Playing Friday at Space, ‘The Territory’ documents glimmers of hope against unspeakable odds in the rainforests of Brazil.
Leslie Bridgers
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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.
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Society Notebook: Mitchell Scholars showcase institute’s return on investment
A fundraising gala broke records and highlighted how much scholarship awardees contribute to the state.
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Art review: Two Portland shows question what’s ‘normal’
Speedwell Projects and Zero Station show works that challenge perception.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Deep Water: ‘The Jangled World,’ by Mark Evan Chimsky
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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‘Don’t Worry Darling’: Trouble in a ‘Twilight Zone’-adjacent paradise
The advance hype for “Don’t Worry Darling” has been so incessant – from director Olivia Wilde’s location-turned-relationship with her leading man, Harry Styles, to a Kabuki-like feud with her lead actress, Florence Pugh, and something involving Chris Pine and Styles at the recent Venice Film Festival – that it’s easy to forget there’s an actual […]
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Concert review: Stevie Nicks as talented and charming as ever in Bangor show
The Fleetwood Mac singer’s set Thursday was wide-ranging and pulled primarily from her solo career.
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Theater review: Conflicts arise on and off the basketball court in ‘The Great Leap’
The co-production with New York’s Hangar Theatre is playing at Portland Stage through Oct. 2.
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Ken Burns on his latest PBS documentary, ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
Burns: ‘The willingness of people to believe the lies of an evil regime and manipulative leaders – demagogues – isn’t something that’s a one-off.’
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Review: Ken Burns’ new documentary spotlights how little the U.S. did to stop the Holocaust
‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ shows that Americans fell far short of their ideals in their treatment of Jews threatened with imminent murder in Europe. And the film suggests that the past is not past.