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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PublishedJune 20, 2021
Theater review: Couples clash comically in ‘God of Carnage’
The Portland Players production, recommended for mature audiences, runs through June 26.
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PublishedJune 20, 2021
Dawoud Bey, Jasper Johns and ‘Automania’ are among reasons to visit museums this season
The protests of the summer of 2020 triggered a reckoning in the art world that extended in many directions but returned insistently to the question of Black artists’ visibility in American museums and galleries. A year later, the picture is markedly improved. In fact, Black artists are visible as never before: Simone Leigh was chosen […]
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PublishedJune 20, 2021
Art review: Corey Daniels has collector’s eye that makes Wells gallery worth revisiting
There’s no specific show up at Corey Daniels Gallery, but there’s always plenty to see.
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PublishedJune 14, 2021
Tap Lines: Missing the parade? Celebrate Pride at a craft brewery instead
Several Maine brewers are showing support for LGBTQ rights with special releases and merchandise.
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PublishedJune 14, 2021
Indie Film: Message about elder issues gets George A. Romero treatment in ‘The Amusement Park’
The lost film premiered on Shudder last week.
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PublishedJune 13, 2021
Deep Water: ‘Core Body Temperature,’ by Ken Craft
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedJune 13, 2021
Lots to marvel with summer movie releases
Movie theaters are back! Sort of. Despite the full reopening of most major chains, recent visits to a couple of Washington, D.C.-area theaters, albeit on weekday evenings, found few customers, and what the New York Times called, in its report from the multiplex, an air of “zombie-mall weirdness.” (Brains, we want brains.) This summer is […]
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PublishedJune 13, 2021
Art review: Sculpture exhibit beckons you to Hawk Ridge Farm
Evocative works by artist Meg Brown Payson headline ‘Awakening’ at June LaCombe’s home in Pownal.
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PublishedJune 13, 2021
Bo Burnham’s new Netflix special captures the quiet chaos of quarantine
If art acts as a reflection of how someone experiences the world, what happens when an artist is no longer out there, taking it all in? As life in the pandemic increasingly moved to the internet, how did the art produced evolve to reflect the shift? Such questions have floated around creative spaces over the […]
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PublishedJune 8, 2021
Can you critique classical music?
The Press Herald is hiring a reviewer.
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