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, Books

Best-Sellers: ‘Dead by Dawn’ and ‘Crying in H Mart’

August 8, 2021August 3, 2021

Top 10 best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback at Longfellow Books in Portland.

Do This, Food

Bar Guide: Drink deals among Gorham bowling alley’s many attractions

by Angie Bryan August 2, 2021July 27, 2021

Junction Bowl has a lot to offer beyond the lanes, including live music and bar specials.

Arts & Entertainment, Do This

Indie Film: Waldoboro filmmaker focuses on hometown, crowdfunding for new noir project

by Dennis Perkins August 2, 2021July 29, 2021

Lucas McNelly has already proven that hard work and know-how can compensate, somewhat, for a lack of financing.

Food

In pairing beer with lobster, all roads lead to Allagash White (with some refreshing stops along the way)

by Ben Lisle August 1, 2021August 2, 2021

Maine Beer Co.’s Peeper and Oxbow’s Farmhouse Ale are among other local brews that make a good match for the state crustacean.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

‘Stillwater,’ with Matt Damon, is four movies in one, and only some of them work

by Ann Hornaday The Washington Post August 1, 2021July 28, 2021

In “Stillwater,” Matt Damon plays Bill Baker, an Oklahoma roughneck who works on oil rigs by day and prays before his fast-food dinner at night. Laconic and unsmiling, Bill has a lot on his mind, the substance and complexity of which is revealed with deliberate finesse in the course of a movie best described as […]

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State

Society Notebook: Foodies eat up Fork’s Summer Sampler

by Amy Paradysz August 1, 2021July 28, 2021

You’ll have another chance in August to taste-test the fruits of Portland’s food incubator.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

‘Ted Lasso’ overwhelms with its kindness and compassion. It’s OK to find it annoying.

by Inkoo Kang The Washington Post August 1, 2021July 28, 2021

There was no greater TV underdog story last year than “Ted Lasso,” the unassuming and not-particularly-ambitious soccer-world comedy that became one of 2020’s few word-of-mouth sensations. Based on a character that “Saturday Night Live” alum Jason Sudeikis had originally played in promos for NBC Sports, the series, about an American college football coach recruited to […]

Arts & Entertainment, Books