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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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Oliver Solmitz stimulates with sculpture show
‘Enter the Space’ is up at Maine Jewish Museum through Feb. 25.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
A streaming Sundance has its benefits
There’s pivoting, and then there’s whiplash. A couple of weeks ago, the 44th annual Sundance Film Festival was ready to launch on Jan. 20 as a nine-day hybrid event, welcoming filmmakers and audiences back to Park City, Utah, for the first time in two years while also making films available online to movie lovers around […]
Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: Not abstaining this year? Make it a dry Ginuary instead
Local distilleries have a variety of takes on the spirit.
Posted inDo This, Food
Eat & Run: Get a farm-to-takeout meal at Turner cafe
Nezinscot Farm serves a menu of breakfast and lunch items made with uber-local ingredients.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Filmmaker’s hometown plays a surreal, nightmarish role in ‘Wasterville’
In a crowded movie marketplace, Christopher Haase hopes his distinctive, dream-inspired aesthetic will help his project stand out.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
A game of geopolitical chicken, played out in personal terms in ‘Munich: The Edge of War’
A mixture of well-researched historical fact and pure fiction, “Munich: The Edge of War” is a smart and entertaining thriller that suffers from just one thing: We all know how it ends. Set mostly in 1938, just before and during the September conference of world leaders in Munich that gave permission to Adolf Hitler to […]
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Quinta Brunson is already a viral comedy star. ‘Abbott Elementary’ could make her a household name
The depth of your familiarity with Quinta Brunson’s comedy work depends on your relationship with the internet. The average user is more likely to recognize Brunson, 32, from the videos she used to produce and star in for BuzzFeed, or from her appearances on the first season of the HBO series “A Black Lady Sketch […]
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Deep Water: ‘The Voice Lesson,’ by Leonore Hildebrandt
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
I scream, you scream, we all scream for no more ‘Scream’ movies
The “Scream” franchise began in 1996 as a piece of brilliant meta-horror: a slasher movie, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, that cleverly critiqued the conventions of the genre in a way that was genuinely scary, genuinely funny and, most important, fun. The idea of a masked serial killer who uses the […]