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.

Do This, Food

Eat & Run: Oishi hits the spot for hassle-free sushi

by Leslie Bridgers January 24, 2022January 20, 2022

The Japanese restaurant in Scarborough also serves hibachi dinners, as well as some Chinese and Thai selections.

Do This, Food

Tap Lines: Maine brewers get crafty with nonalcoholic beers

by Ben Lisle January 24, 2022January 20, 2022

These breweries are making breaking from booze a lot easier to swallow.

Arts & Entertainment, Do This

Indie Film: Government response to filmmaker’s activist antics leads to a sequel

by Dennis Perkins January 24, 2022January 26, 2022

‘Why Is This Happening? The U.S. Govt. v “2020: The Dumpster Fire” ‘ is available on Rod Webber’s YouTube channel.

Arts & Entertainment

Deep Water: ‘A No Poem,’ by Kate Faragher Houghton

January 23, 2022January 18, 2022

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Best-Sellers: ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land,’ ‘Atlas of the Heart’

January 23, 2022January 18, 2022

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

Art review: Oliver Solmitz stimulates with sculpture show

by Jorge S. Arango January 23, 2022January 22, 2022

‘Enter the Space’ is up at Maine Jewish Museum through Feb. 25.

Arts & Entertainment

A streaming Sundance has its benefits

by Ty Burr Special To The Washington Post January 23, 2022January 19, 2022

There’s pivoting, and then there’s whiplash. A couple of weeks ago, the 44th annual Sundance Film Festival was ready to launch on Jan. 20 as a nine-day hybrid event, welcoming filmmakers and audiences back to Park City, Utah, for the first time in two years while also making films available online to movie lovers around […]