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 18, 2019
Theater review: Climb aboard for ‘Murder on the Orient Express’
The Ogunquit Playhouse production of the Agatha Christie mystery delights and surprises.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Society Notebook: A feast from the sea, for the sea
Held in Harpswell, Hook, Line & Dinner is an annual fundraiser for the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Art review: ‘In the Vanguard’ shows where American craft came from
The show at the Portland Museum of Art celebrates the early days of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Kid review: ‘In the Vanguard’ full of striking work
A Cumberland 12-year-old’s take on the Portland Museum of Art show.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Deep Water: ‘Feeble Minded,’ by Julia Bouwsma
Maine poems edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2019
Classical review: Portland Chamber Music Festival performance proves dedication to its mission
The Hannaford Hall concert Thursday included works by Mozart and Schumann.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2019
Movie review: ‘Dora and the Lost City of Gold’ gives Gen Z their own delightfully dorky ‘Indiana Jones’
Dora is a 21st-century heroine who sets the screen ablaze with her wonderful antics and adventures.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2019
Bar Guide: You’ll want seconds at Flood’s, if not for the seating
The cocktails are well made, but the barstools uncomfortable at the new restaurant inside the Francis Hotel.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2019
Indie Film: Two Maine documentaries show the value of running toward problems
‘When The Chevy Breaks’ and ‘Just One Step’ both screen Thursday, on opposite ends of the Maine coast.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
Book review: In ‘White Flights,’ a writer reassesses the literary canon
Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace and Richard Ford are enshrined in the white literature pantheon, beloved for their prose, even if their narratives exclude people of color. In his earnest and ranging essay collection, “White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination,” Jess Row, a white writer who dealt with race in his 2015 novel, […]
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