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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PublishedMay 9, 2022
Indie Film: Filmmaker’s struggle with depression informs his latest short
Robbie Moore hopes again to reach audiences on a personal level with ‘3:46 a.m.’
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PublishedMay 8, 2022
In ‘Petite Maman,’ two girls meet and form an enchanted bond
“Petite Maman” opens in the wake of a death: that of 8-year-old Nelly’s grandmother, at whose house in the country this French film is set. In an early scene, Nelly (a marvelously confident and prepossessing Joséphine Sanz) tells her mother, Marion (Nina Meurisse), that she’s sad; the girl feels like she didn’t get a chance […]
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PublishedMay 8, 2022
Art review: Pixilated paintings and figure drawings represent the range of artistic interpretation
See ‘Leslie Parke: Beyond the Senses’ at Moss Galleries in Falmouth and ‘Back to the Figure’ at Alice Gauvin Gallery in Portland.
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PublishedMay 8, 2022
Bar Guide: Loud, lively scene at Jefe Juan’s goes better with tequila than talking
Good service, specialty cocktails and a small, inexpensive food menu are among the reasons to try this newish addition to Portland’s Wharf Street.
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PublishedMay 8, 2022
Deep Water: ‘Parallel to the Season,’ by Sharif S. Elmusa
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedMay 8, 2022
Society Notebook: Portland Ovations throws a multicultural party
The arts organization’s first in-person fundraiser since the start of the pandemic featured dance, music and food from around the world.
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PublishedMay 2, 2022
Theater review: Mark Twain meets Monty Python in new musical ‘The Secret Princess’
Snowlion Repertory Company is presenting the premiere run of the comedy at Meetinghouse Arts in Freeport.
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PublishedMay 2, 2022
Indie Film: Back at the Nick, SMCC’s film students’ shorts aren’t short of weighty content
After two years of disruptions, the Maine Mayhem festival returns to its usual format. ‘It’s good to be back home.’
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PublishedMay 2, 2022
Tap Lines: How beers work their way from Allagash’s pilot program into your hands
The latest experiment to make it into cans is Seconds to Summer, a lager that uses yeast differently than most of the Portland brewery’s beers.
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PublishedMay 1, 2022
Art review: Natasha Mayers’ series of military torsos is satire lite
Zero Station’s ‘Tell It Slant’ features the activist artist’s War Chest paintings.
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