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 1, 2021
‘Ted Lasso’ overwhelms with its kindness and compassion. It’s OK to find it annoying.
There was no greater TV underdog story last year than “Ted Lasso,” the unassuming and not-particularly-ambitious soccer-world comedy that became one of 2020’s few word-of-mouth sensations. Based on a character that “Saturday Night Live” alum Jason Sudeikis had originally played in promos for NBC Sports, the series, about an American college football coach recruited to […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2021
Best-sellers: ‘Project Hail Mary,’ ‘The Premonition’
Top 10 best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2021
Deep Water: ‘Pyrocumulonimbus,’ by Meghan Sterling
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2021
Art review: Falmouth gallery shows modernism masters, mostly
‘Maine Masters of Modernism’ is up at Elizabeth Moss Galleries through Aug. 20.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2021
‘Jungle Cruise’ invites you to turn off your mind, relax and float downstream
Jungle Cruise – the theme park ride, not the new Disney movie it has inspired – is notable for the groan-worthy humor of its “skippers,” the tour guides who provide Borscht-Belt-style entertainment for passengers on the minutes-long trip down a lazy (fake) river lined with animatronic animals. The shtick is bad, and leans on wordplay […]
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PublishedJuly 29, 2021
Opera review: ‘Elixir of Love’ a light comic antidote for pandemic disruption
Opera Maine has transformed the Merrill Auditorium stage into an Italian piazza for a two-performance run that ends Friday.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2021
Concert review: Lucy Dacus sings the story of her life in whispers and bellows
The indie rocker, and member of Boygenius, performed solo Saturday at Portland House of Music.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2021
Tap Lines: New Mast Landing location adds to Freeport brewery archipelago
It’s not a walkable cluster, but the town has become a destination for beer lovers.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2021
Join the stars as Maine Outdoor Film Festival screens 66 films over 11 nights
Each night of the Portland event, from Thursday through Aug. 8, will feature a slate of cinematic treats, many made by Mainers.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2021
Art review: The complexity of memory emerges from Henri Paul Broyard’s layers
The artist’s solo show, ‘Jamboree,’ is up at Grant Wahlquist Gallery in Portland.
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