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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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Deep Water: ‘Willow Street,’ by Jonathan Aldrich
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Bedside Table: Pair of French novellas put pandemic into perspective
Jerry Conley of Portland found the audio book of ‘Suite Francaise’ to be a suitable companion on his daily runs.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Documentary finds contemporary echoes in FBI’s persecution of Martin Luther King Jr.
In the exquisitely constructed, deeply unnerving “MLK/FBI,” filmmaker Sam Pollard takes viewers behind the looking glass into the shadowy world of governmental surveillance during the mid-century civil rights movement, a program of spying, infiltration and harassment that reached its perverse apotheosis with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s obsession with Martin Luther King, Jr. Since King’s […]
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
By forcing live events to go virtual, the pandemic may change access to entertainment forever
Liz Locke wasn’t sure what to expect when she logged on to Twitter last April, cocktail in hand, for a virtual watch party of classic films. She was supposed to be attending the 2020 TCM Classic Film Festival, but when it was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced they would instead air previous […]
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Opera is taking new forms, and its survival may depend on it
A strange package arrived on our doorstep this month. Strange because it didn’t contain masks, or disinfectant wipes, or even another jar of that chili-crisp paste we keep blowing through. It was a box of opera. “The Beauty That Still Remains: Diaries in Song” is the latest experiment by the New York-based On Site Opera, […]
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
‘The Dig’ is a movie about archaeology, but it’s also a lovely meditation on what lasts
On the eve of World War II, a self-taught English archaeologist, working at the behest of a Suffolk widow with a curiosity about what lay beneath several earthen mounds on her property, made what is considered to be one of the more significant discoveries in British archaeology. That may be the summary description of the […]
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
With sophistication and restraint, ‘My Little Sister’ tells an engrossing tale of sibling love
In the absorbing domestic drama “My Little Sister,” Nina Hoss plays Lisa, a Berlin playwright, wife and mother who is trying to save her brother’s life. Sven (Lars Eidinger) is a renowned theater actor best known for his 300-plus renditions of “Hamlet.” As the movie opens, he is suffering from cancer and Lisa has just […]
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2021
Bar Guide: Vespertino is the local liqueur you need to try
The tequila crema is a product of the Portland-based Northstar Brands.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2021
Indie Film: Snowy the turtle, and his documentarians, are going to Sundance
A Portland filmmaking couple takes interest in a family pet, and it pays off.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2021
‘Pieces of a Woman’ is an acting showcase, but not much of a movie
Strong performances by Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf aren’t enough to save this marital drama.
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