Leslie Bridgers

Columnist

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.

Arts & Entertainment, Do This

Indie Film: Eveningstar Cinema brings back the video store

by Dennis Perkins May 23, 2022May 19, 2022

The Brunswick theater is renting the movies it’s shown throughout the years.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

‘Downton Abbey’ sequel delivers fan service of the best kind

by Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post May 22, 2022May 18, 2022

Like other recent sequels, the second movie spinoff of the popular TV series caters to die-hard fans, at the expense of more casual viewers.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Best-Sellers: ‘Sea of Tranquility,’ ‘Atlas of the Heart’

May 22, 2022May 17, 2022

The current top-selling fiction and nonfictions books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.

Arts & Entertainment

Deep Water: ‘Fact Check,’ by Suzanne Langlois

May 22, 2022May 19, 2022

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

Art review: In four photo shows, Mainers and masters display the medium’s range

by Jorge S. Arango May 22, 2022May 21, 2022

Cove Street Arts, the Maine Jewish Museum and two colleges are focusing on photography this spring and summer.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State

Society Notebook: Maine law firm’s founders go down in history

by Amy Paradysz May 22, 2022May 18, 2022

Maine Historical Society gave its Maine History Maker Award to Severin Beliveau and Harold Pachios of Preti Flaherty.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State, Review

Theater review: In ‘The Cher Show,’ three versions of the star tell story of her career

by Steve Feeney May 19, 2022May 21, 2022

The jukebox musical runs through June 25 at Ogunquit Playhouse.

Film Review - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Arts & Entertainment, Review

An enjoyable ‘Doctor Strange’ sequel delivers the flyin’, the witch and the red robe

by Justin Chang Los Angeles Times (TNS) May 16, 2022May 16, 2022

Double, double, gargoyles and rubble: There are witchy doings and evil twins aplenty in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the spookily unhinged new entry in the Marvel Cinematic — uh, Universe? Multiverse? Whatever we’re supposed to call this increasingly hydra-headed Disney content behemoth, it has rarely ventured in a direction this playful, this […]