember 12, 2021
Society Notebook: E2Tech toasts to innovation in eco-friendly technology
Members of the organization gathered for an annual meeting and holiday mixer at Foundation Brewing in Portland.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2021
Deep Water: ‘Wood,’ by Jennifer Onken
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2021
Best-Sellers: ‘The Lincoln Highway,’ ‘The 1619 Project’
The current best-selling books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2021
Theater review: Fenix puts a festive twist on the Bard’s holiday play
’12th Night: A Holiday Celebration of Shakespeare and Song’ weaves modern Christmas songs into the performance.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2021
With the movie ‘Encounter,’ you’ll come for the alien thriller, but stay for Riz Ahmed’s performance
“Encounter” opens with a shot of a bright celestial object streaking across the night sky, followed by ickily close-up footage of insects, particularly the mosquito – or, it is suggested, some mosquito-like E.T. – that pierces the skin with its proboscis and deposits something nasty into the bloodstream. To wit: that something is a nonterrestrial […]
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