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Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
Deep Water: In memory of Ashley Bryan, ‘My People’ by Langston Hughes
Edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Society Notebook: Windham hosts a party on a pond
Another family-friendly skating and s’mores event is planned for Feb. 22.
Art review: There’s much to read between the lines of Rockland exhibit
The works in ‘Walk the Line’ at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art are far less simple than they seem.
Best-Sellers: ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land,’ ‘Atlas of the Heart’
The current best-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Theater review: Father takes ‘Last Stand’ against leaving home
Good Theatre stages the regional premiere of the play about aging and family dynamics.
Theater review: Mad Tea Party gets off to a wacky start in ‘Waiting for Alice’
Mad Horse Theatre premieres the imaginative play by Allison McCall.
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.
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.
Deep Water: ‘Synesthesia, by Mary Tracy
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.